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Who buttocked the brown cheese?
Children's Books2021 · 48 pp · Age 6 - 9

Who buttocked the brown cheese?

Erlend Loe

Crazy crime mystery from two of Norway`s foremost artists. When the King hears tell of a truly fantastic brown cheese that is made at Lisen von Kvantum’s dairy farm, Lisen is invited to the Palace, along with a chunk of brown cheese. A train ticket, with a sleeping berth, is enclosed with the invitation and Lisen von Kvantum heads off with her cheese. She guards the brown cheese behind a locked door in berth number 2, thinking that it is very important for her not to fall asleep. But of course, she does – and when she wakes up a while later, the damage is done: there are butt prints on the brown cheese! Somebody has buttocked the King’s cheese! Will the mystery be solved? Who can have committed such a serious crime? Whose butt print is that on the brown cheese? And will the King ever get to taste the world’s best brown cheese? Erlend Loe and Kim Hiorthøy are the authors behind this zippy, intricate crime mystery in five parts, which is very much inspired by Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express.Who Buttocked the Brown Cheese is not a book with silly ass humor or underwear humor, but a quality mix of all sorts of humor that tend to get anyone in a good mood. ******VG

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What's It Like To Be A Grown-up?
Children's Books2021 · 80 pp · Age 3 - 6

What's It Like To Be A Grown-up?

Anna Fiske

In What’s it Like to Be a Grown-Up? Anna Fiske addresses questions about adult life, big and small. Can grown-ups eat chocolate whenever they feel like it? Can grown-ups stay up all night? Why do grown-ups have to earn money and what kind of jobs can you do when you’re a grown-up? The book is warm-hearted, inclusive and funny, allying children’s fears about becoming adults and taking on new duties and responsibilities. Deep down, maybe grown-ups aren’t so very different from children. This book is a must for anybody who loved How Do You Make a Baby? and How Do You Start School? Smart book for children about being adult “If anyone were to ask me what it’s like to be grown-up, I would be at a loss for words. Anna Fiske, on the other hand, goes to task with full vigor. … she has found her niche, in the interplay of facts and fun, enlightenment and engagement. For these are books where the children can actively participate themselves, with their own creativity and experiences.” NRK "Anna Fiske has written the best children's book of the year." ADRESSEAVISEN “With colorful and bright illustrations, accompanied by small, enlightening comments, we are introduced to a diverse world of grown-ups with humor and playfulness. (…) What’s it like to be a grown-up? is an including and empathetic non-fiction illustrated book.” JURY’S STATEMENT, BRAGE PRIZE NOMINATION FOR BEST CHILDREN’S BOOK (2021)

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Why?
Children's Books2021 · 48 pp · Age 3 - 6

Why?

Kaia Linnea Dahle Nyhus

Why? is a book full of questions! Because there’s so much to ask about. Why is it wrong to hit people? Why doesn’t Dad beep his horn more when he’s driving? Why can’t we brush our teeth with caramel sauce? And where do they come from, all these questions? Should we phone the King? Or ask Outer Space? A warm, funny picture book from Kaia Dahle Nyhus for kids with their noggins full of questions.REVIEWSWhy? is both a warm and funny picture book for all curious children. There is something so liberating about a book that's filled with questions and very few answers. Here, the child itself has to get involved.Bogbotten.dk, Denmark Challenging picture book – also for adults[The story and conundrum] is complex and unusually deep. The story works splendidly both at the children's level, where one can talk about authorities and about hitting someone, and on the adult-philosophical level, which takes up the breaking down of moral and the group cohesiveness of society. It is awe-inspiring art.Kristeligt Dagblad, Denmark Why? is an excellent picture book, which everyone who knows a curious little one could bring home to the reading nook.Politiken, Denmark

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Handbook for Young Antiracists
Children's Books2021 · 72 pp · Age 9 - 12

Handbook for Young Antiracists

Tinashe Williamson

Handbook for young antiracists by Tinashe Willamson put the spotlight on the important topic of racism. Through ten chapters and ten fictional characters Williamson answers questions about what racism really is, why representation is important and what you can do if someone is discriminated against because of the colour of their skin. Racism is a complicated topic for grown-ups to navigate, and many find it hard to talk to their children about it. For what can you say? Where do you begin? This engaging, including and thorough book is written in the form of a diary, with tasks and conversations that the children can easily bring up at home or with their friends or classmates. The goal is to pass on the knowledge to the generation that is growing up now, to give them the feeling that they have the power to change the world. Together we are stronger, and by just acknowledging the problem we can do something about it. This is the perfect book on the topic for children 9 years and up, and it works just as well at home as in a teaching situation. Tinashe Williamson has written a book that is easy to understand and utterly engaging. The book obviously has great potential to start important conversations between people from different generations. DAGBLADET

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The Caliphate
Mystery and Crime2021 · 416 pp

The Caliphate

Terje Bjøranger

The body of a young man is discovered on Bygdøy island, Oslo. He is found wearing an orange coverall, and sitting with his own severed head held in his lap. Acts of terror strike Norway and Sweden, and the brutal nature of the attacks shake the peaceful Scandinavia. A young Yezidi woman is released from captivity, after several years as a sex slave in the Islamic State (IS). The Yezidi woman, who calls herself Baso, discovers that her former “owner” is now located in Sweden. Together with the Norwegian and Swedish police forces, Police Investigator Charlie Robertsen learns that the terrorists behind the recent attacks have even bigger plans. For even if the Islamic caliphate, seated in Raqqa, Syria now lays in ruins, the dream of the Caliphate still lives on. Charlie’s criminal foster son, Kim, is released from prison and ends caught up in the young yezidi woman’s burning desire for revenge, landing him in the crossfire between Charlie and the Jihadists.

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Karsten Moves House
Children's Books2021 · 40 pp · Age 3 - 6

Karsten Moves House

Tor Åge Bringsværd

One day while they’re having dinner, Dad says he and Mum have something to tell Karsten and his big sister Siri. ‘We need to find another place to live,’ he says. ‘Huh?’ says Karsten. ‘Are we moving house?’ Karsten has difficulties sleeping – he wants everything to be the same as usual! The family spends a lot of time looking for a new place – they’d rather not move too far. And one day they find the perfect flat! When they have to pack all their stuff, there are loads of boxes and strange, empty rooms. Karsten and Petra visit the new flat, where they look at their new room and the new back garden. Maybe it won’t be so bad after all! The popular book series about Karsten and Petra started in 1991 and brand-new stories about the two good friends continue to come. The topics in the series revolve around friendship and play, and they are nice short stories, whose themes will resonate with all children of kindergarten age. In recent years, a lot of children have got to know Karsten and Petra and their stuffed toys through the films and TV series about them.

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Coco-Banana and the Hurry-Up Robot
Children's Books2021 · 40 pp · Age 3 - 6

Coco-Banana and the Hurry-Up Robot

Rolf Magne G. Andersen

The Children's Audio Favorite - now as picture books! Coco-Banana loves to take his time in the morning. Daddy Coconut does not, he is always busy. So Coco-Banana invents a Hurry-Up Robot, to help the family pick up speed in the mornings. But will the robot actually help the family, or will it create even more trouble for them? Coco-Banana is a little inventer living with his family Mama Banana, Daddy Coconut and his little sister Baby Coco. In his inventor's shed Coco-Banana invents crazy inventions, something that always tend to get him into strange and hilarious situations - as funny for grown up readers as for small children. Author Rolf Magne Andersen started out writing the stories about Coco-Banana for Norwegian Storytel, and they quickly became the most popular series for children listening to audio books. Illustrator Victoria Hamre has made illustrations looking like they have been taken straight out of an animated film.

Rights soldSold to 5 territories
Coco-Banana and The Candy Vacuum Cleaner
Children's Books2021 · 40 pp · Age 3 - 6

Coco-Banana and The Candy Vacuum Cleaner

Rolf Magne G. Andersen

The Children's Audio Favorite - now as picture books! Coco-Banana does not like to clean his room, but this time there is no way around it. He decides to make the vacuuming more fun by inventing a Candy Vacuum Cleaner. But what happens when the vacuum goes totally loco? Coco-Banan is a little inventer living with his family Mama Banana, Daddy Coconut and his little sister Baby Coco. In his inventors shed Coco-Banana invents crazy inventions, something that always tend to get him into strange and hilarious situations - as funny for grown up readers as for small children. Author Rolf Magne Andersen started out writing the stories about Coco-Banana for Norwegian Storytel, and they quickly became the most popular series for children listening to audio books. Illustrator Victoria Hamre has made illustrations looking like they have been taken straight out of an animated film.

Rights soldSold to 4 territories
Locotopia in the Classical antiquity
Children's Books2021 · Age 6 - 12

Locotopia in the Classical antiquity

Simon Stranger

Welcome to the Classical antiquity. This book is ONLY about antique furniture: antique watches, chairs, couches etc., so there is no point in reading on. Just kidding! Simon and Helena start this story as slaves owned by a nice and reform-friendly slave owner called Reformius. But once more there is a murder (that of Reformius) and once more Simon and Helena get blamed (rude!). They have to run away so they can find a way to clear their own names, and find out why anyone would want Reformius dead. A wild journey ensues, through Plato’s cave, and to Athens just as they are celebrating the end of the Spartan war. It’s total chaos, and the two friends lose each other in the masses. Simon is suddenly on a ship with Odysseus (he says), while Helena has to dress as a soldier to get food and accidentally gets recruited for the war in Asia. How will they get back? Will they find a way to reunite? Can they uncover the conspiracy that killed Reformius? Will Simon win a gold medal, while naked, at the Olympics? (Let’s be honest, that last one seems very unlikely…) The history of the world continues in this hilarious series. The Greek philosophers have never been funnier. The Olympics has never been wilder. The Democracy has never been crazier. And Socrates has never been more irritating…

Rights soldSold to China and Greece
Bodies Are Odd
Children's Books2021 · 48 pp · Age 3 - 6

Bodies Are Odd

Anne Østgaard

Runny noses, dripping blood, strong muscles and limber legs! Our bodies are strange and fascinating things, and children love to hear about all the weird stuff that happens inside us. This is an ebullient, colourful book that’s full of fun, slightly naughty rhymes about the body and bodily functions. The book is packed with nonsense, bodies and colours that are guaranteed to get kids reading it over and over and over again.

Rights soldSold to Denmark
Ancient Egypt
Children's Books2021 · 96 pp · Age 6 - 12

Ancient Egypt

Eldrid Johansen

Come along on an exciting voyage to Egypt in the olden days. You’ll encounter pharaohs and pyramids, sphynxes and hieroglyphics. In Ancient Egypt, people believed in life after death. But you had to be on your best behaviour while you were alive and pass difficult tests after you were dead. You couldn’t cheat either – because your heart would give you away. And what was happening here in the North while the Egyptians were learning about writing and culture? Totally thrilling material for kids who have cracked the reading code!

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Disgusting
Children's Books2021 · 72 pp · Age 6 - 12

Disgusting

Alexander H. Sandtorv

Slimy snot, stinky farts, squirting diarrhoea and the sound of a knife scraping a plate. The world is full of disgusting things. But what are some really disgusting things? And why are they disgusting? The reader will find the answers in this book. But it comes with a warning! If you can’t cope with reading about truly disgusting, repulsive, stinky, slimy stuff, you must not buy this book! The book is repulsively illustrated by Linn Eielsen who has clearly channelled her inner stinking and anally fixated nine-year-old. The resulting illustrations are… well… nauseating.

Rights soldSold to Denmark and Faroe Islands