Children's & YA

Scary Christmas

Sveinung Lutro

December has not been merely about jolly old men, angels, peace on earth and festive celebration. Before the 1800s christmas could be terrifying. Midwinter was a time for ghosts and goblins, witches and devils. Frightful creatures of all sorts would appear. Scary Christmas brings to light the stories of the creepy Christmas characters. Tales about sneaky Perchta, the mysterious Christmas Goat, Grýla the gruesome troll and monstrous Krampus. We promise you: Christmas will never be the same once you’ve read this book.

Plastic waste in the sea

Kirsti Blom / Geir Wing Gabrielsen

Paper and apple cores break up quickly in the sea, but plastic doesn't. We're producing more and more plastic every year. Researchers think that there are around 100 million tons of plastic floating around in the sea. In thirty years, there will be more plastic than fish in the sea if we carry on dumping at the same rate as we are now. What can we do? Researchers are working to find ways to collect up all the millions of tons that are floating out at sea. And it's urgent!

Children’s Book about Astrid Lindgren

Agnes-Margrethe Bjorvand

This book about Astrid Lindgren is an inspiring illustrated biography that provides children with knowledge about the person, author, editor and dedicated contributor to the community that Astrid Lindgren was. Through stories, quotes, facts and magical illustrations, we become familiar with one of the world's greatest children's authors. The book follows a classic chronological development from Astrid's happy childhood to her old age in Stockholm. The book explores important, exciting and humorous episodes in Astrid's life and work. We learn about her love of nature, her lifelong joy of playing and climbing trees, reading and writing, and fighting for children's and animal rights. But we also learn about her life's many dark moments – her life as a young and impoverished single mother, her longing for love, and – as she so often expressed it – the experience of «how difficult it can be to be human». This biography is a unique starting point for inspiring new generations to read Astrid Lindgren's books. ‘… a rock-solid and beautifully illustrated biography for children. … Small details and big topics are told with the same interest and enthusiasm, and Bjorvand's detailed knowledge makes the biography intimate and entertaining. Lisa Aisato, the illustrator, shows great skill as a visual artist. The tightly written and inspired text and the fine art illustrations together capture the tone of Lindgren's life and universe and make the biography of the year a pure joy.’ DAGBLADET ‘This book is a pleasure to behold.’ FÆDRELANDSVENNEN

LEGO® Utrolige ideer

LEGO® Utrolige ideer er en helt ny idebok som viser deg hvordan du ved hjelp av din egen fantasi bygger opp en hele LEGO verden og samtidig utvider din kunnskap om LEGO. Denne boken inneholder kreative modell ideer og visuelle tips og teknikker som vil inspirere alle til å bygge! Fra nybegynnere til erfarne byggherrer.

Life from A to Z

Dag O. Hessen

A unique and different book of facts that looks at what it means to live, from A to Z! Biologist and author Dag O. Hessen accompanies young readers through the big and small problems that everyone encounters sooner or later. With sharp powers of observation, humor and wit, the author lets loose on topics such as ethics, sex, hate, love, death and dreams.Livet fra A til Å is food for thought and helps give direction to the complexity of living, and illustrator Eivind Gulliksen was given free rein to explore the same topics, and the result is a thought-provoking commentary on the text. Livet fra A til Å is the perfect First Holy Communian gift, but also an ideal textbook, a book to flick through and a book with which to grow up.

The Sea Scorpion of Ringerike

Jørn H. Hurum / Torstein Helleve

One of the world's most exquisite sea scorpion fossils was found near Tyrifjorden over one hundred years ago. It has now come back to life to take you on a journey back to a time when life had only just started to crawl out of the sea... The Sea Scorpion of Ringerike concludes the trilogy that started with Ida and The Monster Reptiles of Svalbard. The books were written by Norway's only paleontologist Jørn Hurum in collaboration with Torstein Helleve, and beautifully illustrated by Esther van Hulsen. The previous books have been sold to several foreign publishers, and in France, Ida won a prize for being the best factual book for children. In The Sea Scorpion of Ringerike, the authors take us even further back than in the two previous books while also bringing threads together and showing how we are connected to life forms that are 428 million years old.

The History of Comics

Øyvind Holen

Comic strips might not be children’s and teenager’s main source of entertainment these days. Nevertheless, there is no doubt that comic strips as an art form has been very influential in modern culture, and there are no signs that comic strips are losing terrain. Comic strips for children, young adults and grownups are produced as never before and is a huge source of inspiration to Hollywood filmmakers, the visual arts, computer games, commercials as well as literature. Many of us have some kind of relationship to comic strips. But what do you really know about the history of this art form? In this book, author Øyvind Holden and illustrator Tore Strand Olsen will take young readers on an educational yet very entertaining journey through the history of comic strips, through Europe, USA and Japan. You will get to know talking ducks and flying superheroes, but also ambitious and rebellious artists. The history of comics is an easy read, showing you the way into an exciting world. It is homage to imaginative authors and remarkable artists around the world, and a tribute to the art of comic strips. Super speeding through comic history"Journalist and writer Holen is one of the most knowledgeable in the field of comics in Norway, and Olsen is both known and renowned as a comic strip artist. The use of original strips and facsimiles is generous, something that strengthens the non-fiction part of the book."Five out of six starsDAGBLADET "As a "sometimes" (or rather former) lecturer about the world of comics for children and young readers, this is the book I would use as a reference; to pupils, students, teachers and librarians. The book is a «Magical Mystery Tour» though a thousand years of telling picture stories, with the main weight is of course on the last 100 years or so. Wandering through pages overfilled with remarkable illustration, where the walk itself can bee seen as a look into the being of comics."SERIENETT.NO

Terror

Harald Skjønsberg

We hear about terrorism almost every day, and it has an impact on our lives. But what is terrorism? How dangerous is it? How does terrorism come about? And can we get rid of terrorism? Here you can read about the history of terrorism from Guy Fawkes to Anders Breivik, from what is widely believed to be the first terrorist attack in 1605 up until today, captivatingly and insightfully told by Harald Skjønsberg, previous winner of the Ministry of Culture's textbook prize.

Amundsen through the Northwest Passage

Bjørn Ousland

The Northwest Passage, the mythical sea route north of the American mainland, has attracted explorers looking for a shortcut to Eastern treasures for centuries. Here ships have disappeared without a trace and hundreds of men have lost their lives to the ice. In 1903, Roald Amundsen and a crew of six men ventured into these waters on the herring boat Gjøa. The Gjøa voyage was to last several years and offer danger, excitement and friendship with Inuits which would later characterise Amundsen as a polar explorer. He also brought new knowledge and breakthrough discoveries back to Norway. Amundsen gjennom Norvestpassasjen also solves the mystery of the Franklin expedition, during which 129 men disappeared in the areas where Amundsen spent the winter before completing his voyage successfully. This is the fourth book in Bjørn Ousland’s polar series. The Norwegian Ministry of Culture's Special Prize for Children and Youth 2014 was awarded to Bjørn Ousland for his polar series.

Film an Animal!

Bjørn F. Rørvik

Do you enjoy making films? Do you want to have some fun with your friends? Film an animal! Film an Animal! is made up a little like a doll's theatre. You control the animal's movements across the stage, whilst providing the voices and filming all at once. You can film with your mobile phone, a camera or a video camcorder. Film an Animal! comes as a handbook and equipped with plenty of figures, props, backgrounds and control sticks that you can use to move the figures. In the handbook you get to know all the different animals – Scare the Hare, the Lens Lice, Mincy Mink, Mrs Beaver, Lady Quack-Quack, the Poodle Rockers – and last but not least, Rumpstanger! The book is bursting with hints and tips and includes a manuscript in picture form providing lots of ideas for films you can create. After a while, you can even come up with your own ideas with your friends. It won't take long for you to pick it up! Roll cameras!