autumn 2013
RIGHTS GUIDE CHILDREN’S BOOKS GYLDENDAL GROUP AGENCY DENMARK
At the Frankfurt Book Fair we will be excibiting in Hall 5.0 B51
Dear colleagues,
I am delighted to introduce the Autumn 2013 children’s books titles from Gyldendal Group Agency representing the very best children’s books and YA titles from the publishers Gyldendal, Høst & Søn and Forum, Denmark. If you are interested in acquiring rights, in receiving reading copies, or are in need of more information on titles or authors, please feel free to contact me. I am looking forward to hearing from you and to hopefully meeting you at the fair!
Peter Nordahl and Rasmus Bregnhøi:
Ib Sees Something Blinking Ib Steps on the Pedal, Ib Says Good Night to a Pig
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Louise Langhoff Koch Foreign Rights Manager
Att. Louise Langhoff Koch · 3 Klareboderne · 1001 Copenhagen K · Denmark e-mail: louise_langhoff_koch@gyldendalgroupagency.dk · www.gyldendalgroupagency.dk
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Commercial with broad appeal. Books for small kids - whimsical and with humour We introduce: W an extensive and international launch of Ib W app with 3 games, inspired by the plot in the children’s books W short animated films about Ib W a homepage, Facebook campaigns Picture books, Gyldendal 32 pages Ages: 2-4
Picture Books Sold to norway
new edition
Mette Eike Neerlin and Rasmus Bregnhøi:
The Story about Ib Madsen Original Title: Historien om Ib Madsen Ib Madsen was a completely regular happy boy. At least that's what people thought. But the eyes do not always see what is right in front of them. A strong and important story of harassment, where the text tells one story, the pictures another... Picture Book, Høst & Søn 32 pages Ages: 5-9
Siri Melchior:
Rita and Crocodile: The Forest Rita and Crocodile: The Fishing Trip Original Titles: Rita og krokodille. Fisketuren + Skoven Rita is a little girl, who has a very hungry and pretty unruly friend, Crocodile, who lives in the bathtub. Picture books, Gyldendal 32 pages Ages 2-5 children's books rights guide
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The other day I ran amok And smashed up the place with a sledge It took twelve cups of tea, some cheese and a plunge To drag myself back from the edge Even Loofa’s house, I smashed to bits And Loofa’s my very best friend So now I must try With glue and some tape To make things all better again
new edition
Jacob Martin Strid:
My Grandma’s Dentures
+ 17 other rhymes for children (and everyone else) Original Title: Min mormors gebis
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Martin Glaz Serup and Lilian Brøgger:
Yana and Eliah Kim Fupz Aakeson and Cato Thau-Jensen:
Those blasted Weeds Original Title: Det satans ukrudt God looked like a movie star, an old movie star, but still. He rode into the neighbourhood in a red sports car and honked at Alvin, who was ogling away. "Hey boy," said God and winked. "I'm your new neighbour". Alvin was happy, because now it was beyond a doubt, that God would make his Mum happy again and get his Dad back from the dead. A spirited picture book about grief and about moving on. Picture Book, Gyldendal 32 pages Ages: 5-9
Original Title: Yana og Eliah There's Aleksandr from Belarus, who gets an axe for his birthday; There's Anna Joy from USA who is Bulgarian, but has never been to Bulgaria; There's Dina from Bosnia, who meets a bear; There's Eliah from Denmark who is on holiday in Spain; There's Hanku from Estonia, who almost gets killed; There's Irmgard Wagner from Germany, who wants to be an actress; There's Milorad from Serbia who rides a bike and flies a plane; Rosca from Romania doesn't like bats; There's Yana from Russia who loves to write letters and Yana and Eliah are pen pals and best friends, and they write a lot of letters to each other: everything they can write about. Picture Book, Gyldendal 48 pages Ages: 5-9 children's books rights guide
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In each book we meet a different girl and her horse
Sold to sweden
Kirsten Sonne Harild & Tilde Gaardboe Harild:
Vina keeps up a good pace Vina and the Winter Original Title: Vina vil bare tølte+ Vina og vinteren Photographic documentary and picture books for the youngest horse lovers about everyday life and joys with an Icelandic horse. Colour Photographs by the author Children’s books, Gyldendal 32 pages Ages: 5-9 6
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PS: Q-R Codes in each book with facts in movie format
new series
Ina Bruhn:
Ditte and Lady. The Horses at the Pony Farm Original Title: Ditte og Lady. Hestene på Ponyfarmen When Ditte's family moves to a new town, her Dad sees it as an occasion for Ditte to quit her dangerous riding and start playing handball instead. Ditte is not used to lying to her parents, but what are her options, when she can't live without horses, and especially not without Lady? Children’s Book, Høst & Søn 160 pages Ages: 9-12
”Fupz balances between sadness and hope in this story (…) ‘I am William’ is simply Fupz at his best.” XXXXX - Berlingske/www.b.dk
Anja Hitz:
Me and my Star Family: Traditions and Whining Original Title: Mig og min stjernefamilie. Traditioner og tudekiks When does a family face the ultimate test? If not before, then at the latest during the festive season, when everyone has a steadfast opinion of how things should unfold. Many things can go wrong when the herd is large, and traditions and expectations are pointing all over the place. And a lot DOES go wrong in Rose's new star family ... but most of it ends up all right. A vivacious and tempo-filled story about new family patterns Colour Illustrations by Kirsten Raagaard. Children’s Book, Høst & Søn 128 pages Ages: 6-10
Kim Fupz Aakeson:
I am William Original Title: Jeg er William William is not so lucky, because his Mum is quite crazy, and his Dad died last summer. So now he lives with his uncle, who is normal. Or perhaps he is not so normal, but William does what he can, and all the time he concentrates on just being William. And that actually makes him lucky. Colour Illustrations by Mikkel Sommer Children’s Book, Gyldendal 70 pages Ages: 10-14
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Louis Jensen:
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King cool and the Teddy´s missing eye
Camilla Wandall:
Original Title: Kong Knap og bamsens forsvunde øje Thirteen terrible trolls, drool splattered around their mouths, one more gruesome than the next, are hunting for the Great Troll Treasure. But there are many in for the bidding. It will be insanely exciting and dangerous - who gets to the treasure first? Award winning and internationally published, Louis Jensen is Denmark’s new Hans Christian Andersen, who writes fairy tales set in a real world with a poetic, literary and warm nerve that stays with the reader. Colour Illustrations by Line Wegger Children’s Book, Gyldendal 190 pages Ages: 10-14
Original Title: Havets Tåre Entertaining romance with mermaids! There came a time, when everything lost its meaning, and the world turned colourless. It all definitely began on July 19 when I drowned …
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The Tear of the Sea
Lejla is drawn to the sea. Even though it scares her. It is as if it is calling her. At the same time there is something mysterious about handsome Seth, who doesn't want for her to approach the water. THE TEAR OF THE SEA is a supernatural love story. About drowning without dying. About dying without the sea. Do you believe in mermaids? Children’s Book, Høst & Søn 146 pages Ages: 10-14
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Cecilie Eken:
new edition
The Black Sapphire Original Title: Den sorte safir Aramiel from the rich oasis town, and the wild girl Sif from the desert team up to find the mythical Black Sapphire - an enormous magical precious stone, which brings its owner eternal happiness and wealth. It turns out a perilous journey, where they not only must fight deadly opponents - but also each other and their mutual prejudices. Children’s Book, Høst & Søn 304 pages Ages: 9-13
Rebecca Bach-Lauritsen:
Summer Boys Original Title: Sommerdrenge Summer Boys is about thunder, beer and boys. About sun bathing. About not being the same as last summer and yet being more alive, more one self than ever before. Children’s Book, Høst & Søn 96 pages Ages: 10-14 children's books rights guide
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young adult fiction
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Line Kyed Knudsen:
Louise Urth Olsen:
2620 – Money From a Biker
Astrid's Diary. Hands Off
Original Title: 2620 – Penge fra en rocker New humorous and high-paced drama series. Viggo has no idea what he is getting involved in when he finds a black bag with money, buried in the Forest. Viggo and his buddy Mustafa agree that this is a case for the police, but the boys never get that far as, after all, there are enough things to spend money on. But unfortunately, they also have bikers on their tail ... Young Adult Fiction, Gyldendal 158 pages Ages: 11+
Original Title: Astrids dagbog. Fingrene væk! After seven years in New York, Astrid's Mom has returned home to the family - and to Astrid's Dad. But Astrid is busy sorting out why she and her girlfriend Mia don't hang out any longer - and busy keeping an eye out for Jonas, whom she has got a pretty serious crush on. And that whole Mum business, she just can’t deal with it. Young Adult Fiction, Gyldendal 196 pages Ages: 12+
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All of us carry in us a handful of books that we will never forget. Perhaps especially books that we read in our youth, when we were at our most open and vulnerable. Books that touched us so deeply, that we were never quite the same person again. YOU AND ME AT DAWN is such a book. You know it just a few pages in: It is an intense novel, impossible to put down. It goes straight to your heart, and remains there, long after you have turned the last page. YOU AND ME AT DAWN is a fatal love story, which has the potential to become the defining yA novel of its generation. It is a story of coincidences, misunderstandings, betrayal, and forgiveness, and about loving with such passion and meaning that it is worth dying for. kaya hoff, editor
Glenn Ringtved and Sanne Munk Jensen:
You and Me at Dawn Original Title: Dig og mig ved daggry When they pull us out of the water, we are still intertwined. I don't know how long we've been in the water, can't tell, your sense of time sorta gets blurred. A week. Maybe two. I don't know. The coroner can't pinpoint it either. He wants permission to remove the hand cuffs. He keeps saying that - it's damn difficult handling two corpses joint in that way, especially since we're so bloated." That is the opening of YOU AND ME AT DAWN – two corpses are pulled out of the water. We quickly learn that it's a couple that has committed suicide. Next follows the story about how Liam and Louise could get this far out. It's the story about a series of unfortunate choices; it's the story of how two lovers dig themselves deeper and deeper into the mud; it's the story of an all-pervasive love between two human beings. Young Adult Fiction, Gyldendal 312 pages Ages: 13+ children's books rights guide
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Mette Finderup:
The Green Island 2. The Blood Warning Original Title: Den grønne ø 2. Blodvarslet Second vol. in an intense and romantic series with a cleverly constructed and surprising plot that takes place in Northern Europe when it transitions from ASA to Christianity. It is a drama in the true sense of the word, filled with love, rebellion, self-insight, and painful losses in an alternative universe. Gyrith knew she was cursed even before she left her motherland to journey to her real parents in Ireland. But when she and her kinsmen finally arrive, an army of dead vikings await them and Gyrith must fight a violent and dramatic battle. Young Adult Fiction, Gyldendal 265 pages Ages: 13+ 12
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Camilla Wandahl:
Ask King Loser Original Title: Ask, konge, taber 16-year old Ask starts at a boarding school, more as a desperate measure than out of desire. The same does Liv, and when they are attracted to each other, old disappointmens, parties, flirts, and misunderstandings threaten to ruin it all. Young Adult Fiction, Høst & Søn 150 pages Ages: 13+
David Meinke:
Glam Original Title: Glam Sebastian wakes up at the hospital. He realizes that something is completely wrong. But did he really kill Per in the forest, which is what the police and tabloids are claiming? And what do those Icelandic words mean that keep churning at a whisper in his head? Soon Sebastian and Naja get entangled in an ancient feud between a powerful demon and a ruthless avenger, who calls himself Glam. Glam is an occult novel about love, revenge, spirits, and murder... Young Adult Fiction, Høst & Søn 268 pages Ages: 13+
Kristoffer Jacob Andersen:
Omega Waffe Original Title: Omega Waffe There's a feeling of holiday camp in the air amongst the students in the bus, a stench of chips, dirty socks, and cheap deodorant. Holy shit, what a dump, thinks Toke, as they roll up to another outpost, where they are welcomed by a sign: WELCOME TO HELL. At that moment, a scream sounds from the back seat. A decapitated head has hit the bus, and a completely regular holiday camp turns into a nightmare in a town cut off from all communication with the rest of the world. Young Adult Fiction, Gyldendal 268 pages Ages 12+
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Jesper Wung-Sung:
The School Original Title: Skolen The principal has just let everyone off when three men in black appear and say that no one is to leave the school premises. Nobody knows why, but by the end of the day, a fence has been erected around the school, and parcels containing food, medicine, and body bags have been thrown down from the air. After this, nothing will be as before. A strong novel about guilt, survival, fear, and friendship. Young Adult Fiction, Høst & Søn 100 pages Ages: 13+
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Kenneth Bøgh Andersen is the author of the Antboy series, which will appear as a film in Danish cinemas fall 2013. Selected for Toronto Film Festival. latest news: US film rights sold
sold to france and norway film rights sold
Kenneth Bøgh Andersen:
Santa's Death Original Title: Julemandens død A true Christmas horror story! It is the busiest month of the year at Santa's workshop, when the Master himself is murdered. The twins Catherine and Frederik, together with their good friend Jasper, are suddenly paid a visit by a real elf who asks them for their help. It is too late to save Santa, but something dark and dreadful is brooding and must be stopped. This is not a Christmas calendar story, but a splendid novel in 25 chapters. It is set at Christmas time, but can be read anytime of the year. Kenneth Bøgh Andersen is back writing in the fantasy genre, turning and twisting everything you thought you knew about feel-good and Christmas. Young Adult Fiction, Høst og Søn 368 pages Ages: 12+
“Santa’s Death is everything opposite Christmas. It is gruesome, blood-and-thunder and horrible. And thoroughly fantastic.” - Troldspejlet
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hot title 2013 you and me at dawn
At the Frankfurt Book Fair we will be excibiting in Hall 5.0 B51
Gyldendal Group Agency · Children’s Books
Att. Louise Langhoff Koch · 3 Klareboderne · 1001 Copenhagen K · Denmark e-mail: louise_langhoff_koch@gyldendalgroupagency.dk · www.gyldendalgroupagency.dk