Bonnier Rights Children's Books Spring 2025

Children’s Books from Sweden Spring 2025

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Contents

Easy to Read & 6–9 Years

Contact us Madelene Hovstadius Literary Agent, Children’s Books madelene.hovstadius@bonnierrights.se +46 76 526 11 23

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Pre-School

10

Picture Books

25

9–12 Years & Non-Fiction

The Bonnier Publishing Group is made up of Albert Bonniers Förlag, Bokförlaget Forum, Bonnier Carlsen, Bazar Förlag, Bokförlaget Max Ström, Bokförlaget Semic, Bonnier Audio, Bonnier Bookery, Bonnier Fakta, Bonniers Bokklubbar, Bonnier Rights, Bouq Publishing, Bokiño, Gondol, Historiska Media, Karat Förlag, Lovereads, Panache, Romanus & Selling, and Wahlström & Widstrand Cover: Illustration by Lisa Moroni from Sagan om Skogen.

Graphic Design: Anna-Karin Sundin

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19

Contents

Easy to Read & 6–9 Years

Contact us Madelene Hovstadius Literary Agent, Children’s Books madelene.hovstadius@bonnierrights.se +46 76 526 11 23

4

Pre-School

10

Picture Books

25

9–12 Years & Non-Fiction

The Bonnier Publishing Group is made up of Albert Bonniers Förlag, Bokförlaget Forum, Bonnier Carlsen, Bazar Förlag, Bokförlaget Max Ström, Bokförlaget Semic, Bonnier Audio, Bonnier Bookery, Bonnier Fakta, Bonniers Bokklubbar, Bonnier Rights, Bouq Publishing, Bokiño, Gondol, Historiska Media, Karat Förlag, Lovereads, Panache, Romanus & Selling, and Wahlström & Widstrand Cover: Illustration by Lisa Moroni from Sagan om Skogen.

Graphic Design: Anna-Karin Sundin

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Pre-School

Pre-School

Baby Bakes BABY:

What fun it is to bake! Baby kneads dough and rolls buns with Rabbit! There are so many tasty things to put in the dough. ­ But what kind of buns will you get when Baby bakes?

Mervi Lindman’s playful text and illustrations are a riot of humour and joy. This read-aloud story is packed with silly facial expressions and unexpected situations – all to get children ­­ and parents laughing, pointing, and talking about what they are reading.

Look, play, and laugh with Baby Bakes!

Series name Baby • Original title Bebbe bakar • Author & illustrator Mervi Lindman • Format 170 x 170 mm, 32 pages, colour • Rights sold series Danish, Faroese, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian

Baby’s Yummy Food BABY:

Look and point together with Baby who is about to eat food. ­There’s the chair, the table, the bib, the peas, the potatoes, the fork, the ice cream… And the fly!

Baby’s Yummy Food is a perfect introduction to all our everyday foods and sounds. This sweet look and picture board book offer playful interaction with words – to listen, copy and point ­ to together!

Series name Baby • Original title Bebbes mumsiga mat • Author ­& illustrator Mervi Lindman • Format 170 x 170 mm, 16 pages, colour • Rights sold series Danish, Faroese, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian

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Pre-School

Pre-School

Baby Bakes BABY:

What fun it is to bake! Baby kneads dough and rolls buns with Rabbit! There are so many tasty things to put in the dough. ­ But what kind of buns will you get when Baby bakes?

Mervi Lindman’s playful text and illustrations are a riot of humour and joy. This read-aloud story is packed with silly facial expressions and unexpected situations – all to get children ­­ and parents laughing, pointing, and talking about what they are reading.

Look, play, and laugh with Baby Bakes!

Series name Baby • Original title Bebbe bakar • Author & illustrator Mervi Lindman • Format 170 x 170 mm, 32 pages, colour • Rights sold series Danish, Faroese, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian

Baby’s Yummy Food BABY:

Look and point together with Baby who is about to eat food. ­There’s the chair, the table, the bib, the peas, the potatoes, the fork, the ice cream… And the fly!

Baby’s Yummy Food is a perfect introduction to all our everyday foods and sounds. This sweet look and picture board book offer playful interaction with words – to listen, copy and point ­ to together!

Series name Baby • Original title Bebbes mumsiga mat • Author ­& illustrator Mervi Lindman • Format 170 x 170 mm, 16 pages, colour • Rights sold series Danish, Faroese, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian

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Pre-School

Pre-School

Herring and Frizz Take a Bath

Who Does Not Want To?

HERRING AND FRIZZ:

WHO?:

Gnis and Knatt are going to a birthday party at Great Grandma’s, who has moved to a retirement home. Knatt does not like the idea of Great Grandma living there, as she belongs in her usual pink house with her usual candy bowl on the table. Great Grandma thinks the same. So what about the party?

With her sense of the great importance in the small things, Stina Wirsén’s stories touch the hearts of both children and adults.­ Who does not want to? is a story about changes, memories and what really makes a place a home.

The cats Herring and Frizz are in the bath. They are soaping and scrubbing, splashing and splattering. Then the dog comes. But STOP! The dog is not allowed in the bath by Herring and Frizz.

The dog has to sit beside it and watch.

Oh no! The dog is sitting on the floor drain! And the water rises…

In the fourth instalment of the Herring and Frizz series things get crazy and funny as usual, in Moa Graaf’s cozy cat and dog world. Follow Herring and Frizz in this heart-warming and humour packed toddler series for the very youngest.

Series name Herring and Frizz • Original title Sill & Fräs badar • Author ­ & illustrator Moa Graaf • Format 170 x 170 mm, 32 pages, colour • Rights sold series Danish

Goodbye, Sam SAM:

It is morning. Dad and Sam are cycling to preschool, but just as Dad says goodbye, Sam does not want to be left behind. Sam gets sad, and Dad gets a bit sad too, but only when he gets round the corner. Luckily the preschool teacher and the children in the sandpit can change Sam’s mind.

Moments to relate to for readers both young and old in this picture book by Sofia Rådström, whose rhymes about Sam and Dad sing and fall perfectly into place. Joyful, rhythmic reading for all readers.

Ut f lykt i skogen!

Men blir det roligt eller läskigt?

Lilla Hund vill följa med…

Men oj, så många träd och så långt hemif rån…

Läs också:

Läs också:

www.bonniercarlsen.se ISBN 978-91-7803-019-4

9 789178 030194

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www.bonniercarlsen.se ISBN 978-91-7803-753-7

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Series name Who? • Original title Vem vill inte? • Author & illustrator Stina Wirsén • Format 210 x 210 mm, 32 pages, colour • Rights sold Arabic, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Somali, Spanish

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Series name Sam • Original title Hej då Sickan • Author & illustrator Sofia Rådström • Format 170 x 170 mm, 32 pages, colour • Rights sold series Danish

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Pre-School

Pre-School

Herring and Frizz Take a Bath

Who Does Not Want To?

HERRING AND FRIZZ:

WHO?:

Gnis and Knatt are going to a birthday party at Great Grandma’s, who has moved to a retirement home. Knatt does not like the idea of Great Grandma living there, as she belongs in her usual pink house with her usual candy bowl on the table. Great Grandma thinks the same. So what about the party?

With her sense of the great importance in the small things, Stina Wirsén’s stories touch the hearts of both children and adults.­ Who does not want to? is a story about changes, memories and what really makes a place a home.

The cats Herring and Frizz are in the bath. They are soaping and scrubbing, splashing and splattering. Then the dog comes. But STOP! The dog is not allowed in the bath by Herring and Frizz.

The dog has to sit beside it and watch.

Oh no! The dog is sitting on the floor drain! And the water rises…

In the fourth instalment of the Herring and Frizz series things get crazy and funny as usual, in Moa Graaf’s cozy cat and dog world. Follow Herring and Frizz in this heart-warming and humour packed toddler series for the very youngest.

Series name Herring and Frizz • Original title Sill & Fräs badar • Author ­ & illustrator Moa Graaf • Format 170 x 170 mm, 32 pages, colour • Rights sold series Danish

Goodbye, Sam SAM:

It is morning. Dad and Sam are cycling to preschool, but just as Dad says goodbye, Sam does not want to be left behind. Sam gets sad, and Dad gets a bit sad too, but only when he gets round the corner. Luckily the preschool teacher and the children in the sandpit can change Sam’s mind.

Moments to relate to for readers both young and old in this picture book by Sofia Rådström, whose rhymes about Sam and Dad sing and fall perfectly into place. Joyful, rhythmic reading for all readers.

Ut f lykt i skogen!

Men blir det roligt eller läskigt?

Lilla Hund vill följa med…

Men oj, så många träd och så långt hemif rån…

Läs också:

Läs också:

www.bonniercarlsen.se ISBN 978-91-7803-019-4

9 789178 030194

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2018-03-20 11:31

www.bonniercarlsen.se ISBN 978-91-7803-753-7

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2020-01-20 13:15

Series name Who? • Original title Vem vill inte? • Author & illustrator Stina Wirsén • Format 210 x 210 mm, 32 pages, colour • Rights sold Arabic, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Somali, Spanish

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Series name Sam • Original title Hej då Sickan • Author & illustrator Sofia Rådström • Format 170 x 170 mm, 32 pages, colour • Rights sold series Danish

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Knorr, Koko and the Number 4

Pre-School

Pre-School

KNORR & KOKO:

Knorr and Koko are bored. “I know! Let’s play farm!” shouts Knorr and fetches the cuddly lambs. One, two, three, four lambs – very easy to share equally. But is it really fair?

The books about Knorr and Koko are fun and clever stories that teach a basic knowledge of maths. Maria Nilsson Thore’s cute and detailed illustrations along with her ingenious tales about the two friends are definite favourites to read aloud – both at home and at preschool.

All Three Crafts In the studio at the Green Pea Preschool, the teacher has decided that all three of them are going to make fuse beads. Idde knows exactly what to do and Valle sorts out all the green beads, but Ester does not love to bead, so she sneaks over to the crafts shelf instead.

There she finds pinecones, buttons, yarn and glitter – what will it become?

Welcome to the Green Pea Preschool! The friends Valle, Ester and Idde are a trio of strong-willed, independent two-and-a-halfyear-olds. Maria Nilsson Thore’s books about All Three at the cosy Green Pea Preschool are full of fun details to discover and scena­rios every preschooler can relate to. Uniquely attuned to the child’s world, Nilsson Thore shows how an ordinary day at preschool can be anything from dull and drab to fun and frolicsome.

Series name All Three • Original title Alla tre pysslar • Author & illustrator Maria Nilsson Thore • Format 195 x 240 mm, 32 pages, colour • Rights sold series Finnish, Norwegian

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I Maria Nilsson Thores kluriga serie om kompisarna Knorr och Koko bjuds vi på mysiga och roliga bilderböcker om siffror, matematiska begrepp och vänskap. Givna favoriter både hemma och på förskolan!

I Maria Nilsson Thores kluriga serie om kompisarna Knorr och Koko bjuds vi på mysiga och roliga bilderböcker om siffror, matematiska begrepp och vänskap. Givna favoriter både hemma och på förskolan!

tt, två, TRE! Knorr tar sats och hoppar från bryggkanten. Men vad nu? Skulle de inte hoppa i samtidigt? Det visar sig att Koko kanske inte är helt säker på vad tre är …

emma hos Knorr och Koko är klockan nästan sju och de måste hinna med hela SJU saker innan läggdags. ”Hur ska vi hinna?!” skriker Koko. ”Jag vet, vi får dubbelgöra!” säger Knorr.

ISBN 978-91-7975-380-1

ISBN 978-91-7975-381-8

9 789179 753801

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Series name Knorr & Koko • Original title Knorr, Koko och siffran 4 • Author & illustrator Maria Nilsson Thore • Format 195 x 240 mm, 32 pages, colour • Rights sold series Danish, Finnish, Norwegian

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Knorr and Koko Plant and Grow KNORR & KOKO:

Knorr and Koko are sooo hungry for apple pie, but where will they get apples from? They have to plant an apple tree, of course!

The friends get to work digging and soon the tree is in place – but waiting for the apples to grow turns out to be harder than they expected…

Knorr and Koko Plant and Grow is a charming picture book about time and the joy of watching things grow, and part of a new series with the beloved characters Knorr and Koko, teaching practical skills to small children such as planting or sewing.

Series name Knorr and Koko in the Garden • Original title Knorr & Koko planterar & påtar • Author & illustrator Maria Nilsson Thore • Format 195 x 224 mm, 32 pages, colour • Rights sold series Danish, Finnish, Norwegian

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Knorr, Koko and the Number 4

Pre-School

Pre-School

KNORR & KOKO:

Knorr and Koko are bored. “I know! Let’s play farm!” shouts Knorr and fetches the cuddly lambs. One, two, three, four lambs – very easy to share equally. But is it really fair?

The books about Knorr and Koko are fun and clever stories that teach a basic knowledge of maths. Maria Nilsson Thore’s cute and detailed illustrations along with her ingenious tales about the two friends are definite favourites to read aloud – both at home and at preschool.

All Three Crafts In the studio at the Green Pea Preschool, the teacher has decided that all three of them are going to make fuse beads. Idde knows exactly what to do and Valle sorts out all the green beads, but Ester does not love to bead, so she sneaks over to the crafts shelf instead.

There she finds pinecones, buttons, yarn and glitter – what will it become?

Welcome to the Green Pea Preschool! The friends Valle, Ester and Idde are a trio of strong-willed, independent two-and-a-halfyear-olds. Maria Nilsson Thore’s books about All Three at the cosy Green Pea Preschool are full of fun details to discover and scena­rios every preschooler can relate to. Uniquely attuned to the child’s world, Nilsson Thore shows how an ordinary day at preschool can be anything from dull and drab to fun and frolicsome.

Series name All Three • Original title Alla tre pysslar • Author & illustrator Maria Nilsson Thore • Format 195 x 240 mm, 32 pages, colour • Rights sold series Finnish, Norwegian

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I Maria Nilsson Thores kluriga serie om kompisarna Knorr och Koko bjuds vi på mysiga och roliga bilderböcker om siffror, matematiska begrepp och vänskap. Givna favoriter både hemma och på förskolan!

I Maria Nilsson Thores kluriga serie om kompisarna Knorr och Koko bjuds vi på mysiga och roliga bilderböcker om siffror, matematiska begrepp och vänskap. Givna favoriter både hemma och på förskolan!

tt, två, TRE! Knorr tar sats och hoppar från bryggkanten. Men vad nu? Skulle de inte hoppa i samtidigt? Det visar sig att Koko kanske inte är helt säker på vad tre är …

emma hos Knorr och Koko är klockan nästan sju och de måste hinna med hela SJU saker innan läggdags. ”Hur ska vi hinna?!” skriker Koko. ”Jag vet, vi får dubbelgöra!” säger Knorr.

ISBN 978-91-7975-380-1

ISBN 978-91-7975-381-8

9 789179 753801

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Series name Knorr & Koko • Original title Knorr, Koko och siffran 4 • Author & illustrator Maria Nilsson Thore • Format 195 x 240 mm, 32 pages, colour • Rights sold series Danish, Finnish, Norwegian

9 789179 753818

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Knorr and Koko Plant and Grow KNORR & KOKO:

Knorr and Koko are sooo hungry for apple pie, but where will they get apples from? They have to plant an apple tree, of course!

The friends get to work digging and soon the tree is in place – but waiting for the apples to grow turns out to be harder than they expected…

Knorr and Koko Plant and Grow is a charming picture book about time and the joy of watching things grow, and part of a new series with the beloved characters Knorr and Koko, teaching practical skills to small children such as planting or sewing.

Series name Knorr and Koko in the Garden • Original title Knorr & Koko planterar & påtar • Author & illustrator Maria Nilsson Thore • Format 195 x 224 mm, 32 pages, colour • Rights sold series Danish, Finnish, Norwegian

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Picture Books

Picture Books

Vips With the Fish VIPS:

Sedan visar Plopp hur Vips ska hålla för att få skjuts in till land.

The happy and inquisitive little shrew Vips is lying at the edge of the lake, enjoying the sun. He has no idea of the exciting adventure that lies ahead.When the perch Plopp is swept away by a wave and ends up in a puddle next to the lake, Vips has to step in. The poor fi ­ sh must be rescued back to the lake. Once there, they become ­friends and play in the water, but soon the next danger awaits – the hungry pike. Simultaneously, a threat comes from above – a scary osprey! How will Vips and Plopp get out of this situation?

Oskar Jonsson has created a wonderful world to discover, illustrated in delightful watercolour pictures. And it is out there: Nature crawls, grows and makes sounds all the time. Vips loves both wild adventures and taking it easy. The best part is getting to know new animal friends. Vips With the Fish is the fifth book in the beloved Vips series. A cosy read-aloud book that ends with easy facts about the perch and other animals that appear in the story.

En av Plopps kompisar dyker upp för att hjälpa till.

SWOOOSH!!! Det känns härligt att surfa fram på vågskummet. Fiskarna tycker att Vips ska pröva några konster.

Vips kliver av på stenen och tackar för åkturen, men känner sig plötsligt orolig.

Tänk om det kommer fler gäddor?

Sådant har fiskarna inte tid att tänka på just nu. Vips ser hur Plopp jagar efter ett stim med fiskyngel. Men de är både snabba och smarta.

Tur att det finns annan mat åt Plopp, tänker Vips. Nu blir det skönt att sätta sig i sanden och låta pälsen torka.

Vips klamrar sig fast vid näckrosbladet och kommer att tänka på sin kära mössa. Men det finns värre problem.

Fötterna viftar och kan inte nå botten. Bladet flyter, men det håller inte för en näbbmus att sitta på.

Då syns en ö lite längre bort.

Nu eller aldrig, tänker Vips, och samlar sina sista krafter.

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Ödlans hemlighet!

Vips möter en skogsödla i stenröset och de blir vänner. Oj, så roligt det är att leka kurragömma! Men något oväntat inträffar när nötskrikan närmar sig … …

bakom stenarna

Oskar Jonsson har både skrivit och illustrerat böckerna om Vips som speglar hans eget stora intresse för djur och natur. Med sagan följer även fakta för alla som är lika vetgiriga som Vips!

Läs också

bakom stenarna

”Vips vid bäcken är en härlig berättelse om vänskap och empati.” ”Vips i trädet är en fantasifull, spännande och händelserik berättelse där fakta och fantasi vävs samman.”

Gunilla Essén, BTJ-häftet Om Vips på isen: ”Vilken underbart härlig vintersaga!”

Marie Strömberg Andersson, Norra Skåne

ISBN 978-91-7975-671-0

9 789179 756710

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Series name Vips • Original title Vips hos fiskarna • Author & illustrator Oskar Jonsson • Format 215 x 280 mm, 32 pages, colour • Rights sold series Bulgarian, Chinese, Danish, Slovak

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Picture Books

Picture Books

Vips With the Fish VIPS:

Sedan visar Plopp hur Vips ska hålla för att få skjuts in till land.

The happy and inquisitive little shrew Vips is lying at the edge of the lake, enjoying the sun. He has no idea of the exciting adventure that lies ahead.When the perch Plopp is swept away by a wave and ends up in a puddle next to the lake, Vips has to step in. The poor fi ­ sh must be rescued back to the lake. Once there, they become ­friends and play in the water, but soon the next danger awaits – the hungry pike. Simultaneously, a threat comes from above – a scary osprey! How will Vips and Plopp get out of this situation?

Oskar Jonsson has created a wonderful world to discover, illustrated in delightful watercolour pictures. And it is out there: Nature crawls, grows and makes sounds all the time. Vips loves both wild adventures and taking it easy. The best part is getting to know new animal friends. Vips With the Fish is the fifth book in the beloved Vips series. A cosy read-aloud book that ends with easy facts about the perch and other animals that appear in the story.

En av Plopps kompisar dyker upp för att hjälpa till.

SWOOOSH!!! Det känns härligt att surfa fram på vågskummet. Fiskarna tycker att Vips ska pröva några konster.

Vips kliver av på stenen och tackar för åkturen, men känner sig plötsligt orolig.

Tänk om det kommer fler gäddor?

Sådant har fiskarna inte tid att tänka på just nu. Vips ser hur Plopp jagar efter ett stim med fiskyngel. Men de är både snabba och smarta.

Tur att det finns annan mat åt Plopp, tänker Vips. Nu blir det skönt att sätta sig i sanden och låta pälsen torka.

Vips klamrar sig fast vid näckrosbladet och kommer att tänka på sin kära mössa. Men det finns värre problem.

Fötterna viftar och kan inte nå botten. Bladet flyter, men det håller inte för en näbbmus att sitta på.

Då syns en ö lite längre bort.

Nu eller aldrig, tänker Vips, och samlar sina sista krafter.

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Oskar Jonsson Oskar Jonsson

Ödlans hemlighet!

Vips möter en skogsödla i stenröset och de blir vänner. Oj, så roligt det är att leka kurragömma! Men något oväntat inträffar när nötskrikan närmar sig … …

bakom stenarna

Oskar Jonsson har både skrivit och illustrerat böckerna om Vips som speglar hans eget stora intresse för djur och natur. Med sagan följer även fakta för alla som är lika vetgiriga som Vips!

Läs också

bakom stenarna

”Vips vid bäcken är en härlig berättelse om vänskap och empati.” ”Vips i trädet är en fantasifull, spännande och händelserik berättelse där fakta och fantasi vävs samman.”

Gunilla Essén, BTJ-häftet Om Vips på isen: ”Vilken underbart härlig vintersaga!”

Marie Strömberg Andersson, Norra Skåne

ISBN 978-91-7975-671-0

9 789179 756710

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Series name Vips • Original title Vips hos fiskarna • Author & illustrator Oskar Jonsson • Format 215 x 280 mm, 32 pages, colour • Rights sold series Bulgarian, Chinese, Danish, Slovak

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Picture Books

The Princess and the Penguin

Picture Books

Princess Happy lives in a castle, where she has almost everything.

Toys, nice clothes and lots of pets. Still, she’s bored. “I want a penguin,” Happy decides, and soon she, the King and Queen sail to Antarctica to fulfil her wish. But sometimes the thing you’re looking for is closer than you think... The Princess and the Penguin is an imaginative and humorous adventure about finding a friend.

Eva Susso previously was a member of the Swedish Academy for Children’s books, and has won the Carl von Linné plaque for the best children’s non-fiction book of the year. In The Princess and the Penguin she has written a modern, warm and funny, but also thought-­provoking fairy tale about friendship. Illustrated by the talented Katsiaryna Dubovik, she creates an artistic picture book with her humorous and vibrant illustrations.

A Forest Tale Summer is almost over, and the air is getting cold. Winter is ­coming and a bear goes into hibernation in the forest. She is ­ waiting for spring and for her cub to be born. When Little Bear arrives, Mummy Bear tells him about the forest outside, about the soft moss and the old trees. And when spring comes, they go o­ utside. But what has happened? Mummy Bear can’t see the forest any­where! Where are all the trees, the anthill and the babbling brook?

Author and illustrator Lisa Moroni has created a poetic, ­magical and multi-layered picture book in vivid, enchanting colours. Delightful to read aloud for all ages about the conditions of nature and our civilisation, and the importance of keeping storytelling alive.

Original title Prinsessan och Pingvinen • Author Eva Susso • Illustrator ­Katsiaryna Dubovik • Format 227 x 294 mm, 40 pages, colour

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Original title Sagan om skogen • Author & Illustrator Lisa Moroni • Format 215 x 280 mm, 40 pages, colour • Options Danish, French, German

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Picture Books

The Princess and the Penguin

Picture Books

Princess Happy lives in a castle, where she has almost everything.

Toys, nice clothes and lots of pets. Still, she’s bored. “I want a penguin,” Happy decides, and soon she, the King and Queen sail to Antarctica to fulfil her wish. But sometimes the thing you’re looking for is closer than you think... The Princess and the Penguin is an imaginative and humorous adventure about finding a friend.

Eva Susso previously was a member of the Swedish Academy for Children’s books, and has won the Carl von Linné plaque for the best children’s non-fiction book of the year. In The Princess and the Penguin she has written a modern, warm and funny, but also thought-provoking fairy tale about friendship. Illustrated by the talented Katsiaryna Dubovik, she creates an artistic picture book with her humorous and vibrant illustrations.

A Forest Tale Summer is almost over, and the air is getting cold. Winter is ­coming and a bear goes into hibernation in the forest. She is ­ waiting for spring and for her cub to be born. When Little Bear arrives, Mummy Bear tells him about the forest outside, about the soft moss and the old trees. And when spring comes, they go o­ utside. But what has happened? Mummy Bear can’t see the forest any­where! Where are all the trees, the anthill and the babbling brook?

Author and illustrator Lisa Moroni has created a poetic, ­magical and multi-layered picture book in vivid, enchanting colours. Delightful to read aloud for all ages about the conditions of nature and our civilisation, and the importance of keeping storytelling alive.

Original title Prinsessan och Pingvinen • Author Eva Susso • Illustrator Katsiaryna Dubovik • Format 227 x 294 mm, 40 pages, colour

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Original title Sagan om skogen • Author & Illustrator Lisa Moroni • Format 215 x 280 mm, 40 pages, colour • Rights Sold Danish, • Options French, German

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Save Osis

Picture Books

Picture Books

An engaging fairy tale for the youngest!

Help the little forest creature Osis to find yummy berries and bring them home by shaking, patting and tilting the book. An interactive story for big and small where the reader can help save Osis from the dangers of the forest.

Author and illustrator Maria Löfgren’s ‘Read Together’ books are a celebration of reading aloud and the community that arises when it is at its best. They are great for engaging everyone in the reading and inspire to talk, play and discover together.

When I Am Big “I can do almost everything, but I’m not allowed. I know what I want, but I can’t reach it!”

To be small can be terribly inconvenient. Unpractical and unfair. The things you want from the top shelf are hopelessly far away, and even though you are so wise, and have thought some­ thing out so well, suddenly grown-ups can come and just take over. But imagine if you grew taller than the treetops! If nobody could say “no” and “not now” anymore. How would things be then?

In Maria Nilsson Thore’s illustrated gem When I am Big, a child grows and gets to try out how grown-up life can be. It is powerful, exciting, and fun, it turns out, although there are some good things about being small too…

When I am Big is a story about growing, about making deci­sions and try things for yourself – and about sometimes shrinking and becoming small again. It is all told through Maria Nilsson Thore’s unmistakably playful and flowing watercolour illustrations and her spot-on language. Delicate, cleverly quirky and with Maria Nilsson Thore’s ever-present children’s perspective.

Original title När jag blir stor • Author & illustrator Maria Nilsson Thore • Format 215 x 280 mm, 40 pages, colour • Rights sold Danish, Finnish, German

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Original title Rädda Osis • Author & illustrator Maria Löfgren • Format 195 x 260 mm, 32 pages, colour • Options Danish, English

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Picture Books

Picture Books

An engaging fairy tale for the youngest!

Help the little forest creature Osis to find yummy berries and bring them home by shaking, patting and tilting the book. An inter­active story for big and small where the reader can help save Osis from the dangers of the forest.

Author and illustrator Maria Löfgren’s ‘Read Together’ books are a celebration of reading aloud and the community that arises when it is at its best. They are great for engaging everyone in the reading and inspire to talk, play and discover together.

When I Am Big “I can do almost everything, but I’m not allowed. I know what I want, but I can’t reach it!”

To be small can be terribly inconvenient. Unpractical and unfair. The things you want from the top shelf are hopelessly far away, and even though you are so wise, and have thought some­ thing out so well, suddenly grown-ups can come and just take over. But imagine if you grew taller than the treetops! If nobody could say “no” and “not now” anymore. How would things be then?

In Maria Nilsson Thore’s illustrated gem When I am Big, a child grows and gets to try out how grown-up life can be. It is powerful, exciting, and fun, it turns out, although there are some good things about being small too…

When I am Big is a story about growing, about making deci­sions and try things for yourself – and about sometimes shrinking and becoming small again. It is all told through Maria Nilsson Thore’s unmistakably playful and flowing watercolour illustrations and her spot-on language. Delicate, cleverly quirky and with Maria Nilsson Thore’s ever-present children’s perspective.

Original title När jag blir stor • Author & illustrator Maria Nilsson Thore • Format 215 x 280 mm, 40 pages, colour • Rights sold Danish, Finnish, German

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Original title Rädda Osis • Author & illustrator Maria Löfgren • Format 195 x 260 mm, 32 pages, colour • Rights Sold Danish • Options English

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Picture Books

Picture Books

My Baby Brother Sigge SIGGE:

The Shetland pony Sam lives with his mom on the heath. She is always by his side and the flock of horses is their family. But one night, everything changes. There is a storm, the thunder rolls in ­ and the sky lit up as lightning strikes. Everyone is frightened.

When the calm finally settles, mom is missing! Sam has never felt so alone. Panicking, he leaves the flock to look for his mom. When he finds her, there is a newborn foal lying next to her. The foal is cold and weak. Sam realises he must find help, but how? And will his little brother make it?

The hit duo Lin Hallberg and Margareta Nordqvist tell an emotional and dramatic tale about the birth of the little Shetland pony Sigge and how Sam became a big brother. A warm and poetic illustrated book about getting a sibling, with beautiful, atmos­­phe­ric colour images. There are several books in the series ­ about Sigge and Sigge and Sam, but this is the first picture book about Sigge and his brother.

2024 marks the 20-year anniversary of the first Sigge chapter book. Since then, twenty books, both chapter books and books that are easier to read, have been published in the series and sold 2 million copies in Sweden alone. Sigge is one of Sweden’s most popular Shetland ponies.

Series name Sigge • Original title Min lillebror Sigge • Author Lin Hallberg • Illustrator Margareta Nordqvist • Format 295 x 224 mm, 32 pages, colour • Rights sold Danish • Options Finnish, Norwegian, Polish

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Opposites

Same and Alike, but Contrary What is the opposite? Same and alike, but contrary!

Tall – short, fast – slow, dry – wet. In Mia Nilsson’s world, the pairs of opposites hold so much more than the reader might initially think: Birds on the run, Olle who picks blueberries and an ice cream queue that is seemingly endless. Short, witty texts that have drawn inspiration from haiku poetry, and illustrations that almost seem to explode from the pages depict small moments where the opposites take the story in unexpected directions.

Mia Nilsson is an illustrator, animator, and writer, born in Skåne but living in Stockholm. Mia studied at Central Saint ­Martin’s College of Art and Design in London and has since gradu­ating worked for a variety of clients, mainly in the UK and Sweden, but also in the US, India, and Norway.

Original title Tvärtom – samma lika, fast raka motsatsen • Author & illustrator Mia Nilsson • Format 215 x 280 mm, 40 pages, colour • Options Chinese (simpl.), Dutch, Italian

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Picture Books

Picture Books

My Baby Brother Sigge SIGGE:

The Shetland pony Sam lives with his mom on the heath. She is always by his side and the flock of horses is their family. But one night, everything changes. There is a storm, the thunder rolls in ­ and the sky lit up as lightning strikes. Everyone is frightened.

When the calm finally settles, mom is missing! Sam has never felt so alone. Panicking, he leaves the flock to look for his mom. When he finds her, there is a newborn foal lying next to her. The foal is cold and weak. Sam realises he must find help, but how? And will his little brother make it?

The hit duo Lin Hallberg and Margareta Nordqvist tell an emotional and dramatic tale about the birth of the little Shetland pony Sigge and how Sam became a big brother. A warm and poetic illustrated book about getting a sibling, with beautiful, atmos­­phe­ric colour images. There are several books in the series ­ about Sigge and Sigge and Sam, but this is the first picture book about Sigge and his brother.

2024 marks the 20-year anniversary of the first Sigge chapter book. Since then, twenty books, both chapter books and books that are easier to read, have been published in the series and sold 2 million copies in Sweden alone. Sigge is one of Sweden’s most popular Shetland ponies.

Series name Sigge • Original title Min lillebror Sigge • Author Lin Hallberg • Illustrator Margareta Nordqvist • Format 295 x 224 mm, 32 pages, colour • Rights sold Danish • Options Finnish, Norwegian, Polish

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Opposites

Same and Alike, but Contrary What is the opposite? Same and alike, but contrary!

Tall – short, fast – slow, dry – wet. In Mia Nilsson’s world, the pairs of opposites hold so much more than the reader might initially think: Birds on the run, Olle who picks blueberries and an ice cream queue that is seemingly endless. Short, witty texts that have drawn inspiration from haiku poetry, and illustrations that almost seem to explode from the pages depict small moments where the opposites take the story in unexpected directions.

Mia Nilsson is an illustrator, animator, and writer, born in Skåne but living in Stockholm. Mia studied at Central Saint ­Martin’s College of Art and Design in London and has since gradu­ating worked for a variety of clients, mainly in the UK and Sweden, but also in the US, India, and Norway.

Original title Tvärtom – samma lika, fast raka motsatsen • Author & illustrator Mia Nilsson • Format 215 x 280 mm, 40 pages, colour • Options Chinese (simpl.), Dutch, Italian

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Easy to Read & 6–9 Years

Picture Books

The Dark Tales of L ­ illebror Rabbit Step into the dark world of Lillebror Rabbit and his family, w ­ ritten and illustrated by Jonna Björnstjerna.

These are scary tales for 3–6 year olds… but they are also wonderful! The Dark Tales of Lillebror Rabbit are set in a fairy ­tale-esque world where things are not just exciting and captiva­ ting, but also deal with things that may feel scary and how to overcome fear. Come along for adventures with t­­ hree-headed trolls, aliens, and grumpy, unlucky, old men.

Jonna Björnstjerna invites readers to these cosy thrillers for the youngest readers. Her illustrations invoke thoughts of both Edward Gorey and John Bauer and she herself cites Julie Doucet and Tim Burton as great inspirations. In her version of stories for children, with elements of both the scary and romanticism, the results are fantastic, fun, and personal stories where we all can recognise ourselves! She has even been called the Stephen King for the youngest readers (Petter Lindgren, Aftonbladet).

The somewhat surrealistic stories are about courage and daring to do things that might be a bit scary, but they always end happily. The stories also have heaps of humour, excitement, and ­detailed rich illustrations with lots to look at and discuss. Twice awarded with the best picture book by Bokjuryn (where the children themselves vote for their favourites).

Besides the main series, Björnstjerna has also written an introduction to the Enchanted forest with the T ­ he Flora & Fauna of Wonderwoods. There, Lillebror Rabbit guides the reader through pretty glades, all while encountering fascinating monsters, mean little elves and terrifying creatures and plants!

Series name The Dark Tales of Lillebror Rabbit • Original title Sagan om Familjen Kanin och Döingarnas dag • Author & illustrator Jonna Björnstjerna • Format 195 x 260mm, 32 pages, colour • Rights sold series Catalan, Chinese, Danish, Finnish, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Spanish

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Day of the Dead THE DARK TALES OF LILLEBROR RABBIT:

It is finally time for All Hallows Eve, or The Day of the Dead, as it is called in the Fairy Tale Forest. It is the day when regular rabbits, gnomes and trolls can visit their graves in The Valley of the Dead without being chased by vampires or a hungry zombie. The mayor has ordered extra meat, blood, and delicious brains so the inhabitants of the valley will not be struck by hunger and go after some poor creature. But because of a gang of “cool” types, and, to some extent, the contents of Little Brother Rabbit’s candy bag, things don’t go quite according to plan!

This is the eleventh book about The Dark Tales of Lillebror Rabbit in Wonderwoods! A wonderful and fairytale-esque place that is lovely but also a little bit scary…

Easy to Read & 6–9 Years

Picture Books

The Dark Tales of L ­ illebror Rabbit Step into the dark world of Lillebror Rabbit and his family, w ­ ritten and illustrated by Jonna Björnstjerna.

These are scary tales for 3–6 year olds… but they are also wonderful! The Dark Tales of Lillebror Rabbit are set in a fairy ­tale-esque world where things are not just exciting and captiva­ ting, but also deal with things that may feel scary and how to overcome fear. Come along for adventures with t­­ hree-headed trolls, aliens, and grumpy, unlucky, old men.

Jonna Björnstjerna invites readers to these cosy thrillers for the youngest readers. Her illustrations invoke thoughts of both Edward Gorey and John Bauer and she herself cites Julie Doucet and Tim Burton as great inspirations. In her version of stories for children, with elements of both the scary and romanticism, the results are fantastic, fun, and personal stories where we all can recognise ourselves! She has even been called the Stephen King for the youngest readers (Petter Lindgren, Aftonbladet).

The somewhat surrealistic stories are about courage and daring to do things that might be a bit scary, but they always end happily. The stories also have heaps of humour, excitement, and ­detailed rich illustrations with lots to look at and discuss. Twice awarded with the best picture book by Bokjuryn (where the children themselves vote for their favourites).

Besides the main series, Björnstjerna has also written an introduction to the Enchanted forest with the T ­ he Flora & Fauna of Wonderwoods. There, Lillebror Rabbit guides the reader through pretty glades, all while encountering fascinating monsters, mean little elves and terrifying creatures and plants!

Series name The Dark Tales of Lillebror Rabbit • Original title Sagan om Familjen Kanin och Döingarnas dag • Author & illustrator Jonna Björnstjerna • Format 195 x 260mm, 32 pages, colour • Rights sold series Catalan, Chinese, Danish, Finnish, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Spanish

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Day of the Dead THE DARK TALES OF LILLEBROR RABBIT:

It is finally time for All Hallows Eve, or The Day of the Dead, as it is called in the Fairy Tale Forest. It is the day when regular rabbits, gnomes and trolls can visit their graves in The Valley of the Dead without being chased by vampires or a hungry zombie. The mayor has ordered extra meat, blood, and delicious brains so the inhabitants of the valley will not be struck by hunger and go after some poor creature. But because of a gang of “cool” types, and, to some extent, the contents of Little Brother Rabbit’s candy bag, things don’t go quite according to plan!

This is the eleventh book about The Dark Tales of Lillebror Rabbit in Wonderwoods! A wonderful and fairytale-esque place that is lovely but also a little bit scary…

6–9 Years

6–9 Years

Spring ­Adventures

Lantern i­ n the Dark

SIGGE AND THE STABLE FRIENDS:

MISTY ALLEY:

Spring is the best time of the year, and after school time in the stables is the most fun of the week! Saga and her friends are full of anticipation as they run to the paddocks. But Sigge and the other Shetland ponies don’t listen when the stable friends call for them.

They are mesmerised by the tasty green grass. And where have the mares gone? They are due to have their foals any day now ...

Spring Adventures is the third book in Lin Hallberg’s cosy, easy-to-read series about Sigge the Shetland pony and the stable friends. Margareta Nordqvist’s beloved colour illustrations are, as always, adorable and intrinsic to the series’ massive success.

This new series, together with the Sigge series, has sold over ­ 2 million copies in Sweden alone.

Series name Sigge and the Stable Friends • Original title Sigge och stallkom­ pisarna. Våryra i stallet • Author Lin Hallberg • Illustrator Margareta Nord­ qvist • Format 148 x 210 mm, 80 pages, colour • Rights sold series Danish

Dante and Paloma are sitting in Borg’s bakery in Misty Alley, which has the most delicious buns and cakes. It turns out that Selma, the baker, has a secret recipe book. No wonder everything is so tasty! Suddenly, the fog outside thickens, but just as Dante is about to help light the old lantern by the door, Selma shouts from the kitchen. The recipes in the secret recipe book are disappearing! How is that possible? At that moment, the church bells start ringing and Dante and Paloma are pulled into the recipe book.

Everything spins faster and faster. When they land, it is cold and dark around them. They are holding the lantern and a freshly baked bun in their hands...

Lantern in the Dark is the second stand-alone book in Katarina Genar’s Misty Alley series about friends Dante and Paloma who travel through time. The books are easy to read, exciting chapter books about time travel and magical things with atmospheric and intriguing illustrations by Signe Gabriel.

Winter Adventures SIGGE AND THE STABLE FRIENDS:

The friends at the stable have received the best Christmas gift ever – a whole day at the stables with their favourite ponies! Saga can hardly believe that she will get to be with Sigge from morning until evening! First, they have to clean up in the stables, and then they will get the reward: riding in the snow! But when the friends go out to get the ponies from the enclosed field, they aren’t there anymore! What if they have gone out into the road, or even worse, on the ice! The forest is huge, and the snow is thick on the ground, but the stable friends do not give up. They need to find the ponies!

It is a day filled with surprises, wet boots, cold toes, and in the end an unforgettable, amazing ride in the snow!

Winter adventures is the second stand-alone book in Lin Hallberg’s easy-to-read series about Sigge the Shetland pony and the stable friends.

Series name Sigge and the Stable Friends • Original title Sigge och stall­ kompisarna. Vintermys i stallet • Author Lin Hallberg • Illustrator Margareta Nordqvist • Format 148 x 210 mm, 80 pages, colour • Rights sold series Danish

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Series name Misty Alley • Original title Lyktan i mörkret • Author Katarina Genar • Illustrator Signe Gabriel • Format 120x175mm, 80 pages, colour • Rights sold series Danish

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6–9 Years

6–9 Years

Spring ­Adventures

Lantern i­ n the Dark

SIGGE AND THE STABLE FRIENDS:

MISTY ALLEY:

Spring is the best time of the year, and after school time in the stables is the most fun of the week! Saga and her friends are full of anticipation as they run to the paddocks. But Sigge and the other Shetland ponies don’t listen when the stable friends call for them.

They are mesmerised by the tasty green grass. And where have the mares gone? They are due to have their foals any day now ...

Spring Adventures is the third book in Lin Hallberg’s cosy, easy-to-read series about Sigge the Shetland pony and the stable friends. Margareta Nordqvist’s beloved colour illustrations are, as always, adorable and intrinsic to the series’ massive success.

This new series, together with the Sigge series, has sold over ­ 2 million copies in Sweden alone.

Series name Sigge and the Stable Friends • Original title Sigge och stallkom­ pisarna. Våryra i stallet • Author Lin Hallberg • Illustrator Margareta Nord­ qvist • Format 148 x 210 mm, 80 pages, colour • Rights sold series Danish

Dante and Paloma are sitting in Borg’s bakery in Misty Alley, which has the most delicious buns and cakes. It turns out that Selma, the baker, has a secret recipe book. No wonder everything is so tasty! Suddenly, the fog outside thickens, but just as Dante is about to help light the old lantern by the door, Selma shouts from the kitchen. The recipes in the secret recipe book are disappearing! How is that possible? At that moment, the church bells start ringing and Dante and Paloma are pulled into the recipe book.

Everything spins faster and faster. When they land, it is cold and dark around them. They are holding the lantern and a freshly baked bun in their hands...

Lantern in the Dark is the second stand-alone book in Katarina Genar’s Misty Alley series about friends Dante and Paloma who travel through time. The books are easy to read, exciting chapter books about time travel and magical things with atmospheric and intriguing illustrations by Signe Gabriel.

Winter Adventures SIGGE AND THE STABLE FRIENDS:

The friends at the stable have received the best Christmas gift ever – a whole day at the stables with their favourite ponies! Saga can hardly believe that she will get to be with Sigge from morning until evening! First, they have to clean up in the stables, and then they will get the reward: riding in the snow! But when the friends go out to get the ponies from the enclosed field, they aren’t there anymore! What if they have gone out into the road, or even worse, on the ice! The forest is huge, and the snow is thick on the ground, but the stable friends do not give up. They need to find the ponies!

It is a day filled with surprises, wet boots, cold toes, and in the end an unforgettable, amazing ride in the snow!

Winter adventures is the second stand-alone book in Lin Hallberg’s easy-to-read series about Sigge the Shetland pony and the stable friends.

Series name Sigge and the Stable Friends • Original title Sigge och stall­ kompisarna. Vintermys i stallet • Author Lin Hallberg • Illustrator Margareta Nordqvist • Format 148 x 210 mm, 80 pages, colour • Rights sold series Danish

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Series name Misty Alley • Original title Lyktan i mörkret • Author Katarina Genar • Illustrator Signe Gabriel • Format 120x175mm, 80 pages, colour • Rights sold series Danish

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6–9 Years

Summer Holiday!

Peek-a-boo

VILDE AND THE HOBBY HORSES:

ANIMAL FRIENDS:

Finally, it’s the summer holidays! Vilde, little sister Valentina, mum and Magnus have rented an old house in the countryside for the summer – and Siri is coming along. All spring, Vilde has been looking forward to riding across the fields with Winner and building obstacle courses in the big garden. The house is by the water, and it even has its own little dock, where she and Siri will sunbathe and swim all day. Such fun!

But the summer doesn’t turn out to be the dream holiday Vilde had in mind. The rain is pouring and the old wooden house turns out to be a shack. Even though a girl their age lives on the neighbouring horse farm, and Vilde and Siri can spend as much time there as they like, Vilde soon starts to worry. It is hard to play when two girls want completely different things and the third doesn’t want to choose sides. It’s all made worse on the boat over to the island: Winner disappears!

Easy to Read

Bugs and pets for beginner readers. Margareta Nordqvist’s series Animal Friends is cute and easy reading in large print.

There are lots of exciting things in the garden! Lillis and the puppy Ville take a closer look at ladybirds, hedgehogs and other small animals hiding in the grass and behind branches.

Peek-a-boo is the nineteenth stand-alone book in the easyto-read series Animal Friends by Margareta Nordqvist, who also i­ llustrates the popular Sigge books. In the series, we follow a group of children who live in the country and take care of ­animals.

Series name Animal Friends • Original title Tittut • Author & llustrator ­Margareta Nordqvist • Format 148x210 mm, 64 pages, colour • Rights sold series Danish, Finnish

Rose Lagercrantz Rebecka Lagercrantz

ompisar e r k T o ch en bästis

Evelina is just about to turn eight, and there’s only one thing on her wish-list: A best friend. She has friends, but they are not always nice. Now, she wants a best friend, someone who picks her first when they play rounders – even though she’s never caught the first ball.

When Olga joins her class, Evelina decides that they will be­ come best friends. And they do! They bake cupcakes and take the neighbour’s dog on walks and have heaps of fun, until one day when Olga would rather play rounders with the others instead of baking. Does that mean that they are no longer best friends?

This is a story about the art of getting a best friend and at the same time being one yourself. How do you find and trust a real friendship?

Three Friends and a Bestie is a standalone prequel to Eight, Almost Nine and is accompanied by bold, colourful illustrations

by Rebecka Lagercrantz.

Tre kompisar och en bästis

Series name Vilde and the Hobby Horses • Original title Äntligen sommarlov!

• Author Jenny Bicho • Illustrator Andrea Femerstrand • Format 148 x 210 mm, 160 pages, colour • Rights sold series Czech, Danish, German, Polish

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Three Friends and a Bestie

Rose Lagercrantz • Rebecka Lagercrantz

Original title Tre kompisar och en bästis • Author Rose Lagercrantz • Illustrator Rebecka Lagercrantz • Format 148 x 210 mm, 80 pages, colour • Options German

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6–9 Years

Summer Holiday!

Peek-a-boo

VILDE AND THE HOBBY HORSES:

ANIMAL FRIENDS:

Finally, it’s the summer holidays! Vilde, little sister Valentina, mum and Magnus have rented an old house in the countryside for the summer – and Siri is coming along. All spring, Vilde has been looking forward to riding across the fields with Winner and building obstacle courses in the big garden. The house is by the water, and it even has its own little dock, where she and Siri will sunbathe and swim all day. Such fun!

But the summer doesn’t turn out to be the dream holiday Vilde had in mind. The rain is pouring and the old wooden house turns out to be a shack. Even though a girl their age lives on the neighbouring horse farm, and Vilde and Siri can spend as much time there as they like, Vilde soon starts to worry. It is hard to play when two girls want completely different things and the third doesn’t want to choose sides. It’s all made worse on the boat over to the island: Winner disappears!

Easy to Read

Bugs and pets for beginner readers. Margareta Nordqvist’s series Animal Friends is cute and easy reading in large print.

There are lots of exciting things in the garden! Lillis and the puppy Ville take a closer look at ladybirds, hedgehogs and other small animals hiding in the grass and behind branches.

Peek-a-boo is the nineteenth stand-alone book in the easyto-read series Animal Friends by Margareta Nordqvist, who also i­ llustrates the popular Sigge books. In the series, we follow a group of children who live in the country and take care of ­animals.

Series name Animal Friends • Original title Tittut • Author & llustrator ­Margareta Nordqvist • Format 148x210 mm, 64 pages, colour • Rights sold series Danish, Finnish

Rose Lagercrantz Rebecka Lagercrantz

ompisar e r k T o ch en bästis

Evelina is just about to turn eight, and there’s only one thing on her wish-list: A best friend. She has friends, but they are not always nice. Now, she wants a best friend, someone who picks her first when they play rounders – even though she’s never caught the first ball.

When Olga joins her class, Evelina decides that they will be­ come best friends. And they do! They bake cupcakes and take the neighbour’s dog on walks and have heaps of fun, until one day when Olga would rather play rounders with the others instead of baking. Does that mean that they are no longer best friends?

This is a story about the art of getting a best friend and at the same time being one yourself. How do you find and trust a real friendship?

Three Friends and a Bestie is a standalone prequel to Eight, Almost Nine and is accompanied by bold, colourful illustrations

by Rebecka Lagercrantz.

Tre kompisar och en bästis

Series name Vilde and the Hobby Horses • Original title Äntligen sommarlov!

• Author Jenny Bicho • Illustrator Andrea Femerstrand • Format 148 x 210 mm, 160 pages, colour • Rights sold series Czech, Danish, German, Polish

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Three Friends and a Bestie

Rose Lagercrantz • Rebecka Lagercrantz

Original title Tre kompisar och en bästis • Author Rose Lagercrantz • Illustrator Rebecka Lagercrantz • Format 148 x 210 mm, 80 pages, colour • Options German

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9–12 Years & Non-Fiction

6–9 Years

Saga Stories The million-copy bestselling children’s book series: Welcome to Saga’s wonderful world!

Meet Saga Louisa Larsson, a steady, wise and stubborn girl who lives on Sunflower Lane. She lives there with her mom, who struggles with allergies, and a dad who is stressed a lot. In fun, quirky and moving stories, we get to know Saga and her best friend Samir, and their everyday life. Together they explore life just as it is: going to the hairdresser, dressing up for Halloween, or the day she draws everything she knows beginning with the letter ‘E’. Other days Saga just lay flat on her stomach watching the world on a glowing globe.

In situations both big and small, children can recognize themselves in Saga’s world, and get to understand their emotions just a little bit better. Josefine Sundström’s quirky, yet wise, stories are illustrated by Emma Göthner’s colourful pictures, that perfectly accompany the text, and makes it easier for the beginner reader to follow along.

Sagasagor has been adapted to tv series, been an incredibly ­popular radio adaptation, and sold over a million copies across the series in Sweden alone. This make Saga Stories one of Sweden’s most famous and popular children’s book series.

Read together.

The Competition SAGA STORIES:

­ aga’s older cousins are visiting. The families are having a S ­barbe­cue, but first Saga, Albin and Alba are having a biking competition. The older cousins keep winning and finally Saga challenges them to roll down the steepest hill on Sunflower Road. When it is Albin’s turn, he catches too much speed and loses ­control over his bike. He rolls straight towards the big road where all the cars are driving...

In the Read Together-series about Saga, the stories are extra thrilling. The adult reads the main part of the text, but on every spread, there are short phrases that are easy to read, written in big letters, that the child can help read aloud.

The Read Together-series fills the gap between read aloud books and books for children to read by themselves. The book also contains an alphabet and two spreads with facts about crosswalks and reflectors.

Series name Saga Stories • Original title Sagasagor. Läsa Tillsammans. ­Tävlingen • Author Josefine Sundström • Illustrator Emma Göthner • Format 148 x 210 mm, 48 pages, colour • Rights sold series Finnish, Danish

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9–12 Years & Non-Fiction

6–9 Years

Saga Stories The million-copy bestselling children’s book series: Welcome to Saga’s wonderful world!

Meet Saga Louisa Larsson, a steady, wise and stubborn girl who lives on Sunflower Lane. She lives there with her mom, who struggles with allergies, and a dad who is stressed a lot. In fun, quirky and moving stories, we get to know Saga and her best friend Samir, and their everyday life. Together they explore life just as it is: going to the hairdresser, dressing up for Halloween, or the day she draws everything she knows beginning with the letter ‘E’. Other days Saga just lay flat on her stomach watching the world on a glowing globe.

In situations both big and small, children can recognize themselves in Saga’s world, and get to understand their emotions just a little bit better. Josefine Sundström’s quirky, yet wise, stories are illustrated by Emma Göthner’s colourful pictures, that perfectly accompany the text, and makes it easier for the beginner reader to follow along.

Sagasagor has been adapted to tv series, been an incredibly ­popular radio adaptation, and sold over a million copies across the series in Sweden alone. This make Saga Stories one of Sweden’s most famous and popular children’s book series.

Read together.

The Competition SAGA STORIES:

­ aga’s older cousins are visiting. The families are having a S ­barbe­cue, but first Saga, Albin and Alba are having a biking competition. The older cousins keep winning and finally Saga challenges them to roll down the steepest hill on Sunflower Road. When it is Albin’s turn, he catches too much speed and loses ­control over his bike. He rolls straight towards the big road where all the cars are driving...

In the Read Together-series about Saga, the stories are extra thrilling. The adult reads the main part of the text, but on every spread, there are short phrases that are easy to read, written in big letters, that the child can help read aloud.

The Read Together-series fills the gap between read aloud books and books for children to read by themselves. The book also contains an alphabet and two spreads with facts about crosswalks and reflectors.

Series name Saga Stories • Original title Sagasagor. Läsa Tillsammans. ­Tävlingen • Author Josefine Sundström • Illustrator Emma Göthner • Format 148 x 210 mm, 48 pages, colour • Rights sold series Finnish, Danish

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Fiction 9–12 Years

Non-Fiction

Thinking About: The Roman Empire

Demon Blood SILVER & STEEL:

Lilly’s witchcraft is too strong, it can’t be controlled. At the same time, the demons show themselves in Stockholm again, and a mysterious man appears, claiming to be Lilly’s father. Things get even worse when best friend Lana finds out Lilly’s biggest s­ ecret.

Lilly starts to lose the grip on who she really is. And far below ­ the ground, a violent battle is brewing that everyone will not survive ...

In Demon Blood, the third book in the Silver & Steel series, we ­follow Lilly and Vincent once again. They are on a dangerous adventure in Stockholm, where witchcraft and magic lurk around every corner. The Silver & Steel series brings up questions of identity, courage, and what happens when we face our darkest sides.

Johanna Strömqvist is an editor at a children’s publisher and an author who has, among others, written the series In the Monster Kingdom. She lives in Stockholm with her family and likes reading thick books and listening to rock music and often gets inspiration from the TV-series Buffy the ­Vampire Slayer.

Johanna Strömqvist

© Stefan Tell

Series name Silver & Steel • Original title Silver och stål. Demonblod • Author Johanna Strömqvist • Format 148 x 210 mm, 208 pages • Rights sold Danish

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Who doesn’t think about the Roman Empire? At its height, it stretched from England to the Black Sea and was home to ­ 50 million people. It was a grand but violent time.

In Thinking About: The Roman Empire, you can find out more about the most exciting parts about that time! Read about gladia­ tors, mythology, wars and enemies, women in ancient Rome and slaves. The slave Spartacus, for example, who escaped from a gladiator school and got so many people to join him that he could rebel against those in power. The struggle for power was danger­ ous and deadly, even if you were on top.

Read about Agrippina, who didn’t hesitate to poison and murder to make her son emperor – only to have him threaten her life. You also get to follow the exciting fates of Julius Caesar and Cleopatra, and you can help decide which emperor was really the worst. This is a book to devour!

“ The manhole cover moves.

A hand, far too big to belong to a human, squeezes through.

Long, scaly fingers with greyish skin and uneven claws lift the cover a little more. I feel a chill in my stomach. Some­thing is wrong here. Very wrong.”

Andreas Palmaer is an author ­ who has written over 20 children’s books. He has published horror books, books on football and nonfiction books about everything from history and mythology to riddles, werewolves and zombies.

In 2014, Andreas won the Book Jury’s literary prize for his children’s book The Hamster is Gone! ­ He also adapts books for easy reading and has written drama for Malmö Stadsteater and Unga Radioteatern, among others.

Andreas Palmaer

© Stefan Tell

Original title Tänker på: Romarriket • Author Andreas Palmaer & Henrik Jonsson • Format 148 x 210 mm, 120 pages, b/w • Option Danish

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Fiction 9–12 Years

Non-Fiction

Thinking About: The Roman Empire

Demon Blood SILVER & STEEL:

Lilly’s witchcraft is too strong, it can’t be controlled. At the same time, the demons show themselves in Stockholm again, and a mysterious man appears, claiming to be Lilly’s father. Things get even worse when best friend Lana finds out Lilly’s biggest s­ ecret.

Lilly starts to lose the grip on who she really is. And far below ­ the ground, a violent battle is brewing that everyone will not survive ...

In Demon Blood, the third book in the Silver & Steel series, we ­follow Lilly and Vincent once again. They are on a dangerous adventure in Stockholm, where witchcraft and magic lurk around every corner. The Silver & Steel series brings up questions of identity, courage, and what happens when we face our darkest sides.

Johanna Strömqvist is an editor at a children’s publisher and an author who has, among others, written the series In the Monster Kingdom. She lives in Stockholm with her family and likes reading thick books and listening to rock music and often gets inspiration from the TV-series Buffy the ­Vampire Slayer.

Johanna Strömqvist

© Stefan Tell

Series name Silver & Steel • Original title Silver och stål. Demonblod • Author Johanna Strömqvist • Format 148 x 210 mm, 208 pages • Rights sold Danish

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Who doesn’t think about the Roman Empire? At its height, it stretched from England to the Black Sea and was home to ­ 50 million people. It was a grand but violent time.

In Thinking About: The Roman Empire, you can find out more about the most exciting parts about that time! Read about gladia­ tors, mythology, wars and enemies, women in ancient Rome and slaves. The slave Spartacus, for example, who escaped from a gladiator school and got so many people to join him that he could rebel against those in power. The struggle for power was danger­ ous and deadly, even if you were on top.

Read about Agrippina, who didn’t hesitate to poison and murder to make her son emperor – only to have him threaten her life. You also get to follow the exciting fates of Julius Caesar and Cleopatra, and you can help decide which emperor was really the worst. This is a book to devour!

“ The manhole cover moves.

A hand, far too big to belong to a human, squeezes through.

Long, scaly fingers with greyish skin and uneven claws lift the cover a little more. I feel a chill in my stomach. Some­thing is wrong here. Very wrong.”

Andreas Palmaer is an author ­ who has written over 20 children’s books. He has published horror books, books on football and nonfiction books about everything from history and mythology to riddles, werewolves and zombies.

In 2014, Andreas won the Book Jury’s literary prize for his children’s book The Hamster is Gone! ­ He also adapts books for easy reading and has written drama for Malmö Stadsteater and Unga Radioteatern, among others.

Andreas Palmaer

© Stefan Tell

Original title Tänker på: Romarriket • Author Andreas Palmaer & Henrik Jonsson • Format 148 x 210 mm, 120 pages, b/w • Option Danish

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Non-Fiction

Non-Fiction

Vikings The Vikings’ rampaged all over the world, but who were they, really? In this book you get to know everything about the lives of Vikings. Peter Bergting, one of Sweden’s most famous f­ antasy ­illustrators, has a new addition to his stand-alone series of impres­sive, illustrated books with thrilling facts and fantastic images.

Follow along on a ride through history and read about runes, Norse mythology, weapons, warriors, travel, and looted treasure.

What did everyday life look like in a Viking village? And what did the Vikings believe in? Shield maidens and women warriors, were they real? Read about the most famous rulers, Viking craftsman­ship, their influence across the world and how the legacy of the Vikings lives on today. With stunning illustrations and fascinating facts, it has everything you have ever wanted to know about Vikings!

Original title Vikingar – den stora boken • Author & illustrator Peter Bergting • Format 195 x 260 mm, 128 pages, colour • Rights sold ­Danish, English, German

The World’s Most Disgusting Book Rat kebab, worms in the belly, and people drowning in poop. ­ Calf brain stew, bloody boils, and smelly beaver buts! Every page in this book is covered with disgusting facts about the absolute grossest things you can imagine. From strange food to rotting bodies covered in maggots – this really is the most disgusting book in the world!

Here you find baffling facts about everything that is gross: ­vomit and poop, scary animals, smelly corpses, and dirt through­ out history.

With interesting and engaging (and disgusting!) texts by Sofia Bergström and funny and gross illustrations by Ellen Greider, The Most Disgusting Book in the World is a book to be horrified and delighted by. It is perfect for all the curious – and really ­brave – children!

Dragons

© Caroline Andersson Renaud

Dragons have fascinated people through all ages. In this book you can find the most well-known dragons from books, films, and pop culture. In this new, extended version you will find an updated deep dive into the history of dragons, with sections on some of the most iconic mythological beasts, such as Nidhögg and Leviathan.

Peter Bergting started his career as an illustrator for role playing games and has since illustrated everything from book covers to graphic novels and children’s books. He has authored several books of his own – with titles such as Dragons, Terror and Monsters.

He has made covers for Ronja the Robber’s Daughter, as well as Lord of the Rings, and was nominated for the August Price in 2018 for the graphic novel We’ll Return Home Soon with Jessica Bob Bonde, and in 2020 for the graphic novel The Crows with Anders Fager.

Peter Bergting

Original title Drakar. Stora boken om bevingade bestar – från Smaug till Katla • Author & illustrator Peter Bergting • Format 205 x 270 mm, 144 pages, colour • Rights sold Danish • Option ­English (W), German

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Original title Världens äckligaste bok • Author Sofia Bergström • Illustrator Ellen Greider • Format 170 x 240 mm, 80 pages, colour • Rights sold Danish, Finnish

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Non-Fiction

Non-Fiction

Vikings The Vikings’ rampaged all over the world, but who were they, really? In this book you get to know everything about the lives of Vikings. Peter Bergting, one of Sweden’s most famous f­ antasy ­illustrators, has a new addition to his stand-alone series of impres­sive, illustrated books with thrilling facts and fantastic images.

Follow along on a ride through history and read about runes, Norse mythology, weapons, warriors, travel, and looted treasure.

What did everyday life look like in a Viking village? And what did the Vikings believe in? Shield maidens and women warriors, were they real? Read about the most famous rulers, Viking craftsman­ship, their influence across the world and how the legacy of the Vikings lives on today. With stunning illustrations and fascinating facts, it has everything you have ever wanted to know about Vikings!

Original title Vikingar – den stora boken • Author & illustrator Peter Bergting • Format 195 x 260 mm, 128 pages, colour • Rights sold ­Danish, English, German

The World’s Most Disgusting Book Rat kebab, worms in the belly, and people drowning in poop. ­ Calf brain stew, bloody boils, and smelly beaver buts! Every page in this book is covered with disgusting facts about the absolute grossest things you can imagine. From strange food to rotting bodies covered in maggots – this really is the most disgusting book in the world!

Here you find baffling facts about everything that is gross: ­vomit and poop, scary animals, smelly corpses, and dirt through­ out history.

With interesting and engaging (and disgusting!) texts by Sofia Bergström and funny and gross illustrations by Ellen Greider, The Most Disgusting Book in the World is a book to be horrified and delighted by. It is perfect for all the curious – and really ­brave – children!

Dragons

© Caroline Andersson Renaud

Dragons have fascinated people through all ages. In this book you can find the most well-known dragons from books, films, and pop culture. In this new, extended version you will find an updated deep dive into the history of dragons, with sections on some of the most iconic mythological beasts, such as Nidhögg and Leviathan.

Peter Bergting started his career as an illustrator for role playing games and has since illustrated everything from book covers to graphic novels and children’s books. He has authored several books of his own – with titles such as Dragons, Terror and Monsters.

He has made covers for Ronja the Robber’s Daughter, as well as Lord of the Rings, and was nominated for the August Price in 2018 for the graphic novel We’ll Return Home Soon with Jessica Bob Bonde, and in 2020 for the graphic novel The Crows with Anders Fager.

Peter Bergting

Original title Drakar. Stora boken om bevingade bestar – från Smaug till Katla • Author & illustrator Peter Bergting • Format 205 x 270 mm, 144 pages, colour • Rights sold Danish • Option ­English (W), German

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Original title Världens äckligaste bok • Author Sofia Bergström • Illustrator Ellen Greider • Format 170 x 240 mm, 80 pages, colour • Rights sold Danish, Finnish

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Non-Fiction

Explorers and Conquistadores

Other Available Titles

MAKING HISTORY:

Pre-school • Splash, Bobo • Language Play and Word Fun with Dam-Dam • Good Night Julia

Let history come to life! The Making History-series takes the reader on an exciting journey through time and makes stops in different epochs in European history. In this second book we get to meet the first Europeans who went out into an unknown sea on the hunt for riches and glory – often with dire consequences for themselves and the people they encountered. Who were the people who risked everything to travel across the globe? Which peoples and cultures did they encounter – that they in many cases left in ashes? Here you can read about how this period in time changed the world forever. Come along to the time of the explorers!

Frida Malmgren – cartoonist, author, and psychologist – makes thought-provoking and knowledgeable portrayals of seven of the most well-known explorers, in a boldly illustrated guide that is packed with facts and fun comic pages!

Easy to read • Spaceship Shark. Rocket Ride • Molly at riding school • The Magical Pet Shop: Ella Dares • Read-at-your-own-risk: The Summer Friend • Easy-to-read-facts: Earth’s Super Animals • The Neighbourhood Detectives. The Balcony Theif

Other • Dragonbane: The Awakening • Dragonbane. The Betrayal

Series name Making History • Original title Alla tiders upptäckare och ­erövrare • Author & illustrator Frida Malmgren • Format 170 x 240 mm, 112 pages, colour • All rights available

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Non-Fiction

Explorers and Conquistadores

Other Available Titles

MAKING HISTORY:

Pre-school • Splash, Bobo • Language Play and Word Fun with Dam-Dam • Good Night Julia

Let history come to life! The Making History-series takes the reader on an exciting journey through time and makes stops in different epochs in European history. In this second book we get to meet the first Europeans who went out into an unknown sea on the hunt for riches and glory – often with dire consequences for themselves and the people they encountered. Who were the people who risked everything to travel across the globe? Which peoples and cultures did they encounter – that they in many cases left in ashes? Here you can read about how this period in time changed the world forever. Come along to the time of the explorers!

Frida Malmgren – cartoonist, author, and psychologist – makes thought-provoking and knowledgeable portrayals of seven of the most well-known explorers, in a boldly illustrated guide that is packed with facts and fun comic pages!

Easy to read • Spaceship Shark. Rocket Ride • Molly at riding school • The Magical Pet Shop: Ella Dares • Read-at-your-own-risk: The Summer Friend • Easy-to-read-facts: Earth’s Super Animals • The Neighbourhood Detectives. The Balcony Theif

Other • Dragonbane: The Awakening • Dragonbane. The Betrayal

Series name Making History • Original title Alla tiders upptäckare och ­erövrare • Author & illustrator Frida Malmgren • Format 170 x 240 mm, 112 pages, colour • All rights available

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