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StigAnnica Hedin & Per Gustavsson

There’s something very wrong.

Do you see that hole there?

That’s where Stig used to sit.

Stig passed away during the summer. Life continues. Fish fi ngers need to be eaten and trees need to be climbed in. But there is always a hole there.

This is a moving story about loss, about how present an absent person can be. It’s about carrying the sorrow on one’s own, but also about carrying it together.

StigOriginally published in Swedish

Rabén & Sjögren, fall 2017

286 x 220 mm, 32 pp

If I Were an Elephant (2017) The Bathtub (2016)

Rights sold: Simplifi ed Chinese, Danish

The Moon Tower (2016)

Rights sold: Simplifi ed Chinese, Danish, Japanese

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Etana’s mini booksJenni Erkintalo & Réka Kiraly

One More

One by one the animals of the forest move in in the red hut. What happens next? One More develops a child’s sense of image and shape through clever visual inventiveness. It was awarded ”The most beautiful book in Finland” in 2014.

Colors and Creatures

The sea animals need a new coat of paint! What happens when two brushes bump into each other? How do primary colors mix?An original picture book about colors and diversity.

Pop Soon at Home

Leo spent the whole day playing. What did his best friend Pop the bird do? And where is he? The illustrations are created entirely of basic shapes so children can recreate Pop’s world using their building blocks, combining visual and tactile experiences.

What Kind of Me?

A book exploring feelings and expressions. How do you look like when you are happy or sad? What happens to your face when you are surprised or angry?

1, 2, 3 ...

A fun, graphically appealing book to learn about the numbers.

All books in this series are originally published in Finnish by Etana editions, format 165 x 165 mm, 32 pp

Colors and Creatures

What Kind of Me?

One More


P I C T U R E B O O K S 3 - 6

The Hat JourneyOwe Gustafson

Who is Driving?Ellen Karlsson & Monika Forsberg

What If I had a Trunk

Hippo, spring 2017

210 x 210 mm, 24 pp

HattresanOriginally published in Swedish

Hippo, fall 2017

210 x 210 mm, 24 pp

Co-edition available

The elephant Knut lives in a red cottage in the woods. Sometimes he feels very lonely. He decides to take the bus to his relatives on the savannah. But he has to bring gifts of course! Whatever will he bring?

Owe Gustafson is the creator of Sweden’s most famous children’s program: the cult show Fem myror är fl er än fyra elefanter /Five Ants are More than Four Elephants. Now he’s back with new books about a pink elephant!

Owe Gustafson, born 1940 in Eskilstuna, is an author, artist, illustrator, cartoonist and much more. He has had exhibitions in Tokyo, Paris and New York as well as throughout Sweden, and is represented at the National Museum in Stockholm and the National Gallery in Oslo.

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Everyone is on the train today – cats, horses, teddy bears, a family of mice, elephants and rhinos! And many more would like to get on, but the fastest train in the world has no time to stop! It jolts and lurches so much everything falls over: the cat’s bag, the bears’ hot chocolate, the chess pieces… All the passengers wonder, who is the reckless conductor?

Ellen Karlsson is a Swedish author and publisher. She debuted in 2013 with Snöret, fågeln och jag, for which she was awarded the August Prize.

Monika Forsberg is a Swedish illustrator and designer. She moved to London to study animation at the Royal College of Art in 1995 and she still lives there today. She has worked for clients like eeBoo, Anthropologie, Unicef, RedValentino, NY Review and Quarto Publishing. This is her fi rst picture book. Her images are a mix of hand-painted images and digital collage.

Vem är det som kör?Originally published in Swedish

Urax, spring 2018

32 pp


Originally published in Swedish


My BedroomRute Nieto Ferreira & Jenny Bowers

My BedroomOriginally published in English

Tower Block Books, spring 2017

195 x 260 mm, 32 pp

Sahar som inte synsOriginally published in Swedish

Speja förlag, 2017

215 x 240 mm, 32 pp

A bedroom isn’t just a place to sleep. It can be a comfy den or a trampoline, a place for quiet reading and wildadventures. Watch a room change through night and day and become many things to its inhabitants. This is adynamic and colourful ode to a child’s creative safe space.

Sahar is no longer visible. You used to be able to see her very well. But when Lou invites everybody but Sahar to her birthday party, Sahar starts to become blurry. Then the other kids stop saying hello. After that she became totally invisible.

Then, one day, something happens! Someone notices Sahar!

Invisible Sahar is a strong and subtle story about being small and left out. And the magic that take place when someone fi nally sees you.

Anna Platt works as a screen writer for fi lm and television. She has previously written a picture book and a novel.

Li Söderberg is an illustrator and praised designer to a number of books. Invisible Sahar is her debut as a children’s book illustrator.

What did Alex see on her morning walk? From Monday to Sunday, there are many things to be found, and many colours to be spotted. Lucy Vigrass’s bright and bold pictures celebrate the joy of noticing new things, day after day, even in a familiar environment. Inspired by Columbia Road, the East London street famous for its fl ower market.

What Did Alex See?Originally published in English

Tower Block Books, spring 2017

205 x 225 mm, 24 pp

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What Did Alex See?Rute Nieto Ferreira & Lucy Vigrass

Invisible SaharAnna Platt & Li Söderberg

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The car radio plays a song about the sunbut no one hears it

A newspaper fallsbut won’t land until morningyesterdays news

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RainAnders Holmer

A rain has just fallen, a baby tooth is loose, a beetle stands up soaked and dazed on the gravel, a mole is lurking underground while a guy on a horse gets a phonecall from his grandmother. In other places the snow is melting, and the butterfl ies soon expected to arrive. Today’s paper is dropped from a suspension bridge and two best friends forget to be angry when a rain of fl owers falls.

On the overall theme of rain, this book depicts dif-ferent magnifi cent and extraordinary places around the world. Each spread represents a new world full of subtle details and ingenious humor. Anders Holmer portrays in his unique way what is going on in that moment in that specifi c place. Short haiku texts ac-company the grandiose spreads.

Anders Holmer made his debut last year with Allting händer. He has already been established as an artist with his own, but internationally viable, style. With a unique and low-key humor and a precision beyond the ordinary.

RegnOriginally published in Swedish

Natur & Kultur, spring 2018

32 pp

Rights sold: English (North America)


It Happens!Natur & Kultur, spring 2017

32 pp

Rights sold: Simplifi ed Chinese

It Happens !

It happens on a narrow trackthat fl ies away and won’t come backit’s such a pleasant autumn nightthe moon is shining blue and brighta fl ock of geese are moving souththe driver opens up his mouthdeclaring loudly - Hip Hooray!I’m turning ninety-six today!So come aboard my birthday trainwe’ll never have this fun again!

Anders Holmer’s debut It Happens! is a tremendous colourful and rhythmic journey!

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HarveyHervé Bouchard & Janice Nadeau

HarveyOriginally published in French

La Pastéque, 2009

160 x 200 mm 168 pp

Rights sold: Chinese, English North America

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BertoldJacques Goldstyn

Jules feels different from the people he sees around him. He, for one, likes to wear two different mittens, and enjoys doing things by himself. He is most comfortable amidst the branches of Bertold, a 250 year-old oak Jules calls his own. Hidden behind the tree’s leaves, he can play Tarzan and watch the world unfold. But one spring, when he fi nds Bertold naked of the tiniest bud, he has to face the fact: the tree is dead. But Jules has a lot of imagination, and using it he will manage to give his green friend a new life.

Youth Award Booksellers of Quebec 2015

TD Prize for Literature 2016

Montréal Youth Libraries Prize

Sorcières Bookseller’s Prize 2016

”From Goldstyn’s simple words and the free, alive, infi nitely expressive line of his illustrations radiates a profound parable of belonging, reconciling love and loss, and savoring solitude without suffering loneliness.” Brain Pickings

”Humor, contemplation, and masterful illustrations.”

Starred review, Kirkus Reviews

L’arbraganOriginally published in French

La Pastéque, 2014

160 x 190, 96 pp

Rights sold: Korean, World English, Spanish, Catalan,

Simplifi ed Chinese, Turkish, Russian

AzadahLa Pastéque, 2016

170 x 215, 96 pp

Rights sold: Korean, Swedish, Spanish, Catalan

A sophisticated and original graphic novel, about a young boy’s reaction to his father’s death.

Harvey and his little brother are playing in the slushy streets of early spring when they learn, out of the blue, that their father has died of a heart attack. Everything changes and Harvey’s favorite movie, The Incredible Shrinking Man, suddenly begins to dominate his fantasy life. When relatives try to get him to look at his father in his coffi n, Harvey fi nds himself disappearing.

Brilliantly illustrated, emotionally true and devastatingly sad, this book is an artful and utterly convincing study of one boy’s response to great loss.

”...a great graphic novel to give to a younger child trying to understand the pain of bereave-ment.” School Library Journal

”A sparse, evocative look at a father’s death...Harvey’s child’s-eye perspective is fl awlessly conveyed.” Kirkus Reviews

Governor General’s Award


Mush and Hush the Artists Jenni Rope

Mush and Hush are forest mushrooms, but of a very special kind. They are artists!

One afternoon they decide to paint themselves stripy and after that all the mushrooms want to become different. So one gets dots, the other stripes...but how will they recognize each other?

This colourful picture book tackles the ups and downs of being happy in your own skin, just as you are. Jenni Rope works with painting, sculpture, pattern design, book art and animation. Her work has an aesthetic that incorporates both playfulness and an emphasis on colour and shape. She is interested in accidental shapes, layer-ing with patterns and showing emotion through colour. Her work has been exhibited internation-ally and can be found in private collections around the world. Jenni Rope lives and works in Helsinki, Finland. She is the founder of publishing house Napa Books.

Palle ja Monko taiteilijoinaOriginally published in Finnish

Etana Editions, fall 2017

220 x 220mm, 32 pp


The Train JourneyHanna Arnesen

We ride by everything that is home and go on.

Look!

There’s the city, where all the machines make noise.

The chimneys smoke all the way up to the clouds.

Come along on a breathtaking adventure, with an everchanging landscape outside the train window. Look over there! We ride past the boats at the dock, past birds and fishes and over the rainbow bridge. And then we’re there! At grandma’s. ”Look!” says grandma. ”There’s YOU!”

This is the perfect picture book for all train lovers out there. Hanna Arnesen’s illustrations are colorful, dreamy and full of details. Hannah Arnesen is a visual artist. She studied picture book storytelling at HDK, the School of Design and Crafts in Gothenburg and works in a bookstore. She made her debut with At Night We Fly in 2016, which received fantastic reviews in the press.

TågresanOriginally published in Swedish


32 pp


Ulf Stark


Elmer series

In the first book about the ambitious Elmer, he is a chef cooking food for everyone. Even the King himself summons Elmer to help out! Elmer appears in various professional roles throughout the series: cleaner, musician, veterinarian… and Elmer’s always the reliable hero!

With congenial illustrations by Lotta Geffenblad, this is a book with lots of humor and fun pictures for all the little ones who love to “work”!

The Boy, the Girl and the Wall

There’s the wall. Adham and Sulafa see it every morning when they look out the window. Every morning they hope it will have disap-peared. But it is still there, grey and foreboding as always. And so high, it’s impossible to get over. A beautiful and poetic story by Ulf Stark and Anna Höglund about Adham’s inventiveness and Sulafa’s poems.

Foolish Yakup

Yakup is infamous for his clumsiness. He trips and falls, spills, and gets lost even though he’s lived in the same town all his life. The day of the big dart competition is getting closer and Yakup wants to participate. But the others won’t allow him, it’s too dangerous. What if he hits someone with the dart?Illustrated by acclaimed picture book artist Sara Lundberg.

In a Big Big Hurry Ebba Forslind

These two are in a hurry. A mom and a child. One is supposed to be on her way to daycare and one off to work, but they both think it’s such a drag.They would rather go buy a turtle, or look in the window of the jewelry store and wish for necklaces with gold hearts and bracelets with diamonds.

But what if there’s been a mistake? What if it’s a day off instead?

Ebba Forslind’s pitch-perfect debut is an everyday and poetic picture book, recognizable for all those who’s ever dropped off or been dropped off at daycare.

Jättejätte-bråttomOriginally published in Swedish

Urax, fall 2017

32 ppElmer the Chef

Ulf Stark is one of Sweden’s most famous authors. He has written more than one hundred books and his work has been translated into 35 languages. His versatile authorship has contributed to giving Swedish children’s literature a worldwide reputation.

During his life, Ulf Stark wrote everything from picture books, novels for young adults to film scripts. He has received prestigious awards such as the Deutsche Jugendli-teraturpreis, the August Prize and an Emmy for best original manuscript.

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The TransformationAnna Höglund

Mina & KågeAnna Höglund

ISBN 978-91-638-9699-6

Anna Höglund är konstnär, illustratör och författare. I Förvandlingen har hon inspirerats av Elsa Beskows

klassiska saga Tripp, Trapp, Trull och jätten Dum-dum. Det blir en spännande bildberättelse för alla åldrar om

list, mod och överlevnad.

”I shall save my father from the giant who turns people into stone. I will make the giant look at herself in the mirror,” said the child.

How do you overcome a giant whose eyes turn all living things into stone? In The Transformation, Anna Höglund has been inspired by a classic story by Elsa Beskow. It’s an adventurous picture story for all ages about cunning, courage and survival.

Mina and Kåge live together and both love their daily routines ...or? One day Kåge decides to go travelling without Mina. Mina is completely unprepared for the change and doesn’t know how she will survive the pain. How can someone she counts on – and even needs – betray her this way?

Mina and Kåge is the fi rst title in a series of fi ve about friendship and loneliness, love and jealousy, about the right to be angry and the importance of reconciliation.

With great sincerity and humor, Anna Höglund has created smart relationship dramas for all ages that have become modern classics.

“A small wonderful story” Dagens Nyheter

“Nothing more than a small masterpiece” Förskolan

“Both fun and irresistible” UNT

FörvandlingenOriginally published in Swedish

Bonnier Carlsen, January 2018

160 x 200 mm, 48 pp

Mina och KågeOriginally published in Swedish

Alfabeta, 1995

155 x 180, 64 pp

Mina Goes Her Way (1997) Mina in China (1999) Mina and Kåge Go West (2005) Mina in the Wilderness (2014)


Anna Höglund is considered one of Sweden’s foremost illustra-tors. She has also written several books and been awarded both Swedish and foreign literary awards, including the Elsa Beskow Plaque, the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis, the Zilveren penseel, the August Prize and the Nils Holgersson Plaque.

In 2016, she received a Special Mention at the Bologna Ragazzi Award and won the Astrid Lindgren Prize. The jury’s motivation: ”Anna Höglund both writes and illustrates in a way that is poetic and precise, willfull and beautiful, contemporary and timeless, about relationships, emotions, identity and growing up and that moves and stays with both younger and older readers.”

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LostAlex Howes

The Pancake PartyEva Lindell & Cecilia Heikkilä

SPRING 2018Deadline to join: November 5Files to print: December 5Delivery: January 25 (In time for Pancake Day on February 13th, 2018!)

Mulle Meck & Buffa25 years anniversary editionsGeorge Johansson & Jens Ahlbom

Preliminary co-edition schedule

Sleeping Little RoseAne Gustavsson

Totte & Emma Series - 20 titlesGunilla Wolde

SPRING 2018Deadline to join: November 10Files to print: December 10Delivery: February 10

FALL 2018Deadline to join: May 20Files to print: June 20Delivery: October 20








Emre’s Manual in the Art of Hunting Ghosts

Siri Spont & Jonna Björnstjerna

“Diary of a Wimpy Kid” set in the high-rise suburbs!

Supposedly, the school’s auditorium is haunted. And there is a rumor going around about a murderer in the basement. It is with mixed emotions that Emre and his friend Ömer set out looking for demons. Because what if, they really do fi nd a ghost ...

The fourth book in the popular series about Emre and Ömer! In the earlier books, readers have joined Emre on his ven-tures to make friends, become famous, and throw a party. So far the fi rst two titles have sold more than 8,000 copies in Sweden.

The books’ fun and playful layout, and numerous illustrations make them appealing even to the most reluctant readers.

Emre’s Manual in the Art of Throwing a PartyHippo, spring 2017

170 x 210 mm, 174 pp

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Emre’s Manual in the Art of Making FriendsHippo, 2016

170 x 210 mm, 128 pp

Rights sold: Danish

Emre’s Manual in the Art of Becoming FamousHippo, 2016

170 x 210 mm, 128 pp

Emre önskar att det fanns en handbok i hur man skaffar sig vänner. Speciellt som han är en sån som aldrig märks.

När stökiga Ömer börjar i klassen får Emre en massa tips på hur han ska göra och inte göra för att få en kompis. Som att det kan vara bra att försvara Ömer när han räddar en fågel uppe på skolans tak. Och att det inte behöver vara en dålig grej att stjäla nåns katt.

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Family Robberson and the Gold Diamond

Anders Sparring & Per Gustavsson

Family Robberson and the Birthday HeistNatur & Kultur, 2017

170 x 210 mm, 62 pp


Emres Handbok i konsten att våga träffa spökenOriginally published in Swedish

Hippo, fall 2017

170 x 210 mm, 144 pp

Familjen Knyckertz och Guld-diamantenOriginally published in Swedish


170 x 210 mm, 62 pp


Ture can do almost anything. He can count to a thousand and knows a bunch of French words. He can tie his own shoes, work the washing machine, the stove and the remote control for the TV just as well as any grown-up. But lie, that he can’t.“Then you’ll have to practice,” mom says sternly. Ture gets a knot in his stomach. No matter how hard he tries, he just can’t.Because, the thing is, the family Robberson encourage their family members to lie and take things from others. And now, mom Fia and dad Rob are planning a visit to the diamond show in the capital. Since Ture can’t lie, he reveals the plan to Paul Eesman, who decides to stop them. Ture and his younger sister Ellen see no other alternative than to break into jail to ask their grandma for help.

With drastic humour and colourful images, this is the per-fect, bridge between picture and chapter book, for age 6-9.

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The Pirates of the Ice Sea

”Frida Nilsson’s epic adventure tale is a modern classic that captiva-tes the reader. It is impossible to put down the book.” Svenska Dagbladet

”Frida Nilsson has created an epic story of sisterhood, courage and the importance of staying humane in a cruel adult world.” Expressen

“On my way to Gothenburg but don’t want to arrive! Consumed by a book! So darn great! What a setting! What a beautiful voice! Barnbibblan gives a gold star!” Barnbibblan

25 000 COPIES SOLD IN SWEDEN

SOLD TO 12 LANGUAGES

FULL ENGLISH TRANSLATION AVAILABLE NOW

Winner of Expressen’s Heffaklumpen Award 2016

Winner of the Nils Holgersson Plaque 2016

Winner of the BMF Plaque 2016

August Prize nominee 2015

Nordic Council Prize for best children’s book nominee 2016

Selected for the White Ravens 2016

IshavspiraterNatur & Kultur, 2015160 x 210 mm, 393 pp

Rights sold: German, Serbian, Czech, Polish, French, Spanish, Italian, Danish, Norwegian, World English, Dutch

THE ”TRASH” TRILOGY

Me and Gorilla (2005)

160 x 210 mm, 137 pp

Rights sold: Danish, Czech, German, Italian,

Turkish, Russian, Polish, French, Korean,

Simplifi ed Chinese, Slovenian

Hedvig! (2005), Hedvig and Max Olov (2006), Hedvig’s Summer with Chubby (2007), Hedvig and the Hardemo Princess (2009)

Rights sold: German, Polish, Serbian

Me and Dante at the Dump (2008)

160 x 210 mm, 111 pp

Rights sold: German, French, Italian, Danish,

Korean

Jagger, Jagger (2013)

160 x 210 mm, 151 pp

Rights sold: German, French, Russian

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The Thin SwordFrida Nilsson

A NEW ADVENTURE BY FRIDA NILSSON!

Sasha begins to call his mom Semilla when she gets sick. One night Semilla is gone from her bed and Sasha understands that Death has taken her away. He borrows the neighbour’s little boat and rows after them, determined to outsmart Death and bring his mother back. The adventure will take Sasha through the kingdom of Death, populated by fantastic creatures, the Hildins, the Spartans and the Hoos, where he makes both great friends and great enemies.

Frida Nilsson has created yet another classic story in the style of Ishavspirater where a brave child takes on a chal-lenge the adult world fi nds too frightening.

”The author is our new Astrid Lindgren. ” M MagasinDet tunna svärdet

Originally published in Swedish

Natur & Kultur, fall 2017

160 x 210 mm, 515 pp

”Jag ska göra det”, sa jag och strök henne över den fuktiga pannan. ”Jag ska räkna ut ett sätt att överlista Döden.”

—När Sasja förlorar sin mamma, bestämmer han sig för att följa efter till Dödens rike. Inga levande får vistas där och hans väg kantas av faror och äventyr. Men Sasja får också vänner under resan. Vänner som vill hjälpa honom med det han har kommit för att göra – att överlista Döden och ta sin mamma tillbaka.

—Frida Nilsson är mångfaldigt prisbelönt författare, hennes senaste bok Ishavspirater belönades med Expressens Heffaklump samt med Nils Holgersson- plaketten. Med Det tunna svärdet har hon skapat ännu en spännande och mångbottnad saga i samma anda, stämningsfullt illustrerad av Alexander Jansson.

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Frida Nilsson is considered one of the most talented children’s book authors in Sweden today. Her authorship is characterized by tremendous humor and great sincerity. She writes about the big questions in life – friendship, death and love – and has been compared to fellow writers such as Roald Dahl and Barbro Lindgren. Frida is internationally successful, and her books have been nominated for the prestigious Deutscher Jugend Literaturpreis in Germany and several literary awards in France. She has been an August Prize nominee three times, and won The Astrid Lindgren Prize in 2014. The International Children’s Literature Hay Festival in Aarhus has this year selected Frida as one of the 39 best European children’s book authors aged 40 and under.


The CrownAnna-Lena Hedman & Sofia Falkenhem

KronanOrginally published in Swedish

Natur & Kultur, May 2018

145 x 200 mm, 135 pp

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Our house is on a hill in the outskirts of the village. When we sat on the steps having dinner, I saw out over the fields across the courtyard. They were yellow-green in the evening light, framed by the deep-pink roses. The mountains beyond billowed in different blue hues, and the sky shimmered in turquoise in the horizon, like the inside of a shell. I remember then that I had a feeling of it all being a bit unreal. Maybe it was a premonition of what was about to come, how strange everything would turn out after that exact moment – because that was when it begun, when a large pickup drove into our courtyard, towing one of the fanciest cars I had ever seen behind it. And make no mistake, I had seen many fancy cars.

Broman dropped everything, left the burgers on the grill and trotted into the courtyard. It was the closest thing he would ever come to a jog, so I understood something big was going on.

Shark-JennyLisa Lundmark & Charlotte Ramel

Haj-JennyOriginally published in Swedish


145 x 200 mm 120 pp

Rights sold: Korean

The schoolmaster always says "speak up!"Mom always says, "Don’t be shy!"Grandpa says, "Ignore them, it's nice with quiet, pretty girls."But I'm more quiet and angry. Like a shark.

The schoolmaster wants all the children to speak in a loud and clear voice. He wants all children to be octopuses that put up all their eight arms at the same time. He doesn’t un-derstand that there are sharks too. Sharks are quiet, they say nothing. They swim around and do whatever they want. No one dares to argue with them, no one dares to say “SPEAK UP” to a shark.

Perhaps the shark in the aquarium, where they go on a class trip, can help people understand that someone like Shark-Jenny is good to have around? That you don’t have to talk all the time to get by in life.

At Mimmi’s house the mood is almost always high, although there’s often no money or food in the fridge. Mom’s boyfriend Broman is nice, but he has difficulties keeping a regular job, and is often called in for interrogation when something illegal has happened around town. Mimmi’s mom says the police are just waiting for something to bust him for.

When Mimmi and her best friend Henry find an old antique crown in one of Broman’s cars, they understand that they have to hide it to keep Broman out of trouble. But the crown seems to have a will of its own, and soon strange things start to happen.

Magic realism meets social issues in this “country noir” tale for 7-10 year olds. With illustrations by Sofia Falkenhem.

Annalena Hedman lives in Umeå, Sweden, and combines writing with being a school librarian. She has previously written six books.

The World’s Mostest EsterAnton Bergman & Emma Adbåge

Spot-on everyday drama in elementary school!

Ester is new in the class. Signe finds her exciting. Ester has her own key and she gets to walk home by herself. Her mother is an actress and lives in New York, her name is Greta Garbo!? A lot is going on around Ester all the time.

There is a new girl in my class. Her name is Ester. Our teacher tells us to be especially nice to her in the beginning. There is something about Ester that feels exciting. I can’t explain it. She is just so much everything. She is the world’s mostest Ester.

“The World’s Mostest Ester is a great read-aloud book for 6-9 year olds! There is much to ponder about and empathize with, at the same time as the text provides a good basis for discussions. A hit!!”

BTJVärldens mesta EsterOriginally published in Swedish

Hippo, fall 2016

155 x 200 mm, 120 pp

Rights sold: Danish


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The Boy in the iPad and IJonatan Järvi

I am on my way to school when I hear mean Evan shouting after me. Or Evil, which I call him. I get really scared and run inside the mall. I run into a dressing room at the back, and take cover in the corner. My pulse is beating so hard I think my veins might pop. I take my iPad out of my backpack and suddenly something happens. The screen fl ickers in all different colors. Then a boy’s face appears. He waves. “Hello,” I say, unsure.

”This is a book about the power of imagination – and how it can help to understand how someone else feels. It is also wonderfully humoristic with a happy ending, meaning a great book to read out loud, not the least for adults.”

BTJ

Pojken i paddan och jagOriginally published in Swedish

Hippo, fall 2017

144 pp

Kejsarens gravOriginally published i Swedish


200 pp

Vålnadens röst / The Phantom’s VoiceOriginally published i Swedish


246 pp

F I C T I O N 9 - 1 2

The Emperor’s GraveJohan Rundberg

It’s soon Christmas and Sebastian is still haunted by the memories from the summer at seaside hotel Solöga. He’s become afraid of the dark. He’s also worried about his mom who isn’t getting any acting jobs. At the same time, Sebastian is happy to hang out with Max and Mandy again. Mandy has gotten a part in an upcoming TV series that is being fi lmed at the The Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities in Stockholm. Under the museum there is a cavern, where a new exhibit is being built. But how is it that one of the heavy stone statues suddenly has moved, is Sebastian just imagining things? And who, or what, is attacking the museum attendants?

In The Emperor’s Grave, Johan Rundberg manages to combine icy shivers with warm everyday humour. It is the second book in a trilogy.

Johan Rundberg has written a number of children’s books. His title The Love Pizza was loved by readers and critics alike. If I Can Stay

Kajsa Gordan

Om jag får stannaOriginally published in Swedish

Rabén & Sjögren, spring 2017

139 pp

Ilona is 13 years old. She goes to school, plays football and hangs out with her best friend, like any other child her age. But unlike her schoolmates, she lives with her family in a monastery, hiding in the wait for a deportation order to be changed to a decision of asylum. A threatening cloud hangs over their heads, at the same time as they try to create an everyday life for themselves in the new country. What is it like to huddle together in a small room with the curtains drawn year after year? And what is it like to be the best friend, the one who has an obvious right to stay here and to plan for the future? Should you feel guilty that you are well off?

“Kajsa Gordan shows that good pedagogy can be great art” Dagens Nyheter

“A gripping and honest book” Vi Läser

“An insightful and touching portrayal of a reality we often choose to ignore.” Aftonbladet

Om

KAJSA GORDAN

jagfå

stanna

Johan Rundberg

KEJSARENSGRAV

”There are plenty of ghost stories in today’s chapter books, but the The Phantom’s Voice is unusually clever, with humor and intelligence and several surprising twists. And really, really scary!” DN

Johan Rundberg

VÅLNADENSLNADERÖST

Motvilligt följer Sebbe med sin skådespelarmamma till en � lminspelning på Sandhammarens Badnöje, ett fallfärdigt gammalt hotell i Skåne. Han förväntar sig en veckas tristess i sin mammas skugga, men redan första kvällen börjar märkliga saker hända. Någon – eller något – tycks vilja sabotera inspelningarna. Tillsammans med barnskådespelaren Manda, och Max, son till � lmens stora stjärna, börjar Sebbe nysta i mysterierna på hotellet. Vad är det för märkliga ljud som hörs om nätterna? Och varför vill inte de anställda prata om husets historia?

VÅLNADENS RÖST är första delen i trilogin om Häxknuten.

VÅLNADENS RÖST

ISBN 978-91-27-15179-6

9 7 8 9 1 2 7 1 5 1 7 9 6

Johan Rundberg

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The Bull from SolnaGunnar Ardelius

Sometimes he thinks it’s unfair that women have so many advantages in life. They’re raised to claim space and justice, take a step forward, and care about their sisters. They have a powerful sense of community and an overall goal. Sebastian has learnt to hold back, to not be rowdy and macho, let the girls take up space, and that unity between men is something repulsive. Hanna’s sexual hunger is draining him from the inside. His own desire is depleted, it slips away, it’s too ragged – he can’t show it.

Sebastian is struggling to become an adult, to fi nd friends, an apartment, a load of cash, someone to love and an education that will eventually get him a job. He struggles to get away from his mother. There is really nothing wrong with her, other than that she smells too strong, laughs too loud and cries too ugly. Without quite really knowing how it begun, Sebastian is in a relation-ship with his mother’s co-worker Hanna. Hanna, who could go by the term MILF, even though she doesn’t have kids.

Sebastian has applied for acting school, where he meets Jakob. Maybe now everything gets better and his life can begin for real?

With a sound expression and a great deal of humor, Gunnar Ardelius portrays a young man’s sense of self in a time without any obvious answers.

Tjuren från SolnaOriginally published in Swedish


250 pp

F I C T I O N 9 - 1 2

EllinorKatarina von Bredow

The fi rst book in a trilogy by Katarina von Bredow!

On Ellinor’s birthday, a new boy starts in her class. His name is Victor and he is handsome and funny and takes up space instantly. He looks right at Ellinor when the class sings happy birthday to her. Her cheeks grow hot and she gets butterfl ies in her stomach every time he smiles at her. But Ellinor is not the only one affected by Victor. Meja tosses her long, shiny hair around when he’s nearby, and Leo seems grumpy because Victor gets all the attention. Ellinor grows tired of navigating around everybody else’s feelings. She needs to put her foot down and show what she wants. But how is she going to show Victor how she really feels?

Katarina von Bredow writes about relationships with feeling. We get to know Ellinor, Leo and Victor during sixth grade, a year in which much changes and everything is put to the test. The ucoming books in the series are titled Victor and Leo.

ElllinorOriginally published in Swedish


278 pp

Gunnar Ardelius has written four YA novels and one novel for adults. He has received, and been nominated for a number of literary awards, among them the August Prize. Ardelius is also a translator and President of the board of the Swedish Writer’s Union.

Katarina von Bredow is author to several books for children and young adults. She has been awarded numerous prizes for her work, among which the German Buxtehuder Bulle, the Swedish Radio Prize and the Astrid Lindgren Prize. Her work is loved by readers and critics alike both in Sweden and abroad.

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