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Cappelen Damm Agency is an in-house agency. We represent the rights of all of the authors in this catalogue, in addition to a rich backlist. This includes titles from Fontini forlag and Flamme forlag, imprints of Cappelen Damm.
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Kåre Conradi / Sunniva Fluge Hole (ill.)
AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE
Henrik Ibsen
for children
An Enemy of the People is about Dr Stockmann, who discovers that the bathing water in the city’s spa is contaminated with dangerous bacteria. He expects people to value his discovery and thinks it will help improve the city. Instead, his political enemies try to destroy him, attempting to silence him with threats. Dr Stockmann stands his ground and in the last act, he delivers one of Ibsen’s most famous lines: “The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone.”
An Enemy of the People is a play that outraged people in its day, but that has gained fresh relevance in our own era. This is the first book in a new series for children about the works of Henrik Ibsen.
With the aid of illustrations and simplified text suitable for younger readers, the series aims to introduce Ibsen’s plays to new generations all over the world. Ibsen is the world’s second-most performed playwright after Shakespeare. This series will give children an understanding of what Ibsen’s texts are about and what they can teach us today.
Kåre Conradi (b. 1972) is one of Norway's most famous actors. He's educated at the Oslo National Academy of the Arts and London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. Conradi has acted in a number of films, TV shows and theatres, including West Side Story and Hamlet. Kåre Conradi has been an Ibsen ambassador for several years, and is the leader of the Norwegian Ibsen Company.
Sunniva Fluge Hole is a character designer and illustrator from Norway, based in Oslo.
Henrik Ibsens En Folkefiende 190 x 250 mm / 40 pages
Age 6–12
Kåre Conradi / Ingebjørg Faugstad Mæland (ill.)
PEER GYNT
Henrik Ibsen for children
Peer Gynt, liar extraordinaire, grows up in a valley in Jotunheimen, where he wanders around in the mountains and tells tall tales about the adventures he has there. The life of a Norwegian farmer’s isn’t enough for him: his thirst for adventure and lack of any sense of responsibility drive him out into the big wide world. We follow Peer on his voyage, while his devoted mother Åse and his beloved Solveig sit waiting for him to come back home.
Peer Gynt is Ibsen's most famous play. This is the second book in a new series for children about the works of Henrik Ibsen.
ENGLISH SAMPLE TRANSLATION AVAILABLE
Ingebjørg Faugstad Mæland (b. 1981) is an illustrator, animator and teacher of the arts. She works with communicating culture to children, through illustration and animation. She's illustrated several children's books.
Henrik Ibsens Peer Gynt 190 x 250 mm / 40 pages Age 6–12
Nils Petter Mørland and Mikkel Niva / Fredrik Edén (ill.)
101 THINGS TO DO BEFORE YOU GROW UP
You have to learn lots of weird things before you become a grown-up: reading, writing, putting your hand up in class, brushing your teeth, saying “Yes, please” and “No, thank you” and “How are you doing?”. But you’ll learn absolutely NONE of that in 101 things to do Before You Grow up.
This book is about all the funny, crazy, exciting, wonderful and magical things you can do in childhood that grownups don’t often get to do.
Suggested activities include:
• Talking in rhyme!
• Making yourself incomprehensible!
• Living backwards for a day!
• Going on holiday at home!
• Swapping families!
Readers are guided through an inventive universe of short texts and colourful illustrations that are bursting with energy, humour and playfulness. The book aims to encourage children to hold onto the unique aspects of childhood that also, oddly enough, help make us better, cooler and more creative grownups later in life.
ENGLISH SAMPLE TRANSLATION AVAILABLE
Mikkel Niva (b. 1988) is an actor, improvisor, TV host and poscaster. 101 things to do Before You Grow up is his debut as a children's author.
Nils Petter Mørland is an actor and improviser, and is the director of Brageteateret.
Fredrik Edén is an Oslo-based illustrator. He has a bachelor in illustration from Middlesex University, and is trained in both digiral and traditional art.
101 ting å gjøre før du blir voksen
195 x 250 mm / 104 pages
Age 6–12
FULL ENGLISH TRANSLATION AVAILABLE
Rolf Magne G. Andersen / Bård Sletvold Torkildsen (ill.)
NIGHT NINJA: THE BLACK LION
Night Ninja: The Black Lion is an imaginative book about Martin who doesn’t like going to bed and who solves a range of problems with the help of the lamp spirit Akari, who transforms him into Night Ninja and offers good advice along the way.
When Martin has to go to bed, he discovers that his favourite pillow is missing. Without it he cannot possibly fall asleep! Martin must transform into the Night Ninja to get past Knight Daddy and in to where the Black Lion is, so that he can bring back the Incredible Pillow.
A delightfully tough and exciting goodnight story for everyone who likes ninjas! This is the first title in a new series.
Nattninja: Den sorte løve
225 x 210 mm / 48 pages
Age 3–6
Rights sold to: Denmark (Gyldendal), Italy (Picarona), Spain (Picarona), Spain - Castellano (Picarona)
Rolf Magne G. Andersen / Bård Sletvold Torkildsen (ill.)
NIGHT NINJA: SNAKES AND LADDERS
Night Ninja: Snakes and Ladders is the second book in the series about Martin who doesn’t like going to bed. At night, he solves a range of problems with the help of the lamp spirit Akari, who transforms him into Night Ninja and offers good advice along the way.
In this book, Martin loses against Dad at Snakes and Ladders. Martin wants a rematch, but it's time for bed. Going to bed is the worst thing Martin knows. Luckily, he can turn into Night Ninja and break into the castle from the Snakes and Ladders game, where he must play the game for real.
Reality and imagination mix in this tough and exciting goodnight story, perfect for everyone who likes ninjas!
FULL ENGLISH TRANSLATION AVAILABLE
Rolf Magne Golten Andersen (b. 1983) is an author and screenwriter with background in film and TV. He's made huge success with his audioplays about Cocobanana on Storytel, which are now also successful picture books. The Night Ninja is his second children's book series.
Bård Sletvold Torkildsen (b. 1990) is an experiences illustrator with many children's book projects under his belt, including the bestselling Herman - Tales of an undiagnosed childhood (2022).
Nattninja: Den sorte løve 225 x 210 mm / 64 pages Age 3–6
190 x 260 mm / 56 pages
Age 3–6
Bjørn F. Rørvik / Alice Lima de Faria (ill.)
TWO LITTLE KNIGHTS
The princess has gone missing – has she been kidnapped by the dragon?
Rosebush and Bang are sent off to bring her back. But it isn’t as easy as you might think. The Princess always causes so much fuss, and the dragon isn’t exactly a cuddly toy… and besides, Rosebush has just polished his sword. Maybe they should just drop the whole thing? That’s when Bang gets a text from the king – with dungeon emojis and all. No, it looks as if they’ll just have to get the job done!
This is a book about courage and heroic deeds, about getting dressed up and a little bit about not being all that bothered about princesses – or girls in general.
Rights sold to: Denmark (Gyldendal), Slovenia (Založba Zala), Sweden (Lilla Piratförlaget), Finland (Sitruuna Kustannus OY), Mexico (Grupo Planeta), Greece (Poua Books), Russia (Samokat), Austria (Picus Verlag), China (Jinan), Italy (La Linea)
190 x 260 mm / 56 pages
Age 3–6
Bjørn
F. Rørvik / Camilla Kuhn (ill.)
THE KNIGHTS GO FOR GOLD
The two little knights are back, just in time for the large knight tournament. And just like last time there is some seriousness beneath all the silliness: Why can’t girls do the same as boys? And does one HAVE to be tough and brave, just because one is a boy? The Middle Ages are almost at an end, after all!
It’s the annual knight tournament in Klampenborg, and Rosebush and Bang have been training for a whole year. They’ve probably snuck away a bit too, because it’s a little dangerous to do both sword fighting and archery – not to mention jousting. They don’t really want to take part, but Princess Begonia does! The problem is just that the King has said she’s not allowed to take part because she’s a girl. So the two little knights must help her to secretly prepare for the tournament. They have to train her for the exercises and find armour that will hide her face. Neither of those things are easy!
Rights sold to: Sweden (Lilla Piratförlaget), Austria (Picus Verlag), China (Jinan)
To små riddere
Riddere tar gull
Bjørn F. Rørvik / Marianne Gretteberg Engedal (ill.)
THE KNIGHTS AND THE GREAT BONFIRE
It’s Midsummer’s Eve, and Bang the knight has been given the task of lighting the great Midsummer bonfire. It’s a huge honour, but he’s dreading it! What if he can’t get the fire lit? Maybe he’d better practise a bit beforehand. But that could go badly wrong too – because once you’ve started a fire, it’s kind of hard to stop it again...
Bang and his fellow knight Rosebush head into the forest, but before they know it, they’ve been sent to Klampenburg Castle to look for Zippo, the Dragon’s little nephew. Zippo has been kidnapped by none other than Blackbeard, the wickedest robber in the country!
Ridderne og det store bålet
190 x 260 mm / 64 pages
Age 3–6
It turns into quite the trek. The horses are on strike, so the knights have to use the horse-replacement service –cows! When they finally arrive, they’re keener on spending time at the robbers’ market, with its almost-authentic rubies and rabbit’s feet, than on infiltrating the band of robbers and saving Zippo. But fortunately, help arrives from an unexpected quarter…
FULL ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS OF WHOLE SERIES
Bjørn F. Rørvik (b. 1964 has, since his book debut in 1996, become one of the most successful and renowned children's books authors in Norway. His book series about The Billy Goats Gruff, Purriot and Fox & Piglet has sold in hundreds of thousands of books in Norway alone. His writing is full of crazy humour and original concoctions that make them great fun for readers of all ages.
Camilla Kuhn (b. 1975) debuted with the picture book How Greger Grinebiter ended up in a bitter duel and things became almost completely pink in 2007. She has created multiple books for children.
Alice Lima de Faria (b. 1968) is a Norwegian-Swedish scenographer and illustrator. She graduated from Gothenburg School of Design and Crafts and the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, and holds a Master of Fine Art degree in Scenography. She began her work as a freelance illustrator in 2005, producing book covers and work for a range of magazines and journals.
Marianne Gretteberg Engedal (b. 1986) is an author and illustrator, and has won several awards for her books.
Bukkene Bruse og Julenissen
230 x 260 mm / 48 pages
Age 3–7
1# BESTSELLING
CHILDREN'S BOOK OF 2023
Bjørn F. Rørvik / Gry Moursund (ill.)
THE BILLY GOATS GRUFF AND SANTA
The goats attend the Christmas tree lighting. They eat gingerbread and talk to their friends, and everyone talks about Santa. But Santa has never visited the goats. Maybe he can’t find their home? Or doesn’t have the energy to walk up the steep hill? Or maybe it’s because the smallest goat is a little scared of Santa? No, probably not that.
But if they write their wish list and send it to Santa, THEN maybe he will come! As soon as they think it, they do it. What they want most of all is a sled with a steering wheel.
On Christmas Eve they eat dinner, they do the dishes – and they wait. And wait. Finally, the largest goat goes outside to get some firewood. Then FINALLY someone knocks on their door…
Since his first book in 1996, Bjørn F. Rørvik (b. 1964) has become one of the most successful and renowned children's books authors in Norway. His book-series about The Three Billy Goats Gruff, Purriot and Fox & Piglet has sold in hundreds of thousands of books in Norway alone. His writing is full of crazy humour and original concoctions that make them great fun for readers of all ages.
Gry Moursund (b. 1969) graduated from the National Art Academy with a specialization in illustration and graphic design. She has since received a number of prizes for her illustrations, among them the Brage Prize in 2003. In 2009 she won the Ministry of Culture´s Picture Book Award for the book The Billy Goats at the Water Park.
Rights sold to: Denmark (Gyldendal), Sweden (Lilla Piratförlaget), The Faroe Islands (Bókadeildin), Germany (Klett Kinderbuch), Estonia (Nordur)
A MODERN NORWEGIAN CHILDREN'S CLASSIC
The fairy tale about the three Billy Goats Gruff is well known around the world. But no one tells it like Bjørn F. Rørvik! And no one draws the way Gry Moursund does!
The Billy Goats Gruff series are amongst the most popular and bestselling children's books in Norway of all time.
OVER 530.000 IN PRINT
Rights sold to: Denmark (Gyldendal), Sweden (Lilla Piratförlaget), Germany (Klett Kinderbuch), Russia (Samokat), Japan (Sangensha), South Korea (Kids Schole), France (Cambourakis Éditions), The Faeroe Islands (Bókadeildin), UAE (Hejazi)
Line Halsnes COOL CARS
Children love cars, and in this book you will find seven really cool cars: big cars, small cars, old car, electric cars, fast cars and cars you can live in!
Line Halsnes is an expert at drawing vehicles and machines with all the correct and important details. She takes the young readers seriously, and shows exactly how the cars look both inside and out. Her drawings are colourful, detailed and accurate, and readers big and small will gain new knowledge from this book. It’s also a book suited for multiple re-reads!
The series has been published in Danish, Russian, Swedish, Polish, German, Hungarian, Dutch and Lule samí.
Tøffe biler 210 x 297 mm / 56 pages Age 3–6
Line Halsnes (b. 1981) trained in illustration at the Norwich School of Art and Design. She is a partner in the working collective Kobolt Design.
Kjør forsiktig i humpene
Skift hjul
Du finner et reservehjul i bagasjerommet.
Dette gikk SAKTE.
Å nei! Dekket har punktert.
Anna Fiske HELLO NIGHT!
A new, colourful and just-spookyenough search-and-find book from internationally renowned author and illustrator Anna Fiske!
Join us in the dark of night where we can discover all the exciting, weird and scary things that are going on. Where is Peter Zombie? What is Ali von Vampire up to? And who’s that walking towards us in the distance?
The reader’s job is to find all the funny characters on every page, and follow their stories from start to finish. The pictures are chock-full of lively details, making this a book that you can read over and over again and always find something new.
Anna Fiske (b. 1964) is an author, illustrator, and cartoonist. Fiske’s playful and distinctive style, both literary and pictorial, has earned her numerous awards and honours for her works. Several of her books have been published with great success in many countries.
Hallo natta!
224 x 340mm / 40 pages Age 3–6
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING SERIES
HOW TO SERIES: OVER 96.000 IN PRINT IN NORWAY
Rights sold to: Denmark (Rosinante & Co), Czech Republic (Argo Spol), Finland (Otava), Switzerland (Éditions La Joie de lire), Italy (Salani), Japan (Kawade), Netherlands (Querido), New Zealand (Gecko Press), Poland (Sonia Draga Publishing House), Portugal (Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial), Russia (LLC Samokat Publishing House), Spain (Editorial Impedimenta, S.L.), Korea (Koonja), Sweden (Natur & Kultur), Germany (Hanser), Hungary (Móra), Norway (ČálliidLágádus), Estonia (Rahva Raamat)
Kokosbananas og juletyven
230 x 260 mm / 40 pages
Age 3–6
Rolf Magne G. Andersen / Victoria H. Hamre (ill.)
COCO-BANANA AND THE CHRISTMAS THIEF
Coco-Banana is looking forward to Christmas. He’s planning to bake gingerbread snaps, decorate his house, watch Christmas movies and have fun with his family. But on the very first day of December, he notices that something weird is going on. Something is moving stuff around in his inventor’s shed! And why are there tracks in the snow outside the house? Coco-Banana has the distinct feeling that he is being followed – so he decides to set a trap! But what happens when the person he traps turns out to be none other than Santa? And what does Santa want with a young inventor anyway?
Rolf Magne Golten Andersen (b. 1983) has written several stories in the Coco-banana series for Storytel. His background is in film and TV – including as a screenwriter.
Victoria H. Hamre (b. 1993) is a cartoonist and illustrator. She has a master's degree in Art History and a bachelor's degree in Philosophy from the University of Oslo.
OVER 28.000 OF SERIES IN PRINT
HUGE
Rights sold to: Poland (Bebenek Druma), Hungary (Lettero Kiado), Sweden (Saga Lindhardt & Ringhof), Finland (Saga Lindhardt & Ringhof)
Age 3–6
Geir Moen
HERMAN AND HEDDA AND THE DINOSAURS
Herman and Hedda are best friends. When they play together, anything can happen! Today they play with dinosaurs in the pillow room in kindergarden. Suddenly they spot something in the corner. What could it be? Herman gets a little scared, and is unsure whether it is a good idea to check, but Hedda is curious. She needs to see what it is! Before they know it, they have arrived in the kingdom of the dinosaurs! Because when Herman and Hedda play, the fantasy almost becomes reality.
Enjoy the view from the top of a Diplodocus, but be careful not to fall down. And watch out for the Tyrannosaurus rex!
At the back of the book you'll find fun dinosaur facts.
Age 3–6
Geir Moen
HERMAN AND HEDDA IN SPACE
Herman and Hedda are bored, they lie on the pillow room and look up at the ceiling. Is something going on with the lamps up there? They look a bit like... planets?! "Come, Herman!" says Hedda. "We're going to space! Our rocket is over here!”
Join us as Herman and Hedda soar away to explore space. It's fun to jump around on the moon! But Venus is scorching hot, so steer clear! And what kind of giant planet is hiding far away in the dark?
Is Herman and Hedda every kindergardener's new favourite series for reading out loud? The books take children's play and imagination seriously, with beautiful illustrations from one of Norway's leading illustrators, inspired by both manga and Studio Ghibli. These are imaginative picture books that will be read again and again. And again.
Geir Moen (b. 1976) is a comic book artist and an author. He has produced several series, such as Heksehyl, Asfalt and Hex, to name a few.
Herman og Hedda og dinosaurene
168 x 190 mm / 48 pages
Herman og Hedda i verdensrommet
168 x 190 mm / 48 pages
277 x 210 mm/ 40 pages
Age 3–6
BIG COOKIE AND LITTLE COOKIE: THE WORLD’S BEST BABYSITTER
Mum and Dad are going out for dinner and Aunty Cookie is coming to babysit Big Cookie and Little Cookie. But Aunty Cookie’s not like other aunts! She arrives in a truck full of candy wearing a pink coat and joins in with all the games Big Cookie and Little Cookie want to play.
Suddenly, while Mum and Dad are having a nice time at the restaurant, they see Aunty Cookie’s truck whizzing past at top speed. But isn’t Aunty Cookie at home with the kids? Or could it be that she fell asleep while they were playing The Grizzly Bear Game and somebody else is going for a drive in the truck?
Cecilie Ramona Kåss Furuseth / Emily Clapham (ill)
Storebolla og Lillebolla - og verdens beste barnevakt
Cecilie Ramona Kåss Furuseth (b. 1984) is a TV, radio and podcast host. Big Cookie and Little Cookie is her children's book debut.
Emily Clapham (b. 1989) has studied illustration at Falmouth University. Big Cookie and Little Cookie is her debut as a children's book illustrator.
Tor Åge Bringsværd / Jens Kristensen (ill.)
THE ANGEL WITH TOOSHORT WINGS
Once upon a time – back when the world was created – there was a plump little angel called Jorkalel. No matter how hard he tried, he never could learn to fly. He just tumbled from cloud to cloud instead. The other angels had to keep saving him to stop him from crashing. In the end, they got bored of looking after him. When that happened, Jorkalel was given the job of tending the Garden instead. He became the first gardener in Paradise. Jorkalel was good at getting the flowers to bloom. But he was even better at looking after the animals, especially when they needed help and comfort.
A beautiful tale about taking care of those who are a little bit different.
Åge Bringsværd
1939) has a considerable body of work. He has received many prizes, including the
Jens Kristensen (b. 1975) graduated from the Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry in Oslo following study between 1995 and 2001. He has primarily worked on books aimed at children and young adults for a number of publishing houses since 1999, and also works as a painter.
Englen som hadde altfor korte vinger 277 x 210 mm/ 40 pages Age 5–99
Tor
(b.
Critics' Prize, the Riverton Prize, the Aschehoug Prize, the Dobloug Prize, the Riksmål Prize and the Ibsen Prize. His works havve been translated into 23 languages and his theatrical pieces have been staged in twelve countries. Bringsværd writes for all ages.
Kongens fortjenestemedalje med sverd og
dobbel bolle
210 x 277 mm
Age 6–9
Hvem rumpet brunosten?
210 x 277 mm / 48 pages
Age 6–9
Erlend Loe / Kim Hiorthøy (ill.) KING’S MEDAL OF MERIT WITH SWORD AND DOUBLE BUN
Detective Fluffenberg is on his way to the office, head filled with important thoughts. He’s the world’s best detective, yet there is one thing missing. He hasn’t yet been awarded the King’s Medal of Merit with sword and double bun.
To earn this honour, he’ll have to solve a highly unusual and completely insoluble mystery, but this particular day feels terribly ordinary. That’s when it happens! Everything around him starts to shake. Seconds later, the whole city of Oslo has vanished! And the only sound to be heard is a chugging out on the fjord. When Fluffenberg takes a closer look, he sees that the king is approaching in his yacht. The king is shocked and wants to get Oslo back – not to mention all his subjects. This is a case for the world’s best detective!
Erlend Loe / Kim Hiorthøy (ill.) WHO BUTTOCKED THE BROWN CHEESE?
When the King hears tell of a truly fantastic brown cheese that is made at Lisen von Kvantum’s dairy farm, Lisen is invited to the Palace, along with a chunk of brown cheese.
A train ticket is enclosed with the invitation and Lisen von Kvantum heads off with her cheese. She guards the brown cheese behind a locked door in berth number 2, where she mustn't fall asleep. But of course, she does – and when she wakes up a while later, the damage is done: there are butt prints on the brown cheese! Somebody has buttocked the King’s cheese! Who can have committed such a serious crime? Will the mystery be solved?
Rights sold to: Estonia (Rahva Raamat), France (L'Agrume), Latvia (Liels Un Mazs), Russia (Albus Corvus)
Erlend Loe (b. 1969) is one of Norway's bestselling authors. His work has been published in over 40 territories. He made his literary debut with Captured by the Woman in 1993. His breakthrough both in Norway and internationally came with the publication of his second novel Naiv. Super in 1996. His 2004 novel Doppler was critically acclaimed for its depiction of the modern man and has become an international success. Erlend Loe also writes books for children and has had great success with the Kurt series.
Kim Hiorthøy (b. 1973) is a popular artist who has also worked with music and film, as well as had a long career as a graphic designer and illustrator.
Herman – Historier fra en udiagnostisert oppvekst
240 x 240 mm / 108 pages
Age 6–9
NORWEGIAN BESTSELLER
Herman Flesvig & Erlend Loe / Bård Sletvold Torkildsen (ill.)
HERMAN – TALES FROM AN UNDIAGNOSED CHILDHOOD
Inside my head you will find the largest city in the world, traffic is humming day and night, the streets have no names and I play one hundred instruments at the same time.
Welcome inside the head of Herman. This is a head not quite like all others. As a child Herman is a little bit different. A little too much. Someone who cannot pay attention, learn quickly enough, do what he’s supposed to. But inside Herman's head, things are moving so much faster than for other people. He is Mr. Miyagi, he has a whole world inside his t-shirt, he has a triangle on his weenie, he fights with a samurai sword in the forest. The thing is, though, that no one else knows this. They are busy with listening to what the teacher is saying.
Herman is a book for children – and those who once were children. This is a story for anyone who has ever felt a bit different and alone. And for all others, too.
Herman Flesvig (b. 1992) is multi-talented creator, who is active as a comedian, actor, podcaster and screen writer. He has made huge success in Norway with TV series, which he has written and acted in, and with his podcasts.
Erlend Loe (b. 1969) is one of Norway's bestselling authors. He writes for both children and adults. His children's series about Kurt is hugely successful, and for Who Buttocked the Brown Cheese? Loe received BolognaRagazzi Award - COMICS (2022).
Bård Sletvold Torkildsen (b. 1990) is an experiences illustrator with many children's book projects under his belt.
KAIA DAHLE NYHUS
Kaia Linnea Dahle Nyhus (1990–) studied visual communication at the National Academy of Arts in Oslo, and also studied illustration at the Luzern College in Switzerland.
She has illustrated several of Gro Dahle's books, and was awarded the Ministry of Cultures Illustration Prize in 2011 for the book Hope, said Goose. The War, from 2013 was nominated to the Norwegian Critics Prize and The Nordic Councils Children’s literature prize.
In 2014 she made her own debut with the book Do you want to hear a secret, that she received the NBU Debutant Prize for. Since then she has written several books, and been translated into nine languages.
GRO DAHLE
Gro Dahle (b. 1962) is one of Norway's most beloved authors. She has won a number of award, including the prestigious Brage Honorary Prize in 2022. Dahle writes for both children and adults. As a children's book writer she is known for her poetic books on themes that are often given little attention. Her books are often illustrated by her husband Svein Nyhus, or her daugther Kaia Dahle Nyhus. Her books have been translated into 23 languages.
NOMINATED TO THE NORDIC COUNCIL LITERATURE PRIZE
Super-Frank på stranda
168 x 190 mm / 64 pages
Age 3–96
Super-Frank på butikken
168 x 190 mm / 64 pages
Age 3–96
Mats Eldøen / Therese G. Eide (ill.)
SUPER-FRANK AT THE BEACH
Frank has to go with Dad and little brother Max to the place he hates most of all: the BEACH. Frank really doesn’t want to swim! When Dad has to take Max to the bathroom, Frank is left looking after their gear. Just the job for Super-Frank! But it turns out that looking after three towels, a parasol and an inflatable unicorn is easier said than done! Luckily, Super-Frank has brought along his AQUASPLASH 2200 and his FIXBOT 3000, so at least he WON’T have to swim a single stroke. Or will he?
Super-Frank at the beach is the third book in a new, easy-to-read humour series, full of illustrations and lots of action. The books have short chapters, and are perfect for readers of Diary of a Wimpy Kid.
Mats Eldøen / Therese G. Eide (ill.)
SUPER-FRANK AT THE STORE
Super-Frank goes shopping for supper with Grandad. But while he’s in the store, he spots his biggest rival who’s two years above him in school – Super-Adam! And as if that wasn’t bad enough, he catches a woman taking a bunch of bananas off the conveyor belt next to his and putting it in HER shopping bag. This is a case for Super-Frank! He takes out a GIGAGLUE bomb to catch the thief. But how is Frank supposed to sort things out with Super-Adam breathing down his neck?
Super-Frank at the grocery store is the fourth book in a new, easy-to-read humour series, full of illustrations and lots of action. The books have short chapters, and are perfect for readers of Diary of a Wimpy Kid.
Mats Eldøen is an actor, improviser and artistic director of Det andre teateret (The Second Theatre). His TV work includes educational children’s series Tellekorpset and Lesekorpset for Norway’s national broadcaster, and he has also worked on numerous films for adults and children..
Therese G. Eide is a graphic novelist and illustrator known, among others, for her comic strip All Quiet on the Home Front.
Meet Super-Frank! The coolest superhero in the entire world! Or, perhaps not so cool. And maybe not such a great hero either. Actually, things never seem to work out for Super-Frank, who tends to solve small problems with big solutions.
Rights sold to: Denmark (Turbine)
Familien von Humbug: Mirakelpulveret
148 x 210 mm
Age 9–12
Karen Kilane / Hans Jørgen Sandnes (ill.)
THE VON HUMBUG FAMILY: THE MIRACLE POWDER
All her life, prodigy inventor Lucy has dreamed of having a grandfather who will take care of her, bake cakes for her, and make her hot chocolate with whipped cream. But when long-lost Grandfather von Humbug finally turns up, Lucy soon realises that he isn’t like other grandfathers: he’s an inventor and a vagabond, and above all, he loves earning easy money, no matter what it costs.
Catastrophe looms when Grandfather and his new girlfriend Vanessa Jones get their mitts on Lucy’s latest invention, a miracle powder.
Karen Margrete Kilane is a trained journalist and teacher who has worked extensively on teaching materials and communication for children. She is editor of the Strømme Foundation’s magazine.
Hans Jørgen Sandnes (b. 1979) is an illustrator, animator and comic book writer. He's illustrated some of Norway's most popular children's series, such as the Crypto series. He's the Creative Director at Sandnes Media.
Harald Maxmillian Stoltenberg and Robert Stoltenberg, Leonard Furuberg (ill.)
THE TURBO TWINS AND THE GREAT DODGEBALL BATTLE
Turbo Twins Robert and Harald have to move from the big city to the countryside, because their mother gets a whim and needs more space for her thoughts.
The house they’re moving to is run down, has an outdoor toilet and the whole area smells like cow dung. The Turbo Twins look forward to starting a new school, but already on their first day it turns out the entire school and everyone in the village is completely obsessed with one single ting: DODGEBALL. In addition to this, the twins end up in the same class as the school bully and dodgeball state champion, Sølvi.
Sølvi challenges the twins to create their own dodgeball team and sign up for the big tournament that takes place every year.
But who should be on their team? What happened to the new boy in their class who disappeared without a trace after the last tournament? And how in the world do you even play dodgeball?
The Turbo Twins and the Great Dodgeball Battle is hysterically funny and heartwarming story about being a good brother, a good friend, and a good person.
«One of the most fast-paced and fun books of 2022.»
Turbotvillingene og den store kanonballkampen 130 x 185 mm / 376 pages
Age 6–9
Harald Maxmillian Stoltenberg and Robert Stoltenberg, Leonard Furuberg (ill.)
THE TURBO TWINS AND THE MAYOR’S EVIL PLAN
Harald and Robert have settled down pretty well in the countryside. They’ve made some friends at school and spend lots of time with Sigrid, Rudolf and the animals on the next-door farm. But when the twins return to rural life after an unsuccessful autumn break in Oslo, they find that everything is topsy-turvy.
The local council has decided to build an enormous motorway in the village and it’s going to pass RIGHT THROUGH Sigrid and Rudolf’s farmyard. Sigrid and Rudolf aren’t convinced by the council’s promise of a new flat above the supermarket with a massage shower and underfloor heating: they don’t want to move and the Turbo Twins have to help them!
Turbotvillingene og ordførerens onde plan 130 x 185 mm / 392 pages
Age 6–9
Harald and Robert decide to stop the council’s plans, but little do they know what the evil village mayor is capable of. How do you even stop a motorway? Can children stand up to adults who are being unfair? And what on earth will happen to the animals if the farm is demolished?
The Turbo Twins and the Mayor’s Evil Plan is a hilarious, heart-warming story about being creative, standing up to the powers-that-be and sticking up for other people.
Harald Maxmillian Stoltenberg (b. 1965) has education as a deacon and in psychotherapy, but started to work in television as a teenager with his twin brother Robert. He made radio and TV for many years, and has since written audio plays, TV-series, books and other educational material for children. He is a puppeteer and voice actor.
Robert Stoltenberg (b. 1965) is a director, comedian, TV-host and voice actor. The Turbo Twins and the Great Dodgeball Battle is his first book.
Leonard Furuberg (b. 1988) is an illustrator and character designer with experience from various fields including game design, advertising and book production.
130 x 205 mm Age 9–12
If it wasn’t for Jørgen’s best buddy Mikkel, he’d probably have died of a stomach ulcer. Or loneliness. Or getting beaten up. But since he does have Mikkel, everything is fine. And he has his aunt too. And as a last resort, there’s always God, who’s okay to talk to at night – though not about the big issues. Mostly about small stuff. Like how to catch the eye of the prettiest girl in school and things like that.
Jørgen gets pretty scared sometimes, but he always feels safe with Mikkel. Mikkel is like Jørgen’s lifesaver. But one day something terrible happens – and now perhaps Jørgen's the one who’ll have to be a lifesaver.
But can you really save a life just by being a friend?
Fabian Christensen (b. 1994) is a trained actor who has appeared in numerous theatre, film and TV productions. Buddy is his first children’s book.
Fabian Christensen BUDDY
Kompis
Bjørn Tore Grøtte / Thomas Kirkeberg (ill.) PUCK OFF!
Kim is a talented ice hockey player from Fredrikstad. But then his family moves six hours North, to Trondheim.
It’s tough getting a place on the Eagle team. The star player is Arnt who’s in the same class as Kim. And he’s not keen on the competition.
Can you really switch hockey teams? And what matters most – winning or fair play?
Puck off! is a book full of tough tackles, superfast shots and lots of heart.
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Bjørn Tore Grøtte (b. 1978) is a journalist, author, artist and editor. He works as a Director of Channels at NRK Radio, and har previously published the children's book about The Hitra King.
Puck off! 130 x 205 mm / 160 pages Age 9–12
Ingvild Bjerkeland BEASTS
What happens when the society suddenly breaks down, something scary and unknown is threatening life, and everyone is scared of everyone? What’s it like to be 13 years old and on the run in this scenario?
Abdi (13) and his little sister Alva have to escape through the forest after the civilization around them suddenly collapses and their mother – and many others – is murdered by some scary and until now unknown beasts. They don’t know what the beasts are or where they come from, all they know is that their society has been turned upside down, a lot of people have been murdered, and everyone fears everyone. Can Abdi and Alva survive long enough to reach the coast, where safety hopefully awaits them?
Beasts is Cormac McCarthy’s The Road for children: Shudderingly creepy and incredible – and easy to read.
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Horror for children gets darker
«The dilemma in Beasts is actually that it's so good and believable.»
AFTENPOSTEN
What a story!
WINNER OF ARK'S CHILDREN'S BOOK PRIZE
NOMINATED TO THE AVID READER AWARD
«Beasts is one of the highlights within children's literature this spring.»
BOK365
«Best book of the year [2023] according to 10.000 kids.»
VG
Udyr 130 x 205 mm / 96 pages Age 10–14
Rights sold to: Denmark (Gyldendal), Spain (Levine Querido - World Spanish), USA (Levine QueridoWEL), Germany (Julius Beltz), Sweden (Lilla Piratförlaget)
Ingvild Bjerkeland
DAD AND OTHER TERRORISTS
All Erle wants is to have an ordinary holiday like ordinary people do. A trip to Costa del Sol, for example! But instead, her journalist father Rehman drags her off on a work trip to London where he’s covering the Climate Conference. Erle only has one afternoon to play tourist before Dad starts fussing about work again. And he’s constantly busy with weird phone calls.
While Erle and Dad are eating dinner, they hear shots. Dad tells Erle to hide under the restaurant table and stay there. Meanwhile, he runs outside towards the gunfire. A second later, there’s an explosion. A bomb has gone off close by.
Erle wakes up in hospital with a broken arm. Dad is in a coma. What has happened? Who is behind the bombing? Why did Dad leave Erle in the restaurant –did he know something about the attack?
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Ingvild Bjerkeland (b. 1981) has studied writing, and have now authored several books for children and teens. She won the ARK's Children's Book Prize in 2023 for her novel Beast.
Pappa og andre terrorister 130 x 205 mm / 168 pages
Age 9–12
Anne Elvedal / Hedda Kvernland (ill.)
THE GHOST STATION
Billie and her family move from the capital to a remote, coastal town. The only available house is a closed-down train station, where no one has lived for years. At first, they love it, but it's not long before weird things start to happen. Billie can hear strange sounds in the house, things move around in the middle of the night, and there's a rumour that people have gone insane from living there.
Billie has to start a new school, and finds it difficult to make new friends. Luckily, she meets Rasmus, a mysterious boy who challenges her to try new things, and they become close friends. Billie confides in Rasmus, and together they start to investigate what happens at the station. Who is whistling on the other side of Billie's wall? Why is the forest around the station named the Mourning Forest? And could Rasmus be hiding something from Billie?
is the first book in a paranormal middle grade trilogy.
is a thrilling pageturner – nightmares and crying is SYNOPSIS AND SAMPLE TRANSLATION AVAILABLE
Anne Elvedal is an author and one of Norway’s most sought-after screenwriters for television and film. She has written screenplays for several crime series, and her three feature films have all been nominated for the Amanda Award. Anne also wrote the international award-winning documentary Queen Without Land. Her literary debut came in 2020 with the first book in The Game of Death, the first book in a paranormal horror trilogy for young adults. She is also qualified as a nurse and previously worked in psychiatric healthcare.
Spøkelsesstasjonen 130 x 205 mm / 256 pages Age 9–12
Rights sold to: Denmark (Straarup), Poland (Zielona Sowa)
Excerpt, in translation by
Rachel Rankin
I took my mobile out of my pocket. My fingers were trembling. So was the huge chandelier above us. But just as I went to type in the number for the emergency services, the screen went completely black. As though the battery had conked out as well.
Then I heard: footsteps. Thump. Thump.
Swish…
They came closer, towards us, and I pressed even closer against the wall. Pepper clawed and squeaked restlessly beneath my jumper and I took him out so I could calm him down. At that exact moment, the strange man stomped out of the office. His left foot crashed hard against the floor. Thump. Then he slammed a cane down onto the floor. Thump. Then he dragged his right foot behind him. Swish …
He stopped. Just outside the narrow, secret door. Just a few metres away from Rasmus and me.
There was something in the way this long man moved, the way he tilted his head. He made everything inside me conk out as well.
Pepper, however, hissed.
The strange man immediately stopped whistling. He stood there, completely unmoving, like a solid tree, his back to us. My heart pounded in my ears.
Then he turned around.
The brim of his uniform cap shielded his eyes, but I saw his face. It was long and nar-row. His nose was long and narrow. His mouth was like a thin, narrow, crooked line. At the same time, a smell crept towards us, a burning smell…
The man just stood there. As though he were giving us the opportunity to escape. May-be he preferred to hunt his prey. But I sat glued to the floor with a ticking bomb in my chest. There was no longer any connection between my brain and my legs. My body had decided to play dead.
Then the man thrusted his chin up and those narrow eyes became visible. They were filled with the darkest, blackest night – and looking straight at me. I was completely certain…that…this…would…be…my last…
Then he turned back towards the secret door.
I couldn’t say anything. It didn’t look like Rasmus could either. We just stared at the strange man. He lifted one leg. It hung in the hair like a lonely branch and quivered in front of the papered-over door. Was he going to kick it open?
But then.
His leg went straight through the door…
Not just his leg, but every part of this long man went straight through the door, as if it were made of air.
130 x 205 mm / 128 pages
Age 9–12
Moen Rusten / Cecilie Ellefsen (ill.)
NEVER FALL IN LOVE
Lea is starting to get bored. Her best friend Alexa talks about nothing but boys (something Lea will never do, that’s for sure!) and her big sister Jenny just lies around in her room crying.
Lea really wants to help Jenny. But how? And what about Alexa? Will she find herself a boyfriend? And why does Oscar in Lea’s class keep smiling like that every time they meet?
NEVER fall in love is a tale of love and friendship, sisterly love and cycle sabotage. And about sharing pictures that shouldn’t be shared.
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Rights sold to: Denmark (Straarup)
Solveig
ALDRI bli forelska
Solveig Moen Rusten (b. 1981) is an author and illustrator, and has previously written multiple books for adult. NEVER fall in love is her children's debut.
Vigdis Hjorth
JØRGEN + ANNE IS TRUE
Some grown ups think that you cannot fall in love before you´re thirteen. But you can. When Anne was in fourth grade she was so in love with Jørgen that she almost wrecked the fence in the Bandit Garden. And she slept behind a rock all night when they broke up. But Ellen with the long ponytail also wanted to be Jørgens girlfriend. That's when Anne wrote the false love letter...
This is the most IN LOVE book you could ever imagine.
Jørgen + Anne is true is a modern classic.
AUTHOR OF THE BESTSELLING AND INTERNATIONAL BOOKER LONGLISTED NOVEL IS MOTHER DEAD
Vigdis Hjorth (b. 1959) has made an exciting literary career and has written many popular books for both children and adults. Today she is an awardwinning author and one of Norway's most interesting, contemporary writers. She has won a number of prizes and awards, amongst them: The Gyldendal Prize in 2011, the Critics Award in 2012, The Honorary Brage Award and the Amalie Skram Award in 2014, The Aschehoug Award in 2015 and the Booksellers Prize in 2016. She was longlisted for the International Booker prize in 2023. Her books have been published in 30 countries.
Jørgen + Anne er sant 130 x 205 mm / 144 pages
Age 9–12
Rights sold to: Denmark (Turbine)
Tankespinneren
130 x 205 mm / 352 pages
Age 9–12
Vibeke Koehler
THE MINDSPINNER
When Anna's parents suddenly have to leave to carry out an important mission overseas, Anna is sent to stay with her grandparents.
One day, she sees Grandma leading a meeting where inexplicable things happen. It turns out that Grandma leads a secret society of witches and wizards who have spent hundreds of years hiding behind something thoroughly dull that actually turns out to be thoroughly magical.
Along with two new friends, Anna gets to explore a mysterious, magical world and learns to use abilities that can help the secret society – although for Anna, these abilities may also be dangerous.
The Mindspinner is a thrilling fantasy story that draws readers into a magical world packed with Norse mythology, ancient superstitions and scary baddies. It is the first book in a planned trilogy, perfect for readers of the Harry Potter series.
«Everything is at stake, the tapestry of life is falling apart. Vibeke Koehler establishes her fantasy universe with a close connection to the environmental challenges we are facing. … her children’s book debut builds on a simple, but genius idea.»
BERGENS TIDENE
«Vibeke Koehler has created a complex world where myths and magic are intertwined with our reality. … The textile subject’s toolbox and vocabulary often appear in this magic world full of self-knitting knitting needles, “wool-ology”, talking dolls, ninja-socks and “spools of thread- spiders”. … Craft-inspired expressions and formulas are laid out as tiny Easter egg-surprises throughout the whole book.»
PERISKOP.NO
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Koehler
THE WEAVER PRINCE
Anna Tvinnung misses her parents. They aren’t dead, but they’re not alive either. They’re stuck in the tapestry of life after a shadow witch tried to kill them. Anna isn’t allowed to visit them and she isn’t allowed to use magic, because she is a Mindspinner. Mindspinners can go crazy from using their magic, so Anna is left to practise boring school stuff while her friends get to do all the fun magic.
Her best friends Amir and Ylva really want to help her. As they dig into the past, they find out that things aren’t quite the way the grown-ups have said they are.
Who is the Weaver Prince whose coming the prophesy foretells? And what are you supposed to do when you’re attacked by an enormous magic snake made of oil.
The Weaver Prince is the sequel to Mindspinner – set in a universe where knitting needles are magic wands, wall hangings are portals to a different dimension and children have to learn thread magic to help the old witches to repair the tapestry of life, which is in the danger of unravelling.
130 x 205 mm / 349 pages
Age 9–12
Vibeke Koehler (b. 1980) writes fantasy books for children and other texts that all revolve around the theme of nature and human rights. She has a background in Arabic studies and theater studies, and sits on the board of the Norwegian Writers Association and the Norwegian west coast branch of PEN.
Vibeke
Veverprinsen
Buffy By er stemningsfull
148 x 210 mm
Age 9–12
Ingeborg Arvola BUFFY BY GETS IN THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT
Christmas is going to be a bit different for Buffy By and her brother Bobby. This Advent, their mum Lillie is recovering from a brain tumour, but she’s still sick. When Grandma Olava goes back home to Northern Norway, their Dad, Jimmy – an incorrigible small-time crook and liar – turns up and fills their flat with mysterious boxes.
Buffy doesn’t know quite what to make of it all. Of course it would be nice to have a proper family Christmas, but she knows Jimmy will vanish as soon as he has offloaded the “presents.” And he isn’t exactly a Dad worth having – or relying on.
Meanwhile, preparations are underway for the school Nativity play in which Buffy is going to play the Baby Jesus –who will be born onstage.
This is the fourth book in Ingeborg Arvola’s critically acclaimed series about Buffy By. Although it isn’t an Advent calendar, we follow Buffy, Bobby and all the other characters from December 1 to 24, in a book that is funny, dramatic and utterly charming.
Ingeborg Arvola (b. 1974) grew up in the far north of Norway. She made her debut with the novel Korellhuset, published in 1999. She has since written a number of novels for children and adults. She has received the Cappelen Prize in 2004 and Havmannprisen in 2008. In 2019 she was awarded The Ministry of Culture Prize for Children´s Books for her novel Buffy By is Talented, a book she was also nominated to the Brage Prize for. In 2022 The Knife in the Fire, the first book in her trilogy Songs from the Arctic Ocean, was published to great acclaim. It was awarded Best Fiction at the Brage Prize 2022, and was nominated to a number of Norway’s other most prestigious literary awards, such as the Critics Award and the Bookseller Award. It is also nominated to the Nordic Council Literature Prize 2023.
AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR BEHIND THE BESTSELLING, NORDIC COUNCIL NOMINATED NOVEL THE KNIFE IN THE FIRE .
Rights sold to: Bulgaria (KVC Publishing), Hungary (Cerkabella Publishing)
Irmelin Persdatter Gustavsen
HILDA BUMBLEVIK AND THE PEOPLE WHO DISAPPEARED
Hilda Bumblevik’s life is turned upside down when a sleazy man with bad intentions captures her mother’s heart. Instead of going on an awesome summer holiday they have to move to the town of Søderdal where Hilda soon notices that everything isn’t as it should be. Who is the pale man on the stairs outside the closed down sanatorium? Why are the teachers at school so different? And what is her stepfather Timian really hiding in the attic of their new house in Kistegata?
Hilda Bumblevik and The People Who Disappeared is an impressive debut novel and coming-of-age-story, full of suspense, mystery, and humour. It is the first book in the series about Hilda Bumblevik.
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Irmelin Persdatter Gustavsen
HILDA BUMBLEVIK AND THE MYSTERY AT SØDER MANOR
Despite the fact that Hilda learned that her mother’s fiancé, Timian, is a horrible man, the wedding is now just around the corner. And if there’s something Hilda does not want, it’s being Timian Søder’s stepdaughter. Good friends and a book called “sabotaging the psychopath” could be the solution.
But what happens when you, in the middle of the fun sabotage mission which involves itching powder, a Turkish special and fake dates, discover a secret which could have horrendous consequences? A secret guarded by the Bernetsen duo, a dangerous dog and maybe worst of all: Timian’s aging mother.
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Hilda Humlevik og folka som forsvant
130 x 205 mm / 304 pages
Age 9–12
Hilda Humlevik og mysteriet på Søder Gods
130 x 205 mm / 320 pages
Age 9–12
Persdatter Gustavsen
HILDA BUMBLEVIK AND THE
SECRET OF THE DIARY
In Søderdal, Mum is nursing a broken heart, and a threat hangs over Hilda and her friends: the town’s children may be sent away. Mum has disappeared into her bedroom and into herself after the scandal of the wedding day when she nearly got married to Timian. Hilda feels lonely and downhearted until she finds a black leatherbound book among Timian’s stuff. It turns out to be a diary that Timian kept when he was twelve years old.
While Hilda’s friends and allies try to work out how to stop Vendela from sending the children to China and from becoming a popular media personality, Hilda finds herself becoming fascinated by the boy in the diary. He seems almost like a perfectly ordinary boy. The diary also turns out to conceal a dark secret. A secret that may have huge consequences for the Søder family, and for Hilda herself.
Hilda Bumblevik and the Secret of the Diary is the third and final book in the critically acclaimed middle grade series about Hilda. The Hilda books are full of humour, mysteries and some genuinely scary scenes, as well as being packed with great dialogue and really wonderful depictions of faithful friendship.
Irmelin Persdatter Gustavsen (b. 1989) has studied drama and theatre and is finishing a master’s degree in Children’s and Young Adult Writing at NBI in Norway in 2022. She made her author debut in 2022 with Hilda Bumblevik and The People Who Disappeared.
Irmelin
Hilda Humlevik og dagbokas hemmelighet 130 x 205 mm / 252 pages
Age 9–12
130 x 205 mm / 136 pages
Age 9–14
Mari Moen Holsve DEATH HOTEL
Sanna, her big sister Oksana and her friend Robin are driving along deserted country roads on their way to Mum’s house to celebrate Halloween. Suddenly something in the car starts beeping and they have to stop for the night. They check into a hotel where they are the only guests. In the evening, the boy on reception goes home for the night. They are all alone an old hotel. Or are they really all alone?
Suddenly Oksana vanishes and the hotel starts to change. Or is it just Sanna and Robin’s imagination? They hear footsteps, the walls seem to start moving, and a mysterious grey girl appears and asks them for help. Then they find Oksana – but she’s in one of the many class pictures on the wall. Something is wrong, Terribly wrong!
Sanna, who loves horror films, realises that they’ve ended up in a scary movie – and they won’t be able to escape until they find out what the hotel wants from them. It may help to know every horror movie trick and tip in the book – but that doesn’t make it any less scary to be trapped in a living, crazy and super-scary hotel with a bunch of schoolkids from the days of the Second World War.
Mari Moen Holsve (b. 1986) started out in 2006 with the fantasy novel The Skjelka Agent The Demi Gods received The Ark’s Children Book Award in 2011.
Døden hotell
SKYMDAL TRILOGY
WATCH OUT FOR THE BOY IN THE SHADOWS
Idris and Zakaria live in the same apartment block and have been best friends since they were ten, but now they’re going to go to different high schools.
It’s 2008, and Obama is set to win the US presidential election; meanwhile, the cellars of apartment buildings in Idris’s neighbourhood keep being set on fire and going up in smoke.
One night, everyone in their block is evacuated into the backyard. Idris and Zakaria meet outside. Suddenly they feel like strangers, not best friends.
All Idris wants is to be seen, mostly by Zakaria or by his parents, or perhaps by someone in his new class. He decides to find out who’s starting the fires, to save his neighbourhood and to get interviewed on TV. That way everyone will know who he is. Simple. Right?
A YA psychological thriller about belonging, friendship and the dream of achieving something big.
Balqiis Omar Ali-Hanaf (b. 1995) has a degree as a screenwriter from Westerdals ACT Oslo. His debut novel Watch out for the boy in the shadows won second place in Cappelen Damm's manuscript competition in 2023, and is a young adult book about belonging, friendship and the dream of achieving something grand.
Balqiis Omar Ali-Hanaf
Vær på vakt for gutten i skyggen 130 x 205 mm Age 14–18
Erlend Skjetne BIGGEST
AND SMALLEST
Sissel is in tenth grade, and the time has come to decide which curriculum she wants to follow at upper secondary school. She has also been offered a summer job far from home. But this summer her sister, Åshild, will turn eighteen.
Åshild has Down’s syndrome, so for her this doesn’t mean freedom and new rights; instead, their parents want her to move into shared accommodation. Sissel is unsettled: what will remain of their family without Åshild?
In Biggest and Smallest, big sister is little sister, and little sister big sister. But a sister is a sister.
Størst og minst 130 x 205 mm / 208 pages Age 14–18 years Flamme forlag
Erlend Skjetne (b. 1988) comes from Melhus and works as a Norwegian language teacher for immigrants. He was nominated the Tarjei Vesaas First Book Award for the collection of poems Skare (2019). In 2021, Skjetne was awarded NTNU’s literature prize and the Bokhandelen’s author scholarship. For his latest novel, A Different View, Skjetne was awarded the Brage Prize in 2021 in the category for Children and Young Adults. He was also nominated for The Norwegian Critics Award for the same book.
LISTEN UP!
Mahmoud is almost sixteen, and didn’t apply for a job this summer. That’s because people named “Mahmoud Mahrouf” don’t get job interviews.
He lives on the 13th floor of a high-rise building in an Oslo suburb. Summer approaches, and he is expecting dull days of hanging around with his one-eyed mate, Arif from Somalia, while the white and rich Norwegians have ditched Oslo for one of their numerous summerhouses.
But there is a change of plans when Mahmoud’s Uncle Ji from Pakistan arrives. Mahmoud gets the job of showing him Oslo, but Uncle Ji is sceptical of both Mahmoud’s family and Norwegian society. Uncle Ji also wonders what’s wrong with Ali, Mahmoud’s younger brother, who would rather play dress-up than behave like a good Pakistani boy.
Before the end of the holidays, Mahmoud will be put to the test in more than one way.
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A modern classic!
Rights sold to: Denmark (Gyldendal). Italy (Beisler Editore), Germany (Arctis Verlag), The Netherlands (Luitingh-Sijthoff), Norway (Motlys Film), Slovenia (Mladinska) NORLA
Listen up! is a firework of a novel. With its originality, its distinct voice and its impeccable comedic timing, it paints a vivid and hilarious picture of coming of age in a minority community, and the greater society surrounding it. From parents to politicians –nothing and nobody escapes the mercilessly funny eyes of this author.
Gulraiz Sharif (b. 1984) is from Oslo, and works as a teacher. He made his author’s debut with Listen up!
Gulraiz Sharif
Hør her'a! 130 x 205 mm / 176 pages Age 12–18
Magnus Buen Halvorsen
NO LIES CAN SAVE ME NOW
Gustav can’t face going to school and for the past few months he’s mostly been home-schooled. His parents are at their wits’ end and, in desperation, they sign Gustav up to a support group for young people who are school refusers too. There he meets Julia, a girl with zero boundaries, who tells him about a place where you don’t have to feel like an idiot all the time. She calls this place The Garage.
When Gustav visits The Garage he discovers a new and fascinating world on the margins of society where the kids are just like him. Just as Gustav is regaining his selfbelief, he realises that he is also caught up in a web of lies that is impossible to escape.
Magnus Buen Halvorsen (b. 1973) is a teacher and an author of YA novels. He made his author debut in 2012, and has since written several books.
Arne Svingen IN THE MAW OF THE CITY
Sebastian and Aksel are playing football in the backyard. An irritated father tells them to play somewhere else so they won’t wake his sleeping child. The boys have a bright idea: they decide to scare the father by moving the pram with the baby inside it out of the yard and onto the street. When they come back an hour later, they find the neighbourhood crawling with police.
In the Maw of the City is the story of two boys who get caught up in a deadly dangerous crime drama and try to solve the mystery for themselves.
Arne Svingen (b. 1967) made his debut in 1999 with the critically acclaimed novel Handlingens mann (A Man of Action). Since then he has written a number of books for children, teens and adults, many of which have been translated.
Ingen løgn kan redde meg nå
130 x 205 mm / 208 pages Age 12–16
I byens gap
130 x 205 mm / 162 pages
9–12 years
Uløste mysterier fra hele verden
248 x 272 mm
Age 9–12
Pernille Tufte Radeid / Jannicke Hansen (ill.)
UNSOLVED MYSTERIES FROM AROUND THE WORLD
In Unsolved Mysteries from around the World readers will find out about all kinds of sinister and unexplained happenings from every corner of the world – and get a chance to dig around in all the clues and evidence.
Who was Jack the Ripper, the murderer who killed several women on the streets of London in 1888? What happened to the Sodder children who vanished without a trace after a fire in West Virginia on Christmas Eve in 1945? And is Himeji Castle in Japan really haunted?
Unsolved Mysteries of the World is a collection of 33 mysterious, unsolved spooky stories that are guaranteed to raise the hairs on the back of readers’ necks – young and old alike!
Illustrator Jannicke Hansen has filled the book with mysterious, eerie, spooky drawings that will absorb and fascinate young readers.
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Pernille Tufte Radeid (b. 1987) is known as a screenwriter and host for several spooky and mysterious podcasts.
Jannicke Hansen is a full-time illustrator. Unsolved Mysteries was nominated for the Ministry of Culture's Illustration Prize 2023.
135 x 210 mm
Age 8+
Simon
Stanger / Helena Lindholm (ill.)
LOCOTOPIA IN THE RENAISSAINCE: INVENTIONS, EXPLORERS AND 40 ROBBERS
Welcome to the Renaissance.
Simon and Helena have to go down into the depths of the ocean, hunting for hidden treasures. Simon doesn’t think he can hold his breath for that long, but thankfully they meet Leonardo da Vinci. He’s just invented a submarine! And it’s totally safe – at least there’s a 50% chance it’s totally safe.
In this book there are mysteries, magic lamps and helicopters that ALMOST can fly… Inventors, painters and explorers have never been more fun. Mona Lisa’s smile has never been more alluring.
Locotopia in the Renaissance is the fifth book in Simon Stranger’s critically acclaimed series about the world history – a series that’s as hilarious as it’s educational. Every page has illustrations by Helena Lindholm.
Simon Stranger (b. 1976) made his literary début as a children's author in 2005. Since then he has written a number of critically acclaimed books for children and adults.
Helena Lindholm (b. 1976) is an illustrator. She draws everything under the sun, often in a rapid, exaggerated way. She lives in Stockholm with a freckled daughter and a spotted dog.
Kokotopia i Renessansen
Rights sold to: China (Beijing Science and Technology Press, Greece (G. Dardanos), Saudi-Arabia (A Thousand Titles)
Ole Mathismoen / Ester van Hulsen (ill.)
NORDIC NATURE
The nature of Norway and the Nordic region is unique. Although fewer species live here than in rainforests, tropical coral reefs or the African savannas, many of the animals and plants are among the world’s coolest, fastest, smartest and toughest. They can cope with cold, heat, rain and snow. They can survive on a starvation diet and are great at hiding.
Come along on a journey from the highest peaks and the wettest marshes to the deepest oceans and the world beneath the city streets. Get to know all kinds of animals, plants and fungi – both rare and common.
Few other countries have as much untouched nature, clean water and fresh air as the Nordic region. A walk in the forest, on the beach or in the city will never be the same again after reading this book.
The world-class illustrations are by artist Esther van Hulsen, and the text is written by award-winning author and journalist, Ole Mathismoen.
FULL ENGLISH PDF AVAILABLE
Ole Mathismoen (b. 1961) has worked as a political journalist in Aftenposten since 1984, and since 1987 has focussed particularly on energy, the environment, and climate issues. Mathismoen was Aftenposten’s Brussels correspondant between 1995-1997. He has written multiple books about environmental protection and nature.
Esther van Hulsen (1981-) was born in Leeuwarden in The Netherlands and has studied at Academy Minerva in Groningen. She has a BA in Communication Design and has been educated in scientific illustration.
Det ville Norge 195 x 250 mm / 128 pages Age 8–14
Benjamin Stilseth / Leonard Furuberg (ill.)
WHY DON'T WE BURST WITH RAGE?
And 52 other questions you might have about feelings
In Why Don't We Burst with Rage? children learn the answers to both big and small questions about feelings. Why do we dread things? What is selfconfidence? Is it normal not to be in love with anyone? And why are so many people bad-tempered when they wake up?
Why Don't We Burst with Rage? is informative, and easy to grasp with fun illustrations, and is a perfect conversation starter about feelings for children aged six to nine years.
Author Benjamin Baarli Silseth (b. 1991) is a psychologist, he is queer, and has a strong passion for children's and youth's mental health.
Leonard Furuberg (b. 1988) is an illustrator and character designer with experience from various fields including game design, advertising and book production.
Hvorfor kan man ikke sprekke av sinne?
210 x 260 mm / 64 pages
Age 6–9
Rights sold to: Finland (Lasten Keskus)
Rights sold to: Denmark (Turbine), Spain (Nõrdica Libros), Catalan (Nõrdica Libros)
Bjørn F. Rørvik / Joachim Berg (ill.) ODD
AND ODDER JOBS
A book of fun facts about really odd jobs that you’ll never believe exist.
Most children wonder what they’ll be when they grow up. Who doesn’t dream of being a footballer or a popstar? Or maybe a firefighter, a doctor, a hairdresser or a lawyer? But why do the same thing as everyone else? Why not do something completely different? How about being a dinosaur-duster, a snakemilker or an armpit-sniffer?
In Odd and Even Odder Jobs, Bjørn F. Rørvik has come up with more than 50 professions that you probably never knew existed. There’s plenty of fun and peculiar stuff, and some of the jobs sound really unlikely. But all of them are absolutely real – and all of them need to be done!
Bjørn F. Rørvik (b. 1964) is one of the most successful and renowned children's books authors in Norway. His book-series about The Three Billy Goats Gruff, Purriot and Fox & Piglet has sold in hundreds of thousands of books in Norway alone. His writing is full of crazy humour and original concoctions that make them great fun for readers of all ages.
Joachim Berg (b. 1984) lives in Oslo, and works as an illustrator and animator.
Rare og veldig rare jobber 195 x 250 mm / 80 pages
Age 6–12
Elin Vatnar Nilsen / Anne Vålaug (ill.)
MY FIRST BAKING BOOK
My First Baking Book is aimed at any beginner cook who wants to have fun baking.
The book’s step-by-step photographs make it easy for children to follow the recipes. Alongside recipes for both sweet and healthy baked goods, there are sections full of information about the equipment you’ll need and simple tips for achieving the best possible results.
The book is easy to use, with an uncluttered layout where every recipe is presented in detail with clear instructions. As well as photos, the book contains lovely, evocative illustrations.
Min første bakebok
248 x 272 mm
Age 5-8
Elin Vatnar Nilsen is a confectioner and has operated the popular blog krem.no since 1999. She has authored several cooking and baking books.
Marius Lien / Michael Noguchi (ill.)
REAL SPORTS HEROES
The coolest heroes are the ones who are brave enough to take action off the field too.
The biggest sporting stars are major celebrities. They have masses of fans who’ll cheer them on whatever they do. That gives them an opportunity to make an impact on the world around them. Some of the biggest stars choose to use that opportunity. They want to make the world a better place. And they choose to do so in different ways.
In this book readers will meet heroes like Muhammad Ali, who was jailed for opposing the Vietnam War, Marcus Rashford who fights for free school meals in the United Kingdom, and Ingrid Olsdatter Vestby, the first female ski-jumper, who paved the way for other women.
The book tells the story of fifty heroes in a variety of different sports.
ENGLISH SAMPLE TRANSLATION AVAILABLE
Marius Lien (b. 1975) has written about football and other sports for years. He was part of establishing the award-winning football magazine Josimar in 2009, and has written for the Norwegian news paper Morgenbladet as a regular columnist. He is also a teacher.
Mikael Noguchi (b. 1976) is an illustrator and a 3D artist. He works at Artplant.
Ekte sportshelter 170 x 240 mm / 128 pages Age 9–12
Kirsti
Kristoffersen
TAYLOR SWIFT: THE ULTIMATE FAN GUIDE
The icon Taylor Swift is more than just an artist. She is more than just the biggest pop star in the world. She is more than just a fantastic musician. Taylor Swift is also joy, love, deep lyrics, fan theories, glitter and sparkling cowboy boots, and most of all: an inclusive community of Swifties. This book is for old and new fans.
Taylor Swift: The Ultimate Fan Guide covers everything Swifties need to know about their favourite singer: Taylor's journey to land her first record deal, and her unparallelled career progressions. The battles she has fought and the challenges she's overcome. You'll learn what it's like to be at a concert with Taylor, and you'll get funfacts, quotes and a list of Taylor's most impressive records. Easter eggs are explained, songs are analysed, and much, much more.
The book is packed with photos of Taylor throughout her career, and is written by super fan and celebrity expert Kirsti Kristoffersen.
Image rights must be lisenced separately, but a list of all photos included in the book can be provided.
Kirsti Kristoffersen is one of Norway’s leading fan culture experts. She has worked in management for various names including child stars Markus and Martinus. She's written the Celebrity Crush series, which is translated into seven languages. She now works as a publicist at Gyldendal. She is also a huge Swiftie, and has seen Taylor Swift live three times.
Taylor Swift: Den ultimate fanboken 125 x 200 mm / 128 pages
Age 8–18
WE ARE NEVER GETTING BACK TOGETHER
Taylor og Norge
Visste du at ...
... sist Taylor Swift var i Norge, var i 2011? Da spilte hun konsert i Oslo Spektrum, og gikk omkring på Aker Brygge. «Oslo, hvor har du vært hele mitt liv?» skrev hun på Twitter, og la ut et bilde av seg selv som så ut til å ha blitt tatt på nettopp Aker Brygge. Oslo-konserten var en del av turneen Speak Now World Tour, og hun spilte følgende låter (legg merke til antallet – tilfeldig? I think not):
Fifteen
1 Sparks Fly
2 Mine
3 The Story of Us
4 Back to December
5 Better Than Revenge
6 Speak Now
7 Fearless
TEST DEG SELV: HVA
KAN
DU OM TAYLOR SWIFT? (LETT VERSJON)
1. Når har Taylor bursdag?
A) 13. mai
B) 13. oktober
C) 13. desember
2. Hvem er Taylors bestevenninne?
INVISIBLE
STRING
Hva er det med Taylor og tallet ? Det er lykketallet hennes, og både tilfeldighetene og Taylor selv har gjort det til noe helt spesielt. Her er tretten ting som beviser at 13 er blitt det viktigste tallet for alle Swifties!
På de to første turneene sine pleide Taylor å tegne tallet 13 på hånda si med eyeliner – og fans begynte raskt å gjøre det samme.
Hendelsen med Kanye West på Video Music Awards i 2009 skjedde den 13. september.
Når Taylor poster skjermbilde på Instagram av en sang hun hører på, er den alltid pauset på 13 sekunder.
-albumet hennes
4. Hvilket år er Taylor født?
A) 1988
B) 1989 C) 1990
5. Hvem av disse har Taylor IKKE vært kjæreste med?
A) Harry Styles
B) Joe Alwyn
C) Timothee Chalamet
A) Selena Gomez
B) Kim Kardashian
C) Sabrina Carpenter
3. Hva heter det nyeste albumet til Taylor?
A) Midnights
B) Lover
C) The Tortured Poets Department
Tinashe Williamson / Thea Jacobsen (ill.)
HANDBOOK FOR YOUNG ANTIRACISTS
Racism is a tough topic for us adults to navigate and it’s an issue that many of us find particularly challenging to discuss with our children. What are we supposed to say? Where should we start?
Tinashe Williamson makes her authorial debut with a handbook that illuminates, engages, and encourages the most important thing of all: dialogue. Through ten chapters and ten fictional characters, Williamson answers questions about what racism actually is, why representation matters, and what to say if you see somebody being discriminated against because of their skin colour.
A must for all children ages 9 and up – and their parents too!
«Tinashe Williamson has written a book that is easy to understand and utterly engaging. The book obviously has great potential to start important conversations between people from different generations.» DAGBLADET
19.000 IN PRINT
Tinashe Williamson (b. 1985) is a socially committed actor, model and freelance PR. Handbook for Young Antiracists is her first book.
Thea Jacobsen (b. 1997) holds a Bachelor degree in animation from the University of Greenwich in the UK.
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Håndbok for unge antirasister 195 x 250 mm / 72 pages Age 9–12
Benjamin Baarli Silseth / Kine Yvonne Kjær (ill.)
PROUD
Proud is a book that celebrates diversity and uniqueness. Pride is about being Queer, both now and before, about how to be a friend and an ally, about gender identity, love and sexuality, and about important people who have stood at the forefront of the fight for gay rights.
Why do we celebrate Pride? What's legal and illegal? Is queer love actually different? And what do you say if a friend confides in you about their own sexuality?
With this book, the goal is to break taboos and to make all readers feel more safe in themselves and pride in who they are.
Topics include:
• Queer history
• What does it mean to be Queer?
• Sex, gender identity, and gender expression
• Stereotypes and prejudice
• Open and inclusive language
• How to be a good ally
• Coming out
FULL ENGLISH PDF AVAILABLE
«The book's agenda is ... to create a sense of belonging. Which it succeeds in doing.»
AFTENPOSTEN
Author Benjamin Baarli Silseth (b. 1991) is a psychologist, he is queer, and has a strong passion for children's and youth's mental health.
Stolt
170 x 240 mm / 128 pages
Age 9-13
Subwoolfer: Oppdrag bestemor
148 x 210 mm / 168 pages
Age 6–9
Ben Adams / Martin Aas (ill.)
SUBWOOLFER:
OPERATION GRANDMA
Jim and Keith live on the moon, with nothing to eat but bananas. One day an astronaut crashes his space pod on the moon, and the hungry wolves listen carefully to his story about grandma's house, where you can eat as much as you like. Grandma gets happier the more you eat!
Together they decide to travel through space to collect the pieces of the astronaut's broken spaceship, The Galactic, in order to return to Earth and grandma's house. The trio sets off on a crazy journey from planet to planet, visiting both King Loo Roll on Toilet Planet, snowball-throwing elves on Christmas Planet and a creepy Subspider on Spooky Planet. When they eventually put all the parts of the astronaut's spaceship together, they set their coordinates for Earth and grandma's house. But where is grandma? Is she even alive, after all these years? And what happens when the astronaut discovers that the wolves are planning on eating his grandma?
Subwoolfer: Operation Grandma is the first installment of a hilariously crazy comic book series by Ben Adams and Martin Aas, perfect for readers who love Captain Underpants and Dogman.
Ben Adams (b. 1981) is an artist, songwriter and musical artist, best known as 1/4 of the world famous boyband A1. Subwoolfer: Operation Grandma is his first book.
Martin Aas is an illustrator, author and comic maker. For his children's book about the viking age he was nominated for the Brage Prize 2022.
Ben Adams / Martin Aas (ill.)
SUBWOOLFER: REVENGE OF THE GRANDMAS
After an action-packed but failed trip to Earth, the wolves and Astro head back into outer space, desperately in need of a well-earned rest. But their holiday on Vacation Planet is interrupted when they discover they’re being hunted by the greediest, deadliest and most insatiable beasts on Earth: GRANDMAS! They’re mad as heck and hungry for revenge –and as if that wasn’t bad enough, they can smell wolf-flesh!
A life-and-death struggle follows as Jim, Keith and Astro flee from planet to planet in an attempt to escape the Grandmas’ unusual methods of attack. What will happen when Subwoolfer runs out of places to hide? Will Jim and Keith manage to gather an army that can beat the grandmas? And is there anyone out there in the galaxy who can help them?
Subwoolfer: Bestemødrenes hevn 148 x 210 mm / 184 pages Age 6–9
Fallet
170 x 220 mm / 144 pages
Age 9+
Øyvind Torseter THE FALL
An elephant boy is running through the forest, fleeing from someone or something. Is he being kept prisoner in a castle? He escapes by leaving his shadow behind in his place. He goes on to become a successful businessman in a big city. But something is missing.
What will happen when he meets his shadow again?
A picture-based adventure from Øyvind Torseter, one of our most critically acclaimed and garlanded illustrators and authors.
PRAISE FOR THE DRONE CATCHER
«Allowing plenty of time is recommended: Between Torseter's covers there isin every way - so much going on that his broad pages are a joy to turn.» KLASSEKAMPEN
«[The book] is large and thick, but it is wise to give yourself plenty of time on each page, to study the details. This is where the experience lies - and the opportunity to supplement with your own associations and reflections. »
VÅRT LAND
Øyvind Torseter (b. 1972) is a well-known illustrator and author who has produced books such as Detours, The Hole and Mule Boy. He has won a number of Norwegian and international prizes. For Detours he was awarded the Year's Most Beautiful Book Prize and the most distinguished honour for children's books, The Bologna Ragazzi Award. The Hole earned him the prestigious French Prix Jeune Alber, and also the Norwegian prize for The Year's Most Beautiful Book in 2013. He has been nominated to the Deutscher jugendliteraturpreis several times and won it twice, most recently in 2018 for Mule boy Mule Boy was also nominated to the Nordic Councils Childrens Book Prize in 2016.
Aleksander Kirkwood Brown / Luis Guaragna (ill.)
UNDERCITY: SPELLBOUND
What do you do when you find out that Huldra, The Nix and goblins are not urban legends invented to scare children, but actual creatures who live in the shadows of Oslo’s streets?
Peter and his mum have just moved into grandpa’s apartment in Oslo after he’s sent to a care home. Peter is unhappy because he knows they will be moving again soon. Then he meets an unusual girl. She’s invisible to everyone else, but Peter can see her. And she’s not the only underground creature that walks around underground in Oslo…
When a little girl next door is kidnapped – by the Draugr – Peter is pulled into a reality and a part of Oslo he didn’t know existed. But why can Peter see the underground creatures? And what does his grandpa know, but isn’t able to tell him?
Aleksander Kirkwood Brown / Luis Guaragna (ill.)
UNDERSCITY: THE KEY
The second book in a critically acclaimed urban and magical graphic novel about friendship and commitment, based on fairytales, folklore and intense action.
Two huldras try to steal Tyri’s medallion, a key which she has promised her father to protect with her life. Peter and Tyri realise something is happening and that they must hide the key. At the midnight market in the Royal Park they meet Bhurai, who tells them that the key protects the Floral, an ancient and intensely magical object. If the power of the Floral is let loose, it could have catastrophic consequences. Tyri and Peter must move down into the underground city as they chase the magical Floral.
Bergtatt
170 x 240 mm / 112 pages Age 9–12
Nøkkelen
170 x 240 mm / 120 pages Age 9–12
Aleksander Kirkwood Brown / Luis Guaragna (ill.)
UNDERSCITY: THE BOG QUEEN
Peter is torn between two worlds – the world we know and an unknown world beneath Oslo that is full of mysterious beings. Whichever one he chooses, he’ll end up betraying a friend. Then the Bog Queen wakes up and wants to seize back the power she has lost. Peter, the last earth singer, is the only person standing in her way. But he won’t be able to succeed without the help of friends from both worlds.
The Bog Queen is the final book in the critically acclaimed The Underground City trilogy. An action-packed and original urban fantasy graphic novel series for young adults.
Myrdronningen 170 x 240 mm / 136 pages Age 9–12
Praise for Spellbound:
«Aleksander Kirkwood Brown and Luis Guaragna have created an enchanting new series based on Norwegian folklore.»
BOK365
«Aleksander Kirkwood Brown has established himself as one of fantasy literature’s foremost frontrunners in Norway, with particular consideration for children and teens.»
D2
«… it [feels] as if I have opened the door and is standing on the threshold of a new and exciting world when I read this story. I cannot wait to see where they will go on from here, and to be better acquainted with Oslo’s ‘underground’.»
SERIENETT.NO
Aleksander Kirkwood Brown (b. 1984) is half Norwegian, half Scottish and has studied film in Australia. In addition to writing books and comics, he also writes for film and TV.
Luis Guaragna (b. 1973) is Italian and Argentinian. He is a comic writer, game designer and illustrator.
Rights sold to: Denmark (Turbine)
Felix Baldauf, Eren Gjægtvik & Michael Stilson / Julia Lundgren (ill.) FELIX
A powerful graphic novel about finding your way out of the darkness through sport
Felix moves from Germany to Kristiansund with his mum and little brother. He can’t speak a word of Norwegian and can’t quite seem to settle in. And he can’t invite anyone back home either because he doesn’t know what will be waiting for him there. What state will Mum be in? Will she be drunk? Will she even be conscious?
Felix feels different. He is burdened by a dark secret, a secret he doesn’t want to share with anyone. But the new wrestling trainer Gekken understands him in a totally different way. Even if he comes late, is in a bad mood or doesn’t deliver his best performance, he’s still welcome in the locker room. It’s a place where he’s on the same footing as everyone else, and where he feels safe.
Slowly but surely, Felix comes out of his shell and turns out to be an incredibly talented wrestler. But with everything that’s going on at home, can he get as far as he wants to in the sport he loves?
Michael Stilson (b. 1987) from Trondheim is a former professional footballer and trained teacher. He was worked for Norwegian broadcaster NRK on the drama series Home Ground and the mini-documentary Stilson on the Benches. Stilson won Trollkrittet and Uprisen prizes for Just Play Ball in 2019, and the book was also sold to Germany and Denmark.
Julia Lundgren is a Swedish illustrator, game artist and multimedia creator. She has a bachelor in fine arts from Konstfack.
Felix Baldauf (b. 1994) is a Norwegian wrestler. He has a number of victories behind him, and won the Junior EC in 2014 as the first Norwegian wrestler ever. Baldauf spends much of his time working for greater transparency about men's and boys' mental health as a partner and speaker in BROR Mental Health.
Eren Gjægtvik (b. 1973) is best known as the trainer and mentor of the wrestling star Felix Baldauf.
Felix 148 x 210 mm / 160 pages Age 9–12
