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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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Buddy
Children's Books2024 · 262 pp · Age 12+

Buddy

Fabian Christensen

If it wasn’t for his best buddy Mikkel, Jørgen would probably have died of a stomach ulcer. Or loneliness. Or making an absolute fool of himself in front of the prettiest girl at school. But as long as Mikkel has his back, things are mostly fine, according to Jørgen. Still - it's not easy to be fourteen and living in the shadow of your picture-perfect best friend. During their last days of 9th grade, Jørgen and Mikkel's friendship will be put to the test in more ways than one. At the same time, Jørgen must navigate his crush on Mikkel's cousin, becoming the joke of a TikTok meme, and some deadly serious family matters. And in the end, maybe the time has finally come for Jørgen to be Mikkel's lifesaver. Buddy is an impressive debut by Fabian Christensen, the winner of Cappelen Damm’s New Voices Manuscript competition 2023. It's a novel full of heart, dramatic twists and turns - and plenty of awkward, situational comedy that will have you both cringing and howling with laughter. All the while underscoring the importance of honest conversations.

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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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The Marching Band that Turned Right instead of Left
Children's Books2024 · 48 pp · Age 3 - 6

The Marching Band that Turned Right instead of Left

Fridtjof Stensæth Josefsen

A school marching band is due perform and march through the streets. The children are looking forward to it and the bandleader is ready. But what happens when the band turns right instead of left? The band ends up marching all the way around the world! The Marching Band that Turned Right instead of Left is a brilliantly funny, lively picture book debut.

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Bettina Wants to Go on a Beach Vacation
Children's Books2024 · 96 pp · Age 6 - 12

Bettina Wants to Go on a Beach Vacation

Sidsel Jøranlid

Bettina really wants to have a beach vacation. Everyone’s always talking about how beach holidays are the best. One day her Mum beamingly announces that they’re going on vacation. Only it turns out that they’re going to a village in Italy and that’s not the beach! Bettina is convinced it’ll be awful. Italy can’t possibly be any fun – or can it?

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Leona in Bike Trouble
Children's Books2024 · 56 pp · Age 6 - 9

Leona in Bike Trouble

Anneli Klepp

Leona and Felix only went out to buy ice cream, but it’s Wacky Saturday at school and there’s a flea market there too. When they arrive the headmaster is boasting about his new racing bike, which he’ll use to win the cycling race at three o’clock. The prize is ten thousand whole kroner! Leona wants to take part in the competition too, but she doesn’t have a bike. Luckily they’re at the flea market where there are masses of used bikes. Leona finds the perfect racing bike for sale and at three o’clock, she’s ready on the starting line. But was her used bike bargain a bit too good to be true? Whose bicycle is this? It turns out to Leona has landed herself in some serious bike trouble.

Night Ninja: Snakes and Ladders
Children's Books2024 · 64 pp · Age 3 - 6

Night Ninja: Snakes and Ladders

Rolf Magne G. Andersen

Night Ninja: Snakes and Ladders is an adventurous book about Martin who doesn’t like going to bed. At night, he solves a range of problems with the help of the lamp spirit Akari, who transforms Martin into the Night Ninja, and offers him good advice along the way.Martin loses against Dad at Snakes and Ladders. Martin wants a rematch, but it's time for bed. Going to bed is the worst thing Martin knows. Luckily, he can turn into the Night Ninja and break into the castle from the Snakes and Ladders game, where he must play the game for real.Reality and imagination mix in this tough and exciting goodnight story, perfect for everyone who likes ninjas!

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Dad and Other Terrorists
Children's Books2024 · 168 pp · Age 9 - 12

Dad and Other Terrorists

Ingvild Bjerkeland

All Erle wants is to have an ordinary holiday like ordinary people do. A trip to Costa del Sol, for example! But instead, her journalist father Rehman drags her off on a work trip to London where he’s covering the Climate Conference. Erle only has one afternoon to play tourist before Dad starts fussing about work again. And he’s constantly busy with weird phone calls. While Erle and Dad are eating dinner, they hear shots. Dad tells Erle to hide under the restaurant table and stay there. Meanwhile, he runs outside towards the gunfire. A second later, there’s an explosion. A bomb has gone off close by. Erle wakes up in hospital with a broken arm. Dad is in a coma. What has happened? Who is behind the bombing? Why did Dad leave Erle in the restaurant – did he know something about the attack?

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The Gingerbread House
Children's Books2024 · 224 pp · Age 9+

The Gingerbread House

Gaute Brochmann

Don’t tell anyone but children get eaten in this book! What are you supposed to do when the health clinic where you’re due to spend Christmas turns out to be very different from what you expected? When the kind grownups who are supposed to help you be the best version of yourself clearly have other plans for your stay? They probably want you to be as good as you can be – but good for who? The Gingerbread House is about a 13-year-old outsider, Jonas Rusten, who is struggling with his weight. One day, he’s offered a stay at Dr. Dirk’s Health Clinic, which he thinks will solve all his problems. It starts off fine: the people are great and the food is good. Surprisingly good, in fact. But bit by bit, he starts to feel a creeping suspicion. Shouldn’t they be exercising a bit more? Eating a bit less? Why do the others call him Balder? And what is that weird girl actually trying to tell him?

Puck off!
Children's Books2024 · 160 pp · Age 9 - 12

Puck off!

Bjørn Tore Grøtte

Kim is a talented ice hockey player from Fredrikstad. But then his family moves six hours north, to Trondheim. It’s tough getting a place on the Eagle team. The star player is Arnt who’s in the same class as Kim. And he’s not keen on the competition. Can you really switch hockey teams? And what matters most – winning or fair play? Puck off! is a book full of tough tackles, lightning fast shots and lots of heart. It's the first book in a trilogy.

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The Ghost Station
Children's Books2024 · 256 pp · Age 9 - 12

The Ghost Station

Anne Elvedal

Billie and her family move from the capital to a remote, coastal town. The only available house is a closed-down train station, where no one has lived for years. At first, they love it, but it's not long before weird things start to happen. Billie can hear strange sounds in the house, things move around in the middle of the night, and there's a rumour that people have gone insane from living there... Billie has to start a new school, and finds it difficult to make new friends. Luckily, she meets Rasmus, a mysterious boy who challenges her to try new things, and they become close friends. Billie confides in Rasmus, and together they start to investigate what happens at the station. Who is whistling on the other side of Billie's wall? Why is the forest around the station named the Mourning Forest? And isn't there something a bit strange about Rasmus? The Ghost Station is the first book in a paranormal middle grade trilogy. This first book in a new horror series is perfect for anyone who likes a proper ghost story. Anne Elvedal captures and holds the reader’s attention from first sentence … the excitement and tension lasts until the final sentence – a chilling cliffhanger before the next book.NRK, five/six stars The Ghost Station is a thrilling pageturner – nightmares and crying is almost guaranteed. KLASSEKAMPEN … simply put, terrific ... Energetic, solid and thorough. … perfect timing of absurd and transgressive elements. … full of surprises. Especially so when the book nears its end. PERISKOP.no

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Subwoolfer: Revenge of the Grandmas
Children's Books2024 · 184 pp · Age 6 - 9

Subwoolfer: Revenge of the Grandmas

Ben Adams

After an action-packed but failed trip to Earth, the wolves and Astro head back into outer space, desperately in need of a well-earned rest. But their holiday on Vacation Planet is interrupted when they discover they’re being hunted by the greediest, deadliest and most insatiable beasts on Earth: GRANDMAS! They’re mad as heck and hungry for revenge – and as if that wasn’t bad enough, they can smell wolf-flesh! A life-and-death struggle follows as Jim, Keith and Astro flee from planet to planet in an attempt to escape the Grandmas’ unusual methods of attack. What will happen when Subwoolfer runs out of places to hide? Will Jim and Keith manage to gather an army that can beat the grandmas? And is there anyone out there in the galaxy who can help them?

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Super-Frank babysits
Children's Books2024 · 64 pp · Age 6 - 9

Super-Frank babysits

Mats Eldøen

Meet Super-Frank! The coolest superhero in the entire world! Or, perhaps not so cool. And maybe not such a great hero either. Actually, things never seem to work out for Super-Frank, who tends to solve small problems with big solutions. Frank is babysitting his little brother Max, and everything is going swimmingly. That's until Frank starts to imagine all the dangers that could threaten Max. Such as carnivorous plants, murder robots, ninjas and Legos. This is a case for Super-Frank! In his over-eager attempt to child proof the apartment, Frank manages to lock himself out, blow up the kitchen and send his little brother halfway out into the stratosphere in a blow-up suit. Thankfully, Frank is able to clean up before Mum and Dad gets home. Almost, at least. Super-Frank Babysits is the first book in a new, easy-to-read humour series, full of illustrations and lots of action. The books have short chapters, and are perfect for readers of Diary of a Wimpy Kid.

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