VB Rights Catalogue 2019 by Vigmostad & Bjørke

CHILDREN'S RIGHTS CATALOGUE SPRING 2019

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Where is the Easter Egg?

by Lars Mæhle and Odd Henning Skyllingstad (ill.)

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Odd Henning Skyllingstad

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• Mysteries for ages 3–6 years • Rights sold to Denmark, Finland, Poland and Sweden • Great press reviews: “This is gold for the little ones” – Morten Olsen Haugen (Aftenposten) ISBN 978-82-419-1840-7

HVOR ER PÅSKEEGGET?

ISBN 978-82-419-1840-7

• Odd Henning Skyllingstad

like lure som barn. I alle fall nesten.

Everyone in Crow’s Nest Kindergarden is ready for a yellow theme-party. Before the party can start the children have to go Easter Egg hunting for an egg that Elin and Sven have hidden in a very clever place. It’s very hard for Leon and Livia, Crow’s Nest’s own detectives, to track down the egg. There are rhymed hints and lots of tricks involved because sometimes adults can be just as clever as children. Almost as clever, anyway.

HVOR ER PÅSKEEGGET?

masse lurerier. For noen ganger kan de voksne være

Lars Mæhle

Crow’s Nest Kindergarten Mysteries is a playful series of books written by Lars Mæhle and illustrated by Odd MYSTERIENE I KRÅKESLOTTET BARNEHAGE Henning Skyllingstad. Leon and Livia, Crow’s Nest Det er klart for gul fest idetectives, Kråkeslottet barnehage. før Kindergarten’s very own solve Men mysteries festen kan begynne, må barna finne et påskeegg som Elin relatable to all children: This is charming miniature crime og Sven Ingvar har gjemt. På et ekstra lurt sted. fiction for children aged 3–6 years. Mæhle and SkyllingstadDet have created a recognizable, urban, and blir en vanskelig leterunde for Leon og Live, Kråkeslottets detektiver. Med innlagt quiz på rim og multicultural universe in which these stories unfold.

MYSTERIENE I KRÅKESLOTTET BARNEHAGE

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Lars Mæhle (b. 1971) has written several books for children and teenagers. His big breakthrough came in 2009 with the multi-award-winning fantasy novel The Land Beneath the Ice. The second book in the series was published in 2014, to further acclaim and awards. He published his first book for Ena in 2016, The Counting Troll Counts to Ten (Telle-trollet teller til ti). Odd Henning Skyllingstad (b. 1978) is an experienced cartoonist and illustrator. Skyllingstad has a degree in Animation from Volda University College. He is known for his series on the frog Kolbein.

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Where is Santa? • Odd Henning Skyllingstad

HVOR ER JULENISSEN? EHAGEKRI

HVOR ER JULENISSEN?

MYSTERIENE I KRÅKESLOTTET BARNEHAGE

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Lars Mæhle

Who Stole the Ticket?

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ORIGINAL TITLE: Hvor er julenissen?

ORIGINAL TITLE: Hvor er biletten?

AGE: 3–6

There’s a Christmas party in Crow’s Nest Kindergarten and Santa is of course coming. Both children and parents have arrived and are enjoying themselves. Elin suggests to call for Santa Claus. The children shout out several times but he doesn’t turn up. Where can he be? This is certainly a case for Leon and Livia! Did Santa hide somewhere? Are there any clues to find?

Crow’s Nest Kindergarden are going to the theatre. The children are so excited! But on the train there is a ticket inspection and Sven can’t find the ticket. Where on earth can it be? It turns into some train journey where they search in all possible and impossible places. Can they solve the mystery? Nothing is impossible for Crow’s Nest’s ow detective team Leon and Livia.

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Who Is the Bun Thief?

Who Left the Muddy Footprints?

Rights sold sold to Finland, Sweden and Poland

Rights sold sold to Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Poland

It’s fancy dress time at the Crow’s Nest Kindergarten, and everyone’s dressed up. Aksel can count, and he counts ten buns. One each. But then the fire alarm goes off, and one of the buns goes missing. Who stole it? Leon and Livia, the in-house detectives at the Crow’s Nest, are on the case. The solution will surprise them all…

Elin has just mopped the floor. It was squeaky clean a minute ago, but all of a sudden there are muddy footprints everywhere … Who left them? Was it Mario’s dad? Ada’s mums? This is a case for Leon and Livia! They investigate the matter thoroughly in their charming search for hard evidence.

Where Did All the Socks Go?

Who Stole the Glasses?

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Since the dawn of washing machines, mankind has asked this question: Where do all the single socks go? At the Crow’s Nest, the whole football team is missing a sock each. Where are they? Who has taken them? Have they, like other single socks, simply disappeared? Leon and Livia put all their efforts into solving this mystery. Maybe they will discover where all the missing socks of the world end up?

Everyone in the kindergarten is helping make vegetable soup. But amidst the commotion in the kitchen, someone needs a plaster. Suddenly Leon and Livia have a new case! Where are Elin’s glasses? They were here a second ago … Through solid detective work, the kindergarten’s very own investigators set forth to crack the case!

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John Jensen takes the night train by Henrik Hovland and Torill Kove (ill.)

John Jensen is finally back after 10 years! This time around every child’s favourite Tax Advisor is going to Bergen on a conference. A town full of Bergeners. To get there he has to travel on the night train. He will have to sleep together with people he doesn’t know, pass through unfamiliar places and go through dark tunnels. The challenges are quickly piling up for our anxious crocodile friend. The first three books about John Jensen have turned into modern classics in Norway. We are happy and proud to have him back. Henrik Hovland (b. 1965) has written three previous books on John Jensen as well as the picture book Snap (Illustrated by Tone Lilleng) and two books for adults. He has also worked as a war correspondent in Iraq, the Balkans and Central America.

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Torill Kove (b. 1958) is an Oscar-winning animation filmmaker, illustrator, and children’s book author. She is a one-time Oscar laureate, two-time Oscar nominee. The Danish Poet won the Best Animated Short category in 2007.

PUBLISHER: Ena an imprint of Vigmostad & Bjørke ORIGINAL TITLE: Johannes Jensen tar nattoget PAGES: 56 AGE: 3–6

“(…) if you have come to like the crocodile who works as a Tax Advisor and battles with issues we all recognize; you won’t let him go so easily (…) the illustrations contribute to creating the harmonious atmosphere that characterizes the books about the crocodile. Reading about John Jensen actually slows down your heart rate.” Kristine Isaksen, Bergens Tidende About Johannes Jensen experiences a miracle

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The story

by Tor Fretheim and Øyvind Torseter (ill.)

A clever picture book on the creation of a story and how difficult it can be to capture it on paper, about how it originates as an idea in the author’s mind and becomes a finished story that eventually belongs to the reader. We meet a writer who is fed up with sitting alone in front of a blank sheet of paper and who goes out on the street hunting for inspiration and an adventure. People soon start following him, excited to see if he will find his story. Tor Fretheim (1946–2018) wrote mostly for children and young adults, his books have been translated into several languages. His breakthrough was The angels stop at the fairy tale bridge, for which he received the Norwegian Critics’ Award. He received several awards in his lifetime such as the Department of Culture’s Litterature Award and the Aschehoug –award. Tor Fretheim sadly passed away suddenly in December 2018. Øyvind Torseter (b. 1972) has illustrated several picture books, both written by himself and by others. In 2014 he received the Nordic Council Literature Award for Brown, written by Håkon Øverås. He has won a number of Norwegian and international prizes, amongst them the Bologna Ragazzi Award and Deutsche Jugendliteraturpreis.

RIGHTS OWNER: Vigmostad & Bjørke PUBLISHER: Ena an imprint of Vigmostad & Bjørke ORIGINAL TITLE: Fortellingen PAGES: 48 AGE: 6–9

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Rats, the world’s worst best animals by Marit Nicolaysen

Rats are critters most of us would rather avoid, yet no other wild animal lives as close to us as rats do. They are everywhere. Despite this, people generally have no knowledge of rats as a species. Marit Nicolaysen, who’s hugely successful bestselling and award-winning middle grade series featuring Svein and his pet rat Halvorsen, takes us into the secret world of rats. She tells us everything there is to know about rats, perhaps even some things we don’t really want to know! With easily accessible facts, fascinating anecdotes and cool illustrations the book challenges our view on rats. It demonstrates that rats can be lovable pets – and that they can even save lives. Marit Nicolaysen (b. 1953) has written books for adults, children and young adults as well as stage- and radio scripts. She is most widely known for her hugely successful, bestselling and award-winning middle grade series featuring Svein and his pet rat Halvorsen, which has a total print run of over half a million books, has been translated to ten languages and has been transformed into two feature films. RIGHTS OWNER: Vigmostad & Bjørke PUBLISHER: Ena an imprint of Vigmostad & Bjørke ORIGINAL TITLE: Rotter, verdens verste beste dyr PAGES: 74

AGE: 9–12

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Winter on the savannah by Levi Henriksen and Leah Henriksen

Winter on the savannah is an unusual literary fatherdaughter project. Levi Henriksen has written a YA novel in collaboration with his teenage daughter Leah. The starting point of the novel is equally unusual: up a tree surrounded by aggressive hippos on the Kenyan savannah. The protagonist Eleanor is wondering which is worse: to be eaten by hippos or to live on. Winter on the savannah Is a story of a holiday gone wrong The reader gradually learns that Eleanor is travelling with her stepfather who she barely knows, and their circumstances are such that they need to relate to one another. It is a story of animal rights and preservation of natural diversity. But first and foremost it is a story of grief and great loss. Levi Henriksen has previously written several critically acclaimed books for children and adults. In this novel he takes us to the savannah, and into the mind of a young girl who is searching for direction in life. Levi Henriksen (b. 1964) is an both a writer and a musician. Henriksen is particularly known for his award-winning and popular tales from the fictitious place Skogli. He was awarded the Booksellers' Prize in 2004 and the School Librarians' Litterature Prize in 2017. Leah Henriksen (b. 2000) is currently studying at Øvrebyen high school. Her main areas of interest are exercise, literature, British bands, animal rights and the environment.

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The Road to the End of the Night by Gunnar F. Klinge

A current Brothers Lionheart tale of grief and great bravery. Iris struggles to cope with everyday life after the death of her father and keeps to herself at school as a terrible accident suddenly turns everything upside down. Iris is forced out on a journey through the night where afflictions breathe down her neck and the grief flies on broad wings with sharp claws. The Road to the End of the Night end is a wonderful story of sorrow, longing and bravery. In a world where the gate between dreams and wakeful reality is open, Iris has to risk everything for the one she loves, without looking back. Gunnar F. Klinge (b. 1976) is from Oslo and lives in Lillehammer. He holds a Master of Arts in Philosophy and currently works a s a Senior Advisor at the Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences. He has previously published the crime novel Alma Mater (2017), for which he received the Maurits Hansen Award for best first novel.

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ORIGINAL TITLE: Veien til nattens ende PAGES: 184 AGE: 9–12

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View From the Closet by Sanne Mathiassen

Absurd, raw and told with dark humour about being dumped – and then moving in to you ex’s wardrobe. When the protagonist is dumped by her partner, she first returns home to her grandmother’s house. But there’s a limit to how long you can live off soup and wait for a father who never returns and maybe you might just as well move in to your ex’s wardrobe? The wardrobe is a glass cabinet and her ex’s new life makes her reflect on her own life with criticism, not unlike Facebook. Sanne Mathiassen (b. 1983) grew up in Finnsnes in Troms county in northern Norway. She has completed the Creative writing for children and young adults course at the Norwegian Institute for Children’s Books. Her debut came in 2012 with the critically acclaimed The days before May. When she’s not writing she is busy sewing colourful children’s clothes.

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ORIGINAL TITLE: Ord som slutter på skap PAGES: 158 AGE: 12–16

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The Giant by Akin Duzakin

The book explores the concepts mean and kind in an Kjempen bryr seg ikke om noe eller noen. inventive way. Duzakins naivistic illustrations are expresHan gjør akkurat som han vil. De som borand i skogen kjenner seg aldri trygge. sive and the fear, anger eventually the joy of the people are portrayed through En dag clearly faller Kjempen og slår hodet.his pictures. And in Han husker ikke hvem han er. the end it's perhaps not as cut and Han husker ikke om han er slemdried eller snill.as all that.

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K jempen Akin Duzakin

Akin Duzakin • Kjempen

A Giant terrorises the people who live in the woods. One day he falls over and bumps his head and he doesn’t remember who he is. Is he kind or mean? The people decide to lie and tell him that they are good friends.

• A classic story about the possibility in relationships; it’s never too late to make an enemy a friend. • Akin Duzakin is an award winning illustrator who has been translated to more than 20 languages. ISBN 978-82-419-1723-3 ISBN 978-82-419-1723-3

Akin Duzakin (b. 1961) is a graduate of the Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry in Oslo. He has illustrated over 40 picture books. His books have been translated to 20 languages. He has received the Brage Award twice for picture books made in collaboration with Liv Marie Austrem. He has also received the Department of Culture’s Award for Illustrated Children’s Books twice, and received the Book Art Award in 2006 for his many years of work as an illustrator. Duzakin is particularly well known for his poetic, slightly naivist motives, using a characteristic palette. 9 788241 917233

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Ena an imprint of Vigmostad & Bjørke ORIGINAL TITLE: Kjempen PAGES: 48 AGE: 3–6 Mor legger armene rundt meg. Fortell om fuglen, sier jeg lavt. Da forteller hun om den store fuglen.

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Rights sold to USA and Korea ISBN 978-82-93473-41-1 ISBN 978-82-93473-41-1

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Lost

by Rune Johan Andersson

NORLA selected title 2019

In this slightly eerie picture book Lost, Rune Johan Andersson shows us the world from a child’s perspective. Where are mum and dad? Where am I? The book is a story about getting lost in the woods and being found again. Perhaps it wasn’t so frightening in the woods after all?

Rune Johan Andersson

Anderssons expressive and original illustrations reinforces and gives the book meaning and provides a completely unique style. This is an innovative and rich book where the illustrations carry most of the meaning. Lost is a slightly unnerving picture book about getting lost, but also about finding one’s way home. Mum and dad are gone and we are in the middle of a forest. But is it really tree trunks all around, or something completely different? Perhaps it’s not so scary after all. The book is both written and illustrated by Rune Johan Andersson.

• A picture book about how frightening it is to get lost, but also how to find one’s way back. • Reality isn’t always as you imagine. • Andersson is an award-winning illustrator and children’s book author. RIGHTS OWNER: Vigmostad & Bjørke

Rune Johan Andersson (b. 1945) is an award-winning illustrator of more than 60 books, 16 of which he has also written. He has a distinct and recognizable style; his motifs are mostly simple and specific but quite often with a cunning touch.

PUBLISHER: Ena an imprint of Vigmostad & Bjørke ORIGINAL TITLE: Borte PAGES: 48 AGE: 3–6

Also illustrated by Rune Johan Andersson

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It Wasn’t a Bush by Eli Hovdenak

In Eli Hovdenak’s fourth picture book the palette is dark with some hints of colour in the dusky landscapes. Hovdenak portrays everything that can be frightening in the woods: Most find the darkness frightening, but for some it’s the light that makes them uneasy. This is an original, warm and empathic story.

• Hovdenak’s art is playfull with an absurd humour. • An imaginative picture book about everything that seems scary in the dark woods. • Eli Hovdenak is and award winning picture book author, illustrator and an artist. Eli Hovdenak (b.inn1956) is a graduate of the National To venner går av toget og i mørke skogen. De hører mystiske lyder overalt. Hva kan det være? Academy of Art and the Norwegian Institute of Det er mye som er skummelt om natta. Children’s Literature. Her stories and illustrations are characterised by surrealism and humour. She mostly works as a graphic artist, using techniques such as lithography and woodcut. It Wasn’t a Bush is her fourth book as both author and illustrator. ISBN 978-82-419-1741-7 ISBN 978-82-419-1741-7

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The Tie by Fam Ekman

The tie is a funny and surreal story about a tie and a whole lot of knots. After attempting to tie a knot on daddy’s tie the main character in the story is sent to bed without supper. All of a sudden an elephant appears and it takes the protagonist on a wild journey. It demonstrates how to tie all kinds of knots. Suddenly daddy’s tie turns into a Gordian knot that doesn’t want to be untangled. Who can help loosen it? The reader is brought into a magical and playful universe through Fam Ekman’s recognisable illustrations Her texts are funny and from time to time absurd.

• Original and surreal picture book about something as mundane as a tie. • Fam Ekman is an award winning artist as well as a picture book author and illustrator. • Her books are collector’s items for adult art lovers.

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Fam Ekman (b. 1946) is a graduate of the Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry and the National Academy of Art in Oslo. Ekman made her debut in 1969 with That may be (Det kan hända), and has written and illustrated a great number of books since. She has received several awards, including the Brage Award in 1992, the Book Art Award in 2003, and the National Critics’ Award in 2008. Her books are collectors’ items among adult art lovers, as well as providing fun reading and visual art experiences for children. They draw inspiration from fairy tales and animal fables, and are executed in her own signature style: sparse, down to earth, inventive, and original.

fam ekman fam ekman katten som ikke ville bade

Da er det klart! ropte Dronningen av Badevannet. Katten fór opp og strøk på dør, for badevann var det verste den viste. Aldri mer! Han så isteden for seg et bedre liv: som pynt rundt halsen på en godseierfrue, kanskje, eller hvorfor ikke fotvarmer i en himmelseng?

katten

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Knock on wood by Ragnar Aalbu

Winner of the 2018 Ministry of Culture’s Best Picture Book

Knock on wood is a picture book about a woodpecker who gets a headache from all his drumming. There is no other way out than to re-train. This in turn leads to an existential crisis; What will a woodpecker do when he can no longer do what he does best? Knock on wood is an original and fun story by an author who has a group of readers and fans enjoying his minimalistic and humorous style and devious stories. The absurd story about the woodpecker is complimented nicely by Aalbus perfectly clean illustrations. With its surplus of funny details both children and adults will enjoy this book.

“Everyone should read Ragnar Aalbu’s books”. NRK (Anne Cathrine Straume)

• A surreal story of a woodpecker who gets a headache and has to find something else to do. • Aalbu’s recognisable minimalist style taken to new heights. • Ragnar Aalbu was nominated for the Nordic Council’s Literature Prize in 2016.

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Ragnar Aalbu

Ragnar Aalbu (b. 1966) is a picture book author and illustrator, and has received multiple awards for his minimalist, stylised illustrations, including the Department of Culture’s First Children’s Book Award in 2005.

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Harry og Roger. Harry og Roger på tur. Harry og Roger får en slags venn. Her er alle de tre bøkene om Harry og Roger!

Aalbu is featured in Martin Salisbury’s book PLAY PEN – New Children’s Book Illustration (2007), and in the Gestalten Verlag title Little Big Books – Illustrations for Children’s Picture Books (2012).

Ragnar Aalbu

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Den sultne bjørnen spiser seg gjennom blåbærskogen da den plutselig kommer over et gigantisk blåbær. Det er nesten for godt til å være sant.

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Where Do Thoughts Come From? by Constance K. Løken Ørbeck-Nilssen and Torill Kove (ill.)

For philosophers of all ages.

og om livet mitt. Alle tanker som kommer og går.

• A philosophical picture book for children of all ages. • Torill Kove is an Oscar winning animator, illustrator and picture book author. • Constance Ørbeck-Nilssen’s picture books have been translated to 13 languages.

Constance Ørbeck-Nilssen og Torill Kove HVOR KOMMER TANKER FRA

Where Do Thoughts Come From? is an original and poetic book that facilitates philosophical conversations. What are thoughts? Where do they come from? The text Er det jeg som bestemmer takes the reader along on an hva exploratory, expanding jeg tenker. Om meg selv, for philosophers of journey into our mind, and is suitable og om andre. all ages. Om verden,

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ISBN 978-82-419-1695-3

Constance K. Løken Ørbeck-Nilssen (b. 1954) has studied journalism, pedagogy, comparative literature, and art history. She has worked as a journalist and a teacher, and is a graduate of the creative writing programme at the Norwegian Institute for Children’s Literature. Ørbeck-Nilssen has written several picture books, collaborating with illustrators like Ana Ventura, Hilde Hodnefjeld, Ragnar Aalbu, and Akin Duzakin. ISBN: 978-82-419-1695-3

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Torill Kove is an Oscar-winning animation filmmaker, illustrator, and children’s book author. She has illustrated Henrik Hovland’s books about John Jensen, and has created several children’s books based on her own animated films. Torill Kove is a one-time Oscar laureate, twice nominated for the prestigious award. The Danish Poet won the Best Animated Short category in 2007. My Grandma Ironed the King’s Shirts was nominated for an Oscar in 1999, as was Moulton and Me in 2014.

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Cat Astray

by Tor Åge Bringsværd and Rune Johan Andersson (ill.)

The series follows Buster on a long journey through time and space back to the comfort of Astrid’s lap in Norway. Against a backdrop of ancient mythology and references to classic literature, Bringsværd has written a series of thrilling, funny stories filled with wonder and ethical reflection. Join Buster on his wild journey around the world!

• Read aloud with a child on your lap! • See the world through the eyes of a curious cat. • Written by one of Norway’s greatest storytellers and illustrated by award winning Rune Johan Andersson Tor Åge Bringsværd (b. 1939) is a Norwegian author and playwright. Since his debut in 1967, he has built a varied and sizeable body of work, comprising novels, short stories, essays, non-fiction, children’s books, picture books, comics, and plays. His work has been translated into 23 languages, and his plays have been produced in 14 countries. Rune Johan Andersson (b. 1945) is an award-winning illustrator of more than 60 books, 16 of which he has also written. He has a distinct and recognizable style; his motifs are mostly simple and specific but quite often with a cunning touch.

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Ungawa!

by Edgar Burås and Per Dybvig (ill.)

Who’s jumping from tree to tree, roaring like a monkey? It’s the new neighbour. Per Oscar dreams of someone moving into the empty house across the street. It’s the fifties, and Railway Street is a perfectly ordinary street in a perfectly ordinary town. One day an elderly couple moves in, and suddenly nothing on Railway Street is ordinary anymore. Ungawa! is a warm, vibrant, wacky tale of the friendship between a perfectly ordinary boy, and an entirely extraordinary man, who leaps through the trees, talks to animals, and fights tirelessly against injustice anywhere in the world.

• A wacky tale of life in the suburbs in the 1950s. • Perfect book for reading aloud or yourself. • Similarities with Ole Lund Kierkegaard’s playfulness and Roald Dahl’s humour.

Edgar Burås is a pseudonym. The author grew up in Belgian Congo as the child of Norwegian missionaries. A certified teacher, he plied his trade in the Norwegian school system for many years. In 2009 he had to take early retirement due to malaria. Ungawa! is his first book.

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Per Dybvig is an award-winning illustrator and fine artist. Dybvig has illustrated over 80 picture books, and thanks to his easily recognisable, playful style, he has become one of Norway’s best-known illustrators of children’s books. His illustrations include Svein and the Rat, The Fox and the Piglet, and Jo Nesbø’s Doctor Proctor series. As a fine artist, he has displayed solo exhibitions in New York, Berlin, and Vienna, as well as several shows in Norway.

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Vanishing Colours

by Constance Ørbeck-Nilssen and Akin Duzakin (ill.)

Mor legger armene rundt meg. Fortell om fuglen, sier jeg lavt. Da forteller hun om den store fuglen. Den som kommer fra fjellene når det blir kveld og brer vingene sine over huset vårt. For å skjule oss mot alle farene.

• A picture book that creates an empathic space for those most vulnerable amongst us: children afflicted by war. • Constance Ørbeck-Nilssen’s picture books have been translated to 13 languages. • Akin Duzakin is an award winning illustrator who has been translated to more than 20 languages.

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Vanishing Colours shows how one’s inner life can provide hope in a world where hope has been silenced. While engaging directly with current issues, it retains a universal, timeless feel. The story creates an empathic space for the most vulnerable among us: Children afflicted by war.

Constance Ørbeck-Nilssen og Akin Duzakin

In a war-torn country, a mother and daughter are hiding in the basement. As the bombers fly over a bleak, bombed-out landscape, the girl takes refuge within, gaining advice and strength from a mysterious and wise bird.

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Akin Duzakin • Kjempen

Akin Duzakin (b. 1961) is a graduate of the Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry in Oslo. He has illustrated over 40 picture books, and written two. He has received the Brage Award twice for picture books made in collaboration with Liv Marie Austrem. He has also received the Department of Culture’s Award for Illustrated Children’s Books twice, and received the Book Art Award in 2006 for his many years of work as an illustrator. Duzakin is particularly well known for his poetic, slightly naivist motives, using a characteristic palette.

Kjempen bryr seg ikke om noe eller noen. Han gjør akkurat som han vil. De som bor i skogen kjenner seg aldri trygge. En dag faller Kjempen og slår hodet. Han husker ikke hvem han er. Han husker ikke om han er slem eller snill.

K jempen Akin Duzakin

ISBN 978-82-419-1723-3 ISBN 978-82-419-1723-3

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Hiding in the closet

by Stein Erik Lunde and Anders Kvammen (ill.)

A girl runs home from school during school hours. Something has happened to her, but we don’t know what. The unsettling feeling of having ran away from something as well as being in the wrong place at the wrong time runs through this book.

“This book deserves a great many readers.” Tønsberg Blad (Finn Stenstad)

Stein Erik Lunde (b. 1953) is a Norwegian novelist, children's writer, biographer and textbook writer. Lunde made his literary debut in 1982 with the crime novel Ingenting ruster. He was awarded the Brage Award in 1998 for the children's books Eggg. Among his later books are Ulv from 2004, En far from 2006, and Eg kan ikkje sove no from 2008 Anders Kvammen (b. 1985) is a comic book creator and illustrator from Oslo. His book debut in 2016 Ungdomsskolen (High school) draws on his own experiences. Ungdomsskolen was awarded the prestigious Brage Award and Trollkrittet, was nominated for the Nordic Council Children and Young people’s Literature Award and the Department of Culture’s award for comic books and he received a diploma in Grafill’s competition Most Beautiful Books of the Year.

RIGHTS OWNER: Vigmostad & Bjørke PUBLISHER: Ena an imprint of Vigmostad & Bjørke ORIGINAL TITLE: Jenta i skapet PAGES: 44 AGE: 6–9

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Green stuff

– about the environment and nature and things by Ole Mathismoen and Jenny Jordahl (ill.)

Green Stuff introduces environmental issues in a fresh and accessible way. The book is a collection of comic strips about climate and the environment. The strips have since 2016 been on the back of Norways’s largest newspaper’s edition for kids (Aftenposten junior). FINNES DET SELVLYSENDE DYR? Teachers feed TRENGER back that they use the materials for ages JORDKLODEN SOLBRILLER? HVA ER EGENTLIG KLIMAENDRINGER? ranging from 7 to 16. REGNER DET MER NÅ ENN FØR? MÅ VI SLUTTE Å KJØRE BIL? OVERLEVER MEITEMARKEN NÅR DEN KUTTES I TO? ER DET FOR SENT Å GJØRE NOE?

Jenny Jordahl has a unique and playful style, and Ole å forstå hva som skjer med og miljøet,and environment Mathismoen For has reported onnaturen climateer det smart å kunne litt om mye. GRØNNE GREIER er en tegneseriebok med mye kunnskap og humor. issues as a journalist for more than 30 years. The two of Miljøjournalist Ole Mathismoen og tegneserietegner Jenny Jordahl tar deg med ut i naturen, ned i havet i atmosfæren. them are characters oginoppthe comic strips which makes the Natur er skikkelig gøy – og alle complex and sometimes difficult topics more accessible miljøproblemer kan løses!! to the reader. Når du har lest litt, kan du teste deg selv med quizer og tenk-så-det-knaker-tegninger.

• Comic strips make the difficult matter accessible to children. • Ole Mathismoen has been nominated for the prestigious Brage Award. • Jenny Jordahl has with her unique style been translated into to 20 languages. ISBN 978-82-419-1600-7 ISBN 978-82-419-1600-7

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Ole Mathismoen (b. 1961) is Norway’s most highly regarded journalist in the field of environmental issues. He has written several books on the topic, one of which was nominated for the Brage-award. He has also received the Bergesen award, which is an honorary award for people who have done outstanding work in fields that concern the general public.

PUBLISHER: Ena an imprint of Vigmostad & Bjørke ORIGINAL TITLE: Grønne greier PAGES: 164 AGE: 9–12

Jenny Jordahl (b. 1989) is an established illustrator, cartoonist, blogger and author of several books. Jordahl is educated from Oslo National Academy of the Arts. She is active on social media and has numerous followers on Instagram.

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Tales of Estragon: The Rat Catcher from Sorø Gaute Heivoll og John Kenn Mortensen (ill.)

G AU T E H E I VOL L • Rottefangeren fra Sorø

The razor-sharp nails came shooting through the walls with a terrible force. I sat completely still, swallowing, praying silently to be spared impalement. Finally he ran out of nails, and collapsed, exhausted, into a chair, I sitting there with his wooden club in his lap, breathing like an animal. Then, suddenly, he raised his head and stared at the wall where I sat without moving. It felt like he had seen something. That he could hear my heartbeat. That I was the one he had seen.

Estragons H I ST O R I E R

Rottefangeren fra Sorø

GAUTE HEIVOLL JOHN KENN MORTENSEN

Tales of Estragon is Deasylkvasse darkly series for naglenehumorous slo inn med voldsom kraft like Jeg satt urørlig, children of all ages,i nærheten. focusing on the seven deadly sins svelget og ba stille om å slippe å bli spiddet. Til slutt hadde – as told by rats. With its burlesque humour and gothic han ikke flere nagler igjen, og var så utkjørt at han sank ned illustrations reminiscent ofderEdward Gorey’s pen-and-ink på en stol og satt lenge med treklubba i fanget og pustet som et dyr. Så plutselig løftet drawing, The Rat Catcher from Sorø transcends age and han hodet og stirret mot veggen der jeg satt urørlig. Det føltes gives a timeless depiction of human vices. som han hadde fått øye på noe. At han hørte hjertet mitt. At det var meg han så.

Estragons historier er en serie om de syv dødssyndene for barn i alle aldre, fortalt og ført i pennen av rotter.

“I sense remnants of old masters like H.C. Andersen, Samuel Beckett and Roald Dahl, whilst the drawings hint to Chris Riddell’s illustrations in «The graveyard book» by Neil Gaiman.” Bergens Tidende (Guri Fjeldberg): “Masterful! The first book in Gaute Heivoll’s new series of the seven deadly sins forecasts a new era in Norwegian children’s literature.” VG (Kristine Isaksen)

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RIGHTS SOLD: Denmark (ABC Forlag) PUBLISHER: Vigmostad & Bjørke

ORIGINAL TITLE: Estragons historier – Rottefangeren fra Sorø

Gaute Heivoll is one of Norway’s most prominent contemporary authors. Heivoll has previously penned seven adult novels, among them the highly praised international success Before I Burn. Alongside this, he has written several picture books for children.

PAGES: 72

AGE: 9–12

John Kenn Mortensen writes and directs television shows for kids. In his spare time, he draws monsters on sticky notes – when not illustrating Danish editions of the works of Neil Gaiman and Roald Dahl.

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As Close As We’ll Get by Monika Steinholm

MONIKA STEINHOLM

Jens is afraid of making a fool of himself, afraid of the water, and afraid of the sight of blood.

MONIKA STEINHOLM

En roman om altoppslukende kjærlighet, vond og fantastisk på gang. En kjærlighet alle kan kjenne seg igjenat i, enten de painful A én novel about all-consuming love, once er homo, streite, bi eller bare litt på skrå.

NÆRMERE KOMMER VI IKKE

Edor goes with Beate, skateboardJens er redd forout å drite seg ut, redd forpractices vann og reddnew for blod. ing moves, goes skinny dipping with Celia, and swims Edor er sammen med Beate, øver på nye skatetriks, bader further from the shore than he ought to. The only thing naken sammen med Celia og svømmer lengre ut enn han burde. eneste er redd for, er feeling måten Jens detstomach til å he’s Det afraid of,Edor is the tingly infårhis Jens krible i magen på. gives him. and amazing. A love everyone can recognize, whether Nærmere vi ikke er enbi, løs or oppfølger til Fuck verden, they’rekommer gay, straight, just slightly askew. som ble nominert til NBUs debutantpris Trollkrittet.

As Close As We’ll Get is a loose sequel to Fuck the World, which was shortlisted for the NBU first novel award, it stands welloppvekst on its- own two feet. «Ei innmaribut bra bok! Tøff og perfectly «En leseverdig

Sagt om Fuck verden:

øm på samme tid.»

skildring.»

JON EWO

AFTENPOSTEN

«En “A morsom fan of og SHAME? tankevekkende roman.»

«For en herlig bok!»read this!” Then you should BEATHESBOKHJERTE.NO Marie Kleve (Dagbladet) VG

M t u i F r

“Engaging about young queer love.” Martin Lægland Ellingsen (Bladet i Tromsø)

#fuckverden

ISBN 978-82-419-1329-7

Sagt om Fuck verden:

“The tension and tempo are at peak level throughout.” www.vigmostadbjorke.no Solgunn Solli (Altaposten)

«Kanongod ungdomsbok.» ALTAPOSTEN

Monika Steinholm (b. 1983) is a graduate of the two-year creative writing programme at the University of Tromsø. She lives in Tromsø, where she works in a bookshop. Fuck the World was her first novel.

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ORIGINAL TITLE: Nærmere kommer vi ikke PAGES: 240 AGE: 12–16

As Close As We’ll Get is also published as a graphic novel by Swedish publisher Wibom Books. For rights enquiries please contact Lisa Wibom: lisa@wibombooks.se.

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Could We Please Just Pretend? by Camilla Sandmo

Well written, witty and beautiful about overly ambitious parents and that very first love. When Emma isn’t playing Sims or dreaming about being vittig og she vakkert om overambisiøse aVelskrevet, famous blogger, practices figure skating. Full stop. foreldre og den første kjærligheten That’s all there’s time for. ens plays jeg liggerhockey, og kaver på isen,mostly flyr noe svart forbiabout meg og having fun Jossi and cares M krasjer inn i vantet med et ekstremt høyt smell. Jeg kryper on theogice. After a bet, friendship starts growing sammen kjenner sjokket av denaskarpe lyden heltslowly ut i fingertuppene. Pucken. Den burde meg hatt lyddemper. between them. Butfaen everything isn’t as

it should be in

Jossi’s Jeg plukkerworld. den opp og stirrer på den med avsky. En av guttene klatrer over dekkene og er på vei mot meg.

«Si unnskyld», jeg når han er nærme nok. «Duiskunne ha dreptSandmo’s Could Wesier Please Just Pretend? Camilla meg!» Gutten sier ingenting, han bare stirrer. Alt jeg kan skimte first novel, it was shortlisted for the youth’s own literary under hjelmen, er mørk hud og svart hår.

award, Uprisen, as well as the NBU first novel award.

Når Emma ikke spiller Sims eller drømmer om å bli en berømt blogger, driver hun med kunstløp. Punktum. Mer er det ikke tid til. Jossi driver med hockey og er først og fremst opptatt av å ha “A gøy tender, warm debut […] Credibility is key det på isen.beautiful, Etter et veddemål utvikler det seg langsomt et vennskap mellom de to. Men alt er ikke på plass i Jossis verden. in this novel. In Could We Please Just Pretend? Camilla

Sandmo has found a tone and a prose style that are so accomplished in their mixture of warmth, humour interlaced with seriousness, and adolescent ache that I believe we are faced with a genuine literary talent.” Finn Stenstad (Tønsberg Blad) ISBN: 978-82-419-1505-5

“The book is as elegantly executed as a perfect triple Axel; it’s entertaining, well written, with a surprising www.vigmostadbjorke.no plot twist.” Marthe Andersen Snekkerhaugen (Hadeland Blad) RIGHTS OWNER: Vigmostad & Bjørke PUBLISHER: Vigmostad & Bjørke

Camilla Sandmo (born 1991) lives in Tønsberg and currently attends the Writers’ Programme at The Norwegian Institute for Children’s Books. Could We Please Just Pretend? is her first novel.

ORIGINAL TITLE: Kan vi bare late som PAGES: 192 AGE: 12–16

Cover: Illustration from Johannes Jensen tar natt-toget by Torill Kove Illustrations: Torill Kove (p. 5 ), Øyvind Torseter (p. 7), Jens Kristensen (p. 9), Ragnar Aalbu (p. 21), Anders Kvammen (p. 27), Jenny Jordahl (p. 29), Akin Duzakin (p. 31), John Kenn Mortensen (p. 33) Photos: Ena forlag (p. 11), Arne B. Langleite (p. 13), Ena forlag / Diane Dulude (p. 23)

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Elizabeth Sellevold Publisher Elizabeth.sellevold@vigmostadbjorke.no Elisabeth Godal Sheehy Rights Manager / Editor Elisabeth.sheehy@vigmostadbjorke.no Winje Agency Gina Winje gina@winjeagency.com

Vigmostad & Bjørke is an up and coming publishing house of Norwegian and translated fiction, crime, documentary and non-fiction. Vigmostad & Bjørke, together with its imprint Ena, is also one of the leading publishers of children’s books in Norway. Our offices are in Oslo and Bergen. Postal and visiting address, Bergen: Kanalveien 51, 5068 Bergen Norway Postal and visiting address, Oslo: St. Olavsgate 12, 0165 Oslo Norway Phone: +47 55 38 88 00 ordre@vigmostadbjorke.no vigmostadbjorke.no Facebook.com/VigmostadBjorke Twitter: @VBforlaget Instagram: @VBforlaget