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Children's Books902Literature and Fiction722Narrative Non-fiction336Self Help179Crafts and Hobbies146Mystery and Crime143Cook Books107UpLit82

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2025 and newer2020–20242015–20192014 and older

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Picture books318Easy read235Read-aloud184Children's novels238Young adult121Children's non-fiction181Comics33

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Nowhere to Hide
Children's Books2025 · 128 pp · Age 9+

Nowhere to Hide

Ingvild Bjerkeland

In Beasts, we left Abid and Alva on the edge of survival, fleeing through the forest and reaching the ocean with the beasts on their heels. On the final page, they rushed into a small rubber boat, heading toward the unknown dark sea. Now, in Nowhere To Hide, Abid and Alva’s desperate journey continues. Their small rubber boat battles its way through the waves, heading for Shetland in search of sanctuary and their father. Fortunately, they are rescued by a small ship and manage to cross the sea. Finally safe on the island they are placed in a refugee camp along with several hundred others. Here they are safe from the beasts – for now. But two children alone in a world filled with lurking dangers, are never truly safe. Then, one evening it turns out that Shetland isn’t as far from mainland Europe as one might think. The beasts attack the camp and Abid and Alva are on the run – again. Alone and terrified, they flee towards Lerwick, to warn about the coming danger, to find their father and, finally, safety. Ingvild Bjerkeland continues to draw readers into this haunting universe with this intense and thrilling sequel. Even though it tells a different story, Nowhere to Hide, still lets us witness the unbreakable bond between siblings as they navigate a world on the brink of collapse. «Ingvild Bjerkeland is skilled at building a creepy atmosphere, it doesn't surprise me that she has a doctorate in film studies, because many of the moments here would do well on film.»NRK «Beasts – Nowhere to Hide, the sequel to Ingvild Bjerkeland's masterful and award-winning Beasts, lives up to the high expectations. Also this book is deeply touching, believeable and very exciting.»BTJ (Sweden), five/five stars

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The Wild Beast Sees You
Children's Books2025 · 104 pp · Age 9 - 12

The Wild Beast Sees You

Sidsel Jøranlid

Three boys are fed up with childish Halloween celebrations. They decide to head into the woods for a truly spooky Halloween instead. But soon the darkness becomes pitch black, and strange sounds are coming from the woods. It gets scary – for real. Then something big starts chasing them. Something is hiding in the forest. Is it a large dog? Could it be a wolf? Or is it something much worse? The Wild Beast Sees You is just scary enough, just dark enough and perfect for dark autumn evenings.

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NEVER fall in love
Children's Books2024 · 128 pp · Age 9 - 12

NEVER fall in love

Solveig Moen Rusten

Lea is starting to get bored. Her best friend Alexa talks about nothing but boys (something Lea will never do, that’s for sure!) and her big sister Jenny just lies around in her room crying. Lea really wants to help Jenny. But how? And what about Alexa? Will she find herself a boyfriend? And why does Oscar in Lea’s class keep smiling like that every time they meet? NEVER fall in Love is a tale of first crushes and friendship, sisterly love and bicycle sabotage. And about sharing pictures that shouldn’t be shared.

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Buffy By Gets in the Christmas Spirit
Children's Books2024 · 264 pp · Age 9 - 12

Buffy By Gets in the Christmas Spirit

Ingeborg Arvola

Christmas is going to be a bit different for Buffy By and her brother Bobby. This Advent, their mum Lillie is recovering from a brain tumour, but she’s still sick. When Grandma Olava goes back home to Northern Norway, Dad, Jimmy – an incorrigible small-time crook and liar – turns up and fills their flat with mysterious boxes. Buffy doesn’t know quite what to make of it all. Of course it would be nice to have a proper family Christmas, but she knows Jimmy will vanish as soon as he has offloaded the “presents.” And he isn’t exactly a Dad worth having – or relying on. Meanwhile, preparations are underway for the school Nativity play in which Buffy is going to play the Baby Jesus – who will be born onstage. This is the fourth book in Ingeborg Arvola’s critically acclaimed series about Buffy By. Although it isn’t an Advent calendar, we follow Buffy, Bobby and all the other characters from December 1 to 24, in a book that is funny, dramatic and utterly charming.

There's something in the water
Children's Books2024 · 136 pp · Age 6 - 12

There's something in the water

Sidsel Jøranlid

An easy reader that's just scary enough, just dark enough. A perfect summer holiday read! The summer vacation is here, and Ella will spend three weeks at the cabin. It's on a tiny little island just off the coast somwhere. And it's storming! Ella feels trapped on the island in the chaotic weather. What's even worse: the electricity disappears and she must share a bedroom with her older brother. It's clammy, grey and sultry. And Ella has promised her brother to go swimming in the sea every day, regardless of the weather. Suddenly, strange things start to happen. The sea throws fish on land, the beach is flooded with jellyfish, the uneasy feeling spreads. Then people start disappearing.

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Death Hotel
Children's Books2024 · 136 pp · Age 9+

Death Hotel

Mari Moen Holsve

Sanna, her big sister Oksana and her friend Robin are driving along deserted country roads on their way to Mum’s house to celebrate Halloween. Suddenly something in the car starts beeping and they have to stop for the night. They check into a hotel where they are the only guests. In the evening, the boy on reception goes home for the night. They are all alone an old hotel. Or are they really all alone? Suddenly Oksana vanishes and the hotel starts to change. Or is it just Sanna and Robin’s imagination? They hear footsteps, the walls seem to start moving, and a mysterious grey girl appears and asks them for help. Then they find Oksana – but she’s in one of the many class pictures on the wall. Something is wrong. Terribly wrong! Sanna, who loves horror films, realises that they’ve ended up in a scary movie – and they won’t be able to escape until they find out what the hotel wants from them. It may help to know every horror movie trick and tip in the book – but that doesn’t make it any less scary to be trapped in a living, crazy and super-scary hotel with a bunch of schoolkids from the days of the Second World War.

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The von Humbug Family: The Miracle Powder
Children's Books2024 · 304 pp · Age 9 - 12

The von Humbug Family: The Miracle Powder

Karen Kilane

Do you like stories with a good moral and a happy ending? Are you looking for a book without tall tales and humbug? Then this is not the book for you! All her life, Lucy has dreamed of a grandfather who can look after her, bake buns and make her hot chocolate with whipped cream. But when her long-missing Grandpa von Humbug finally appears, Lucy quickly realizes that he is not like other grandfathers. Grandpa loves to invent and travel, but above anything he loves to make quick money – no matter the cost. Grandpa and his new girlfriend, Vanessa Jones, get their hands on Lucy's latest invention, a miracle powder that makes things young and new and shiny. It's a disaster waiting to happen! The Miracle Powder is the first book in the series about the Familien von Humbug, written by debut author Karen Kilane and illustrated throughout by renowned artist Hans Jørgen Sandnes, known from the series Detective Agency No. 2 and Krypto. «The book is charming and concrete, with fantastic images – and a lot of tongue-in-cheek. Karen Kilane and Hans Jørgen Sandnes have created a universe you'll want to stay in, and a kid you'll learn to love.»PERISKOP

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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

Hilda Bumblevik and the Secret of the Diary
Children's Books2024 · 252 pp · Age 9 - 12

Hilda Bumblevik and the Secret of the Diary

Irmelin Persdatter Gustavsen

In Søderdal Mum is nursing a broken heart, and a threat hangs over Hilda and her friends: the town’s children may be sent away. Mum has disappeared into her bedroom and into herself after the scandal of the wedding day when she nearly got married to Timian. Hilda feels lonely and downhearted until she finds a black leatherbound book among Timian’s stuff. It turns out to be a diary that Timian kept when he was twelve years old. While Hilda’s friends and allies try to work out how to stop Vendela from sending the children to China and from becoming a popular media personality, Hilda finds herself becoming fascinated by the boy in the diary. He seems almost like a perfectly ordinary boy. The diary also turns out to conceal a dark secret. A secret that may have huge consequences for the Søder family and for Hilda herself. Hilda Bumblevik and the Secret of the Diary is the third and final book in the series about Hilda. The Hilda books are full of humour, mysteries and some genuinely scary scenes, as well as being packed with great dialogue and really wonderful depictions of faithful friendship.

In the Maw of the City
Children's Books2024 · 162 pp · Age 9 - 12

In the Maw of the City

Arne Svingen

Sebastian and Aksel are playing football in the backyard. An irritated father tells them to play somewhere else so they won’t wake his sleeping child. The boys have a bright idea: they decide to scare the father by moving the pram with the baby inside it out of the yard and onto the street. When they come back an hour later, they find the neighbourhood crawling with police. In the Maw of the City is the story of two boys who get caught up in a deadly dangerous crime drama and try to solve the mystery for themselves.

Locotopia in the Renaissance
Children's Books2024 · 368 pp · Age 6 - 12

Locotopia in the Renaissance

Simon Stranger

Welcome to the Renaissance. Simon and Helena have to go down into the depths of the ocean, hunting for hidden treasures. Simon doesn’t think he can hold his breath for that long, but thankfully they meet Leonardo da Vinci. He’s just invented a submarine! And it’s totally safe – at least there’s a 50% chance it’s totally safe. In this book there are mysteries, magic lamps and helicopters that ALMOST can fly… Inventors, painters and explorers have never been more fun. Mona Lisa’s smile has never been more alluring. Locotopia in the Renaissance is the fifth book in Simon Stranger’s critically acclaimed series about the world history – a series that’s as hilarious as it’s educational. Every page has illustrations by Helena Lindholm.

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