Natur & Kultur Backlist catalogue 2012

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Natur & Kultur Backlist 2012

Picture book g ratin b e l n Ce ars i e y 10 !

2013

The Princess’ Rock Band/ Prinsessans rockband

by Per Gustavsson

The Princess goes Blues Brothers!

In the sixth book about the popular Princess she meets Princess Vera who has just built a dance floor but has trouble finding musicians who are willing to play there. The Princess decides to get her old band back together. The band once split up because the Dragon, the band drummer, became so fired up when he played that he used to set both the audience and their instruments on fire. But now she tracks down her former band mates – familiar characters from the previous books – and reunites the band.

They turn out to be a big success and Princess Vera is happy because, as usual, our Princess finds a way to keep the Dragon firing away without either setting the dance floor on fire or causing forest fires.

The idea to write about princesses came when Per’s daughter Kajsa declared that princesses only marry and have children - but of course princesses do much, much more.

The Princess website: www.prinsessor.nu

Press opinions about Per Gustavsson’s books: Release date: May 2011 Text: Per Gustavsson Illustrations: Per Gustavsson 32 pages. Includes a CD Age group: 3-6

“The gender analysis in Gustavsson’s prince- and princess books is an example of how it’s possible to act and do a number of different things – no matter what gender you are.”

(Svenska Dagbladet)

Sold to: Norway and Denmark

That’s what a Princess Does Sold to: Iceland, Denmark, Norway, Russia, Finland and the Czech Republic

When a Princess Celebrates When Princesses Go on her Birthday Vacation Sold to: Iceland, Norway, Sold to: Iceland and Finland Russia and the Czeck Republic

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When Princesses Wake up at Night Sold to: Norway, Denmark and Finland

When Princesses Throw a Party

Picture book My Wild Life/ Mitt vilda liv

by Amanda Eriksson One morning in the middle of July my mother put me on a train to visit Grandpa up north. It takes five hours to get there! So terribly long. But it’s worth it. Because Grandpa’s house is no ordinary house. It’s a cot. Grandpa has built it all by himself.

At night it’s pitch black. And very, very quiet. It’s so quiet that it shrieks in your ears. Sometimes it’s so quiet and so black that you don’t think you exist anymore. But this summer I really felt that I existed.

A suggestive and adequately nerve-tickling picture book about all the exciting things one can experience in the real wilderness.

Release date: March 2011. 32 pages.

My pink life Sold to: Denmark, Norway, The Faroe Islands and Poland

Amanda Eriksson (born 1970) is an author and illustrator who has illustrated numerous children’s books and magazines since 1995.

Natur & Kultur Box 27 323, 102 54 Stockholm Visit: Karlavägen 31 Tel +46 8-453 86 00 Fax + 46 8-453 87 90 www.nok.se Agent: Catharina Lantz

My second life Sold to: Denmark

My black life Sold to: Denmark

Non-fiction

Beetles, Baboons and other Egyptian Gods/ Skalbaggar, babianer och andra egyptiska gudar

by Malin Lilja (text) and Thomas Fröhling (illustration) In many old cultures there were gods for different purposes and the gods had the same feelings and the same characteristics as people, although with supernatural powers of course. There were gods for every possible need; one that you could pray to if there was no water, one if somebody got sick and one if you wanted to become wiser.

The Egyptian gods could transform into any animal they wanted to, which was quite useful. If a god wanted to seem kind it transformed into a cuddly cat, but it might as well become a dangerous crocodile or a bloodthirsty lion. Then you needed to watch out!

Get to know the sun god Ra, bloodthirsty Hathor, wise Imhotep and many more.

Malin Lilja shares her apartment in Stockholm with her daughter and two fat male cats and works as an editor of children’s books. She has also written a popular Easy Reader book about mummies.

Natur & Kultur Box 27 323, 102 54 Stockholm Visit: Karlavägen 31 Tel +46 8-453 86 00 Fax + 46 8-453 87 90 www.nok.se Agent: Catharina Lantz

Thomas Fröhling lives in Stockholm. He is a graphic designer and illustrator. He has written teenage novels about the hip hoper King Steve from Salem. 2009 he won Natur & Kultur’s Picture Book competition with his creative illustration to Petter Lidbeck’s The Princess Who Wasn’t Allowed to Visit the Bathroom/Den fina prinsessan.

Picture book Sandy, Larry Lost and Other Monsters around Town/ Sandy, Villy Vilse och andra monster på stan

by Andreas Palmaer and Per Gustavsson

Creepy things only happen at night. When you’re alone in the dark, right? Wrong!

In the first book about monsters (Ghosts and Monsters/Sopnedgasten) we found monsters hiding in every nook and corner of the home. But they can be found out on the streets as well! This book is about the scary monsters that hide at the bottom of the sandbox, inside the football, in the elevator and on top of the escalator. And monsters like Larry Lost, whose specialty is to make you lose your way, and Ronnie Rumble who will make the sunniest day wash away.

This is an entertaining and moderately scary book for 3-6 year olds.

Ghosts and Monsters/ Sopnedgasten Sold to: Norway and Denmark

Release date: September 2011 Text: Andreas Palmaer Illustrations: Per Gustavsson 32 pages. Hard cover

Andreas Palmaer och Per Gustavsson

Age group: 3-6

och andra moderna monster

Per Gustavsson, born in 1962, lives in Stockholm and is an illustrator and author. Among other books, he has created the popular stories about the headstrong Princess and the sweet Prince.

Natur & Kultur Box 27 323, 102 54 Stockholm Visit: Karlavägen 31 Tel +46 8-453 86 00 Fax + 46 8-453 87 90 www.nok.se Agent: Catharina Lantz

Andreas Palmaer is and editor, journalist and an author. He made his children’s book debut in 2007 with the picture book Mad about Money, together with Per Gustavsson. In 2009 came the book Ghosts and Monsters, also with Per Gustavsson.

Picture books

Promise! said Lilly/ Lova! sa Smulan

by Moni Nilsson (text) and Joanna Hellgren (illustrations)

The Princess Who Wasn’t Allowed to Visit the Bathroom/ Den fina prinsessan

by Petter Lidbeck and Thomas Fröhling 2009

Natur & Kultur Box 27 323, 102 54 Stockholm Visit: Karlavägen 31 Tel +46 8-453 86 00 Fax + 46 8-453 87 90 www.nok.se Agent: Catharina Lantz

Big Emma/Stor-Emma

by Lisen Adbåge 2010

Mops/Mops

by Eva Lindström and Emma Virke 2009

Isac and His Island/ Åke och hans ö

by Petter Lidbeck (text) and Lisen Adbåge (illustration)

What are You Thinking about, Stumpy?/Vad tänker Knodden?

by George Johansson and AnnaClara Tidholm 2009

Freddy Fixer Rights sold to: Denmark, Norway, Finland and Germany George Johansson

Jens Ahlbom

berättar om bilar

Freddy Fixer’s Car Book

George Johansson

Freddy Fixer’s Boat Book

Freddy Fixer’s Plane Book

Freddy Fixer Tells Us about Tractors

Jens Ahlbom

berättar om tåg

Freddy Fixer’s Train Book

Freddy Fixer’s Favourite Cars

Freddy Fixer’s First Book.

Hammer & Nail

Freddy Fixer’s First Book.

Machines on the Way

Freddy Fixer’s First Book.

Machines on the Farm

Freddy Fixer’s First Book.

Car Wash

Freddy Fixer’s First Book.

Racing Cars

Freddy Fixer’s First Book.

Machines in the City

Freddy Fixer’s First Book.

Machines on the Mountain Top

Freddy Fixer’s First Book.

Boats

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Freddy Fixer’s First Book.

Cars

Freddy Fixer’s First Book.

Aeroplanes

Freddy Fixer/Board books Freddy Fixer Smallest Book. Fall Asleep/ Mulle Mecks minsta bok. Somna

George Johansson r +FOT "IMCPN

by George Johansson (text) and Jens Ahlbom (illustration) Buffa doesn’t want to go to sleep, not yet. But master Freddy is tired. He makes his bed and prepares Buffa’s basket and turns the light off. Buffa just wants to play a little longer, but then suddenly she yawns with her mouth wide open. It’s actually quite cozy to cuddle up and fall asleep warm and safe in your basket.

George Johansson r +FOT "IMCPN

Freddy Fixer Smallest Book. Wake Up/ Mulle Mecks minsta bok. Vakna

by George Johansson (text) and Jens Ahlbom (illustration) Buffa lies in her basket sleeping, even though it’s already morning. Slowly, the noise and the smell of master Freddy Fixer’s morning preparations seek its way into her mind. Softly and nicely she wakes up to a new day. The perfect book for little sleepyheads.

Two new, hardwearing cardboard books, with short texts and colorful and distinct illustrations suitable for the youngest.

Freddy Fixer’s Smallest Book.

Find!/Hitta!

Freddy Fixer’s Smallest Book.

Why?/Varför?

Freddy Fixer’s Smallest Book.

On the Way/På väg!

Freddy Fixer’s Smallest Book.

Buffa likes Cars/Buffa gillar bilar

Freddy Fixer’s Smallest Book.

Pell Mell/Huller om buller

Freddy Fixer’s Smallest Book.

Who?/Vem?

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George Johansson (b.1946) is a journalist and a writer. He has published numerous children’s books, juvenile fiction and non-fiction for both children and adults. Together with Jens Ahlbom he has created the hugely popular books, computer games as well as films about Freddy Fixer (in Swedish called Mulle Meck).

Jens Ahlbom (b. 1954) is one of Sweden’s most famous illustrators of children’s books. He is a trained arts teacher and has illustrated more than 60 books. In 2003 he was awarded the prestigious “Elsa Beskow Plaque” for his entire production. Part of the jury’s motivation reads as follows: “An equal to Freddy Fixer when it comes to ingenuity and craftsmanship.”

Mamma Moo Mamma Moo by Jujja and Tomas Wieslander (text) and Sven Nordqvist (illustrations) are loved by children all over the world. Translated into more than 30 languages, now also on film!

Mamma Moo / Picture books:

Mamma Moo / Illustrated fiction:

Mamma Moo Gets a Scratch Mamma Mu får ett sår

Mamma Moo and Crow Mamma Mu och Kråkan

Mamma Moo and Crow’s Christmas Mamma Mu och kråkans jul

Mamma Moo climbs a tree Mamma Mu klättrar i träd

TRANSLATED INTO: Norwegian Finnish German Danish Estonian Icelandic Arabic Lithuanian Polish

Spanish Hungarian Korean Kurdmanji Sorani Farsi Thai Turkish Assyrian/Syrian Vietnamese

Chinese Mamma Moo on the Swing Mamma Mu gungar

Mamma Moo Builds a Tree House Mamma Mu bygger koja

Mamma Moo and the Spring Cleaning / Mamma Mu städar

Mamma Moo on the Sledge Mamma Mu åker bobb

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Free again in Italy and the Netherlands!

Mamma Moo Goes Down a Slide Mamma Mu åker rutschkana

Indian editions: English Gujarati Hindi Kammala Kannada Malyalam Marathi Punjabi Tamil Telugu

Mamma Moo’s Birthday Calendar Mamma Mu Födelsedagskalender

Emma and Totte 40 years

Emmas dagis Emma’s Nursery School

Emma Tvärtemot Opposite Emma

Emmas Lillebror är sjuk Emma’s Baby Brother is Ill

Emma dammsuger Emma Vacuums

Emmas första dag på dagis / Emma’s First Day at Nursery School

TRANSLATED INTO: Finnish Danish Norwegian Lappish Somali Arabic Persian Japanese Emmas verkstad Emma’s Workshop

Emma och Lillebror Emma and Baby Brother

Emma går till tandläkaren Emma Visits the Dentist

Emma hos doktorn Emma Visits the Doctor

Icelandic Irish Chinese The rights are free again in English!

Totte bygger Thomas is Building

Totte klär ut sig Thomas Dresses Himself Out

Totte går ut / Thomas Leaves the House

Totte går till doktorn Thomas Visits the Doctor

Totte bakar Thomas is baking

Totte badar Thomas Takes a Bath

Totte lekar med kisse Thomas Play’s with the Cat

Totte städar Thomas Cleans

Totte är liten Thomas is small

Totte och Malin Thomas and Millie

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Frida Nilsson

Frida Nilsson

Hedvig!

Hedvig!

Sold to: Norway, Denmark, Germany and Serbia

Hedvig och Max-Olov Hedvig and Max-Olov Sold to: Norway and Denmark

Kråkans otroliga liftarsemester The Crow’s Hitchhiking Adventures Sold to:

Hedvig och sommaren med Steken Hedvig’s Summer with Chubby Sold to: Norway and Denmark

Apstjärnan Me and Gorilla Sold to: Germany, Denmark, Korea and France

Frida Nilsson (b. 1979) is compared to fellow writers Roald Dahl and Barbro Lindgren. She made her debut with Kråkans otroliga liftarsemester/Crow’s Hitchhiking adventures in 2004 and during the following year both Apstjärnan (Me and Gorilla) and the first book about Hedvig, were published. The second book about Hedvig, Hedvig and Max-Olov, was nominated for the August Prize in 2006 and in 2007 came the third book about this streetwise country-bumpkin; Hedvig och sommaren med Steken/Hedvig’s Summer with Chubby.

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Hedvig och Hardemos prinsessa Hedvig and the Princess of Hardemo Sold to: Norway and Denmark

Jag, Dante och miljonerna Me and Dante at the Dump Sold to: Germany, Denmark, Korea and France

Moni Nilsson Moni Nilsson – a best-selling author Moni Nilsson has been honoured with numerous awards.

Her characters are well known and loved in Sweden and internationally, by children as well as critics. There have been two films made about Tsatsiki. The first film was awarded Best film of the year when it came in 1999, and was also sold to a large number of countries.

to Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, the Netherlands, Norway, the Faroe Islands, Bosnia Herzegovina, Poland, Russia and Italy.

The later Liquorice and Sputnik was bought by publishers in Germany, Denmark, Norway and the Faroe Islands and High Hopes, is so far sold to Norway.

The language in Moni Nilsson’s books is direct without losing its characteristic voice and it’s easy to identify with the funny, kind-hearted and clever characters. She has a unique ability to see a growing child’s world and describes it in a way that all children can recognise, and with a great sense of humour.

She made her debut as a writer of children’s books in 1984. Since then she has written a number of bestsellers. Through her production, she has cooperated with famous and popular illustrators such as Pija Lindenbaum and Lisen Adbåge.

Moni Nilsson made her debut as a writer of children’s books in 1984. Since then she has written a number of bestsellers.

Moni Nilsson’s books have been sold to several countries. For example, Tsatsiki and His Mum has been sold

Tsatsiki och Morsan Tsatsiki and His Mum, 1995

Klassresan The School Trip, 2001

Tsatsiki och Farsan Tsatsiki and His Dad, 1996

Bara Tsatsiki Tsatsiki on His Own, 1997

Smått och gott med Malin + Rasmus = Samuel Svensson / Bits and sant / Malin + RasPieces with Samuel, 2002 mus = True, 2003

Natur & Kultur Box 27 323, 102 54 Stockholm Visit: Karlavägen 31 Tel +46 8-453 86 00 Fax + 46 8-453 87 90 www.nok.se Agent: Catharina Lantz

Sejtes skatt The Treasure of Sejte, 1998

Salmiak och Spocke Liquorice and Sputnik, 2005

Tsatsiki och kärleken Tsatsiki Falls in Love, 1999

Salmiak och Hedda Liquorice and Hedda, 2006

Tsatsiki och Retzina Tsatsiki and Retzina, 2001

Hoppet High Hopes, 2007

A Selection of Easy Readers

Milly Monster/Moa monster

by Jujja Wieslander (text) and Bettina Johansson (illustration)

Fakires!/Fakirer

by Bengt-Erik Engholm (text) and Jojo Falk (illustration)

My Book about Pets/Min bok om husdjur

by Amanda Eriksson

My Book about Princesses/ Min bok om prinsessor

by Amanda Eriksson

Ella on the Mountain Top/ Ella på bergets topp

by Johan Rundberg (text) and Matilda Salmén (illustration)

Lovely Little Sorrows/Ellas sköna sorgligheter

by Johan Rundberg (text) and Matilda Salmén (illustration)

Ella Gets Lost/Ella och utflykten

by Johan Rundberg (text) and Matilda Salmén (illustration)

Petter Lidbeck

Flickan och PRESIDENTEN

The Girl and the President/Flickan och presidenten

by Petter Lidbeck (text) and Lisen Adbåge (illustration)

EASY READER Our definition of an Easy Reader: Large print, simple language, short sentences. No ambiguous words.

Mummies/Mumier

by Malin Lilja

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To learn to read is like discovering life on every planet in the universe. Each book is a new world to explore. We want to avoid big obstacles in the text but still make the adventure worthwhile for the little explorer. The child and her/his capacity is in focus. To inspire the child to keep reading and embrace every new challenge until the whole universe is within reach.

Graphic Novel 12+ De tusende/One in Thousand

by Petter Lidbeck (text) and Max Elmberg Sjöholm (illustrations) “The first year doctors from the mainland came to examine us. As if we carried a secret they wanted to lay their hands on. They wore protective clothing, respirators, thick gloves and safety equipment. It was before they knew that survivors are the biggest carriers of contagion. A couple of days later they came back without the protective clothing but with black blisters. Today they are smoke and ashes.”

The author weaves an apocalyptic story where the narrator is one of the survivors. He and his best friend Mercer help each other to remember what it was like on the mainland, when everything was still normal. Before the plague. Most people die fast but one out of a thousand survives. The survivors are condemned to a life of isolation and slavery on an island where they get to do the dirty work of transporting the ill people from the mainland and to bury the bodies once they are dead. Among the survivors is Gecko.

He is fed up with the situation. Why are we punished is the question he can’t stop asking. At times he even feeds the oven with sick people, they are soon to die anyhow, he thinks. Mercer and the captain don’t like the ideas Gecko spreads out, they know that the people on the mainland are depending on them for their survival. The captain has a daughter, still on the mainland, and to see her healthy, waving from the other side keeps his hope up. But one day she climbs onto the boat. The three young men are all drawn to her and the situation is carried to extremes.

Petter Lidbeck was born in Helsingborg in 1964. He now lives in Stockholm and is an author of children’s books and a journalist.

Petter Lidbeck has written numerous picture books and chapter books for all ages.

Natur & Kultur Box 27 323, 102 54 Stockholm Visit: Karlavägen 31 Tel +46 8-453 86 00 Fax + 46 8-453 87 90 www.nok.se Agent: Catharina Lantz

Non-fiction The City See How It Works

Staden Så funkar den

by Johanna von Horn (text) and Jonas Burman (illustration) How does an elevator work? How old are the streets?

Why is the subway built underneath the ground? And who decides when the traffic light changes to green? All these questions, and many others, are answered in this clever and funny book about the city and its wonders.

Sold to Denmark and Korea.

Kom in i huset. Så funkar det/The House. See How It Works is sold to Norway, Denmark, Finland, Korea and is also published in an Arabic edition.

Johanna von Horn made her debut as a children’s book writer with The House - See How It Works in 2006.

The book was published by Natur & Kultur and is the predecessor to The City - See How it Works.

The House, See How It Works /Kom in i huset - så funkar det Sold to: Finland, Denmark and Norway Natur & Kultur Box 27 323, 102 54 Stockholm Visit: Karlavägen 31 Tel +46 8-453 86 00 Fax + 46 8-453 87 90 www.nok.se Agent: Catharina Lantz

Jonas Burman has illustrated many children’s books as well as school books. He lives in Uppsala with his wife and three kids. He likes old cars, which you can see in many of his books. He loves his job!

Fiction 7-9

Visiting Paradise/ När vi kom till paradiset

by Anna and Thomas Lyrevik (text) and Ida Björs (illustrations) Finally the summer vacation has come to an end! Finally Nikki will start school and meet Josef again. She has been longing to meet him all summer. But when school starts he’s not there. He has moved and when he shows up it becomes a disaster. The only light in the dark is that it’s Nikkis turn to get a new bike this fall. But then her brother Abbas’ bike is stolen. Then Mum needs to buy him a new one first, of course. Luckily there is Greta, the wonderful old lady. Greta brings Nikki along to a new adventure and she knows both how to mend broken hearts and find stolen bikes.

Visiting Paradise is a warm and funny story about jealousy towards a friend and towards a brother, as well as about insecurity but mostly a quiet and beautiful story about real love.

Sequel to When We Said Good-bye to Niclas. 7-9 years When We Said Good-bye to Niclas is sold to Germany

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Anna and Thomas Lyrevik made their literary debut in 2004 with the children’s book Nora from Nowhere.

They have written both When We Said Good-bye to Niclas and Visiting Paradise together.

Ida Björs is an artist and illustrator and has previously worked with both magazines and animation for children.

Fiction Young adult Man-Eaters in Maersta/ Människoätande människor i Märsta

by Aase Berg Three teenage girls’ universe, filled with love, friendship, betrayal and grief. This is the first time Aase Berg, a poet and critics favourite, writes for younger people. A poetry novel efficiently and explosively told in short and poetic phrases.

Aase Berg is a poet and a writer. She has been editor of BLM, The Bonnier Literary Magazine, as well as other magazines. She was responsible for a writers’ course on the internet and she has taught creative writing. She was nominated to the August Prize for Forsla fett in 2002.

The Daughter of the Dead/Den dödes dotter

by Janne Lundström One day when 13-year-old Abena washes her clothes in the river, her little brother Akkor accidentally floats away in a canoe. Abena panics. Akkor is her responsibility! Abena desperately needs to find him, she cannot return home without him. She steals a canoe and goes in the same direction. On her way down the river she meets crocodiles, poisonous snakes and enemies, but on her way she also changes profoundly. The Daughter of the Dead is a breath-taking, action-packed, and well-written novel about different ways of handling grief.

It is the story about a girl who through the difficulties she survives and by the fears she learns to deal with, grows into an empathetic young woman.

The Spirit of Uncle Kwesi has been sold to Denmark, Belgium and Germany.

Janne Lundström was born in 1941 and has published over 30 books for children and teenagers, many of them prize winners. In 2001 his book Morbror Kwesis vålnad/ The Spirit of Uncle Kwesi was nominated for the August Award and won the Nils Holgersson Plaque and in 2007 his novel Flickan som var vacker i onödan/Beauty in Vain was nominated for the August Award.

Natur & Kultur Box 27 323, 102 54 Stockholm Visit: Karlavägen 31 Tel +46 8-453 86 00 Fax + 46 8-453 87 90 www.nok.se Agent: Catharina Lantz