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Crocodile in the Tree
Children's Books2015 · 48 pp · Age 3 - 9

Crocodile in the Tree

Ragnar Aalbu

The little red crocodile is out walking in the mist. Crocodile likes mist, and this is a really misty day! But suddenly he is scared by something that looks like a wolf, and oops! Little Crocodile is high up in a high tree. Despite its apparent simplicity and spontaneity, on one level this picture-book is a dream-like allegory of belonging and alienation, while on a more concrete, down-to-earth level it is mostly about getting away safely from a tight corner. 'This is not the first time Ragnar Aalbu has played with literary references and operated on several levels simultaneously. (…) The minimalist technique of the pictures is very descriptive, as for example in the meeting between the wolf and the terrified crocodile. (…) The simple text and the clear colours are a pleasure to behold. BARNEBOKKRITIKK.NO ‘Aalbu communicates confidently, using humour in both the text and the pictures.’ ØSTLANDS-POSTEN

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Maradona’s Moral
Children's Books2015 · 160 pp · Age 9 - 12

Maradona’s Moral

Arild Stavrum

It is the Norway Cup and football tournament. Ekebergsletta is full to bursting with hopeful football players. Mikke is taking part wearing Maradona's magic football boots. The ones that once made Maradona the best football player ever. With them Mikke is a superstar on the pitch, but still, all is not as it should be. Will success cost Mikke his friends and girlfriend? And will we finally find out who is the better player out of Mikke and his rival Sondre Goma from Clausenengen and Nordlandet? Maradonas moral is the third book in the trilogy about Mikke Milnbergan and his friends. ‘This is a book about passion and dreams, about wanting to be the best. And the latter is something that Stavrum does very well indeed. The games are described well, the nerve of the players clearly depicted. Maradonas moral will make old football legends dream of the old days, and young hopefuls have another go with the ball in the garden. Young football players will love this book, and little is better than that.’DEMOKRATEN

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The Hunt for Fire
Children's Books2015 · 64 pp · Age 6 - 9

The Hunt for Fire

Tor Åge Bringsværd

Old Sju fell asleep on the night watch, and now the Wolf Tribe's fire has gone out. Without fire they have to eat meat and fish raw. That's not so good, thinks Tal. Everybody is hoping that there will soon be a lightning strike which will start a fire somewhere. At last the sky darkens and it begins to thunder. Lightning strikes in the forest, and Tal runs off to find Nea and Shita. But they are not the only ones who have noticed the smoke. ”Go away,” yells the chief of the Wild Boar Tribe, waving his sword, ”This is our fire. Nobody else can take it.” But Tal and Nea and Shita don't give up. Even dangerous warriors are scared when Shita the sabre-toothed tiger appears! The Hunt for Fire is the second book in the exciting easy-to-read series about Tal and Nea and the sabre-toothed tiger Shita from Tor Åge Bringsværd and Haakon Lie.

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The Wolf Boy
Children's Books2015 · 56 pp · Age 6 - 9

The Wolf Boy

Tor Åge Bringsværd

Tal from the Wolf Tribe is eight winters old. Every day, Dad and the other men go hunting. Tal is too young to go with them, but he doesn't agree with that! One day he goes out to pick berries for Mum, and meets an angry bear which licks its lips and creeps towards him. Suddenly, somebody appears on the scene at full speed. An arm stretches out, takes hold of Tal and pulls him away at the last moment!It's a girl the same age as Tal. She is riding on a big sabre-toothed tiger, one of the most dangerous animals in existence. The girl is called Nea, and she is from the Mammoth Tribe, the Wolf Tribe's perpetual enemies. If Tal and Nea and the sabre-toothed tiger Shita are going to be friends, they will need to keep it very, very secret.It was not easy being eight winters old in the Stone Age, but it was certainly exciting! Ulvegutten is the first book in the exciting easy-to-read series about Tal and Nea and the sabre-toothed tiger Shita from Tor Åge Bringsværd and Haakon Lie.

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Morkel’s Alphabet
Children's Books2015 · 48 pp · Age 6 - 12

Morkel’s Alphabet

Stian Hole

In Stian Hole's new book, Morkels alfabet, we are reunited with Anna from Annas himmel. There is someone leaving notes on the ground. Who can it be? Anna wonders. One evening, she sees a shadow. A boy. Is it him? Next day, the note says “Morkel”. Morkel, who is almost never at school. Morkel has a cabin in the forest, and Anna finds him. They spend a lot of time together, both of them interested in words and letters. Everyone has their own alphabet, Anna thinks, and it can take a long time to work out what letters mean. Morkel knows a lot about birds, but one day he is gone, like a migratory bird. Anna longs and hopes that he will return. Maybe he'll be back in the spring? A beautiful story about friendship and what is important in life. The story is both intense yet moderately-paced with a lot of food for thought. The illustrations are full of wonder, nature and life. A new, fantastic picture book from one of our leading picture book authors. Rights sold to: DENMARK (Høst & Søn), SWEDEN (Alfabeta Bokförlag AB), GERMANY (Carl Hanser Verlag). ‘Brilliant picture book from Stian Hole about the fantastical void between childhood and adult life. … Hole’s seamless collages, for which clippings from photographs as well as other artwork and popular media were edited in Photoshop, reach new heights here. Where text is scant, details in the typography flesh out the story’s generous landscape. Dreamlike tableaux are presented that nod to other art and literature. Like the cake crumbs in Hansel and Gretel, Hole sets up visual puzzles that add to the story and our experience as we look along the way. The author also manages to let the story of a lonely boy, neglect and a friendship that borders on adult friendship seep out into the visual landscape.Bergens Tidende ‘Stian Hole takes us once more into a dreamland where we find pieces of reality to ponder over. … Using his own unique technique, he has a signature that stands out. … Her [Anna’s] respectful approaches are charming as well as playful and imaginative. … One day, plain and simply, she asks Morkel: “What are you good at?” “Nothing,” Morkel answers. And instead of responding with an “oh well” or something similar, she just asks: “What else?” This short sequence in the book is pure gold. It shows that Hole’s poetic and sensitive means of expressing himself not only reveals itself in the pictures, but also in the text. It is food for thought. … The tentative friendship between these two is beautifully depicted. This is not a story about a clever girl that saves a loser and brings him back into the fold. They continue to be different, but nevertheless share a patient and sensitive connection and friendship. Hole’s particular method of using a mixture of photography, drawing and various digital media generates pictures queer enough to give us pause and which in themselves contribute to the sense of unreality. It works best of all in dream situations, in the darkness with all the small details that you can look for and delight over when you find them. Yet at the same time, there is always something very concrete in the pictures, such as Anna’s mud-covered boots positioned within reach next to her bed where she is sleeping, lost in the throes of her own imagination. … This is yet another masterpiece from Stian Hole and his artist’s cave.’Vårt Land ‘Stian Hole has garnered great international attention with his books. They have been published in 17 countries and won many prestigious prizes. His most recent offering should do the same. Morkels alfabet is a masterpiece.’DEMOKRATEN‘Morkels alfabetis full of secrets. You uncover some of them. Some of them stay secret, somewhere in the void between marvelling words and wonderful illustrations.’FÆDRELANDSVENNEN‘Hole’s seamless collages, for which clippings from photographs as well as other artwork and popular media were edited in Photoshop, reach new heights here. Where text is scant, details in the typography flesh out the story’s generous landscape. Dreamlike tableaux are presented that nod to other art and literature. Like the cake crumbs in Hansel and Gretel, Hole sets up visual puzzles that add to the story and our experience as we look along the way. The author also manages to let the story of a lonely boy, neglect and a friendship that borders on adult friendship seep out into the visual landscape.BERGENS TIDENDE 'Stian Hole has created a whole particular genre of his own with his poetic portrayal of children, where electronic manipulation of actual photographs is a basic element. At its best (as it mostly is), this is delightful. … A gentle book which appeals to the senses.' NRK 'A deeply captivating picture-story. … In ’Morkel’s Alphabet,’ today’s leading, internationally recognised, Norwegian picture-book illustrator takes another step forward in the range of his artistic explorations.'AFTENPOSTEN 'With ’Morkel’s Alphabet,’ Stian Hole has again created a masterpiece of a picture-book.’DAGBLADET

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Mule Boy
Literature and Fiction / Children's Books2015 · 120 pp

Mule Boy

Øyvind Torseter

The king has sent six of his seven sons out into the world to find suitable princesses. They do not return, and Mule Boy insists on finding out what happened to them. He discovers that the troll has turned them and their brides into stone. He enters the mountain to find the troll and free the princess that the troll has captured. This is a funny twist on an old folk tale. There is a lot of humour and funny lines in the book. It is impressive and exciting to enter the mountain together with Mule Boy, and the princess is both tough and charismatic. We also know Mule Boy from previous books. The illustrations are beautiful, funny and fanciful both in terms of line and use of colour.Mule Boy was nominated to The Nordic Councils Childrens Book Prize in 2016. ‘… a beautiful little hero story about impossible choices and fearlessness, about fighting for what you believe in and finding happiness. This is fun reading for adults and children, and it is perfect for young people who will go on to compare narrative styles and values in contemporary texts with those in myths and folklore when they are at upper secondary school. Mulegutten should feature in a course or three.’ DEMOKRATEN ‘Øyvind Torseter lets his imagination run riot through a classic story. It’s particularly funny if you’ve heard the story before. Curiosity, adventurousness and courage characterise the young prince who rides out to save his brothers. Curiosity is a word that can also be used when talking about Øyvind Torseter himself – the result is a fantastic picture book that both children and adults will love.’ NRK 'Torseter is an entertaining story-teller, in both words and pictures.' DAGBLADET Danish Review Cuttings: The Mule Boy by Øyvind Torseter ’Mulegutten is a formidable work (…) This book fully deserved the Norwegian Critics Prize for 2015, and stands out as the most original illustrated book in many years. If it were possible, this book should be given 7 full stars!’ BERLINGSKE ‘This is a supreme presentation of a folk tale. (…) Elements from the present day are brought in, but the traditional folk-tale struggle between good and evil is maintained. (…) Øyvind Torseter does this well. “And then the Princess and the Mule Boy lived happily ever after. ‘ BOGBOTTEN ’The picture pages are outstanding (…) Mulegutten is a modern hero in a classic epic. So he stands apart from the metaphor, leaving it to the reader’s imagination. This is beautifully done. FINE SPIND 'Mulegutten which at the same time celebrates, unites and renews the genres of the classic folk tale and the cartoon series (…) Mulegutten is a book for all ages, which offers much on many different levels.’ KRISTELIGT DAGBLAD ‘Torseter’s pictures have a quite special and modern quality. (…) A beautiful and exciting book, which is not afraid to be different.’ MICHAEL LINDAL ANDERSEN

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Dads Everywhere
Children's Books2015 · 48 pp · Age 3 - 9

Dads Everywhere

Kaia Linnea Dahle Nyhus

Picture book Pappaer overalt is a natural follow-up to Dahle Nyhus' debut book, Vil du høre en hemmelighet? In both books, Dahle Nyhus explores children's relationships with their parents, and this book is all about collecting dads and missing your very own, unique dad. The dads the main character in this story is collecting are given names and collected in boxes. All the dads are a little bit different, but the most important thing about a dad is that he’s a dad. There’s more than enough to do, because there are more than enough dads to collect, because the whole world is full of dads. The main character doesn’t know his own dad and doesn’t know where he lives or who he is. But one of all the dads may be the main character’s own dad. ‘Kaia Dahle Nyhus is on her way to establishing her place among the elite of Norwegian picture book creators. She returns with a book that is highly original, thought-provoking, driven by probing curiosity and tender at heart.’HAMAR ARBEIDERBLAD‘Dahle Nyhus is the daughter of illustrator Svein Nyhus and author Gro Dahle, and has previously illustrated several of her mother’s books. Just like them, she creates children’s books that pack a punch – marvelling and poetic with difficult questions at their heart.’DAGBLADET‘The text in this picture book flows well with powerful rhythmic drive in the imaginative tangents. The illustrations are also unique. Kaia Dahle Nyhus has created her own means of expression using ingenuous, somewhat brutally formed figures inserted into a stylised landscape.’VÅRT LAND ‘Dahle Nyhus is first and foremost an original illustrator. Her use of colour is disciplined in red, green and black, where the use of details is scaled way back. All the same, there is a lot to discover in the pictures, where a group of strange, clumsy, ungainly and scary dads emerge in large format.’BARNEBOKKRITIKK.NO‘Kaia Dahle Nyhus is one of the most resilient young picture book creators just now. … In this spring’s picture book, which is her second on her own, she describes a boy who collects dads. There are of course dads everywhere, and most people have one, but not the narrator. … Although the dad collecting symbolises loss, it is also an example of a kind of categorisation of the world. Systematisation is part of a child’s development; children quickly learn to define themselves based on and in relation to the things and people around them. … it is visually that Kaia Dahle Nyhus really impresses. … Desire radiates from Kaia Dahle Nyhus’ pictures. Saturated with meaning, I might be tempted to say, the intensity pulls readers like me in and onwards as they keep reading.’NRK.NO

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The Sea Scorpion of Ringerike
Children's Books2015 · 76 pp · Age 3 - 12

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.

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Crime Duo Siri and Max
Children's Books2015 · 184 pp · Age 6 - 12

Crime Duo Siri and Max

Lars Mæhle

A new crime series for young bookworms from prizewinning author Lars Mæhle. Mæhle is responsible for a number of popular books for children and young adults, but has also written crime novels for adult readers. This time, he has written an exciting story for the very youngest crime readers, with the small town of Heimvik as an idyllic setting. The fist volume sets the tone with a fast pace, tension and dog smuggling in Heimvik. Is the case as simple as the town's naïve and laid-back chief constable thinks, or can it be that the mysterious tramp called the Fog Prince is innocent? It is up to megabrain Max and his enthusiastic partner Siri to find out. Crime duo Siri and Max are on the case! ‘Krimteam Siri & Max has a lot in common with LasseMaja and Detektivbyrå Nr. 2, but with fewer illustrations. The text is longer and more advanced, and there is more tension.’Dagbladet ‘Skoddefyrstens hevn is a detective story with contemporary illustrations. The simplicity of the text makes it easy to read yet also subtle. There are not that many illustrations, but those that are included are important for gaining an overall impression of the action.’BARNEBOKKRITIKK.NO

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Terror
Children's Books2015 · 104 pp · Age 9+

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.

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Invisible Snefrid
Children's Books2015 · 40 pp · Age 0 - 6

Invisible Snefrid

Ingunn Aamodt

Snefrid is a new, colourful and cosy children's world from the author of the books about Pulverheksa (The Powder Witch). Ingunn Aamodt has come together with the prize-winning and well-known illustrator Anna Fiske. Snefrid becomes invisible when she chews celery. She has a big heart and lots of room in her house. You will meet the pop-star, the princess, the ghost, the pixie, the neighbour, the cook and other entertaining characters in her amazing house.

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The World’s Most Dangerous Gang 2
Children's Books2015 · 128 pp · Age 6 - 12

The World’s Most Dangerous Gang 2

Arne Svingen

VERDENS FARLIGSTE GJENG (the World's Most Dangerous Gang) – better known as VFG – is back! The three boys that hang around in the forest behind the bins and who prefer to be known as Killer, Belly Bounce and Morto have now teamed up with Vampire Rose. Together they terrorise the neighbourhood and do bitter battle with the Gruesome Gents' Gang (GGG). This new book contains four new stories about VFG. Real villains turn up in the Evil Forest, and on Halloween itself! Can a dinosaur skeleton save them from boring days at school? And which one of them has the strongest dad? Will VFG really end up being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize after the events of one dramatic winter's day? With Ida Larmo's crazy illustrations and comic strips, VFG is never boring! And with refined text types, style and colours, Arne Svingen's fun text becomes easy to read and entertaining. Crazy, funny and easy to read!

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