Backlist catalogue Index Page 4–5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8–9 Emma AdBåge Carl Johanson Our advent calendar Lena Anderson Page 10 Page 11–13 Page 14–15 Page 16–17 Christina Björk Gunilla Bergström Jujja Wieslander Johan Egerkrans Page 18–19 Page 20–21 Page 22 Page 23–25 Pija Lindenbaum Catarina Kruusval Elias Våhlund & Barbro Lindgren Agnes Våhlund Page 26–31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Astrid Lindgren Jockum Nordström Andrea de La Barre de Sarah Sheppard Nanteuil & Lovisa Burfitt Page 35 Page 36–37 Page 38–41 Page 42 Lena Sjöberg Pernilla Stalfelt Pia Hagmar Åsa Lind 2 Welcome 75 years of classics and great new talent The rights division of Rabén & Sjögren got off to a flying start in 1945 Lindgren was particularly interested in finding and developing new with the publication of Pippi Longstocking. Its author, Astrid Lindgren, talent, both authors and illustrators, and many of the books that she had a huge impact on the subsequent development of the company. edited have become modern classics for children in Sweden, as Apart from going on to publish all her books at Rabén & Sjögren, she well as in many other countries. We are proud to have so many of worked as a senior editor and was responsible for the children's books Sweden’s most well-known and award-winning authors and illustrators list for a quarter of a century (1946–1970). on our list, as well as continuing to publish titles that will become the During that time, Rabén & Sjögren became Sweden’s leading classics of tomorrow. children’s books publisher, a position maintained to this day. Astrid Rabén & Sjögren Agency is the rights division of Lillevi Cederin Rabén & Sjögren, Norstedts Publishing Group. [email protected] Rabén & Sjögren Agency Åsa Bergman PO Box 2052 [email protected] SE-103 12 Stockholm, Sweden 3 Emma AdBåge True to a child’s thoughts and feelings Emma AdBåge’s stories and illustrations make everyday emotions and colours, combine small details with characters whose bodily postures experiences both immediately recognisable and richly interesting. Both and facial expressions give a clear insight into what they think and feel. her stories and her drawings are observant, succinct, humorous and She has won several awards, including the Elsa Beskow Plaque and perceptive. Her illustrations, with their carefully drawn lines and gentle the Lennart Hellsing Prize. The Hole Behind the Gym won the August Prize in 2018 “Gropen (The Hole Behind the Gym) is a life-affirming tribute to the joy of free play, without concern for certified sandpits or health and safety regulations. The book uses great humour and superb imagery to show that imaginations thrive in unsupervised and untouched spaces. Using a child’s perspective throughout, children are portrayed as a “we- persona”, determining childhood on their own terms right in front of the adults who so fear this primal force. Never can there have been a more colourful book about the dull monotony of school life.” Lilla foten Little Foot 157x160, 18 pp, *2013, 0–3 yrs Lilla handen Little Hand 157x160, 18 pp, *2013, 0–3 yrs Lilla magen Little Tummy 160x160, 18 pp, *2014, 0–3 yrs Lilla näsan Little Nose 157x160, 18 pp, *2014, 0–3 yrs 4 Emma AdBåge Rights sold to: Arabic World Rights, Canada, China, Denmark, Germany, France, Korea, Norway, Poland & Spain Gropen Leni är ett sockerhjärta Lenis Olle Jag är jag The Hole Behind The Gym Leni is a Honeybun Leni’s Olle I Am Me 207x261, 32 pp, *2018, 3–6 yrs 207x261, 32 pp, *2010, 3–6 yrs 207x261, 32 pp, *2012, 3–6 yrs 155x206, 160 pp, *2011, 6–9 yrs Naturen Leni blir en bebis Vi hittar Smulbert Räkna med naturen Nature Leni Becomes a Baby We find Crumbert Outdoor Math 210x250, 40 pp, *2020, 3–6 yrs 207x261, 32 pp, *2011, 3–6 yrs 202x261, 32 pp, *2009, 3–6 yrs 206x248, 29 pp, *2013, 3–6 yrs Nu är det sent! Press Voices: It’s Late Now! “Yet another step in Emma 200x270, 32 pp, *2015, 3–6 yrs AdBåge’s journey in becoming a contemporary Gunilla Bergström. Snart blir det roligt! As graphically elegant, and It’s About to Get Fun! just as messy and crumbly as 200x270, 32 pp, *2016, 3–6 yrs everyday life can be. There is crunching and hissing, there is Ledsen Sad resistance and mishaps, but it all ends with a smile.” Author: Lotta Olsson 230x215, 32 pp, *2020, 3–6 yrs (Kvällsposten about Leni’s Olle) Glad “She illustrates the little person Happy expertly and with ingenuity.” Author: Lotta Olsson (Swedish Library Services about 230x215, 32 pp, *2021, 3–6 yrs Little Foot ) 5 Carl Johanson Fantastic machines you can drive and fly Imagine all the ways you can travel, both on road Design and Illustration in Stockholm. His 2015 Rights sold to: and through the air. These books show you the debut, All Kinds of Cars, a collection of real and China, Finland, Great Britain, things you expect, the cars, tractors and dump imagined road vehicles, was a huge success Germany, Italy, Netherlands, trucks, the aeroplanes, rockets and balloons, but and has been sold to ten countries so far. The Norway, Poland, Russia & Spain also reveal the things you won’t: the sausage car companion volume, All Kinds of Planes takes to and the galactic bus, the flying carrot and the cake the air in both real and fantasy flying machines and plane. Here are the real and the wacky, the factual in a similarly invigorating style. Both books inform, and the fantastic in illustrations using black and entertain and inspire. There is also a series of board white and bright primary colours. books for very young children. Carl Johanson studied at St Martin’s School of Art in London, and took a Master’s in Graphic Carls billexikon Maskinerna All Kinds of Cars Construction 200x261, 40 pp, *2015, 3–6 yrs 160x160, 20 pp, *2019, 0–3 yrs Carls flyglexikon Brandkåren All Kinds of Planes Firefighters 245x317, 40 pp, *2017, 3–6 yrs 160x160, 20 pp, *2019, 0–3 yrs Ambulansen Emma stannar hemma Ambulance Emma Stays at Home 160x160, 20 pp, *2019, 0–3 yrs 160x160, 24 pp, *2016, 0–3 yrs Staden City 160x160, 20 pp, *2019, 0–3 yrs 6 Our advent calendar A chapter a day is the Christmas way In the tradition of the Advent Calendar, a new Advent book is Merry Christmas, Little Onion is an everyday story of a little boy published every year. On a calendar, a window is opened each day in who wants two things for Christmas: a new bicycle and a father. But the month leading up to Christmas. The books are written so that a his mother cannot afford a bicycle and explains that you cannot just chapter can be read each day over the same period of time. Here are wish for a father. However, the little boy has a plan ... A cosy story by four Advent books, created by some of Sweden’s leading writers and Frida Nilsson, illustrated by Maria Thore Nilsson. illustrators, each with a different perspective on the eternal Christmas In Heigh-Ho, Now it’s Christmas, Ruffe the pig moves into an themes of love, friendship, togetherness and gratitude. abandoned croft, hoping that nobody will discover him and that he In Christmas in the Big Forest, written by Ulf Stark and illustrated will avoid being cooked and eaten at Christmas. He is joined by Kss- by Eva Eriksson, a group of animals plan their festivities while two Kss, a cat, a couple of mice, and, finally, a large wild pig and several small rabbits, lost in the snow, are rescued and returned. A mixture of piglets. A new, improvised family, they decide to repair the croft and traditional fairy-tale and warm-hearted comedy. have Christmas in style. Written by Ulf Nilsson, with pictures by Emma Lotta Olsson’s Believe in Santa Claus is an exciting mystery story AdBåge. beginning in Tilda’s house in a world that seems to have forgotten We Must Save Christmas is a fast-paced and fun adventure Christmas. There is no snow, and the pine trees drop their needles. to save Christmas, written by Ellen Karlsson, illustrated by Cecilia Yet behind the mirror in the hall lies the world of fairies and trolls and Heikkilä. This involves rushing to make festive decorations, eating icing Skruffs, a good-natured troll, turns to Tilda for help in making people and slimy herring, and dressing up as a Tomte on a daily basis. This believe in the magic of Christmas again. The illustrations are by charming and touching tale speaks to readers of all ages. Benjamin Chaud. Jul i stora skogen Tro på tomten God jul lilla lök Tjoho, nu är det jul! Christmas in the Big Believe in Santa Claus Merry Christmas, Heigh-ho, Now it’s Woods Author: Lotta Olsson Little Onion Christmas! Author: Ulf Stark 245x265, 101 pp, *2013, 3–6 yrs Author: Frida Nilsson Author: Ulf Nilsson 245x265, 101 pp, *2012, 3–6 yrs Rights sold to: 245x265, 108 pp, *2014, 3–6 yrs 245x265, 100 pp, *2018, 3–6 yrs Rights sold to: Poland Rights sold to: Rights sold to: Denmark, Finland, Germany, Denmark, Germany, Poland & Poland Great Britain, Italy, Netherlands, South Korea Norway, Russia & Ukraine Vi måste rädda julen! We Must Save Christmas! Author: Ellen Karlsson 245x265, 104 pp, *2020, 3–6 yrs 7 Lena Anderson Sweet and wondrous worlds in watercolour Lena Anderson is an author and under Christina Björk elsewhere in Majas lilla gröna illustrator.