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DUST
Children's Books2014 · 48 pp · Age 3 - 9

DUST

Rune Johan Andersson

Where does dust really come from? This is the big question in this intriguing picture book. The young ask questions and wonder about things while the grownups explain and try to argue that dust shouldn’t be wiped away. But this story has a disturbing and unexpected ending. Rune Johan Andersson has his own unique way of approaching his subject matter, both in terms of content and form. Many of his books have a mixture of coloured and black and white drawings. The same also applies to Støv.

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DO YOU WANT TO HEAR A SECRET?
Children's Books2014 · 40 pp · Age 3 - 9

DO YOU WANT TO HEAR A SECRET?

Kaia Linnea Dahle Nyhus

Just imagine how many secrets there are! There are little secrets and big secrets. There are painful secrets and secrets you must never, ever tell anyone. Dad has a secret about Granddad. Granddad thinks that he has a secret, but I know what it is. Even animals have secrets. And I also have a very secret secret. Vil du høre en hemmelighet? is the clever and inquisitive debut picture book from Kaia Dahle Nyhus. A book which looks, perceives and thinks from a child’s perspective. ‘Kaia Dahle Nyhus is an important newcomer among Norwegian creators of children’s books. [...] She received the Norwegian Ministry of Culture's illustration award for her work on Håpe, sa gåsa by Gro Dahle. She continues to impress after creating both the text and illustrations for her new book. The illustrations that carry the story, but the text is also beautifully stripped down to the bare essentials. [...] Kaia Dahle Nyhus has delivered a unified and beautiful picture book, which, although written from a child's perspective, is also wonderful for adult readers.’HAMAR ARBEIDERBLAD ‘It is the world of children that provides the setting for this simple yet clever story of a first-person narrator who is exploring the world and, in particular, what it means to have secrets. The concept of secrets is elaborated on with child-like cunning... And then there is the book’s punch line, the final secret that the first-person narrator has, her greatest personal secret that she dares to share with us.’TØNSBERG BLAD ‘This concept book’s strength is its open, playful and inquisitive handling of many different secrets. It will fascinate both those reading and those being read to. [...] The secret that is told on the last page is not just any secret. There is something appealingly reckless about it. [...] The texts are simple, the illustrations are stylised and expressive, the colours are vivid and the characters are clearly characterised through the use of patterns and shapes.’BARNEBOKKRITIKK.NO

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VOLCANO ISLAND
Children's Books2014 · 48 pp · Age 3 - 9

VOLCANO ISLAND

Jill Moursund

Growing up isn’t easy. Especially when you get old enough to be away from your mum and dad. There’s a lot to gain and a lot to lose. And it’s kind of sad. This is what Lara discovers when she travels with her parents to a tropical island where they are working as volcanologists. While they climb the volcano to do their research, Lara has to stay put with her babysitter – an older, local woman who can’t speak a word of Norwegian. Lara sneaks out one night to find her parents, but loses her way. Luckily, a huge monster shows up who is also looking for his mother! Jill Moursund has written and illustrated a wonderful story about growing up and the first tiny yet very difficult steps towards independence. ‘The illustrations are beautiful and clever, put together as a hand-painted collage and with colours that change from dark to light and delicate. I particularly like the atmospheric night pictures: the dark forest with the strange animals and starry sky that has exciting, almost luminous details.’MAGIFABRIKKEN.NO

THE ISLAND
Children's Books2014 · 64 pp · Age 3 - 9

THE ISLAND

Eli Hovdenak

Bettina and Bertil are going fishing. They’re really looking forward to it. They row around at sea and find themselves in the most bizarre situations without even realising. The sea is full of large and small animals such as elephants, crocodiles and sea trolls. When they fall into the crocodile’s mouth they think they are in a Cave full of stalactites. The elephant’s trunk is just a bridge to them, and when they head back without any fish, Bertil says: ’At least that will please the fish, Bettina.’ The funniest thing about this book is that the reader sees things completely differently from Bertil and Bettina, and feels both powerful and worried about them. But everything Works out and everyone is happy. Bertil and Bettina are two very sweet, scruffy birds of uncertain origin, with large beaks and caps. The text comprises only dialogue between them. Eli Hovdenak’s illustrations and writingare both surreal and funny. ‘Funny, imaginative and a joy to behold [...] The way in which the illustrations and text contradict each other is effective on many levels. It will appeal to a child’s sense of critique and elevate the young reader. They will understand that the good-natured animals are misinterpreting everything and take great delight in correcting them! The disparity between the text and illustrations is very funny indeed.’DAGBLADET ‘This new picture book by Eli Hovdenak radiates assurance and trust in the art of living. [...] A story about how everything tends to work out despite all of the dangers. And that is undoubtedly what life is like for many of us: we live in fear yet are unaware of most of the dangers, and things generally work out for the best. [...] [The illustrations], with their diffuse contours and pale colours are perfect for this story.’VÅRT LAND‘After 30 years as a painter, artist Eli Hovdenak has finally found her niche as a creator of children’s books. This is a lavish picture book that can be read by children of all ages: as a comic adventure story in a sort of Lilliputian tradition, as satire on the topic of marriage or as a highly entertaining and humoristic story – a cheerful piece of “music” in the finest watercolours. She is also in the process of creating new picture books.’BARNEBOKKRITIKK.NO

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Jake Is A Kind Snake
Children's Books2013 · 40 pp · Age 3 - 9

Jake Is A Kind Snake

Camilla Kuhn

Jake is a very ordinary viper who works at the pharmacy and travels home to see his family every weekend. Although, perhaps he's not so very ordinary after all. Jake is nice. Awfully nice. He doesn't go around killing mice or anything of the sort. If he's very hungry and he spots a mouse, he simply closes his eyes and ta-da! His hunger disappears. And the mouse disappears too. Every time. How strange...?

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Tails Throughout Time
Children's Books2013 · 40 pp · Age 3+

Tails Throughout Time

Yulia Horst

This is a fantastically original picture book built on one simple yet alluring premise: What would life be like if people had tails? A shrewd and lexical text combined with classic and beautiful illustrations, Halens historie entices the reader to visit a hypothetical world – a world populated by people with tails! We see how tails can be used to convey emotions, how they can come in handy when we want to flirt a little, or even to poke fun at others. We gain an insight into how tails influence fashion trends and why some individuals have a strained relationship with their tail and take drastic steps in order to fit in with beauty ideals. But there’s also a look at more day-to-day matters, such as how to exersice your tail and how to avoid your tail being stepped on. Halens historie is a beautiful and charmingly outlandish picture book written in the style of a factbook, all about the history of the tail. ‘Halens historie is as playful, funny and fantastic as a picture book for children ought to be... The playful nature hasn’t been cut short at the idea stage, but permeates the entire story and facilitates numerous questions and added fun underway... Text is scarce and factual whilst remaining a lovely book for reading aloud. Even so, the illustrations take centre stage. Rather than simply expanding upon the text, they constitute the majority of the book’s content. Each has been painstakingly completed, rich in content and varied in a mix of colour and black-and-white images that serve to emphasise and strengthen the book’s appeal... Pencil strokes, yellowed pages and cursive handwriting form associations to an old-fashioned sketchbook. In this way, the book emerges as a kind of draft version of a fact book from another world. It provides opportunities for explanation and conversation along the way.’ DAGBLADET Solid tail story 'Halens historie is surprisingly convincing in its assumptions about how we would regard our tails. … Halens historie has many of the features that characterise picture books set to remain relevant for a long time, and wonderful humour for both children and adults is one of them. The first thing that strikes the reader is Daria Rychkova’s illustrations … precise and beautiful spreads; part pencil drawing, part elegant and precise watercolours. … drawings of tails seldom say so much. Her mastery of historical dress and costumes is also striking. … Halens historie can be read from the start, end and middle, and will always delight and surprise readers.' NUMER

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What Jobs Would Animals Have?
Children's Books2013 · 56 pp · Age 3 - 9

What Jobs Would Animals Have?

Haakon Lie

If animals worked, what sort of jobs would they have? Who would be the King? Who would be the fireman? Or the fisherman? What about the model? Who would drive the bus? Who would work as the night watchman? Who would deliver the post? Or empty the bins? And who would just laze around in bed all day? Here are all the answers to these questions and many more. A colourful and comical picture book about animals, filled with lots to learn about their various characteristics. ‘A colourful and amusing picture book in which you can also learn a lot about animal characteristics.’FORELDRE OG BARN

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Captain Nero
Children's Books2013 · 120 pp · Age 3 - 12

Captain Nero

Ingvar Ambjørnsen

The first three books about Samson and Roberto are loved by big and small readers alike.The clever cat, Roberto, and the amiable dog, Samson, inherited Hotel Fjord View where they live a peaceful life alongside bellhop Greta the Badger, and handy-man Olli the Otter stops by when something needs repairing. One of their guests, the widowed goose Gåthaug, is nervous and depressed. She believes the end of the world is near.After a while it seems that strange and scary things are happening out at sea. Several people have spotted an enormous, bright eye, and when lighthouse keeper Fredrik, a strong and terrified ram, comes rowing at breakneck speed, everybody quickly understands that something is wrong. A small expedition, consisting of Samson, Roberto, Stork von Struts and Benny the News Rat, decide to find out exactly what it is out there that is scaring so many of them. This expedition sends them into perilous territory, with big surprises and unexpected occurences.The book is as exciting as any James Bond film, and is guaranteed to please Samson and Roberto fans new and old!‘An amusing book for adults and children… The fact that Kaptein Nero alludes to the classic tales Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and The Mysterious Island by the renowned author Jules Verne allows for interplay between adult and child readers, allowing young readers to dip their toes in the water before taking the plunge into world literature. Enjoy!’TØNSBERG BLAD‘Kaptein Nero is a story filled with comedic capers and literary references, not least the works of Jules Verne, such as Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea… Throughout the book the reader can delight in the hilarious drawings by illustrator Per Dybvig, all of which bring the story to life… a book well suited to reading aloud or as an audio book for the whole family to enjoy on long car journeys.’VG ‘This is an exciting and especially funny book that will bring laughter to readers (in fact, I’d extend that to encompass all creatures), regardless of age… The interplay between the text and the illustrations is perfect.’DAGBLADET‘Natural storytelling in a superior and witty style has made Ingvar Ambjørsen’s books about his dog Samson and cat Roberto among the best Norwegian children’s books that I’ve come across in recent years.’AFTENPOSTEN‘A perfect combination of suspense and humour!’FORELDRE OG BARN

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Fjols
Children's Books2013 · 40 pp · Age 3 - 9

Fjols

Flu Hartberg

Fjols loves hats! His flat is covered in all sorts of hats from all over the world: sombreros, cowboy hats, caps, top hats? you name it! One evening Fjols is getting ready for bed when he hears a scary noise that won't stop. The sound is coming from the floor above his own. Fjols begins to feel afraid; he's never heard a peep from the flat above his own before now. What if there is somebody up there who wants to steal all of his marvelous hats? "An exciting aspect of this book is that both children and adults are left with the idea that things jolly well are not always what they seem. Which is something that grown-ups would do well to remember and children had better learn. This is of course one of the fundamental elements of tolerance and acceptance of other people. At the same time, the book speaks a little about how, even if things look very weird, there may be no reason to feel scared.”Uriks

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Jump, Grandad!
Children's Books2013 · 44 pp · Age 3 - 9

Jump, Grandad!

Tiril Valeur

Grandad is picking Lea up from school today, but they have to hurry because Lea has ballet class! When the time comes for Grandad to help Lea get changed, they get a suprise. None of Lea's pretty dance clothes are to be found in Grandad's bag, and Lea doesn't feel like dancing at all anymore. If only Grandad could find some way to persuade her. A sweet and familiar tale of what happens when a grandfather joins his granddaughter's dance class. 'Tiril Valeur amuses both children and adults with her vivid illustrations and colourful style. A terrific book for a child learning to read. [...] The central characters are great fun and the story both simple enough and good enough to sustain the enthusiasm for reading in the youngest children.'Fædrelandsvennen

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The Chief Mouse Catcher of Downing Street
Children's Books2013 · 64 pp · Age 3 - 9

The Chief Mouse Catcher of Downing Street

Lena Lindahl

Did you know that in number 10 Downing Street, home to the British Prime Minister, cats have been employed as mouse catchers for almost 300 years? The feline with the greatest perseverance was named Wilberforce, who held the position for 18 years. Other honourable candidates such as Treasury Bill and Nelson also went to great efforts for the Prime Minister. But the most notorious and merciless of them all was Humphrey. Following Humphrey’s retirement over 15 years ago, no cat has matched up to his impressive efforts. One day they discover that there are rats in the house. It’s time to find a new cat. The job goes to Larry, a peaceful garden cat who has enjoyed a tranquil and undramatic life thus far in a cat shelter. There are just a couple of small problems: Larry is pretty lazy, and terrified of rats.In order to avoid losing his job, Larry is forced to concoct a clever plan. More than that, he has to ally himself with some of the other residents in the house . Musefangeren i Downing Street is based on a true story. Well, almost.

Waffle Mess
Children's Books2013 · 32 pp · Age 3 - 9

Waffle Mess

Tore Renberg / Øyvind Torseter

Ine is making waffles to eat with Hasse. ‘Waffle mess!’ Hasse cries, but what exactly can he mean? What's making him so confused? Ine tries to help and to understand him a little better, and through playing together they finally solve Hasse's problem. This is the third book in the series about Ine and Hasse, a big sister and little brother that Tore Renberg and Øyvind Torseter have portrayed with such life and originality. Play, everyday life and fantasy come together, allowing young and old readers alike to find real joy within the text and illustrations.

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