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101 Things to do Before You Grow Up
Children's Books2024 · 104 pp · Age 6 - 12

101 Things to do Before You Grow Up

Nils Petter Mørland / Mikkel Niva

You have to learn lots of weird things before you become a grown-up: reading, writing, putting your hand up in class, brushing your teeth, saying “Yes, please” and “No, thank you” and “How are you doing?”. But you’ll learn absolutely NONE of that in 101 things to do Before You Grow up. This book is about all the funny, crazy, exciting, wonderful and magical things you can do in childhood that grownups don’t often get to do. Suggested activities include: Talking in rhyme! Living backwards for a day! Going on holiday at home! Swapping families! Readers are guided through an inventive universe of short texts and colourful illustrations that are bursting with energy, humour and playfulness. The book aims to encourage children to hold onto the unique aspects of childhood that also, oddly enough, help make us better, cooler and more creative grownups later in life.

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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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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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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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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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Felix
Children's Books2024 · 160 pp · Age 9 - 12

Felix

Felix Baldauf / Eren Gjægtvik / Michael Stilson

Powerful graphic novel about finding your way out of the darkness through sport Felix moves from Germany to Kristiansund with his mum and little brother. He can’t speak a word of Norwegian and can’t quite seem to settle in. And he can’t invite anyone back home either because he doesn’t know what will be waiting for him there. What state will Mum be in? Will she be drunk? Will she even be conscious? Felix feels different. He is burdened by a dark secret, a secret he doesn’t want to share with anyone. But the new wrestling trainer Gekken understands him in a totally different way. Even if he comes late, is in a bad mood or doesn’t deliver his best performance, he’s still welcome in the locker room. It’s a place where he’s on the same footing as everyone else, and where he feels safe. Slowly but surely, Felix comes out of his shell and turns out to be an incredibly talented wrestler. But with everything that’s going on at home, can he get as far as he wants to in the sport he loves?

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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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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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Why Don't We Burst with Rage?
Children's Books2024 · 64 pp · Age 6 - 12

Why Don't We Burst with Rage?

Benjamin Baarli Silseth

In Why Don't We Burst with Rage? children learn the answers to both big and small questions about feelings. What is self-confidence? Why do we dread certain things? Is it normal not to be in love with anyone? And why are so many people bad-tempered when they wake up? Why Don't We Burst with Rage? is informative and easy to grasp with fun illustrations. It is a perfect conversation starter about feelings for children aged six to nine years. «Benjamin Silseth writes with a friendly tone and lots of knowledge, and he is good at normalising different feelings. He gives advice on how to deal with anger, for example, and emphasises how important it is to speak to someone you trust if you are going through something difficult.»KLASSEKAMPEN

Rights soldSold to Faroe Islands and Finland