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Chess
Children's Books2014 · 176 pp · Age 6+

Chess

Ellisiv Reppen

Are you ready to become a chess champion? Chess is the world's most popular board game and is played by several hundred million people of all ages. In this book you can learn how the pieces can be moved and the smartest moves to make at the different stages of the game. Both those who've never touched a chess piece and those who already know the basics can learn something from this book. Containing smart tips from some of the best chess players in the world, this book can help you to become a chess champion! Classical pedagogy aplenty “This is a magnificent book in large format on great quality paper. […] The pedagogy is impressive. Sjakk. Slik blir du helt konge really caters for players of all levels. […] In a traditionally male-dominated sport, it’s good to see women represented in both Flu Hartberg’s illustrations and in tips from famous chess players. […] These challenges make Sjakk. Slik blir helt konge a handy book to have even if you don’t have anyone to play with.”BARNEBOKKRITIKK.NO A champion book“It was a good idea to get such a talented and distinctive comic book artist as Hartberg involved with this project. His work is clear and clever, whether he is illustrating anecdotes from the story and the situation on the chessboard or creating caricatures of characters from chess history. […] Sjakk. Slik blir du helt konge is an excellent first textbook on the basic rules of the game and its almost insolvable mysteries.”DAGBLADET

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Smut
Literature and Fiction / Children's Books2014 · 192 pp

Smut

Lene Ask / Martin Ernstsen / Lars Fiske / Sindre Wexelsen Goksøyr / Flu Hartberg / Anders Nordmo Kvammen / Sigbjørn Lilleeng / Tor Erling Naas / Inga Sætre

Smut (Smuss) is a collection of erotic comic strips from some of Norway’s best-known comic strip artists. Style and form varies throughout, but the contributions all share a concern with the beautiful, embarrassing and peculiar aspects of eroticism. First love, a librarian’s erotic fantasies, a robot’s visit to a brothel and the escapades of a sailor are just some of the stories collected in this collection. Comics by: Lene Ask, Martin Ernstsen, Lars Fiske, Sindre Wexelsen Goksøyr, Flu Hartberg, Anders Nordmo Kvammen, Sigbjørn Lilleeng, Tor Erling Naas and Inga Sætre. ‘[an] anthology spanning a very wide spectrum, […] The quality is [otherwise] uniformly high, and even though the stories express a lot of anxiety and frustration, the tone is generally positive.’SERIENETT.NO ‘The book is attractive and well compiled. Many of the stories start with us looking at something we’re not supposed to. A nice concept that connects the stories and reminds us of our voyeuristic tendencies.’DAGSAVISEN ‘Smuss is a sympathetic and varied anthology on the subject of sex […] There is a lot of variation in style and narrative, and the new illustrations bring a certain freshness to the anthology.’MORGENBLADET

DUST
Children's Books2014 · 48 pp · Age 3 - 9

DUST

Rune Johan Andersson

Where does dust really come from? This is the big question in this intriguing picture book. The young ask questions and wonder about things while the grownups explain and try to argue that dust shouldn’t be wiped away. But this story has a disturbing and unexpected ending. Rune Johan Andersson has his own unique way of approaching his subject matter, both in terms of content and form. Many of his books have a mixture of coloured and black and white drawings. The same also applies to Støv.

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The troll skull
Children's Books2014 · 208 pp · Age 9+

The troll skull

Alexander Løken

Christiania, 1887 The eccentric collector has come into possession of a mystical skull, and sends an expedition force to the deepest forests of Østerdal to investigate whether the skull could be that of a troll. 14-year-old orphan and errand boy Edvard Frost suddenly finds himself on a train in his role as Professor Wolf's assistant and the guardian of the skull. Edvard is sure of himself on the streets of Christiania, but among the pine trees, mountains and tough village girls he feels isolated. Out here is a life that he never thought he'd experience – and creatures he never believed existed. Norway's history teems with trolls and wood nymphs, but where have they gone? Why don't we see them any longer? Where can they be hiding? Stylish and brutal‘The winning factor in Løken’s work is the way the narrative and novel form are situated well over 100 years back in time. It creates a retro vibe that is just as full of stylish charm as it is of suspense, and a good dose of troll combat! Most thrilling, however, is how terrifying and quite simply foul the trolls are […] He makes sure to bestow the trolls with a threatening presence that they have long lacked. All the while, Løken has created a highly interesting group to embark upon the dangerous expedition. […] And it is soon revealed that Alexander Løken commands a style and language that is splendidly suited to dealing with the book’s content. Injecting life back into trolls within Norwegian thrillers for children is no simple task, but he carries this off with aplomb. Trollskallen is a characteristically Norwegian fantasy novel, just as original as it is expertly accomplished.’HAMAR ARBEIDERBLAD ‘Løken is skilled at building up excitement, and the trepidation quickly creeps up on the reader whether in rainy city streets or deep, dark forests. The author's efficient use of language has much to commend it: concise sentences and good use of perspective frequently make the reader jump when surprises emerge from unexpected places. […] I’m glad that the conclusion paves the way for a sequel.’Dagbladet A brutal expedition in a Norwegian wonderland‘Debut author Alexander Løken has written a spirited thriller that makes use of content from Norwegian fairytales and narrative patterns with their foundation in European storytelling traditions. The novel exists comfortably within the genre boundaries on both a stylistic and thematic level. There’s barely a moment for the reader to catch their breath – from start to finish the novel seems to whizz by as good and evil once again pit themselves against one another. […] The plot is convincingly composed, with several threads that must be drawn together; we must hope that the small remaining knots in the intertwining web of narrative threads are detangled in a sequel. Løken has created a thrilling and appealing world.’Barnebokkritikk.no

THE WORLD’S CUTEST TOURIST
Children's Books2014 · 192 pp · Age 12+

THE WORLD’S CUTEST TOURIST

Rune Belsvik

Times are good in Bløygen. A bus full of tourists have shopped and stayed at the hotel, and the council and people of Bløygen have bought a new lamppost, escalator and more Christmas decorations. But after a while everything’s back to normal and the mayor, Rosina Myrl, wonders how they might attract more tourists. Bidger and Esmiluni live in Bløygen and love one another. But Bidger dreams of something more. He dreams of being a father. He goes to the Bin Tramp at Trouble Kiosk for advice. But no one knows where children come from. There are only 13 people in Bløygen and that’s all there’s been for a long time. The Bin Tramp finds a book with explanations and instructions for making children. Bidger and Esmiluni try and really enjoy it. They try again and again just in case a child doesn’t come. Rosina Myrl is enthusiastic at first – now they can make their own tourists! But she thinks the method is disgusting and is quite unwilling to try it. This is the third story from Bløygen. Rune Belsvik writes about something important and quintessentially human in a direct and concrete way. All children are interested in where they came from, and this book explains it in a way which is both beautiful and funny. Rune Belsvik uses poetic and vivid language and it is a great pleasure to read his books. ‘This book provides the cutest sexual education imaginable. An adult reader will be heartily amused, a child will learn about things that it might be useful for them to know, and a young adult will maybe be slightly embarrassed, but enjoy it nonetheless. ... 6 out 6FÆDRELANDSVENNEN‘Belsvik serves up the absurd cleverly combined with everyday situations in which we recognise ourselves. [...] Even very young children spend a lot of time thinking about and trying to understand what in the world is needed to make a baby, where they come from and what parents have to do to make it possible. In this book, we follow the entire process in a somewhat absurd yet also altogether serious manner.’DAGBLADET The press about the first books from Bløygen:‘The strength of Belsvik’s text lies first and foremost in all the meetings and conversations between the inhabitants of Bløygen.’BARNEBOKKRITIKK.NO 'The author plays with both the language and, not least, the reader.'FÆDRELANDSVENNEN

DO YOU WANT TO HEAR A SECRET?
Children's Books2014 · 40 pp · Age 3 - 9

DO YOU WANT TO HEAR A SECRET?

Kaia Linnea Dahle Nyhus

Just imagine how many secrets there are! There are little secrets and big secrets. There are painful secrets and secrets you must never, ever tell anyone. Dad has a secret about Granddad. Granddad thinks that he has a secret, but I know what it is. Even animals have secrets. And I also have a very secret secret. Vil du høre en hemmelighet? is the clever and inquisitive debut picture book from Kaia Dahle Nyhus. A book which looks, perceives and thinks from a child’s perspective. ‘Kaia Dahle Nyhus is an important newcomer among Norwegian creators of children’s books. [...] She received the Norwegian Ministry of Culture's illustration award for her work on Håpe, sa gåsa by Gro Dahle. She continues to impress after creating both the text and illustrations for her new book. The illustrations that carry the story, but the text is also beautifully stripped down to the bare essentials. [...] Kaia Dahle Nyhus has delivered a unified and beautiful picture book, which, although written from a child's perspective, is also wonderful for adult readers.’HAMAR ARBEIDERBLAD ‘It is the world of children that provides the setting for this simple yet clever story of a first-person narrator who is exploring the world and, in particular, what it means to have secrets. The concept of secrets is elaborated on with child-like cunning... And then there is the book’s punch line, the final secret that the first-person narrator has, her greatest personal secret that she dares to share with us.’TØNSBERG BLAD ‘This concept book’s strength is its open, playful and inquisitive handling of many different secrets. It will fascinate both those reading and those being read to. [...] The secret that is told on the last page is not just any secret. There is something appealingly reckless about it. [...] The texts are simple, the illustrations are stylised and expressive, the colours are vivid and the characters are clearly characterised through the use of patterns and shapes.’BARNEBOKKRITIKK.NO

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VOLCANO ISLAND
Children's Books2014 · 48 pp · Age 3 - 9

VOLCANO ISLAND

Jill Moursund

Growing up isn’t easy. Especially when you get old enough to be away from your mum and dad. There’s a lot to gain and a lot to lose. And it’s kind of sad. This is what Lara discovers when she travels with her parents to a tropical island where they are working as volcanologists. While they climb the volcano to do their research, Lara has to stay put with her babysitter – an older, local woman who can’t speak a word of Norwegian. Lara sneaks out one night to find her parents, but loses her way. Luckily, a huge monster shows up who is also looking for his mother! Jill Moursund has written and illustrated a wonderful story about growing up and the first tiny yet very difficult steps towards independence. ‘The illustrations are beautiful and clever, put together as a hand-painted collage and with colours that change from dark to light and delicate. I particularly like the atmospheric night pictures: the dark forest with the strange animals and starry sky that has exciting, almost luminous details.’MAGIFABRIKKEN.NO

THE ISLAND
Children's Books2014 · 64 pp · Age 3 - 9

THE ISLAND

Eli Hovdenak

Bettina and Bertil are going fishing. They’re really looking forward to it. They row around at sea and find themselves in the most bizarre situations without even realising. The sea is full of large and small animals such as elephants, crocodiles and sea trolls. When they fall into the crocodile’s mouth they think they are in a Cave full of stalactites. The elephant’s trunk is just a bridge to them, and when they head back without any fish, Bertil says: ’At least that will please the fish, Bettina.’ The funniest thing about this book is that the reader sees things completely differently from Bertil and Bettina, and feels both powerful and worried about them. But everything Works out and everyone is happy. Bertil and Bettina are two very sweet, scruffy birds of uncertain origin, with large beaks and caps. The text comprises only dialogue between them. Eli Hovdenak’s illustrations and writingare both surreal and funny. ‘Funny, imaginative and a joy to behold [...] The way in which the illustrations and text contradict each other is effective on many levels. It will appeal to a child’s sense of critique and elevate the young reader. They will understand that the good-natured animals are misinterpreting everything and take great delight in correcting them! The disparity between the text and illustrations is very funny indeed.’DAGBLADET ‘This new picture book by Eli Hovdenak radiates assurance and trust in the art of living. [...] A story about how everything tends to work out despite all of the dangers. And that is undoubtedly what life is like for many of us: we live in fear yet are unaware of most of the dangers, and things generally work out for the best. [...] [The illustrations], with their diffuse contours and pale colours are perfect for this story.’VÅRT LAND‘After 30 years as a painter, artist Eli Hovdenak has finally found her niche as a creator of children’s books. This is a lavish picture book that can be read by children of all ages: as a comic adventure story in a sort of Lilliputian tradition, as satire on the topic of marriage or as a highly entertaining and humoristic story – a cheerful piece of “music” in the finest watercolours. She is also in the process of creating new picture books.’BARNEBOKKRITIKK.NO

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Anna's Heaven
Children's Books2013 · 48 pp

Anna's Heaven

Stian Hole

On a day in which everything aches and spikes fall from the skies, Anna turns the world on its head. She takes her daddy on a fantastic journey all the way to the bottom of the sky where the invisible ones live. Daddy is careworn and quiet, and Anna helps both herself and her daddy through the most difficult of days. Annas himmel is an exceptionally beautiful book about overcoming grief, succeeding in this without becoming an overly sad or sentimental tale. Stian Hole is one of our foremost picture book artists, and Annas himmel is a work of art, both in terms of text and illustrations. ‘Stian Hole communicates the great life-changing questions with huge creative seriousness and moving poetic lightness of touch. ... These are images which one can never finish with, so multi-layered that one could read this book hundreds of times, one after another, and constantly discover new meanings... Hole combines wonder, unease and love in an utterly readable way. Always, with precisely measured amounts of humour and gravity. ... Hole brings the children along on a brave and poetic journey and takes them seriously as thoughtful, inquiring human beings. This is a curriculum for growing up. ... Let all children have a share in Hole’s universe.’VG ‘An exceptionally beautiful work by Stian Hole. ... One of our most frequently awarded writers of picture books and one who doesn’t worry about pleasing others. That attitude makes for good literature. An outstandingly beautiful as well as meaningful picture book. ... the visual and verbal contents of Annas himmel fuse as the sense of the words and the images are seen together.’ Dagbladet ‘Hole’s masterly way of addressing you through his images offers comfort about the resting-place of the dead. ... readers who want to study the details will have many happy hours ahead and will also find visual references to Alice in Wonderland. Hole’s work is rich in both emotional and visual symbolism but, above all, his picture books are exciting and interesting.’ Aftenposten ‘Awesomely beautiful … Few Norwegian creators of picture books have ever reached Sian Hole’s recognition. His books about Garmann come close to being modern classics. Now, with Annas himmel, Hole has delivered another masterpiece. ... Stian Hole has never created anything more colourful. And he has never let his imagination as free as he has here, even though the recognisable links to ordinary life constantly run through the illustrations. Also, Hole’s text has never been sparser, as he offers more and more freedom to us who look and read; he challenges the imaginative capacity of both young and old and points to new routes into the most marvellous experiences. ... Everything hangs together and is so neatly done that it is a pleasure to be one of his readers and so constantly discover new links, new possibilities of interpretation, new details.’ NRK P2 ‘Stian Hole’s easily recognisable world of images as seen on book covers or in children’s books is often so beautiful that I gasp. The great stories about the boy called Garmann with the intensely detailed illustrations that children and adults value so highly – far beyond the borders of this country. ... When the world becomes so absurd that it feels as if someone “makes nails rain from the sky”, the child attempts to guide the adults away from the dangerous reality. ... Together, they travel floating in the air and swimming through the world of Anna’s imagination. Like Alice and the author [Lewis] Carroll in Wonderland, like Tinker Bell and Peter Pan in Neverland. Young and old will find endless discoveries and opportunities to think things over.’ Drammens Tidende ‘Miraculous, wildly imaginative and fantastic … The book is rich in symbolism and strikingly lovely to look at – and amusing. ... Everything is fitted into an exquisite colour range, allowing each new page to present its own world while at the same time the unity, visual as well as narrative, is always maintained. ... For children, Annas himmel will offer an adventure to enjoy and for adults, a unique opportunity to travel with them on a journey of the imagination.' Vårt Land‘Norway’s Stian Hole does it once more. He has written and illustrated a philosophical and seductive picture book for children of all ages. His new picture book strikes just that special Hole note. … Much has been written about death in books for children. But no one writes and creates picture books like Hole does. Also, about death. … Hope is there on every page. Both in words and images.’ Nordhyske Stiftstidende – Six out of six ‘Stian Hole’s breathtakingly beautiful picture book is about the mother who has died and left behind her restless daughter Anna and her father who has grown rigid with grief. The detailed illustrations are unrivalled – like Edward Hopper images with added northern light. The book is not easy-going and not recommended for readers with weak nerves, but on the other hand, is utterly visionary.’ Politiken ‘Stian Hole’s lovely picture book Annas himmel shines a light into the tempting darkness of grief ... Despite the wealth of detail in the collages and the texts there is not one ounce of the accidental or superfluous in Annas himmel.’ Information

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Talking Shop 2
Children's Books2013 · 168 pp

Talking Shop 2

Flu Hartberg

Talking Shop (Fagprat) is a daily feature in newspaper Dagbladet and is a cartoon series for those with a taste for the finer things in life. Funny folks meet and discuss any topic imaginable. There are no fixed characters throughout the book, but a new context and character for each and every tale. In the second collection of Jargon strips, everything is presented in a striking and thought-provoking New Age design, with categories and colours to resonate with every intellectual soul. The first Talking Shop collection was awarded the 2011 SPROING Prize in the category of Best Collection. ‘With this sequel [to Talking Shop (2010)], Hartberg will also be a strong competitor for upcoming prizes. He lampoons social phenomena in the best possible way […] Funny to thousands, but you have to be able to endure his underground drawing style.’STAVANGER AFTENBLAD ‘Hartberg has a grotesque and very elaborate streak, and he has an infectious passion and enthusiasm for the Norwegian language. […] an endless revolving gallery of single-minded lunatics and crazy rows of teeth in intense conversation.’BERGENS TIDENDE ‘A number of the strips in this collection are distinguished by an unusually good and tasteful use of colour – it is difficult to think of a contemporary Scandinavian newspaper comic strip which makes better use of visual possibilities than Fagprat when Hartberg is at his best […] by far one of the country’s best comic strip series. And like Martin Kellerman’s fresh Rocky facer demonene, Tegneserier til ettertanke is a collection of strips you will experience as a unified work rather than an arbitrary stack of strips produced within a given period of time.’KLASSEKAMPEN ‘With its harsh language and detailed caricatured lines, Fagprat is indisputably one of Norway’s best series. […] The format also makes "Comic Strips for Thought" a superb candidate for a Christmas present. Just vet the recipient a bit first.’SERIENETT.NO

Jake Is A Kind Snake
Children's Books2013 · 40 pp · Age 3 - 9

Jake Is A Kind Snake

Camilla Kuhn

Jake is a very ordinary viper who works at the pharmacy and travels home to see his family every weekend. Although, perhaps he's not so very ordinary after all. Jake is nice. Awfully nice. He doesn't go around killing mice or anything of the sort. If he's very hungry and he spots a mouse, he simply closes his eyes and ta-da! His hunger disappears. And the mouse disappears too. Every time. How strange...?

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Tails Throughout Time
Children's Books2013 · 40 pp · Age 3+

Tails Throughout Time

Yulia Horst

This is a fantastically original picture book built on one simple yet alluring premise: What would life be like if people had tails? A shrewd and lexical text combined with classic and beautiful illustrations, Halens historie entices the reader to visit a hypothetical world – a world populated by people with tails! We see how tails can be used to convey emotions, how they can come in handy when we want to flirt a little, or even to poke fun at others. We gain an insight into how tails influence fashion trends and why some individuals have a strained relationship with their tail and take drastic steps in order to fit in with beauty ideals. But there’s also a look at more day-to-day matters, such as how to exersice your tail and how to avoid your tail being stepped on. Halens historie is a beautiful and charmingly outlandish picture book written in the style of a factbook, all about the history of the tail. ‘Halens historie is as playful, funny and fantastic as a picture book for children ought to be... The playful nature hasn’t been cut short at the idea stage, but permeates the entire story and facilitates numerous questions and added fun underway... Text is scarce and factual whilst remaining a lovely book for reading aloud. Even so, the illustrations take centre stage. Rather than simply expanding upon the text, they constitute the majority of the book’s content. Each has been painstakingly completed, rich in content and varied in a mix of colour and black-and-white images that serve to emphasise and strengthen the book’s appeal... Pencil strokes, yellowed pages and cursive handwriting form associations to an old-fashioned sketchbook. In this way, the book emerges as a kind of draft version of a fact book from another world. It provides opportunities for explanation and conversation along the way.’ DAGBLADET Solid tail story 'Halens historie is surprisingly convincing in its assumptions about how we would regard our tails. … Halens historie has many of the features that characterise picture books set to remain relevant for a long time, and wonderful humour for both children and adults is one of them. The first thing that strikes the reader is Daria Rychkova’s illustrations … precise and beautiful spreads; part pencil drawing, part elegant and precise watercolours. … drawings of tails seldom say so much. Her mastery of historical dress and costumes is also striking. … Halens historie can be read from the start, end and middle, and will always delight and surprise readers.' NUMER

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