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39 titles in the catalogue

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Who Was Alfred Nobel?
Children's Books2026 · 64 pp · Age 6 - 12

Who Was Alfred Nobel?

Karen Kilane

First book in a brand-new, fully illustrated series of biographies! Alfred Nobel was an inventor. He patented 355 inventions, big and small, throughout his life, the most famous of which was dynamite. But Alfred also invented something completely different: a peace prize! Today, it is the most important peace prize in the world. It is rather strange that the very same man who invented weapons spent his whole life wanting so badly to be of service to others. This biography of Alfred Nobel is an easy-to-read book filled with inventions, loud bangs, humor, and tenderness. It is a story showing that even if life doesn’t always turn out as planned, it can still turn out beautifully. A fully illustrated and accessible book about a fascinating person.

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Why Can't We Throw Everything in the Same Bin?
Children's Books2026 · 64 pp · Age 6 - 9

Why Can't We Throw Everything in the Same Bin?

Hanne-Lene Dahlgren

In Why Can't We Throw Everything in the Same Bin? children get answers to small and big questions about sustainability. Why is there so much plastic in the ocean? What happens to everything we recycle? What would happen if all the ice in the world melted? And is it true that cow farts are bad for the environment? Why Can't We Throw Everything in the Same Bin? is informative and easy to grasp with fun illustrations. Author Hanne-Lene Dahlgren is a known public debater, committed food mediator and bestselling cookbook author.

Supertreet
Children's Books2026 · 48 pp · Age 6 - 9

Supertreet

Lise Osvoll

Informative facts, brought to life with illustrations and fun knowledge! Through varied and colorful spreads with simple and easy-to-read text, we learn about what Norwegian forestry and the trees around us have meant for our country. This is the third book in Lise Osvoll's Super series about the history of Norway through various industries.

Why Is There No Snow in the Sahara?
Children's Books2025 · 64 pp · Age 6 - 12

Why Is There No Snow in the Sahara?

Einar Tørnquist

In Why Is There No Snow in the Sahara? children learn the answers to both big and small questions about geography. Where in the world are there the most volcanoes? Can you swim in the Thames? And who built the pyramids? Why Is There No Snow in the Sahara? is informative and easy to grasp with fun illustrations. It is the perfect book to start a conversation about the world and geography with children aged six to nine years.

An Enemy of the People
Children's Books2024 · 40 pp · Age 6 - 12

An Enemy of the People

Kåre Conradi

An Enemy of the People tell the story of Dr Stockmann, who discovers that the bathing water in the city’s spa is contaminated with dangerous bacteria. He expects people to value his discovery and thinks it will help improve the city. Instead, his political enemies try to destroy him, attempting to silence him with threats. Dr Stockmann stands his ground, but at great personal cost, also to his family. An Enemy of the People is a play that outraged people in its day, but that has gained fresh relevance in our own era. This is the first book in a new series for children about the works of Henrik Ibsen. With the aid of illustrations and simplified text suitable for younger readers, the series aims to introduce Ibsen’s plays to new generations all over the world. Ibsen is the world’s second-most performed playwright after Shakespeare. This series will give children an understanding of what Ibsen’s texts are about and what they can teach us today. «In both [An Enemy of the People and Peer Gynt], it is evident that [Conradi] has Ibsen in his backbone. This is precisely why he manages to convey the complex with ease, making him well-equipped to connect with and engage children through these retellings.»BARNEBOKRITIKK.NO

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Peer Gynt
Children's Books2024 · 40 pp · Age 6 - 12

Peer Gynt

Kåre Conradi

Peer Gynt, liar extraordinaire, grows up in a valley in Jotunheimen, where he wanders around in the mountains and tells tall tales about the adventures he has there. The life of a Norwegian farmer’s isn’t enough for him: his thirst for adventure and lack of any sense of responsibility drive him out into the big wide world. We follow Peer on his voyage while his devoted mother Åse and his beloved Solveig sit waiting for him to come back home. The play Peer Gynt is a masterwork and a key part of Norway’s cultural heritage. This is the second book in a new series for children about the works of Henrik Ibsen. With the aid of illustrations and simplified text suitable for younger readers, the series aims to introduce Ibsen’s plays to new generations all over the world. Ibsen is the world’s second-most performed playwright after Shakespeare. This series will give children an understanding of what Ibsen’s texts are about and what they can teach us today. «Transforming Peer Gynt's two hundred pages of quick dialogue written in verse into a forty-page picture book is radical in itself. Conradi impressively captures most of the wild Peer's adventures [...]. Throughout the book, one becomes familiar with the entire plot of the play, which is illustrated with a wonderfully adventurous and expressive style by the experienced Ingebjørg F. Mæland.»KLASSEKAMPEN «In both [An Enemy of the People and Peer Gynt], it is evident that [Conradi] has Ibsen in his backbone. This is precisely why he manages to convey the complex with ease, making him well-equipped to connect with and engage children through these retellings.»BARNEBOKRITIKK.NO

King’s Medal of Merit with Sword and Double Bun
Children's Books2024 · 48 pp · Age 6 - 9

King’s Medal of Merit with Sword and Double Bun

Erlend Loe

A crazy crime story from two of Norway’s foremost artists Detective Fluffenberg is on his way to the office, head filled with important thoughts. He’s the world’s best detective, yet there is one thing missing. He hasn’t yet been awarded the King’s Medal of Merit with sword and double bun. To earn this honour, he’ll have to solve a highly unusual and completely insoluble mystery, but this particular day feels terribly ordinary. That’s when it happens! Everything around him starts to shake. Seconds later, the whole of Oslo has vanished! And the only sound to be heard is a chugging out on the fjord. When Fluffenberg takes a closer look, he sees that the king is approaching in his yacht. The king is shocked and wants to get Oslo back – not to mention all his subjects. This is a case for the world’s best detective!

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Weird words
Children's Books2022 · 112 pp · Age 6 - 12

Weird words

Helene Uri

What is a mucofagus? And what does it mean to be an ailurophile? People may think that children don´t like words they do not understand. But weird words are not dangerous. Weird words are fun! In this book you will find 356 strange, funny and mysterious words that pique curiosity and expand your vocabulary. Some of them are old-fashioned, quirky words that maybe your grandmother or grandfather knows. Others have their roots in Greek or Latin and might be scientific, but are just as funny and whimsical. Learning from this book, children can impress the grown ups. Helene Uri is an expert in words, and together with internationally renowned illustrator Kristin Roskifte, she has created this playful, colourful and exuberant celebration of weird words. This is a book for forward thinking parents who want to give their children a head start, and also a perfect gift for children aged 6 years and up. And if you where wondering - a mucofagus is a snot eater. The rest of the answers you will find in the book. A White Raven 2023

Se opp for plaskrein!
Children's Books2022 · 88 pp · Age 6 - 9

Se opp for plaskrein!

Bjørn F. Rørvik

Morsom, annerledes og litt rampete julebok! En tykk og gøyal bok med helsprø enruters tegnevitser. Her får du vinterlige vitser (og noen gjennombløte), med fokus på snø og jul. Teite og originale vitser for alle, men mest for barn! Hvis du har ledd av Larsons gale verden, vet du hva du har i vente! Forfatter Bjørn F. Rørvik og illustratør Eivind Guliksen har gitt ut en rekke helsprø og lettleste bøker med dyregåter, og nå har de tatt steget enda lenger inn i vitseverdenen. SE OPP FOR PLASKREIN! er deres andre bok med helsprø enruters vitsetegninger. Her har de funnet fram sine aller teiteste og bløteste vitser. Gjør deg klar til å le!

Sonja and Harald – The king, the queen and the fight for love
Narrative Non-fiction / Children's Books2022 · 56 pp · Age 6 - 9

Sonja and Harald – The king, the queen and the fight for love

Lise Osvoll

In 2022, our royal couple turn 85. This book pays tribute to Sonja and Harald, taking us on a journey through their lives, from their childhoods to their first meeting and long fight to be together. This is a magnificent book written and illustrated in an exciting and accessible way by Lise Osvoll. Through the book, children will learn about our wonderful royal couple and about important parts of Norwegian history and cultural heritage. As far as we know, there are no other children’s books about the king and queen, and we hope that this book will have many readers and garner lots of attention. A perfect family book for children and adults alike.

Hi-hi!
Children's Books2021 · 72 pp · Age 6 - 9

Hi-hi!

Bjørn F. Rørvik

"Larsons gale verden" for barn! En tykk og gøyal bok full av enruters tegnevitser. Har du ledd av Larsons gale verden, vet du at dette blir gøy. Her er det 76 morsomme, fargerike og litt overraskende vitser om en lang rekke temaer - men særlig om dyr. Forfatter Bjørn F. Rørvik og illustratør Eivind Guliksen har gitt ut en rekke helsprø og lettleste bøker med dyregåter, og mellom disse to permene har de virkelig fått utfolde seg maks. I Hi-hi! har de funnet fram sine aller teiteste og tørreste og festligste vitser. Gjør deg klar til å le!

Who buttocked the brown cheese?
Children's Books2021 · 48 pp · Age 6 - 9

Who buttocked the brown cheese?

Erlend Loe

Crazy crime mystery from two of Norway`s foremost artists. When the King hears tell of a truly fantastic brown cheese that is made at Lisen von Kvantum’s dairy farm, Lisen is invited to the Palace, along with a chunk of brown cheese. A train ticket, with a sleeping berth, is enclosed with the invitation and Lisen von Kvantum heads off with her cheese. She guards the brown cheese behind a locked door in berth number 2, thinking that it is very important for her not to fall asleep. But of course, she does – and when she wakes up a while later, the damage is done: there are butt prints on the brown cheese! Somebody has buttocked the King’s cheese! Will the mystery be solved? Who can have committed such a serious crime? Whose butt print is that on the brown cheese? And will the King ever get to taste the world’s best brown cheese? Erlend Loe and Kim Hiorthøy are the authors behind this zippy, intricate crime mystery in five parts, which is very much inspired by Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express.Who Buttocked the Brown Cheese is not a book with silly ass humor or underwear humor, but a quality mix of all sorts of humor that tend to get anyone in a good mood. ******VG

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