Max Estes
All the letters of the alphabet are having a party, and are trying to find something to take with them. The birthday boy is Åsmund, the very last letter of the alphabet. All the letters have names and appear on the left-hand page as people in the shape of the letters they represent. On the right hand side are shapes and objects from the natural world that resemble the same letters. The illustrations are a combination of photographs and drawings. Alfabetfesten is an original and colourful ABC that will please both those learning the letters and those who are already familiar with them.
Tore Renberg / Øyvind Torseter
Last year we met Ine and Hasse in Gi gass, Ine! This year we meet them once again in a new book, He he, Hasse. Ine and Hasse have a plan. They want to blow up the big stone on the ground. The one that gets in the way of everything. But for that they will need some dynamite. They begin by asking the elk. But he doesn’t have any left over. Then they ask the bear and owls and others they meet. But they don’t have any in stock, apart from the badger, and he is rather grumpy, particularly when he’s woken in the middle of the day. Tore Renberg’s words and Øyvind Torseter’s collage prints complement one another beautifully.