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Mari Kanstad Johnsen Mari Kanstad Johnsen CHILDREN Mari Kanstad Johnsen PICTURE BOOK Mari Kanstad Johnsen The Ball Ballen Gyldendal 2014 40 Pages PHOTO: AUIGON JOHNSEN English sample translation available. Full French translation available. Mari Kanstad Johnsen works as an illustrator and artist. She made her debut as Elling has a new basketball! He loves playing with it. But suddenly he hears a a children book’s illustrator with Barbiedoll sound. Kim and Coco hear it too. It’s quite close, but also rather distant. Could Nils and the Pistol Problem in 2011. Her it be coming from … the ball? debut as an author came with Scary Holiday in 2013. Illustrated and narrated by Mari Kanstad Johnsen. She received a Special Mention in the BolognaRagazzi Award 2017 for I’m Out of Here. Her books have been translated into French, Spanish and Swedish. FOREIGN SALES Argentina - Spanish and Catalan Rights (Pablo Curti), France (Cambourakis) PREVIOUS TITLES I'm Out of Here (author: Lene Ask), 2016 - Sold to Italy and Argentina (World Spanish Rights) Scary Holiday, 2013 - Sold to Sweden and Argentina (World Spanish Rights) Barbie-Nils and the Pistol Problem, 2011 (author: Kari Tinnen) - sold to France and Argentina (World Spanish Rights) RIGHTSHOLDER Gyldendal Agency [email protected] agency.gyldendal.no www.norla.no CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS Kari Tinnen PICTURE BOOK Mari Kanstad Johnsen Barbiedoll Nils and the Gun Problem Barbie-Nils og pistolproblemet Gyldendal 2011 40 Pages Kari Tinnen (b. 1975) has written scripts for TV, hosted a TV show for NRK (the It is Nils’s birthday! And he knows just what he wants for his birthday. Why, the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation) and nicest Barbie doll in the world, of course! spent one third of her life with Mummy, one third with Daddy and one third with other But why does dad make shooting sounds when they go to the toy store? Wasn’t nice people. In 2010, she published her first book for the whole idea to get Nils what he wanted? And why does he grow as stiff as a children, Ulla Here And There (Ulla hit og flagpole when he opens his mouth to say what he wants? dit). Mari Kanstad Johnsen (b.1981) is a Illustrated by Mari Kanstad Johnsen. freelance artist/illustrator based in Oslo. She holds a BA-degree from KHIO in Oslo and a MA-degree from Konstfack in Stockholm. Barbiedoll Nils and the Gun Problem was her first children’s book. She made her debut as an author with Scary Holiday (Livredd i Syden) in 2013, which is under translation into Spanish and Swedish. FOREIGN SALES Korean (Booklight Publishing), Spanish - Chile (Pablo Curti EIRL - Ninõ) RIGHTSHOLDER Gyldendal Agency P.O. Box 6860 St. Olavs plass NO-0130 Oslo Tel: +47 22 03 41 00 [email protected] agency.gyldendal.no www.norla.no CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS Helge Torvund PICTURE BOOK Mari Kanstad Johnsen The Sudden Cats The Sudden Cats Magikon 2014 82 Pages PHOTO: STUDIO VEST (COPYRIGHT: ASCHEHOUG) Helge Torvund is one of Norway's best Thomas and Theo go to their grandfather to eat pancakes, listen to his old known poets. He has published over two records and to play garage rock. While eating, something very strange happens: dozen collections of poetry, along with their grandfather suddenly turns into a cat! They think this is fun and exciting, children's books, essays, and translations. Torvund deals with the intimate: landscape but also a bit challenging since they are soon going to give a rock concert for the as it relates to the individual, relationships of whole village with their group “The Sudden Cats”. family members and friends, small things in a wide world. His tone ranges from the idyllic and magical through the down to earth and Nominated for the 2013 Norwegian Ministry of Culture’s literary prizes for dystopic, always sensuous, often surprising. children and young adults, as best picture book. Reviewer Eric Lodén points out his gift of Illustrated by Mari Kanstad Johnsen. "uniting the timeless with the everyday, the global with the local." Torvund's work has Praise for Torvund and Kanstad Johnsen’s book Vivaldi (2011): met with both critical and popular acclaim and he is the recipient of several literary "An aesthetic pleasure. (…) So lavish and visually delicious children's books are prizes. not common. (…) Mari Kanstad Johnsen has a clear signature (…) and this time she excels herself with colorful and contrasting illustrations (…) In short, an FOREIGN SALES excellent collaboration in a picture book that is a joy to experience." China, Macedonia - Dagbladet "In itself, the book is an aesthetic pleasure. It's good. But when the book RIGHTSHOLDER Magikon forlag manages to convey important content, very important content, it is lifted up to Svein Størksen the pearl level. It is a glass bead that the sun should shine through to make [email protected] colors bounce in all directions. … First and foremost this is a picture book that www.magikon.no takes children seriously in a way that challenges and touches. It deserves a www.norla.no salute." - Vårt Land CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS Hege Siri PICTURE BOOK The Tunnel Tunellen Magikon 2015 40 Pages English sample translation available Hege Siri (b. 1973) is a Sami author and art Two rabbits are digging a tunnel under a busy road. They want to cross over to photographer. She grew up in Trondheim the other side, where the grass is fresh and green. They are sweethearts. She and Nesseby, but lives now in Vinje, likes to help him. He is the one who wants to dig the tunnel, she would rather Telemark. She has studied arts and music at The University College of Telemark, and run across the road or stay where they are. But the cars are running very fast, literature at Skrivekunstakademiet, Bergen and their friends the cat and the squirrel have not made it across the road. and The Norwegian Institute for Children’s Books, Oslo. “In the darkness underground they are alone. Mari Kanstad Johnsen (b. 1981) is a The long ears move. Norwegian illustrator and author. She has a They stop. Listen. bachelor’s degree in visual communications from The National Academy of the Arts, Oslo The whiskers vibrate. and a master’s degree in Storytelling from The front legs are like drumsticks. Konstfack University College of Arts, They dig a path underground. Stockholm. The two of them. Together.” FOREIGN SALES Illustrated by Mari Kanstad Johnsen. China, France, South Korea PREVIOUS TITLES Hege Siri: Knust (illustrator: Calef Brown) - originially published as Uhca Pi (in North Sami) Et øyeblikk noen tusen år, poetry, 2009 (Kolon forlag) Mari Kanstad Johnsen: D for tiger (author: Lene Ask), 2015 (Gyldendal) Ballen, 2014 (Gyldendal) Livredd i Syden, 2013 (Gyldendal) The Sudden Cats (author: Helge Torvund), 2013 – Sold to China. Ballongjegeren (author: Anniken Bjørnes), 2012 Vivaldi (author: Helge Torvund), 2011 – Sold to China and South Korea. Barbie-Nils og pistolproblemet (author: Kari Tinnen), 2011 (Gyldendal) RIGHTSHOLDER Magikon forlag Svein Størksen Fjellveien 48A NO-1410 Kolbotn Tel.: +47 977 50 060 [email protected] www.magikon.no www.norla.no CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS Constance Ørbeck-Nilssen PICTURE BOOK I’m Right Here Jeg er jo her Magikon 2011 28 Pages While walking in the park with his grandmother, William is asking her if she Constance Ørbeck-Nilssen is an author, ever gets afraid. She does, but not for the reasons that he thinks. William is journalist and teacher. She often writes texts afraid of scary dogs, sharks and big fires. Granny is afraid of losing all the with a philosophical approach and is known for her ability to take on the perspective of beautiful things in her life that she loves – the sight of a squirrel in a tree, the the child. birds nesting, the flowers blossoming. Through their conversation she puts more emphasis on the joy of living, than of the fear of dying. Akin Duzakin was born in Turkey in 1961. He has illustrated a long line of books and has won several of the most prestigious This is a picture book that draws attention to the importance and pleasure of Norwegian literary prizes. learning to know the elder persons in the family – a true gift for grandparents to read for their grandchildren! FOREIGN SALES China, Denmark, Egypt, Iran, South Korea, Illustrated by Akin Duzakin. USA RIGHTSHOLDER Magikon forlag Svein Størksen Tel.: +47 977 50 060 Fjellveien 48A NO-1410 Kolbotn E-mail: [email protected] www.magikon.no 'Although the theme of the book is fear, this book is a warm depiction of the small pleasures in life that are so important to us, and of the good relationship between Wilhelm and his Granny. The subtle and beautiful illustrations by Akin Duzakin add an extra warmth to the story.' barnehagebibliotek.blog spot.no www.norla.no CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS Håkon Øvreås NOVEL (VOL. I IN A SERIES) Brown Brune Gyldendal 2013 136 Pages English sample translation available PHOTO: MONA VETRHUS A super hero for the underdog! Håkon Øvreås has previously published two books of poetry. Brown is his first children’s book. As long as the sun is up, Rune is merely Rune, but come night he transforms himself into Brown – a totally fearless super hero. Armed to the hilt with Øyvind Torseter (b. 1972) made his debut as brushes and brown paint he sneaks out of the house. Rune can hardly be an illustrator in 1999 and illustrates his own texts as well as other authors’ texts. He has blamed if Brown chooses to paint the big bullies’ bikes brown, can he? received The Ministry of Education’s Prize and Grafill’s ‘Most Beautiful Book of the Brown is a book about friendship, courage and retaliation.
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