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Starting Kindergarten
Children's Books2024 · 40 pp · Age 0 - 6

Starting Kindergarten

Oda Weider-Krog

Starting kindergarten is a huge upheaval: both children and their parents have to get used to a whole new daily routine. So many exciting experiences lie ahead and there are so many new faces to meet! But what actually happens at kindergarten? What clothes do you need? What games and activities can you look forward to? And why do grownups have to go to work anyway? Starting Kindergarten is a richly illustrated guide for both children who are about to start kindergarten and their parents, with a focus on simplified language and attractive pictures. The book aims to give the very youngest children a kindergarten-related vocabulary and help them begin to understand what it means to start kindergarten. The warm, accommodating illustrations allow children to explore the different indoor and outdoor areas of the kindergarten for themselves.

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Something Lost and Something Found
Children's Books2024 · 40 pp · Age 3 - 6

Something Lost and Something Found

Kaia Linnea Dahle Nyhus

A powerful and highly topical picture book about war, flight, change and reconciliation. In the beginning, there is a house with blue window frames. There is a mum and a dad, a cushion, a grandmother, a school, a cat on the step and a secret chocolate drawer. But there is also war. There are bombs and uniforms and grownups talking in whispers, and the war will change everything. Soon almost everything is gone. The chocolate drawer and the cat, the cushion and Grandmother, the school and even Dad. Now there are new things. There are queues and cold draughts and a house that isn’t a home. There are people who talk strangely and food that tastes weird. But there are also children who play. And a cat on the step who may become a friend. Something Lost and Something Found is a powerful story about having to abandon everything you know and put down new roots in an unfamiliar place. It’s a story that will be a great conversation-starter in schools and kindergartens, where many people meet children who have been forced to flee from war and unrest in their homelands. «... the picture book Something Lost and Something Found is a hopeful, empathetic and very aesthetically driven story. The author does not dwell on the act of fleeing ..., but also thematises the way forward, after one has arrived in a safe place. How to establish a new everyday life, when your thoughts and memories linger on the past? Fortunately, a lot of good can be rediscovered.»BARNEBOKRITIKK.NO

The Angel With Too-Short Wings
Children's Books2024 · 40 pp · Age 3+

The Angel With Too-Short Wings

Tor Åge Bringsværd

Once upon a time – back when the world was created – there was a plump little angel called Jorkalel. No matter how hard he tried, he never could learn to fly. He just tumbled from cloud to cloud instead. The other angels had to keep saving him to stop him from crashing. In the end, they got bored of looking after him. When that happened, Jorkalel was given the job of tending the Garden instead. He became the first gardener in Paradise. Jorkalel was good at getting the flowers to bloom. But he was even better at looking after the animals, especially when they needed help and comfort. A beautiful tale about taking care of those who are a little bit different.

Esa Sweeps
Children's Books2024 · 40 pp · Age 3 - 6

Esa Sweeps

Gro Dahle

Funny and thought-provoking picture book from award-winning children’s author Gro Dahle Esa loves sweeping! There’s so much in the way and so much that needs to be swept away. Sand and dust and oat flakes on the floor. Drawing pins and pine needles and crusts and crumbs. Things that break, infectious illnesses, people who pull your hair, Mum who’s crying, Dad who’s shouting. Esa sweeps and sweeps to get rid of everything that’s in the way and everything that hurts her. But what happens when Esa has swept away the whole world? Won’t it be a bit too quiet? Gro Dahle isn’t afraid of dealing with serious and difficult topics in her picture books. Esa Sweeps is illustrated by Kaia Dahle Nyhus.

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Hello Night!
Children's Books2024 · 40 pp · Age 3 - 6

Hello Night!

Anna Fiske

A new, colourful and just-spooky-enough search-and-find book from internationally renowned author and illustrator Anna Fiske! Join us in the dark of night where we can discover all the exciting, weird and scary things that are going on. Where is Peter Zombie? What is Ali von Vampire up to? And who’s that walking towards us in the distance? The reader’s job is to find all the funny characters on every page, and follow their stories from start to finish. The pictures are chock-full of lively details, making this a book that you can read over and over again and always find something new.

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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

Herman and Hedda and the Dinosaurs
Children's Books2024 · 48 pp · Age 3 - 6

Herman and Hedda and the Dinosaurs

Geir Moen

Herman and Hedda are best friends. When they play together, anything can happen! Today they play with dinosaurs in the pillow room in kindergarden. Suddenly they spot something in the corner. What could it be? Herman gets a little scared, and is unsure whether it is a good idea to check, but Hedda is curious. She needs to see what it is! Before they know it, they have arrived in the kingdom of the dinosaurs! Because when Herman and Hedda play, the fantasy almost becomes reality. Enjoy the view from the top of a Diplodocus, but be careful not to fall down. And watch out for the Tyrannosaurus rex! At the back of the book you'll find fun dinosaur facts! Is Herman and Hedda kindergardener's new favourite series for reading out loud? The books take children's play and imagination seriously, with beautiful illustrations from one of Norway's leading illustrators, inspired by both manga and Studio Ghibli. These are imaginative picture books that will be read again and again. And again.

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What is it like to have a body?
Children's Books2024 · 88 pp · Age 3 - 6

What is it like to have a body?

Anna Fiske

Did you know that everyone has a completely unique body? In What's it like to have a body?, Anna Fiske writes about the joys of having a body, with her trademark ingisht, warmth and playfulness. And the weird things about having a body. Fiske answers to some of the many things children wonder about with their bodies. Why does it grow hair? Why do we all look so different? The book also teaches kids how to take care of teeth, good hygiene etiquette, and how to respect other people's bodies.What's it like to have a body? is a book packed with facts and surprises that provoke thought, speculation and raise awareness around the theme of the human body through skilful use of humour and intimacy. This is a revised edition of Anna Fiske's Everybody has a Backside, integrated into her bestselling Why series.

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Coco-Banana and the Christmas Thief
Children's Books2024 · 72 pp · Age 3 - 6

Coco-Banana and the Christmas Thief

Rolf Magne G. Andersen

Coco-Banana is looking forward to Christmas. He’s planning to bake gingerbread snaps, decorate his house, watch Christmas movies and have fun with his family. But on the very first day of December, he notices that something weird is going on. Something is moving stuff around in his inventor’s shed! And why are there tracks in the snow outside the house? Coco-Banana has the distinct feeling that he is being followed – so he decides to set a trap! But what happens when the person he traps turns out to be none other than Santa? And what does Santa want with a young inventor from Nutvik anyway? Coco-Banana and the Christmas Thief is a warm, funny, charming Christmas book that is absolutely perfect for reading aloud. A Christmas gift that is tailor-made for all the Coco-Banana fans out there as well as families who are keen to find a cosy read for the kids in the run-up to Christmas.

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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