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The Boy from Heaven
Children's Books2025 · 48 pp · Age 3 - 6

The Boy from Heaven

Trygve Skaug

The Christmas Gospel told through the eyes of a child in Bethlehem Ismael lives in Bethlehem, where his family runs an inn. Sometimes, his Dad has to turn guests away because every room is full. But one evening, when the city is filled to the brim with people and not a single bed is free, it is Ismael who opens the door when someone knocks.On the steps stands a man. Next to him is a donkey, and on the donkey sits a woman. Her belly is big and her face is red, she is about to give birth and it could happen at any moment. They are allowed to seek shelter in the family’s stable. And later that evening, while the Bethlehem star shines in the sky, a little boy is born in the stable. A boy from heaven. And Ismael is there to witness it all. This picture book brings the Christmas Gospel to life with warmth, sincerity and wonder. A perfect read for families, schools, and anyone looking for a fresh retelling of the world's most known birth.

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The Hole²
Children's Books2025 · 80 pp · Age 3 - 6

The Hole²

Øyvind Torseter

Some time ago I discovered a mysterious hole.It had to be examined by scientists.I never heard anything more.One day I got a phone call. The Hole² is a sequel to Torseter's award-winning book The Hole (2012) about a mysterious hole, which is punched right through the book, so it exists in real life. The book picks up where the first book left off. The Hole² is a visually playful, energetic and completely unique book, by one of Norway's most significant artists and illustrators.

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How To Pair Wines
Cook Books2025 · 176 pp

How To Pair Wines

Thea Noor

Which wine should I pair this with? is a regular question Thea Engvik, chef, sommelier and author, receives. In this book, Engvik teaches you what you need to know to find a perfect wine for every occasion. She'll help you understand what wine you love, and what you dislike. Thea gives you a useful introduction to ten different wine styles, and advice on the food that goes with it. The goal is that after reading the book, you will walk to the wine shelf with a relaxed air, and no longer run to the bathroom to hide when the wine list is handed out at the restaurant. After reading this book, you will know what you like and know how to put that into words. Engvik also shares her 22 best recipes for simple, delicious dishes that go perfectly with the wines you are learning about.

Beginner-friendly guide to wine pairing
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What’s It Like to Be a Child?
Children's Books2025 · 80 pp · Age 3 - 6

What’s It Like to Be a Child?

Anna Fiske

Children are people who simply haven’t lived that long yet. They’re everywhere – in every country, in every family, in every corner of the world. The world is full of children! And children are the most important thing we have. But what does it actually feel like to be a child? In What’s It Like to Be a Child?, acclaimed author and illustrator Anna Fiske explores the joys, challenges, and wonders of childhood with her signature warmth, humour, and insight. With honesty and empathy, she dives into both everyday moments and big questions – from feeling left out, to growing up, to understanding the world around you. Fiske speaks directly to children in a way that makes them feel seen, respected, and included. This is a book full of care, curiosity, and celebration – a beautiful reminder that being a child is not just a phase, but a world of its own.

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Why Can't the Referee Score Goals?
Children's Books2025 · 72 pp · Age 6 - 12

Why Can't the Referee Score Goals?

Susanne Kaluza / Birgit Skarstein

In Why Can't the Referee Score Goals? children learn the answers to both big and small questions about sports. Why do sumo wrestlers wear diapers? Why are tennis balls yellow? How do you shoot a bow and arrow without any arms? And what is the most dangerous sport in the world? Why Can't the Referee Score Goals? is informative and easy to grasp with fun illustrations. It is the perfect book to start a conversation about the world of sports, with children aged six to nine years.

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In The Belly of the Whale
UpLit / Literature and Fiction2025 · 272 pp

In The Belly of the Whale

Hilde Rød-Larsen

In mid-July, newly divorced Jonas Sverdrup travels from Bergen to his hometown of Oslo, after his ex-wife has gone on holiday with their son. For three weeks, Jonas is borrowing a friend's flat, and he wants to spend the time following the impulse method. But the impulses fail to materialise, in a city abandoned by family and friends. Maud Elvebakken has no need to travel from her hometown of Oslo. She likes change of atmosphere that July offers, the opportunities it provides. She wants to gather friends and acquaintances who are left in the city around a long table in her backyard, and see what happens. Also Jonas, whom she hasn't seen since they were children in the teeming garden of her father. These summer weeks will open up to new human connections, but also to a past that Jonas and Maud in their adult lives have tried to shield against. In the Belly of the Whale is a standalone sequel to In the House of Pantaloon. «Like the previous novel pointed to the meaning of solidarity between individuals, the message from Rød-Larsen seems to be that it’s only when we, with our small lives, join forces, that the larger history can be challenged. The new generation represented by the passive Jonas and the obstinate Maud, has a golden opportunity to cry out on behalf of the victims of their forefathers’ cruelty.»VÅRT LAND «As always, Rød-Larsen has a firm grip on the text, with dialogues that flow effortlessly. She writes entertainingly, and most of the tension is in the exploration of the characters.»ADRESSEAVISEN

A feelgood story with literary elements
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Never Become a Magician
Children's Books2025 · 240 pp · Age 9 - 12

Never Become a Magician

Mats Eldøen

Becoming a magician doesn’t always make life magical Einar (12) plays Mage Tower, loves role-playing games, reads fantasy books and watches every film about magic he can lay his hands on. So he can hardly believe his luck when three weird elves turn up on his doorstep one day and tell Einar just what he’s always dreamed of hearing: he is a magician. And he’s the one who’s been chosen to stand up to the dreaded, secret organisation called the Order System that controls the whole world. But he only has 30 days to do it in. Einar is convinced that all his dreams have come true – until he finds out that learning magic is INCREDIBLY boring. And it doesn’t help that the three odd elves aren’t just useless at teaching magic, but also at hiding from Einar’s dad. On top of all that, Einar still has to go to school, do his homework and decide whether to run for student council president. But how is Einar affected by the sudden arrival of his magic powers? And what will he do when strange Captain Slash turns up at school? Never Become a Magician is the first book in a fun fantasy series about how awkward things can get if you’re a 12-year-old whose dreams come true (just not exactly the way you thought they would). Despite having magical powers, you still have to navigate some of childhood’s toughest challenges: crushes, envy and privileged jerks.

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Karsten and Petra – Karsten’s Cat Runs Away
Children's Books2025 · 32 pp · Age 3 - 6

Karsten and Petra – Karsten’s Cat Runs Away

Tor Åge Bringsværd

One day, Karsten’s little cat Leo runs away, so everyone, young and old, goes out to look for him. Where on earth can the cat be? Luckily they find him in the end, but he’s stuck in a tree and won’t come down. So they call the firefighters, who come straight away!

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Dear Sausage: I MUST become famous
Children's Books2025 · 176 pp · Age 6 - 12

Dear Sausage: I MUST become famous

Anna Berg Gjendem

Iris, a Pippi-esque girl full of determination and imagination, writes a diary about her hilarious misadventures as she chases fame and her crush! Iris is a dreamer who believes in herself! Her diary, Sausage, is stuffed with crazy ideas and mischief. But maybe most importantly of ALL: it contains her plan to win the heart of the cutest boy in her class. Through her diary we get to know her embarrassing parents, her sneaky big sister and her best friend Sofia. The imaginative nine-year-old often ends up in awkward situations, but even when EVERYTHING goes wrong, one thing’s for sure: Iris never gives up! Dear Sausage is a brand-new diary series aimed at kids from 9–12 who love to laugh. The book is easy to read with fun illustrations – just like a real diary.

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Coco-Banana and The Tomato Cod
Children's Books2025 · 40 pp · Age 3 - 6

Coco-Banana and The Tomato Cod

Rolf Magne G. Andersen

Coco-Banana loves playing with Tormod, the tomato cod who lives in the fjord. But one day, Tormod doesn’t show up and Coco-Banana has to dive into the sea to save his friend. Coco-Banana is a little inventor who lives with his family: Mama Banana, Daddy Coconut, and his little sister Baby Coco.In his inventor’s shed, Coco-Banana comes up with all sorts of crazy inventions that often gets him into strange and hilarious situations. His adventures are just as funny for grown-ups as they are for young children.

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Come Home, Amadou
Mystery and Crime2025 · 224 pp

Come Home, Amadou

Karin Fossum

In the fifth book about Chief Inspector Eddie Feber, Karin Fossum lets the past strike back At Store Gaupen farm, the late summer silence is broken by a violent roar from the sky. For farm owner Nancy Nesbit, the sound is an ominous echo of something far more threatening, of an event she experienced as a ten-year-old, when a white van stopped by the roadside and changed everything. When she, in a magazine, reads about the unsolved disappearance of eight-year-old Sonia Sanningen in 1987, the memories come back in full force. The information she has may be what finally solves the case, or what tears up everything she has tried to bury. Eddie Feber must dig into a 36-year-old mystery, where repressed memories, old clues and new threats are woven together. Come Home, Amadou is an intense crime novel about guilt, silence and about how one observation can change everything. NOMINATED FOR THE RIVERTON PRIZE 2025

New thriller by Norway's Queen of Crime
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Cocks
Literature and Fiction2025 · 256 pp

Cocks

Erlend Loe

One morning, while taking a shower, Tander's penis simply falls off. It’s awkward. It’s inconvenient. It’s… quite a problem, to say the least. He places it carefully in a box marked "Raspberries" and stores it in the freezer before cycling to the emergency room. Surely, someone must be able to reattach it? The doctors are fascinated, but unable to help. One even offers to buy it. Tander declines. He returns home without answers — and with some difficult questions. Should he tell his wife? Can he keep his job at the motor magazine? Has this happened to other men? Cocks is a sharply funny story about loss, identity, and modern masculinity. With Erlend Loe’s signature absurdism and satire, it explores what it really means to be a man — and to be whole. «The author’s dry, witty style is perfect for absurd stories like this. […] This is fun. A lot of fun.»Stavanger Aftenblad, five/six stars «When did a novel last make me laugh out loud? I mean, outright hooting with laughter? […] t's the outrageously original connections Erlend Loe makes between the important and the unimportant that make the laughter burst forth.»NRK, five/six stars «He’s a worldclass artist, and he’s still going strong after all the books he’s written.»Framtida «Loe is funny, extremely funny.»Dagbladet «Loe is, as always, a funny writer. He writes with an ease you have to admire.»VG «Mundane, you may think? Remember that this is one of Norway’s craziest writing minds, who regularly pumps out main characters with champagne problems you never would have been able to imagine.»Bok365 «Only Loe can come up with something so crazy and original – here is enough material to cure a light autumn depression. […] Loe writes amusingly in a wild and lush language.»Adresseavisa

Investigation into modern masculinity
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