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RIGHTS LIST FALL 2017 PICTURE BOOKS CONTENTS Stig Picture books ...... 3 Annica Hedin & Per Gustavsson Co-edition schedule...... 21 Fiction...... 22 There’s something very wrong. Do you see that hole there? That’s where Stig used to sit.

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

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

Stig ABOUT US Originally published in Swedish Rabén & Sjögren, fall 2017 We are a literary agency based in Stockholm, specializing 286 x 220 mm, 32 pp in books for children and young adults. We represent independent publishers, authors and illustrators. We handle licensing rights, co-editions, fi lm and TV rights and BY THE SAME ILLUSTRATOR much more. Per gustavssOn Per gustavssOn Carin Bacho Om jag varvar enen

+46 70 849 44 10 O m jag var en elefant [email protected]

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www.kojaagency.com Omslag_Om jag var en elefant_Litterbox+Pers elefant.indd 1,3 2016-09-14 14:24 If I Were an Elephant (2017) The Bathtub (2016) The Moon Tower (2016) Follow us on Facebook and Instagram Rights sold: Simpliﬁ ed Chinese, Danish Rights sold: Simpliﬁ ed Chinese, Danish, Japanese

2 KOJA AGENCY · RIGHTS LIST FALL 2017 RIGHTS LIST FALL 2017 · KOJA AGENCY 3 PICTURE BOOKS 0-3 Etana’s mini books Jenni Erkintalo & Réka Kiraly

One More

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

Colors and Creatures Colors and Creatures

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

Pop Soon at Home

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

What Kind of Me?

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

1, 2, 3 ...

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

All books in this series are originally published in Finnish by Etana editions, format 165 x 165 mm, 32 pp 4 KOJA AGENCY · RIGHTS LIST FALL 2017 RIGHTS LIST FALL 2017 · KOJA AGENCY 5 One More PICTURE BOOKS 0-3 PICTURE BOOKS 3-60-3 Who is Driving? The Hat Journey Ellen Karlsson & Monika Forsberg Owe Gustafson

Everyone is on the train today – cats, horses, teddy The elephant Knut lives in a red cottage in the bears, a family of mice, elephants and rhinos! woods. Sometimes he feels very lonely. He And many more would like to get on, but the fastest decides to take the bus to his relatives on the train in the world has no time to stop! It jolts and savannah. But he has to bring gifts of course! lurches so much everything falls over: the cat’s bag, Whatever will he bring? the bears’ hot chocolate, the chess pieces… All the passengers wonder, who is the reckless Owe Gustafson is the creator of Sweden’s conductor? most famous children’s program: the cult show Fem myror är ﬂ er än fyra elefanter /Five Ants Ellen Karlsson is a Swedish author and publisher. are More than Four Elephants. Now he’s back She debuted in 2013 with Snöret, fågeln och jag, with new books about a pink elephant! for which she was awarded the August Prize. Owe Gustafson, born 1940 in Eskilstuna, is an Monika Forsberg is a Swedish illustrator and author, artist, illustrator, cartoonist and much designer. She moved to London to study animation more. He has had exhibitions in Tokyo, Paris at the Royal College of Art in 1995 and she still lives and New York as well as throughout Sweden,

Vem är det som kör? there today. She has worked for clients like eeBoo, and is represented at the National Museum in Originally published in Swedish Anthropologie, Unicef, RedValentino, NY Review Stockholm and the National Gallery in Oslo. Urax, spring 2018 and Quarto Publishing. This is her ﬁ rst picture book. Hattresan 32 pp Her images are a mix of hand-painted images and Originally published in Swedish Co-edition available digital collage. Hippo, fall 2017 210 x 210 mm, 24 pp Co-edition available OWE GUSTAFSON 033605 789187 ISBN 9789187033605 9 TÄNK OM JAG HADE EN SNABEL EN JAG HADE OM TÄNK HIPPO BOKFÖRLAG

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What If I had a Trunk Hippo, spring 2017 210 x 210 mm, 24 pp

6 KOJA AGENCY · RIGHTS LIST FALL 2017 RIGHTS LIST FALL 2017 · KOJA AGENCY 7 PICTURE BOOKS PICTURE BOOKS My Bedroom Invisible Sahar Rute Nieto Ferreira & Jenny Bowers Anna Platt & Li Söderberg

A bedroom isn’t just a place to sleep. It can be a comfy den or a trampoline, a place for quiet reading and wild Sahar is no longer visible. You used to be able to see her adventures. Watch a room change through night and day very well. But when Lou invites everybody but Sahar to and become many things to its inhabitants. This is a her birthday party, Sahar starts to become blurry. Then the dynamic and colourful ode to a child’s creative safe space. other kids stop saying hello. After that she became totally invisible.

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

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

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

Li Söderberg is an illustrator and praised designer to a

My Bedroom number of books. Invisible Sahar is her debut as a Sahar som inte syns Originally published in English children’s book illustrator. Originally published in Swedish Tower Block Books, spring 2017 Speja förlag, 2017 195 x 260 mm, 32 pp 215 x 240 mm, 32 pp

What Did Alex See? Rute Nieto Ferreira & Lucy Vigrass

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

What Did Alex See? Originally published in English Tower Block Books, spring 2017 205 x 225 mm, 24 pp

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A newspaper falls but won’t land until morning A rain has just fallen, a baby tooth is loose, a beetle yesterdays news stands up soaked and dazed on the gravel, a mole is lurking underground while a guy on a horse gets a phonecall from his grandmother. In other places the snow is melting, and the butterﬂ ies soon expected to arrive. Today’s paper is dropped from a suspension bridge and two best friends forget to be angry when a rain of ﬂ owers falls.

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

Anders Holmer made his debut last year with Allting händer. He has already been established as an artist with his own, but internationally viable, style. With a unique and low-key humor and a precision beyond the ordinary. Regn Originally published in Swedish Natur & Kultur, spring 2018 32 pp Rights sold: English (North America) Co-edition available It Happens !

It happens on a narrow track that ﬂ ies away and won’t come back it’s such a pleasant autumn night the moon is shining blue and bright a ﬂ ock of geese are moving south the driver opens up his mouth declaring loudly - Hip Hooray! I’m turning ninety-six today! The car radio So come aboard my birthday train plays a song about the sun but no one hears it we’ll never have this fun again!

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

It Happens! Natur & Kultur, spring 2017

10 KOJA AGENCY · RIGHTS LIST FALL 2017 32 pp RIGHTS LIST FALL 2017 · KOJA AGENCY 11 Rights sold: Simpliﬁ ed Chinese PICTURE BOOKS GRAPHIC NOVELS Bertold Harvey Jacques Goldstyn Hervé Bouchard & Janice Nadeau

Jules feels different from the people he sees around A sophisticated and original graphic novel, him. He, for one, likes to wear two different mittens, about a young boy’s reaction to his father’s and enjoys doing things by himself. He is most death. comfortable amidst the branches of Bertold, a 250 year-old oak Jules calls his own. Hidden behind the Harvey and his little brother are playing in the tree’s leaves, he can play Tarzan and watch the world slushy streets of early spring when they learn, unfold. But one spring, when he fi nds Bertold naked out of the blue, that their father has died of a of the tiniest bud, he has to face the fact: the tree is heart attack. Everything changes and Harvey’s dead. But Jules has a lot of imagination, and using it favorite movie, The Incredible Shrinking Man, he will manage to give his green friend a new life. suddenly begins to dominate his fantasy life. When relatives try to get him to look at his father in his coffi n, Harvey fi nds himself Youth Award Booksellers of Quebec 2015 disappearing. TD Prize for Literature 2016 Montréal Youth Libraries Prize Brilliantly illustrated, emotionally true and Sorcières Bookseller’s Prize 2016 devastatingly sad, this book is an artful and utterly convincing study of one boy’s response ”From Goldstyn’s simple words and the free, alive, to great loss. infi nitely expressive line of his illustrations radiates a profound parable of belonging, reconciling love ”...a great graphic novel to give to a younger and loss, and savoring solitude without suffering child trying to understand the pain of bereave- L’arbragan loneliness.” Brain Pickings ment.” School Library Journal Originally published in French Harvey La Pastéque, 2014 ”Humor, contemplation, and masterful illustrations.” ”A sparse, evocative look at a father’s death... 160 x 190, 96 pp Originally published in French Harvey’s child’s-eye perspective is fl awlessly Rights sold: Korean, World English, Spanish, Catalan, La Pastéque, 2009 conveyed.” Kirkus Reviews Simplifi ed Chinese, Turkish, Russian Starred review, Kirkus Reviews 160 x 200 mm 168 pp

Rights sold: Chinese, English North America Governor General’s Award

Azadah La Pastéque, 2016 170 x 215, 96 pp 12 KOJA AGENCY · RIGHTS LIST FALL 2017 Rights sold: Korean, Swedish, Spanish, Catalan RIGHTS LIST FALL 2017 · KOJA AGENCY 13 PICTURE BOOKS PICTURE BOOKS Mush and Hush the Artists The Train Journey Jenni Rope Hanna Arnesen

Mush and Hush are forest mushrooms, but of a We ride by everything that is home and go on. very special kind. They are artists! Look! One afternoon they decide to paint themselves There’s the city, where all the machines make noise. stripy and after that all the mushrooms want to become different. So one gets dots, the other The chimneys smoke all the way up to the clouds. stripes...but how will they recognize each other? Come along on a breathtaking adventure, with an This colourful picture book tackles the ups and everchanging landscape outside the train window. downs of being happy in your own skin, just as Look over there! We ride past the boats at the dock, you are. past birds and fishes and over the rainbow bridge.

And then we’re there! At grandma’s. Jenni Rope works with painting, sculpture, pattern ”Look!” says grandma. ”There’s YOU!” design, book art and animation. Her work has an aesthetic that incorporates both playfulness and This is the perfect picture book for all train lovers an emphasis on colour and shape. out there. Hanna Arnesen’s illustrations are colorful, She is interested in accidental shapes, layer- dreamy and full of details. Palle ja Monko taiteilijoina ing with patterns and showing emotion through

Originally published in Finnish colour. Her work has been exhibited internation- Hannah Arnesen is a visual artist. She studied picture Etana Editions, fall 2017 ally and can be found in private collections around book storytelling at HDK, the School of Design and 220 x 220mm, 32 pp the world. Jenni Rope lives and works in Helsinki, Tågresan Crafts in Gothenburg and works in a bookstore. She Finland. She is the founder of publishing house Originally published in Swedish made her debut with At Night We Fly in 2016, which Napa Books. Natur & Kultur, spring 2018 received fantastic reviews in the press. 32 pp

14 KOJA AGENCY · RIGHTS LIST FALL 2017 RIGHTS LIST FALL 2017 · KOJA AGENCY 15 PICTURE BOOKS PICTURE BOOKS In a Big Big Hurry Ulf Stark Ebba Forslind Ulf Stark is one of Sweden’s most famous authors. He has written more than one hundred books and his work has been translated into 35 languages. His versatile authorship These two are in a hurry. A mom and a child. One is has contributed to giving Swedish children’s literature a supposed to be on her way to daycare and one off worldwide reputation. to work, but they both think it’s such a drag. They would rather go buy a turtle, or look in the During his life, Ulf Stark wrote everything from picture window of the jewelry store and wish for necklaces books, novels for young adults to film scripts. He has with gold hearts and bracelets with diamonds. received prestigious awards such as the Deutsche Jugendli- teraturpreis, the August Prize and an Emmy for best original But what if there’s been a mistake? What if it’s a day manuscript. off instead? Photo: Stefan Tell Ebba Forslind’s pitch-perfect debut is an everyday and poetic picture book, recognizable for all those Elmer series who’s ever dropped off or been dropped off at daycare. In the first book about the ambitious Elmer, he is a chef cooking food for everyone. Even the King himself summons Elmer to help out! Elmer appears in various professional roles throughout the series: cleaner, musician, veterinarian… and Elmer’s always the reliable hero!

Jättejätte-bråttom With congenial illustrations by Lotta Geffenblad, this is a book Originally published in Swedish with lots of humor and fun pictures for all the little ones who Urax, fall 2017 Elmer the Chef 32 pp love to “work”!

The Boy, the Girl and the Wall

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

Foolish Yakup

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

16 KOJA AGENCY · RIGHTS LIST FALL 2017 RIGHTS LIST FALL 2017 · KOJA AGENCY 17 PICTURE BOOKS PICTURE BOOKS The Transformation Mina & Kåge Anna Höglund Anna Höglund

”I shall save my father from the giant who turns Mina and Kåge live together and both love their daily routines ...or? Anna Höglund är konstnär, illustratör och författare. people into stone. I will make the giant look at One day Kåge decides to go travelling without Mina. I Förvandlingen har hon inspirerats av Elsa Beskows klassiska saga Tripp, Trapp, Trull och jätten Dum-dum. herself in the mirror,” said the child. Mina is completely unprepared for the change and doesn’t know Det blir en spännande bildberättelse för alla åldrar om list, mod och överlevnad. how she will survive the pain. How can someone she counts on – and even needs – betray her this way? How do you overcome a giant whose eyes turn all living things into stone? In The Transformation, Mina and Kåge is the fi rst title in a series of fi ve about friendship Anna Höglund has been inspired by a classic story and loneliness, love and jealousy, about the right to be angry and by Elsa Beskow. It’s an adventurous picture story for the importance of reconciliation. all ages about cunning, courage and survival. With great sincerity and humor, Anna Höglund has created smart relationship dramas for all ages that have become modern classics.

Mina och Kåge “A small wonderful story” Dagens Nyheter Originally published in Swedish “Nothing more than a small masterpiece” Förskolan Alfabeta, 1995 155 x 180, 64 pp “Both fun and irresistible” UNT

ISBN 978-91-638-9699-6

Förvandlingen Originally published in Swedish Bonnier Carlsen, January 2018 160 x 200 mm, 48 pp

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

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

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

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Mulle Meck & Buffa SPRING 2018 FALL 2018 25 years anniversary editions Deadline to join: November 10 Deadline to join: May 20 Files to print: December 10 Files to print: June 20 George Johansson & Jens Ahlbom Delivery: February 10 Delivery: October 20

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Sleeping Little Rose Ane Gustavsson Totte & Emma Series - 20 titles Gunilla Wolde SPRING 2018 FALL 2018 Deadline to join: November 10 Deadline to join: May 20 Files to print: December 10 Files to print: June 20 SPRING 2018 FALL 2018 Delivery: February 10 Delivery: October 20 Deadline to join: November 15 Deadline to join: May 15 Files to print: December 15 Files to print: June 15 Delivery: February 15 Delivery: October 15

The Pancake Party Eva Lindell & Cecilia Heikkilä

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

20 KOJA AGENCY · RIGHTS LIST FALL 2017 RIGHTS LIST FALL 2017 · KOJA AGENCY 21 FICTION 6-9 FICTION 6-9 Family Robberson and the Emre’s Manual Gold Diamond in the Art of Hunting Ghosts Anders Sparring & Per Gustavsson Siri Spont & Jonna Björnstjerna

Ture can do almost anything. He can count to a thousand “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” set in the high-rise suburbs! and knows a bunch of French words. He can tie his own shoes, work the washing machine, the stove and the remote Supposedly, the school’s auditorium is haunted. And there is control for the TV just as well as any grown-up. a rumor going around about a murderer in the basement. But lie, that he can’t. It is with mixed emotions that Emre and his friend Ömer “Then you’ll have to practice,” mom says sternly. Ture gets set out looking for demons. Because what if, they a knot in his stomach. No matter how hard he tries, he just really do fi nd a ghost ... can’t. Because, the thing is, the family Robberson encourage their The fourth book in the popular series about Emre and Ömer! family members to lie and take things from others. And now, In the earlier books, readers have joined Emre on his ven- mom Fia and dad Rob are planning a visit to the diamond tures to make friends, become famous, and throw a party. show in the capital. Since Ture can’t lie, he reveals the plan So far the fi rst two titles have sold more than 8,000 copies to Paul Eesman, who decides to stop them. Ture and his in Sweden. younger sister Ellen see no other alternative than to break into jail to ask their grandma for help. The books’ fun and playful layout, and numerous illustrations make them appealing even to the most reluctant readers. With drastic humour and colourful images, this is the perfect, bridge between picture and chapter book, for age 6-9.

Familjen Knyckertz och Guld-diamanten Emres Handbok i konsten att våga träffa spöken Originally published in Swedish Originally published in Swedish Natur & Kultur, spring 2018 Hippo, fall 2017 170 x 210 mm, 62 pp 170 x 210 mm, 144 pp Co-edition available EMRES HANDBOKK

Emre önskar att det fanns en handbok i hur man skaffar sig vänner. Speciellt som han är en sån som aldrig märks. När stökiga Ömer börjar i klassen får Emre en massa tips på hur han ska göra och inte 1

göra för att få en kompis. Som att det kan vara bra att försvara Spont & Björnstjerna Ömer när han räddar en fågel uppe på skolans tak. Och att det inte behöver vara en dålig grej att stjäla nåns katt.

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Emre’s Manual in the Art of Making Friends Emre’s Manual in the Art of Becoming Famous Emre’s Manual in the Art of Throwing a Party Hippo, 2016 Hippo, 2016 Hippo, spring 2017 Family Robberson and the Birthday Heist 170 x 210 mm, 128 pp 170 x 210 mm, 128 pp 170 x 210 mm, 174 pp Natur & Kultur, 2017 Rights sold: Danish 170 x 210 mm, 62 pp Co-edition available

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The Thin Sword Frida Nilsson is considered one of the most talented children’s book authors in Sweden today. Her authorship is characterized Frida Nilsson 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. A NEW ADVENTURE BY FRIDA NILSSON! Frida is internationally successful, and her books have been Frida Nilsson

”Jag ska göra det”, sa jag och strök henne över nominated for the prestigious Deutscher Jugend Literaturpreis den fuktiga pannan. ”Jag ska räkna ut ett sätt Sasha begins to call his mom Semilla when she gets sick. att överlista Döden.” in Germany and several literary awards in France. She has been — När Sasja förlorar sin mamma, bestämmer One night Semilla is gone from her bed and Sasha an August Prize nominee three times, and won The Astrid han sig för att följa efter till Dödens rike. Inga levande får vistas där och hans väg kantas av understands that Death has taken her away. He borrows the Lindgren Prize in 2014. The International Children’s Literature faror och äventyr. Men Sasja får också vänner under resan. Vänner som vill hjälpa honom neighbour’s little boat and rows after them, determined to Hay Festival in Aarhus has this year selected Frida as one of the med det han har kommit för att göra – att överlista Döden och ta sin mamma tillbaka. outsmart Death and bring his mother back. 39 best European children’s book authors aged 40 and under. — Frida Nilsson är mångfaldigt prisbelönt författare, The adventure will take Sasha through the kingdom of hennes senaste bok Ishavspirater belönades med Expressens Heffaklump samt med Nils Holgersson- Death, populated by fantastic creatures, the Hildins, the plaketten. Med Det tunna svärdet har hon skapat ännu en spännande och mångbottnad saga i samma anda, Spartans and the Hoos, where he makes both great friends stämningsfullt illustrerad av Alexander Jansson. and great enemies.

Frida Nilsson has created yet another classic story in the style of Ishavspirater where a brave child takes on a chal-

ISBN 978-91-27-15017-1 lenge the adult world fi nds too frightening.

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”The author is our new Astrid Lindgren. ” Det tunna svärdet M Magasin Originally published in Swedish Natur & Kultur, fall 2017 THE ”TRASH” TRILOGY 160 x 210 mm, 515 pp

The Pirates of the Ice Sea

”Frida Nilsson’s epic adventure tale is a modern classic that captiva- Hedvig! (2005), Hedvig and Max Olov (2006), Hedvig’s Summer with Chubby (2007), Hedvig and the Hardemo Princess (2009) tes the reader. It is impossible to put down the book.” Rights sold: German, Polish, Serbian Svenska Dagbladet ”Frida Nilsson has created an epic story of sisterhood, courage and the importance of staying humane in a cruel adult world.” Expressen “On my way to Gothenburg but don’t want to arrive! Consumed by a book! So darn great! What a setting! What a beautiful voice! Barnbibblan gives a gold star!” Barnbibblan

25 000 COPIES SOLD IN SWEDEN SOLD TO 12 LANGUAGES FULL ENGLISH TRANSLATION AVAILABLE NOW Ishavspirater Natur & Kultur, 2015 160 x 210 mm, 393 pp Winner of Expressen’s Heffaklumpen Award 2016 Winner of the Nils Holgersson Plaque 2016 Rights sold: German, Serbian, Czech, Polish, Winner of the BMF Plaque 2016 French, Spanish, Italian, Danish, Norwegian, Me and Gorilla (2005) Me and Dante at the Dump (2008) Jagger, Jagger (2013) World English, Dutch August Prize nominee 2015 160 x 210 mm, 137 pp 160 x 210 mm, 111 pp 160 x 210 mm, 151 pp Rights sold: Danish, Czech, German, Italian, Rights sold: German, French, Italian, Danish, Rights sold: German, French, Russian Nordic Council Prize for best children’s book nominee 2016 24 KOJA AGENCY · RIGHTS LIST FALL 2017 Turkish, Russian, Polish, French, Korean, Korean RIGHTS LIST FALL 2017 · KOJA AGENCY 25 Selected for the White Ravens 2016 Simpliﬁ ed Chinese, Slovenian FICTION 6-9 FICTION 6-9 The Crown Shark-Jenny Anna-Lena Hedman & Sofia Falkenhem Lisa Lundmark & Charlotte Ramel

The schoolmaster always says "speak up!" At Mimmi’s house the mood is almost always high, Mom always says, "Don’t be shy!" although there’s often no money or food in the Grandpa says, "Ignore them, it's nice with quiet, pretty girls." fridge. Mom’s boyfriend Broman is nice, but he has But I'm more quiet and angry. Like a shark. difficulties keeping a regular job, and is often called in for interrogation when something illegal has The schoolmaster wants all the children to speak in a loud happened around town. Mimmi’s mom says the and clear voice. He wants all children to be octopuses that police are just waiting for something to bust him for. put up all their eight arms at the same time. He doesn’t understand that there are sharks too. Sharks are quiet, they say When Mimmi and her best friend Henry find an old nothing. They swim around and do whatever they want. No antique crown in one of Broman’s cars, they one dares to argue with them, no one dares to say “SPEAK understand that they have to hide it to keep Broman UP” to a shark. out of trouble. But the crown seems to have a will of its own, and soon strange things start to happen. Perhaps the shark in the aquarium, where they go on a class trip, can help people understand that someone like Shark- Magic realism meets social issues in this “country Jenny is good to have around? That you don’t have to talk all noir” tale for 7-10 year olds. With illustrations by the time to get by in life. Sofia Falkenhem. Haj-Jenny Originally published in Swedish Annalena Hedman lives in Umeå, Sweden, and Natur & Kultur, fall 2017 combines writing with being a school librarian. She 145 x 200 mm 120 pp Rights sold: Korean has previously written six books.

Kronan Orginally published in Swedish The World’s Mostest Ester Natur & Kultur, May 2018 145 x 200 mm, 135 pp Anton Bergman & Emma Adbåge

Spot-on everyday drama in elementary school! Our house is on a hill in the outskirts of the village. When we sat on the steps having dinner, I saw out over the fields across the courtyard. They were yellow-green in the evening light, framed by the Ester is new in the class. Signe finds her exciting. Ester has her deep-pink roses. The mountains beyond billowed in different blue hues, and the sky shimmered in own key and she gets to walk home by herself. Her mother is turquoise in the horizon, like the inside of a shell. I remember then that I had a feeling of it all being an actress and lives in New York, her name is Greta Garbo!? A a bit unreal. Maybe it was a premonition of what was about to come, how strange everything would lot is going on around Ester all the time. turn out after that exact moment – because that was when it begun, when a large pickup drove into our courtyard, towing one of the fanciest cars I had ever seen behind it. And make no mistake, I There is a new girl in my class. Her name is Ester. Our teacher had seen many fancy cars. tells us to be especially nice to her in the beginning. There is something about Ester that feels exciting. I can’t explain Broman dropped everything, left the burgers on the grill and trotted into the courtyard. It was the it. She is just so much everything. She is the world’s mostest closest thing he would ever come to a jog, so I understood something big was going on. Ester.

“The World’s Mostest Ester is a great read-aloud book for 6-9 year olds! There is much to ponder about and empathize with, at the same time as the text provides a good basis for discussions. A hit!!” Världens mesta Ester BTJ Originally published in Swedish Hippo, fall 2016 155 x 200 mm, 120 pp 26 KOJA AGENCY · RIGHTS LIST FALL 2017 RIGHTS LIST FALL 2017 · KOJA AGENCY 27 Rights sold: Danish FICTION 9-12 FICTION 9-12 The Emperor’s Grave The Boy in the iPad and I Johan Rundberg Jonatan Järvi

I am on my way to school when I hear mean Evan shouting after me. Or Evil, which I call him. I get really It’s soon Christmas and Sebastian is still haunted scared and run inside the mall. I run into a dressing room by the memories from the summer at seaside hotel at the back, and take cover in the corner. My pulse is Solöga. He’s become afraid of the dark. He’s also beating so hard I think my veins might pop. I take my iPad worried about his mom who isn’t getting any acting out of my backpack and suddenly something happens. jobs. At the same time, Sebastian is happy to hang The screen ﬂ ickers in all different colors. Then a boy’s face out with Max and Mandy again. Mandy has gotten appears. He waves. “Hello,” I say, unsure. a part in an upcoming TV series that is being fi lmed at the The Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities in Stockholm. Under the museum there is a cavern, ”This is a book about the power of imagination – and how where a new exhibit is being built. But how is it that it can help to understand how someone else feels. It is one of the heavy stone statues suddenly has moved, also wonderfully humoristic with a happy ending, meaning is Sebastian just imagining things? And who, or what, a great book to read out loud, not the least for adults.” is attacking the museum attendants? BTJ In The Emperor’s Grave, Johan Rundberg manages KEJSARENS to combine icy shivers with warm everyday humour. It is the second book in a trilogy. Pojken i paddan och jag GRAV Originally published in Swedish Johan Rundberg has written a number of children’s Hippo, fall 2017 Johan Rundberg books. His title The Love Pizza was loved by readers 144 pp and critics alike. If I Can Stay Kejsarens grav Originally published i Swedish Kajsa Gordan Natur & Kultur, spring 2018 200 pp Ilona is 13 years old. She goes to school, plays football and hangs out with her best friend, like any other child her age. ”There are plenty of ghost stories in today’s chapter But unlike her schoolmates, she lives with her family in a books, but the The Phantom’s Voice is unusually clever, Johan Rundberg monastery, hiding in the wait for a deportation order to be Motvilligt följer Sebbe med sin skådespelarmamma with humor and intelligence and several surprising twists. till en lminspelning på Sandhammarens Badnöje, ett Om changed to a decision of asylum. A threatening cloud hangs fallfärdigt gammalt hotell i Skåne. Han förväntar sig And really, really scary!” en veckas tristess i sin mammas skugga, men redan over their heads, at the same time as they try to create an första kvällen börjar märkliga saker hända. Någon – DN eller något – tycks vilja sabotera inspelningarna. jag Tillsammans med barnskådespelaren Manda, och everyday life for themselves in the new country. Max, son till lmens stora stjärna, börjar Sebbe nysta i mysterierna på hotellet. Vad är det för märkliga What is it like to huddle together in a small room with the ljud som hörs om nätterna? Och varför vill inte de RÖST VÅLNADENS anställda prata om husets historia? curtains drawn year after year? VÅLNADENS RÖST är första delen i trilogin om Häxknuten. få And what is it like to be the best friend, the one who has an obvious right to stay here and to plan for the future? Should stanna you feel guilty that you are well off? “Kajsa Gordan shows that good pedagogy can be great art” VÅLNADENS Dagens Nyheter Ö Vålnadens röst / The Phantom’s Voice “A gripping and honest book” ISBN 978-91-27-15179-6 R ST Originally published i Swedish Johan Rundberg Vi Läser 9 789127 151796 Natur & Kultur, fall 2017 KAJSA GORDAN 246 pp “An insightful and touching portrayal of a reality Valnadens rost.indd Alla sidor 2017-06-29 11:40 Om jag får stanna we often choose to ignore.” Aftonbladet Originally published in Swedish 28 KOJA AGENCY · RIGHTS LIST FALL 2017 Rabén & Sjögren, spring 2017 RIGHTS LIST FALL 2017 · KOJA AGENCY 29 139 pp FICTION 9-12 YOUNG ADULT Ellinor The Bull from Solna Katarina von Bredow Gunnar Ardelius

The fi rst book in a trilogy by Katarina von Bredow! Sometimes he thinks it’s unfair that women have so many advantages in life. They’re raised to claim space and On Ellinor’s birthday, a new boy starts in her class. justice, take a step forward, and care about their sisters. His name is Victor and he is handsome and funny and They have a powerful sense of community and an overall takes up space instantly. He looks right at Ellinor when goal. Sebastian has learnt to hold back, to not be rowdy the class sings happy birthday to her. and macho, let the girls take up space, and that unity Her cheeks grow hot and she gets butterﬂ ies in her between men is something repulsive. Hanna’s sexual stomach every time he smiles at her. But Ellinor is not hunger is draining him from the inside. His own desire is the only one affected by Victor. Meja tosses her long, depleted, it slips away, it’s too ragged – he can’t show it. shiny hair around when he’s nearby, and Leo seems grumpy because Victor gets all the attention. Ellinor Sebastian is struggling to become an adult, to fi nd grows tired of navigating around everybody else’s friends, an apartment, a load of cash, someone to love feelings. She needs to put her foot down and show what and an education that will eventually get him a job. He she wants. But how is she going to show Victor how she struggles to get away from his mother. There is really really feels? nothing wrong with her, other than that she smells too strong, laughs too loud and cries too ugly. Without quite Katarina von Bredow writes about relationships really knowing how it begun, Sebastian is in a relation- with feeling. We get to know Ellinor, Leo and Victor ship with his mother’s co-worker Hanna. Hanna, who during sixth grade, a year in which much changes and could go by the term MILF, even though she doesn’t everything is put to the test. The ucoming books in the have kids. series are titled Victor and Leo. Elllinor Tjuren från Solna Sebastian has applied for acting school, where he meets Originally published in Swedish Originally published in Swedish Jakob. Maybe now everything gets better and his life Natur & Kultur, spring 2018 Natur & Kultur, spring 2018 can begin for real? 278 pp 250 pp With a sound expression and a great deal of humor, Gunnar Ardelius portrays a young man’s sense of self in a time without any obvious answers.

Katarina von Bredow is author to several books for Gunnar Ardelius has written four YA novels and one novel children and young adults. for adults. He has received, and been nominated for a She has been awarded numerous prizes for her work, number of literary awards, among them the August Prize. among which the German Buxtehuder Bulle, the Swedish Ardelius is also a translator and President of the board of Radio Prize and the Astrid Lindgren Prize. the Swedish Writer’s Union. Her work is loved by readers and critics alike both in Sweden and abroad.

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