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The Night Light
Children's Books2014 · 40 pp · Age 3 - 9

The Night Light

Gaute Heivoll

In the garden outside Tom’s window is a lamppost. Every evening the light switches on, and every morning it turns off again. It’s been the same for as long as Tom can remember. ’Goodnight, light,’ Tom calls out the window before he goes to bed each night. ’Goodnight,’ the light replies. One evening the garden is completely dark. The lamppost stands there, dark and sad and not uttering a word. Where did the light go? Tom gets dressed and goes outside. Even though it’s dark, he’s not afraid because he knows that the light can’t be far away. ‘I think that this is a beautiful little story from Gaute Heivoll, and Marvin Halleraker’s illustrations are perfect for the text. The illustrations are characterised by stark contracts between light and dark, or light and shadow. [...] This is a book that I look forward to reading to my grandchildren.’FÆDRELANDSVENNEN ‘The illustrations are cartoony and very dark in colour, but have a clear and pure expression. The text is gathered in tidy blocks, and in some places located in the light of the streetlamp around which this story revolves. This contributes to the overall aesthetic impression. [...] What is important is that there is scope for curiosity and reflection on this meeting, and that the illustrations contribute to this as well as the text itself.’VARDEN

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THE BAKER AND THE MOON
Children's Books2014 · 32 pp · Age 3 - 9

THE BAKER AND THE MOON

Ingunn Aamodt

Bakeren og månen is an unassuming and beautiful story about a normal work night for a baker. What many people don’t know is that the moon is the baker’s good friend who keeps him Company as he rolls and kneads, fries and bakes and finally delivers his bread and cakes. And when morning comes, the moon goes to bed in the same room as the baker. So finally we know where the moon really is during the day!

The Teddy Bear
Children's Books2014 · 32 pp · Age 3 - 9

The Teddy Bear

Janne Aasebø Johnsen

It's Stian's turn to look after the teddy bear for a week, and he isn't looking forward to it. 'Cuddly toys are for girls', Stian complains, but what he's really worried about is that the teddy bear will reveal to everyone in his class just how boring things are at home. Luckily, Stian takes control, or is it the teddy bear? Either way there is large-scale waffle baking, mattress-sliding down the staircase, bubble baths with Zalo and lots more fun. You can only imagine the sight that greets Mummy and Daddy when they wake up the following morning! ‘Great for children who have started to read alone.’BYAVISA FREDRIKSTAD

GRANDAD’S CHAINSAW
Children's Books2014 · 40 pp · Age 3 - 9

GRANDAD’S CHAINSAW

Bjørn Arild Ersland

Granddad says the big tree in the garden needs to come Down and that Dad can borrow his chainsaw. But when Dad opens the box containing the chainsaw and all the equipment, he has suddenly got plenty of time. Morfars motorsag is a lovely picture book about completely normal, but scary things. It is about a father who doesn’t know where the tree will fall and who doesn’t like chainsaws, but is perhaps even more afraid of admitting he’s afraid. ‘Per Dybvig’s drawings are effective in showing how the tree is central to this story. It recurs in all the illustrations and eventually gains dimensions that direct adult thoughts to the tree as a symbol in history, tradition and family roots as well as knowledge and wisdom.’FÆDRELANDSVENNEN ‘This book is ideal for reading aloud, with an ending quite different from what you might expect. [...] The text and illustrations are both simple in form and fit together well. Short sentences without frills. Simple, hand-drawn illustrations.’STAVANGER AFTENBLAD‘Dybvig’s illustrations are coloured pencil drawings, and there is a remarkable contrast between the mighty tree and the more carefully drawn people. Perspective is used humorously and to great effect. [...] This is how the text and illustrations come together as a whole. This is a beautiful little story about a tree and everything that you don’t have to do quite yet.’NUMER 4/2014

Samira and the Skeletons
Children's Books2014 · 40 pp · Age 3 - 6

Samira and the Skeletons

Camilla Kuhn

Samira strongly protests when her teacher tells her that everybody has a skeleton inside them. 'Not me!' Samira declares. And not her best friend Frida, either. The rest of the day is horrible. To think that Samira and everyone around her is walking around with a skeleton inside them! It doesn’t bear thinking about. Luckily Mummy has some advice. She lays Samira down on the kitchen table and fetches a bucket and some tools. Surely Samira is happy now? A playful, witty and ever-so-slightly scary picture book from Camilla Kuhn. “Kuhn has a wonderful perception of the people she draws [...] Kuhn is familiar with the art of making things bigger, presenting exaggerated close-ups and shamelessly cutting images. The result is funny illustrations where the teacher is no more than a pair of legs, only to appear on the next page as a cruel monster that won’t stop lecturing about the wonders of the human skeleton. Kuhn’s illustrations and text almost seem to follow a child’s imaginative thought process – they are unregulated and whimsical. A book which is both warm and enthralling.”Numer

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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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