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Äta gräsOriginal language: Swedish

Natur & Kultur, spring 2019

225 x 295 mm, 32 pp

Co-edition available

“Don’t be long, come back right away,” mom says, before I walk to the well. Parents really know how to worry.“Relax” I answer, “I'm your daughter Imani Lillian Mau and I can do almost anything. Climb up to the top of a tree, count to a hundred and one, and even get water from the other side of the mountain.”

“What happened to the water,” asks mom looking down into the empty bucket.

When the corn plants on the fields are thirsty, they become the color of the sand. Their song turns into cries. They stretch their leaves towards the sky and slowly tremble together at the same pace. Just like us.

In this eye-opening picture book, we get to meet Imani Lilian Mau during days of drought and days of rain. The neighbor dad Osman Zula tricks everybody into buying special rain cloud catchers and solar collec-tors with guaranteed effect. There are days of hunger and days of play. One day, Imani is accused of stealing money, but luckily her mother takes her side. Instead of looking for justice, Imani invites the whole village to a big party where everyone gets to eat until they're full.

Sami Said is a fiction writer. He made his debut with Väldigt sällan fin (Hardly Ever Nice) in 2012 and just came out with the critically-acclaimed Människan är den vackraste staden (Man is the Most Beautiful City).

Sven Nordqvist’s books are modern classics, translated all over the world. He is most known for his books about Pettson and Findus and his illustrations for Jujja Wieslander’s Mamma Mu series. He received the August prize for his own picture book Var är min syster? (Where Is my Sister?) in 2007.

P I C T U R E B O O K S

Eating GrassSami Said & Sven Nordqvist


P I C T U R E B O O K S 0 - 3 P I C T U R E B O O K S 0 - 3

Ib the DogPeter Nordahl & Rasmus Bregnhøi

This is a dog named Ib. So begins every story about the charming and brave Ib, a dog with lots of ideas. Not unlike a preschooler, Ib is self-confident, curious, and has a great lust for life. But what characterizes Ib the most is his helpfulness. He lends a helping hand to all those who need it: a pig, an old lady, a fireman – even a zombie. It’s difficult not to fall in love with Ib.

Ib the Dog started out as a TV series in Denmark for young children, and has since been turned into books (published in Danish by Gyldendal), games and apps. The TV series is now being broadcast in all the Nordic countries. The books about Ib are characterized by clever humor and recognition – and are loved by children and adults alike.

Ib Speeds Off Ib Says Goodnight to A Pig Ib Loads Dirt

Ib Sees a Flashing Light Ib Feeds the Ants Ib Thinks Twice

Ib Helps a Duck Ib Takes the Training Wheels Off Ib Puts out the Fireman

Ib Meets a Zombie Ib Likes Sausages Ib Celebrates Little Christmas

Ib Gets Off the Bus Ib Uses the Sharp Saw Ib Can’t Sleep


Stupid Book Siri Ahmed Backström

Stupid ipadstupid songStupid, stupidall day long

A fun and colorful board book for toddlers and their adults. Who doesn't recognize the feeling of waking up in one of those moods when nothing is good?

Stupid Book is a book completely without lectures, a book to relate to, and perfect for dedramatizing anger.

Sometimes everything and everyone are just stupid!

Siri Ahmed Backström, born in 1980, has studied illustra-tion and graphic design at Konstfack University College of Arts, Crafts and Design. She lives in Stockholm, where she works as an illustrator and picture book author. She has written and illustrated several books, among which her own Syskondagen (Sibling Day) and Dom som är kvar (Those Who Are Left Behind), written by Karin Saler, winner of the Snöbollen prize for best Swedish picture book of 2014.

Dumma bokenOriginal language: Swedish

Urax, fall 2018

Board book, 16 pp

789187 2085159

© Siri Ahmed Backström 2018Tryckt i Estland genom Italgraf Media AB Urax, Stockholm 2018ISBN: 978-91-87208-51-5www.uraxforlag.se

ISBN 978-91-87208-51-5

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Thomas & Emma Gunilla Wolde

P I C T U R E B O O K S 0 - 3 P I C T U R E B O O K S 0 - 3

Thomas & Emma Play Outdoors

It’s nice to play outside. When the sun is shining, Thomas likes to run barefoot in the grass, and Emma climbs trees. When it rains, Thomas and Emma play in the puddles. What do you play when you’re outside?

Thomas & Emma Play Indoors

Today it’s raining. Thomas and Emma decide to stay inside and play. It’s fun to play indoors – Thomas builds a high tower and Emma jumps in the pillows. They splash water in the bathroom. What do you like to play indoors?

Totte & Emma leker inneOriginal language: Swedish


32 pp


Totte & Emma leker uteOriginal language: Swedish


32 pp


En dag har snön töat bort. Man kan vara barfota igen.Emma och Totte har fått en idé.Vad tror du att det ska bli?

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En dag har snön töat bort. Man kan vara barfota igen.Emma och Totte har fått en idé.Vad tror du att det ska bli?

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The character Thomas was first introduced to the public in 1969, and the following years nine morebooks about Thomas as well as ten books about Emma were published. The books deal with subjects that parents and young children can relate to, making them, 50 years after they were first published, as popular as ever. Throughout the years, the Thomas & Emma books have been translated into 14 languages, including English.

To celebrate the 50-year anniversary of the classic series, Natur & Kultur publishes four new books in new formats, two boardbooks fall 2018, and two new picture books in 2019.



Rosie's JourneyMarika Maijala

Rosie is a race dog. By day she runs at the track. By night she sits in her little room. One day she doesn’t stop at the end of the track. She jumps over the fence and runs away. Rosie keeps running.

Where does Rosie go?

A sensitive portrayal of a special journey by award-win-ning illustrator Marika Maijala. This large-format book is Marika Maijala’s debut picture book as both author and illustrator.

Ruusun matkaOriginal language: : Finnish

Etana editions, spring 2019

230 x 330 mm, 54 pp



Bild och svenskt text © 2018 Marika Maijala och Förlaget M

Originaltitel: Ruusun matka © 2018 Etana Editions

Grafisk form: Etana Editions

Översättning: Sara Ehnholm Hielm

Svenska utgavan: Förlaget,Nylandsgatan 17 B 26, 00120 Helsingfors, Finland

www.forlaget.com

ISBN

Tryck:Jelgavas tipogrãfija, Lettland

Bild och svenskt text © 2018 Marika Maijala och Förlaget MOriginaltitel: Ruusun matka © 2018 Etana EditionsGrafisk form: Etana EditionsÖversättning: Sara Ehnholm HielmSvenska utgavan: Förlaget,Nylandsgatan 17 B 26, 00120 Helsingfors, Finlandwww.forlaget.comISBN

Tryck:Jelgavas tipogrãfija, Lettland

Filippa & Company. The Lost CatEtana Editions, 2017

208 x 260 mm, 40 pp

Rights sold: Swedish

Filippa & Company. The PianoEtana Editions, 2015

208 x 260 mm, 40 pp

Rights sold: Swedish, Korean,

World English, Spanish,

Catalan

Also illustrated by Marika Maijala

Honeymilk for ThreeNatur & Kultur, 2017

215 x 285 mm, 32 pp


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The Aunts Ebba Forslind

Today is Saturday, so I’m with mom and the little sisters and Björn. We are going to a party because Björn’s mom is old and it’s her birthday today. It’s boring at Björn’s mother’s. There’s nothing to do there and everyone just stares at the little sisters and pats their soft cheeks, but then I hear someone whistling at me from the kitchen! It’s Björn’s sisters, the little sister’s aunts. What do they want? Suddenly, it’s not that boring anymore!

A book about finding one’s place in a new family.

Ebba Forslind debuted in 2017 with the picture book Jättejättebråttom (In a Big Big Hurry), which received great reviews and is nominated for the Elsa Beskow plaque this year. Her images are easy to recognize and contrast well with her subtly humorous and poetic prose.

FastrarnaOriginal language: Swedish

Urax, fall 2018

32 pp



Nothing Happens! Anders Holmer

The third book by Anders Holmer is, just like his previous books, an explosion of color, imagination and creativity.

When nothing seems to really happen, a lot is actually going on all over the place – it’s just a matter of perspective.

Just like in the prequel, It Happens!, there is much to discover on each page, in the expressive art and playful texts.

Inget händer!Original language: Swedish


32 pp


It Happens! (2017)Rights sold: Simplified Chinese

In a Big Big HurryUrax, fall 2017

32 pp

Rights sold: Danish

"A pitch perfect picture book" New Swedish Books

Rain (2018)Rights sold: English (North America), French

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MalouGeneviève Godbout

The little kangaroo Malou jumps everywhere, all the time. Until one day when she suddenly can’t do it any-more as a nasty, grey cloud hangs over her head.

Malou tries her best to get rid of it, but the dark cloud just keeps sticking to her. Malou is going to need cou-rage and the help of her friends to be able to kick that cloud away!

This is the first book that Geneviève Godbout both writes and illustrates.

Geneviève Godbout was born and raised in Quebec. She studied traditional animation at the Cégep du Vieux-Montréal followed by another degree at the pre-stigious school of Gobelins in Paris. Her clients include The Walt Disney Company, Chronicle Books, Tundra Books, Random House, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Les éditions Milan, Comme des Géants and La Pastèque. Her latest children book, Johnny Appleseed, was selected at the Society of Illustrators Original Art 2017 Exhibit. She currently works on a series of books based on the famous and beloved Anne of Green Gables.

MalouOriginal language: French

La Pastéque, fall 2018

203 x 305 mm, 32 pp

The Space PostmanGuillaume Perreault

Bob likes his routine and truly loves his job: to him, mail service is serious business! With his spaceship, he delivers letters and parcels to a whole lot of people, all around the galaxy – well, the part of the galaxy he knows, of course. But something is wrong this morning at the post office.

WINNER OF LES PÉPITES DE MONTREUIL 2016

NOMINATED TO PRIX JEUNESSE DES LIBRAIRES DU QUEBEC

Le facteur de l’espaceOriginal language: French

La Pastéque, 2016

190 x 254 mm, 146 pp

Rights sold: Simplified Chinese, Korean,

Catalan, Spanish, World English

Bertolt Jacques Goldstyn

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

YOUTH AWARD BOOKSELLERS OF QUEBEC 2015

TD PRIZE FOR LITERATURE 2016

MONTRÉAL YOUTH LIBRARIES PRIZE

SORCIÈRES BOOKSELLER’S PRIZE 2016

L’arbraganOriginal language: French

La Pastéque, 2014

160 x 190, 96 pp

Rights sold: Korean, World English,

Spanish, Catalan,Simplified Chinese,

Turkish, Russian, Persian

BertoltJacques Goldstyn

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Jacques Goldstyn was born and

raised in Montreal. His father taught him

how to draw and he drew all the time.

Every single day. He then studied seriously,

became a geologist, and went off to work in

gold mines in Abitibi and in the petroleum

industry in Alberta. But then, one day, he

started to draw again. For many years now,

his work has been drawing cartoons for

Les Débrouillards and Les Explorateurs,

science youth magazines in French Canada.

He also writes and illustrates stories for

kids age six to 106. He loves running, hiking,

and climbing trees, and has never stopped

collecting bizarre-looking rocks.

A charming, touching story about an imaginative boy whose best friend is an old oak tree named Bertolt.

This is a rich book with many themes, as

well as much humor and sweetness. About

a boy who enjoys playing alone, this is a

story that affirms the imagination. And

because the boy’s best friend is an old oak,

it’s also a story about being an individual.

And then, because Bertolt dies in a winter

storm, it’s a story about loss, sorrow, and

acceptance as well. But mostly it’s a book

about childhood and how through play and

observation we come to know ourselves.

Distributed by Consortium Book Sales & Distribution

Printed in China by RR Donnelley Asia Printing Solutions Ltd.

67 West Stret, #317ABrooklyn, NY 11222

[email protected]

Enchanted Lion Books

BERTOLT (pihc)

ISBN-13: 978-1-59270-229-9ISBN-10: 1-59270-229-5 $15.95

FRANKFURT 2020Canada Council for the Arts – incentive program for purchasing translation rights and publishing

As part of Frankfurt 2020, the Council for the Arts, in cooperation with Canadian Heritage, created an incentive program for purchasing translation rights and for publishing in German. This program provides German publishers seeking to purchase the rights to Canadian literary works with financial support for their translation and covers a portion of the associated promotional costs.

Ask us more or visit the websitehttps://canadacouncil.ca/initiatives/frankfurt2020


Atlas of Solitary IslandsMaija Hurme

Mom is always on the phone, she never listens.Emma decides to move to her own island with her friend Aimo the chimpanzee. But what happens when the island suddenly starts to move?

A heartfelt story of a little girl who fi nds consola-tion in exploring imaginary worlds, when her parents are too preoccupied and don't have time for her.

Maija Hurme is a children´s book illustrator who lives in Helsinki. She has illustrated picture books, poetry, school books and non-fi ction books for children. Atlas of Solitary Islands is her debut as both an author and illustrator.

Yksinäisten saarten kartastoOriginal language: Finnish

Etana Editions, 2018

40 pp


Kuningatarsaarelle pääsee hyppimällä kiveltä kivelle.

Niin lähellä se on taas.

Kivet ovat liukkaita, mutta Pirkko tipahtaa vain kerran. Vaatteet kastuvat. Aimo auttaa Pirkon ylös vedestä.

Something is Missing HereKlara Persson


Det fattas något härOriginal language: Swedish

Rabén & Sjögren, spring 2019

32 pp

HEmma HOs dIg mäRKTe du atT någOT FaTTades. DET kanSKe VaR maT.

DU SKRev InKÖPslISTOR OCH hanDLade. dU Lagade OCH åt. men DeT RäCKTE aLdRIg.

det FatTadeS någOT meR.

This is how it was. At fi rst, we didn’t know each other. At your place, you noticed that something was lack-ing, at my place, something was missing right next to me.

The book revolves around two letters that feel that something is missing in their life, but what? The search takes them to each other and suddenly every-thing falls into place!

Klara Persson made her debut in 2012 and has received numerous awards and nominations since.

Something is Missing Here is a book about love and seeking. How do you know where you fi t in, and who you are looking for?


Stéphanie Lapointe is a singer, actress, documentary director and author from Montrèal. She won the the Grand Prix Lux Infopresse and Governor General’s Award for Youth literature in 2016 with Grand-père et la Lune (Grandfather and the Moon), illustrated by Rogé.

Delphie Côté-Lacroix is a multidis-ciplinary visual artist with a back-ground in graphic design. She uses simple composition and a limited color palette to creates images that are delicate yet impactful.

Historien om BodriOriginal language: Swedish


130 x 190 mm, 32 pp


Hanna loves her dog Bodri and her best friend Marika. She loves Marika’s dog Bandi too. Together, they climb, run and play in the small town where they live. One day, they hear about an evil man who has a lot of power, he decides everything in his country and has begun deciding in other countries too. His name is Adolf Hitler.

My mom says - he will not come here.My dad says - we haven’t done anything wrong, we don’t need to be afraid.

Hanna’s parents want to reassure her and her sister, but Marika sees. She sees that mom and dad are worried.

A story about a friendship that survived the Holocaust, to be read by adults and children together.


The Story of BodriHédi Fried & Stina Wirsén

Hedi Fried & Stina Wirsén

How Jack Lost TimeStéphanie Lapointe & Delphie Côté-Lacroix

It is possible to get lost on water, on land,or in the air.It is possible to get lostin too much noiseornot enough.It is possible to get lostpretty much anywhere,actually.And one thing was certain:it was on his boatthat Jack lost himself.

Jack wasn’t a captain like the others. He never left his boat, he even grew a kitchen garden on it to make sure to be always at sea. He wasn’t even interested in fi sh, so whenever one got caught in his net, Jack threw it back. All he cared about was to fi nd the grey whale with the scarred dorsal fi n that had swallowed up his son Julos years before. He had promised himself to never come home until he found his son. One night, a night not much different from other nights, he saw something lurking around his boat. Jack didn’t waste a moment to throw himself in the whale’s mouth and deep into the whale’s belly, but was it too late?

Poetic about loss and the choices that change one's life forever.

Jack et le temps perduOriginal language: French

Les Éditions XYZ, November 2018

200 x 260 mm, 100 pp


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Hédi Fried (b. 1924) is an author and psychologist. She is deeply committed to working for democra-tic values and against racism. She was born in the town of Sighet, in Romania, and came to Sweden after the liberation of the concentration camp in Auschwitz. Her bestselling autobiography The Road to Auschwitz: Fragments of a Life was published in English and Swedish in the 1990s.

Stina Wirsén is one of Sweden’s most beloved illustrators and children’s book authors. Her books are translated into more than 15 languages and she has been awarded numerous awards, including the Elsa Beskow plaque, the Stockholm City Culture Prize and the Heffaklumpen. Her unique imagery transpires elegance and simplicity. The precise lines move freely between genres creating intriguing pictures for children and adults alike.

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Look HamletBarbro Lindgren & Anna Höglund

Titta HamletOriginal language: Swedish

Karneval förlag, 2017

28 pp

Rights sold: World Spanish

Look Hamlet. Hamlet not happy.

Look Hamlet is a darkly funny picture book version of Shakespeare’s classic tragedy. Hamlet is a sad teenage bunny who must deal with his mean new stepdad and his doomed love with fox-Ophelia.

With her quirky writing, ALMA-winner Barbro Lindgren has teamed up with Anna Höglund, whose moody yet sweet illustrations transform this classic tale into something new and unique.

”[...] a bold and absolutely genius picture book version of William Shakespeare’s classic tragedy Hamlet, boiled down to the smallest possible size.”

”[...] Look Hamlet is a small masterpiece, and it makes you cry out for more interpretations: Make all the classics like this, accessible and knowingly! But this is not just a great start for those who want to meet Shakespeare for the first time, but also a surprisingly strong interpre-tation for those who’ve been spending time with Hamlet for a long time.” Dagens Nyheter

Sometimes I'm Angry Calle Stenbäck

Sometimes I’m angry.Sometimes mom and dad get angry with me. Then they point, speak loudly and get a wrinkle between their eyebrows.

Sometimes I’m mad at my little sister, like when she takes my things. My things! You're mean! I say then.

Sometimes my little sister is mad at me, like when I take her things. My things! You're mean! she says then.

With naivistic illustrations and a direct appeal, the pro-tagonist explores a feeling that everyone can relate to. He shows the reader how to recognize if someone is angry, why people get angry, how it usually happens and what can make it feel better. The style is close to a child’s, both in text and illustration. A fun, handy book that also works well as a gift book for all ages.

Calle Stenbäck is a 36-year-old father, living outside Stock-holm. After working for many years as a professional danc-er, he is currently studying architecture, while also debuting as a children’s book author and illustrator.

Ibland är jag argOriginal language: Swedish

Natur & Kultur, April 2019

32 pp


SOMETIMES I’M ANGRY BECAUSE I’M HUNGRY

SOMETIMES I’M ANGRY BECAUSE I’M TIRED

THEN I'M ANGRY UNTIL THE ANGER ENDS

EAT A LITTLE NOW IT FEELS BETTER

SLEEP A BIT NOW IT FEELS BETTER

NOW IT FEELS BETTERSOMETIMES I’M ANGRY BECAUSE IT FEELS GOOD TO BE ANGRY



Whose Poo?Sarah Watson & Emma Jansson

VEMS BAJS?

SARAH WATSO

N EMM

A JANSSON

Med sagolika illustrationer av Emma Jansson och text av Sarah Watson lär du dig på ett lekfullt sätt att känna igen hur olika djur i skogen bajsar. På så sätt får du också veta vem som varit där före dig!

Vems Bajs? är den andra boken av författaren Sarah Watson och illustratören Emma Jansson, i serien Vems är det?. Tidigare har även Vems spår? givits ut där man får lära sig att känna igen spåren från några av de vanligaste djuren i våra skogar.

Stopp! Stanna där du är! Vem är det som har bajsat här?

ISBN: 978-91-88549-53-2

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Monster BestiaryBo Eriksson & Lina Blixt

From east to west, north to south, there are testimonies about horrible monsters. Seamonsters that devour sail-ors, monsters that are half-gods, and aliens that change shape to trick their victims. In an extensive, beautiful non-fi ction book, over fi fty monsters in nine habitats are presented, from the underground, through the woods and the jungle, to the mountains and cities. The reader will fi nd out what dangers lure here and how one can – or can’t – protect oneself.

It’s almost a miracle that you’ve survived for this long without being eaten by a monster!

Monster BestiariumOriginal language: Swedish

Natur & Kultur, October 2018

136 pp

i lykieN SoM ligger i nuvarande Turkiet plågades

befolkningen av en riktig best. Vittnen berättade att

den sprutade eld, kastade gift och dödade allt som

kom i dess väg. Vidundret hette Chimaira och var en

hybrid av flera väsen. Baktill var den en orm, på mit

ten en get och framtill ett lejon.

För att bli av med plågoanden vände sig männi

skorna till sin kung, Iobates, och bad honom om hjälp

att döda monstret. Denne sände en yngling från sta

den Korinth som nyligen ankommit till landet, att ta

hand om det fruktansvärda odjuret. Den unge man

nens namn var Bellerofon. Med hjälp av sin bevinga

de häst Pegasus och ett vasst svärd klarade han av det

trehövdade, eldsprutande monstret.

Den starka lejonkroppen, de tre huvudena och

Chimairas oerhörda snabbhet gjorde den nästintill

omöjlig att besegra i närstrid. Den som råkar ut för

Chimaira får stora svårigheter att döda odjuret utan

att själv dö på kuppen. Om man försöker smyga sig på

det sprutar ormhuvudet gift och eld. Att komma rakt

framifrån är som att möta ett våldsamt lejon.

Bästa attacken sker därför på den sidan som är get.

Men om man lyckas sticka sitt svärd eller spjut i den

relativt ofarliga getkroppen blir man genast angripen

av odjurets andra huvuden – och man går en plågsam

död till mötes. Bättre är då att springa för sitt liv.

Ordet chimär, som betyder att man inte uppfattar

verkligheten som den verkligen är, typ önskedröm,

kommer av detta grekiska, mytologiska odjur

Chimaira.

Chimaira är grekiska och betyder »get«.

Inom modern zoologi och medicin utgör en

»chimär« en individ som bär celler från två olika

individer med skilda genuppsättningar.

chiMaira

Bo Eriksson is a history professor at Stock-holm University and works as an editor for a historic magazine. He has written a number of acclaimed non-fi ction books, and received an important prize in history in 2009 for “establishing himself as an accomplished popular historian of top grade”.

Lina Blixt is an illustrator who has worked a lot with videogames. With the help of Bo’s descriptions, she has illustrated the monsters and their environments in this ambitious work.

Whose Tracks?

Vems spår?Triumf förlag, May 2018

Original language: Swedish

250x275 mm, 28 pp

Rights sold: Chinese (Simplifi ed)

Stop! Stay there! Who has pooped here?Some animals poop on the gound, some from a branch. Small and big, learn to recognize the animals that have walked ahead of you from what they leave behind.

Let Sarah Watson’s text and Emma Jansson’s illustra-tions guide you through the forest in a playful and entertaining manner.

Sarah Watson made her picture book debut with Whose Tracks? in 2018. She works as a pharmacist and researcher.

Emma Jansson is an illustrator who fi nds her inspiration in the woods. She works with photography, graphic form and illustration.

Vems bajs?Triumf förlag, September 2018


250x275 mm, 28 pp


N O N F I C T I O N N O N F I C T I O N

An exciting book about animal tracks with new discoveries on each spread. One day when you are out in the woods, you spot tracks – whose is it? A fox, a moose, a lynx, or maybe a bear – who has been here?

Learn to recognize the tracks from of some of the Nordic animals. Let Sarah Watson’s text and Emma Jansson’s illustrations guide you through the forest, and discover who has walked before you on the path.


The AtticHelen Öberg & Kristin Lidström

KattvindenOriginal language: Swedish

Mirando Bok, September 2018

130 x 190 mm, 320 pp

When Manda-Li follows her grandfather to a seemingly abandoned house, strange things begin to happen. Is the house really empty? And what happened to the two boys who once lived there? Manda-Li is drawn into a magic, scary adventure where memories of the past, longing and friendship, dissolve the boundaries between the living and the dead. When the old hidden secrets are revealed, her own life will change forever.

Helena Öberg and Kristin Lidström were nominated for the August prize 2015 for their book Your Turn, Adrian, which also got a special mention at the Bologna Ragazzi Award in 2016.

With The Attic they have created an exciting ghost story with beautiful illustrations – a perfect book for middle grade book worms!

The book alternates chapters consisting of text only with parts of pure visual narrative in full color.

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NÄR MANDA FÖLJER med sin farfar Martin till ett stort, gammalt hus som han fått i uppdrag att sälja, börjar märkliga saker hända. Hon dras in i en kuslig berättelse. Minnen från det förflutna, ensamhet och längtan luckrar upp gränserna mellan de levande och de döda.

Helena Öberg och Kristin Lidström nominerades till Augustpriset 2015 för sin bok Din tur, Adrian. Nu har de tillsammans skapat Kattvinden, en mångbottnad bildroman berättad i både spännande text och långa, filmiska bildsekvenser.

www.mirandobok.se

ISBN: 978-91-9833-037-3

Your turn, AdrianMirando Bok, 2015

165 x 225 mm, 64 pp

Rights sold: World Spanish,

English North America, Korean

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We We’re Going to Sail Around the WorldAnna Sundström Lindmark & Elisabeth Widmark

In the future we we’re going to sail around the world. When we could afford it and I was a bit older. Some people say dad didn’t want to live. He got a disease. He couldn’t help it.

About 1,500 people take their own lives each year in Swe-den. It’s the number one reason of death among men aged 20-49. Some of them leave children behind, with grief and questions. Anna Sundström-Lindmark lost her father when she was 19-years old, and uses that experience to tell the story of Agnes, whose father also takes his life.

Straight-forward and unsentimental, this book tells the sto-ry of the close relationship of the protagonist and her dad. Days fi lled with opportunities and surprises, but also days of constant problems and fatigue. And then, the absence he leaves behind and the surrounding’s reactions. Time doesn’t heal all wounds, but you learn to live with them, and with time the bright days become more and more.

A graphic novel for 12+. A book for those who have lived through the same experience, or know someone who has.

Vi skulle segla runt jordenOriginal language: Swedish

Natur & Kultur, September 2018

170 x 240 mm, 96 pp

"A brave, beautiful and experimental graphic novel that is almost a picture book, about dyslexia, alienation and the love for a dog. Exciting alterna-tion between life in black and white and in colour." Dagens Nyheter

"A wonderful book! An explosion of color and form, illustration and text. It could have won the August Prize and I would have been so happy!" Yukiko Duke, Gomorron, SVT

G R A P H I C N O V E L S


F I C T I O N 6 - 9

Crow’s Incredible Hitchhiking VacationFrida Nilsson

This summer Crow and I went on a trip. It became an unforgettable adventure.

Ebba and Crow hitchhike through the country towards the Norwegian border, where Crow is going to look for his lost parents. They get help on the way: from a truckdriver who has a problem with his mouth, a French tourist, a band on tour called The Nilzonz, a certain Yvonne in high heels, and a few Norwegians. Of course, they don’t always hitchhike in the right direction!

This is author Frida Nilsson’s debut book, now revised with illustrations by Alexander Jansson. The search for identity and friendship are portrayed with lots of humor and great sincerity in this odyssey through the Swedish woods and countryside.

Kråkans otroliga LiftarsemesterOriginal language: Swedish

Natur & Kultur, 2004, 2018

160 x 210 mm, 121 pp

THE ”TRASH” TRILOGY

Me and Gorilla (2005)

160 x 210 mm, 137 pp

Rights sold: Danish, Czech, German, Italian,

Turkish, Russian, Polish, French, Korean,

Simplifi ed Chinese, Slovenian

The Thin Sword (2017)

Rights sold: German, Italian, Russian,

Norwegian

The Ice Sea Pirates (2015)

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

Rights sold: German, Polish, Serbian, Norwegian, Ukrainian, Russian

Me and Dante at the Dump (2008)

160 x 210 mm, 111 pp

Rights sold: German, French, Italian, Danish,

Korean

Jagger, Jagger (2013)

160 x 210 mm, 151 pp

Rights sold: German, French, Russian

F I C T I O N 6 - 9

Frida Nilsson is considered one of the most talented Swedish children’s book authors in Sweden of all time. Her authorship is characterized by tremendous humor and great sincerity. She writes about the big questions in life – friendship, death and love – and has been compared to fellow writers such as Roald Dahl and Barbro Lindgren.

Frida is internationally successful, and her work has been published in 20 languages.Her books have been awarded Swedish and international prizes, she has been nominated for the presti-gious Deutscher Jugend Literaturpreis in Germany and has been an August Prize nominee three times. Frida Nilsson won the The Astrid Lindgren Prize in 2014.

In 2017, the International Children’s Literature Hay Festival in Aarhus selected her as one of the 39 best European children’s book authors aged 40 and under.

30 000 COPIES SOLD IN SWEDEN

SOLD TO 17 LANGUAGES

FULL ENGLISH TRANSLATION AVAILABLE

WINNER OF EXPRESSEN’S HEFFAKLUMPEN AWARD 2016

WINNER OF THE NILS HOLGERSSON PLAQUE 2016

WINNER OF THE BMF PLAQUE 2016

AUGUST PRIZE NOMINEE 2015

NORDIC COUNCIL PRIZE FOR BEST CHIL-DREN’S BOOK NOMINEE 2016

SELECTED FOR THE WHITE RAVENS 2016

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

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

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

Frida N

ilssonF

rida Nilsson

ISBN 978-91-27-15017-1

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F I C T I O N 6 - 9

Being KerstinHelena Hedlund & Katarina Strömgård

Att vara KerstinOriginal language: Swedish


144 pp

Kerstin’s mom is going through a 40-year crisis, and has cut her hair into a mohawk and tattooed a heart with a ‘K’ in the middle. Is it K as in Kenneth, Kerstin’s sub? Or maybe Karen whom mom went to Mallorca with? The only thing Kerstin is really sure of is that she dislikes 40-year crises and mom should shape up.

On top of that, Gunnar’s mom has threatened that she and Gunnar will move back to the city if the wild boars don’t stop trashing their garden. Now, Kerstin has to come up with a good solution to keep Gunnar from leaving.

With unforgettable characters, multilayered and humorous about 7-year old Kerstin and her world that exists where the asphalt road ends.

A story about the fear of change, great friendships, and the best thing about being Kerstin. The second book in a series of three. With illustrations by Katarina Strömgård.

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The Love PotionJonna Björnstjerna

Jonna Björnstjerna is an illustrator and author from Sweden, currently living in London. She has attended the Comic Art School in Malmö and graduated from Central Saint Martins College of Art in 2011. Jonna was awarded the prize “Bokjuryn” in the category 0-6 years twice, in 2007 and in 2010.

KärleksdryckenOriginal language: Swedish

Hippo, September 2018

150 x 200 mm, 144 pp

En dag står han bara där. Luke heter han. Och han är det finaste jag

någonsin sett. Det är kärlek vid första ögonkastet. Det finns bara ett problem. Min bästis Joy

känner likadant! Och Luke blir kär i henne förstås ...

Men det är då tanten med Kärleksdrycken dyker

upp. Jag vet att det är farligt med svart magi. Men vad skulle jag göra?

Kärleksdrycken Jonna Björnstjerna

HIPPO BOKFÖRLAG HIPPO BOKFÖRLAG

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SYSSLAR MED?” skriker han, och han är alldeles röd i hela ansiktet.

”Det är någon som tänker hoppa!” ropar jag och pekar. ”Där borta!”

”Va? Var då?” säger vaktmästaren, och när han tittar bort rusar vi förbi honom alla tre.

Vi dundrar ner för alla trapporna och ut på gatan igen. ”Fort! In på glassbaren!” säger Joy. Vi dyker in på Ice Queen och gömmer oss under fönstret.

Utanför hör vi vaktmästaren springa förbi med tunga steg en kort stund senare.

”Vill du det?” undrar Luke och vänder sig mot Joy. ”Vadå?” säger hon. ”Gå på bio med mig.”Joy tvekar.

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”Hallå?” ropar jag försiktigt, fast jag vet att ingen är här. Jag tänder ficklampan på mobilen och smyger in. Fler flaskor och påsar täcker golvet, och det verkar som om tanten använt själva graven som någon sorts arbetsbord. En ficklampa är fasttejpad med silvertejp på en pinne och riktad ner mot kistlocket. Där står en grupp små glasflaskor med gulnade etiketter. Jag kan inte läsa den snirkliga handstilen, men jag öppnar korken på en av dem och luktar, och de luktar fränt och unket. Usch! Jag sätter tillbaka korken.

Torkade örter ligger prydligt sorterade i andra änden av bordet, och på en smutsig linneduk ligger en rad pincetter, pipetter och en sax. Jag lyser vidare runt i rummet, och ljuskäglan


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Lukes bruna ögon glimmar som guld när han klappar på Joys glänsande hår. Sen böjer han sig fram och kysser henne, och Joy slår armarna kring hans hals.

Det är som en saga som går i uppfyllelse! Du är min PRINS!” säger Joy.

”Och du är min prinsessa!” säger Luke och trycker sina läppar mot hennes igen. Jag blir på sämre och sämre humör. Men sen föreställer jag mig hur de pussas

så mycket att de trillar ner på marken. Då kan jag inte låta bli att fnittra till.

”Åh, ni barn har det så lätt. Alltid glada! Inte ett bekymmer i världen!”

Jag rycker till. Jag har varit så inne i min fantasi att jag inte märkt att en gammal tant har satt sig bredvid mig på bänken!

Hon har på sig en rosa päls över flera lager kläder, och hon luktar lite unket. Jag har egentligen ingen lust att prata med henne, men jag kan ändå inte låta bli att svara.

”Jag är inte ALLS glad, fräser jag.


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typ ser alla blodådror genom huden. Svartsjukan river mig i bröstet. Har de kyssts än?

På lunchen sitter Joy tillsammans med de andra tjejerna i klassen. Jag ser hur de tisslar och tasslar och tittar bort mot mig, där jag sitter helt själv som ett annat mobboffer. Men jag struntar i det. Jag vill ändå inte vara kompis med henne längre, och ingen av de andra tjejerna i klassen heller, för den delen. Skvallerpatrullen brukade jag och Joy kalla dem, men nu är de tydligen hennes nya bästisar.


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på bänken som en annan korgosse.Miss tittar på mig. Hon ser inte arg ut,

det är något annat i hennes blick. Jag kan inte sätta fingret på vad. Medlidande? Jag tittar bort. Jag behöver inte att hon tycker synd om mig. Så länge hon bara lämnar mig ifred är jag nöjd. Men jag vill inte bli hennes nya gullebarn eller något. Hon vänder sig mot tavlan och skriver med stora bokstäver:

JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE. Toppen. Vi ska ägna lektionen åt ännu en gammal stofil

som skrev någon bok någon gång. Motvilligt drar jag fram läroboken och slår upp den på rätt sida. Jag kan knappt bärga mig att få reda på allt om den här långhåriga gubben, inte.

Men till min stora förvåning är även denna lektion intressant. Det visar sig nämligen att Johann inte var vilken gammal stofil som helst. Han var romantiker, precis som jag! Han skrev en bok som heter Den unge Werthers lidanden, och från vad Miss berättar om den, så handlar den typ om mig. En ung man som blir helt besatt av en tjej. Fast tvärtom då, för jag är ju en tjej som blivit helt besatt av en kille.


Humor and love in a British boarding school setting!

This is me. Poppy. I’m the protagonist of this story. And my greatest wish is to have a boyfriend of my own. Just mine and no one else’s. I wish for that more than a puppy even. I’ve asked every boy in the class. But everyone has said no. So, all I need now is a bit of real magic. Yes, you read that right. Real magic exists, whether you believe it or not. But one shouldn’t dabble in black magic. Even the name implies that. But I still do in this story, despite warnings. And see what happens…

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Goethe skrev också en pjäs som inte var menad att spelas upp utan läsas som en bok (konstigt!), som heter Faust. Den handlar om en man som säljer sin själ till djävulen. Dumt gjort av honom. Längre hinner vi inte på lektionen, för Luke räcker upp handen. Jag tittar förskräckt på honom. Han har blivit helt grön i ansiktet!

”Mår du inte bra?” undrar Miss.Luke skakar på huvudet. Svettdroppar glittrar på hans panna.

”Du ser verkligen inte helt kry ut”, säger Miss. ”Det är kanske bäst att du

går hem för dagen.””Ja Miss. Tack Miss”, får

Luke ur sig innan han tar sin


Det fi na med KerstinNatur & Kultur, August 2018


140 pp

The Best Thing about Kerstin

Where the asphalt road ends and the gravel road be-gins, that’s where Kerstin lives. She is six years old and loves gold. 105 golden things are in a box underne-ath her bed. The nicest and most golden thing about Kerstin is her hair. It truly sparkles. Fatima says that Kerstin’s hair is orange, but it’s not true. The latest addition to Kerstin’s collection is a small ring that she fi nds on the fl oor at school. When her teacher Lottie asks if anyone has seen her wedding ring, not a peep comes out of Kerstin’s mouth. And then it’s too late.

"The Best Thing about Kerstin is Helena Hedlund’s debut and the fi rst part in a trilogy. She masters an un-common story telling that makes the reader experience Kerstin's emotional fl uctuations, a blend of joy, anxiety and shortcomings. Katarina Strömgård’s ink illustrations refl ect the characters’ feelings and the settings in an interesting way. A delightful book to read aloud! " Christina Wedenmark, BTJ


F I C T I O N 9 - 1 2

The Witch Knot seriesJohan Rundberg

Johan Rundberg’s well-written trilogy The Witch Knot is completed – a perfect combination of icy horror and smart humor.

In The Phantom’s Voice, Sebastian reluctantly travels with his actress mother to a run-down seaside hotel, for a film shoot. Seb expects a week of boredom in his mother’s shadow. But on the very first evening, strange things begin to happen. Someone – or something – seems to want to sabotage the shoot. There he becomes friends with child actor Mandy and Max, son of the star of the film, and soon they begin to unravel the mysteries of hotel Solöga. But lots of questions are still unanswered when it’s time to leave…

In the second book, The Emperor's Grave, Sebastian is still haunted by the memories from the summer at seaside hotel Solöga. He’s become afraid of the dark. But he is happy to hang out with Max and Mandy again. Mandy has gotten a part in an upcoming TV series that is being filmed at the The Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities. Under the museum there is a cavern, where a new exhibit is being built. But how is it that one of the heavy stone statues suddenly has moved, is Sebastian just imagining things? And who, or what, is attacking the museum attendants?

In the concluding part, The Shadow Island, Sebastian’s mom goes away to shoot a movie during Easter break, and Seb is secretly planning on staying by himself in the apartment with Max. Then they will have plenty of time to spend together with Mandy as well. Everything would be perfect, if it wasn’t for the terrifying dream that keeps waking Sebastian every night. He is starting to connect the dots of what has happened – the events of the last year are not random circumstances, but they all have to do with a secret society that is doing everything they can to hide their intentions...

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

Johan Rundberg

VÅLNADENSLNADERÖST

Motvilligt följer Sebbe med sin skådespelarmamma

till en � lminspelning på Sandhammarens Badnöje, ett

fallfärdigt gammalt hotell i Skåne. Han förväntar sig

en veckas tristess i sin mammas skugga, men redan

första kvällen börjar märkliga saker hända. Någon –

eller något – tycks vilja sabotera inspelningarna.

Tillsammans med barnskådespelaren Manda, och

Max, son till � lmens stora stjärna, börjar Sebbe nysta

i mysterierna på hotellet. Vad är det för märkliga

ljud som hörs om nätterna? Och varför vill inte de

anställda prata om husets historia?

VÅLNADENS RÖST är första delen

i trilogin om Häxknuten.

VÅLNADENS RÖST

ISBN 978-91-27-15179-6

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

Johan Rundberg

Valnadens rost.indd Alla sidor

2017-06-29 11:40

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LeoNatur & Kultur September 2018

280 pp

Rights sold: Norwegian

Ellinor – Leo – ViktorKatarina von Bredow

ELLINOR needs to constantly adapt to avoid hurting everyone’s feelings. At home, mom is jealous of dad’s new family and at school her best friends Meja and Leo don’t like each other. One day, Victor starts in the class and all roles are turned upside down.

Ellinor must choose - will she keep adjusting herself to others or will she start following her feelings?

LEO’s parents are fighting all the time and at school he is mostly by himself. Leo is happiest when he goes climbing with Ellinor and can forget about all the fuss at home. But one day he doesn’t even have Ellinor for himself at the climbing hall.

VIKTOR doesn’t know the class rules and unspoken roles. Perhaps that’s why everyone wants to be with him. But he would never let anyone get close to him and see how things really are at home.

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

”Writer Katarina von Bredow makes even the most mundane magical” Sveriges Radio P4

"Leo is a chapter book for readers somewhere in between middle grade and YA – and is without a doubt the best thing I've read in a long time." BTJ

ElllinorOriginal language: Swedish

Natur & Kultur, April 2018

278 pp

Rights sold: Norwegian, Danish

ViktorNatur & Kultur Spring 2019

300 pp

Rights sold: Norwegian


Y O U N G A D U L T

Tree HeartGabi Frödén

It’s the seventies when Anja steps into the classroom for the first time. She is radiant, according to Karin. It turns out that Anja lives on the same block, Karin can wave to her from her window. At Anja’s home, it’s strictly religious – at Karin’s home, it’s parent-free. Karin’s chain-smoking mother is a journalist and is all caught up saving the world. The only thing Karin has left after her absent father is a tree nymph book, and she draws trees everywhere, on her arms, on the walls. She doesn’t really know what she feels for Anja. Anja, who has scars on her forearms that feel like bark under Karin's fingertips. They plan to interrail in the summer, to escape from Anja’s father Risto’s nasty gaze and mother Marit’s constant surveillance. But the day after school ends, Anja has disappeared.

An unprecedented novel for young adults about friend-ship, religion, and the longing for love and approval. With a very unexpected ending!

Gabi Frödén is a Swedish illustrator living in Glasgow with clients like The Guardian, Huffington Post, The Observer, BBC, NHS and various charity organizations. She has an eclectic background: before working as a full-time illustrator, she worked with music, she has been a singer in a circus at the Round House in London and in a dance performance at the Opera house. She has studied religion at Uppsala University. In Glasgow, she works with an organization that runs songwriting workshops in prisons.

Trädhjärta



250 pp

Så mycket kärlek kan inte dö


Natur & Kultur, fall 2018

Rights sold: Korean, German, Danish

That Much Love Can Never DieMoni Nilsson

Biscuit and Gordon seriesMoni Nilsson

- You can fight with me, says Lucas.

- No, I say. I want mom to get well.

- We all want that, says dad, driving out of the hospital parking.

I decide that if we meet nine red cars before we get home, mom will get well. Even though nine is my lucky number, we don’t.

Lea’s mother is going to die. Lea hates doctors who can’t give her mother the right medicine and she hates the tubes under her nose and her faint breathing.

And she hates Noa. Noa, who has been her best friend her entire life, but isn’t anymore.

In the midst of all the sorrow, life still goes on, with mom, dad and big brother Lucas. There are school days playing in the yard and football training with Pernilla Tattletale Olsson and there are dreams of snorkeling in the South Sea. All while mom gets sicker.

With warmth, humor and a straightforward language, Moni Nils-son manages to depict the biggest sorrow in a very gripping way, leaving the reader with hope for the future and a great love for life.

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Biscuit is twelve years and four months old. One day her dad moves into a house a few blocks away and Biscuit and her brother become children with divorced parents. But Biscuit discovers after a while that it’s not so bad. It’s actually quite nice every now and then. To sort out her emotions and thoughts, Biscuit likes to make lists. Because even though she’s best friends with Gordon (the most awesome person ever!), and has a lo-ving – albeit quirky family – life can be quite complicated. Biscuit faces life head on, with tenacity and outspokenness, and always with a great sense of humor.

The books about Biscuit and Gordon are charming and refreshingly honest, simply a must read for every typical atypical teenager.

The Dad with the Big Shoes (2009)

Summer and Sweet Secrets (2010)

Love, Kisses and Records (2010)

Black Holes and Broken Strings (2011)

Steps Forward and One Step Back (2013)

The Meaning of (my) Life (2013)

K O J A A G E N C Y · R I G H T S L I S T F A L L 2 0 1 83 2 Front cover: Marika Maijala

Back cover: Anders Holmer

Koja Agency is a literary agency based in Stockholm, specializing in books for children and young adults.

Carin Bacho+46 70 849 44 [email protected]

Catharina Lantz+46 733 84 25 [email protected]

www.kojaagency.com

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