Children’s Books from Sweden Autumn 2020 Rights Pre- 9–12 Contents School Years & Picture Books Contact us Mathilde Coffy Rights Director Children’s Books [email protected] +46 8 696 89 17 Yasmin Alishenas Non- Agency Coordinator [email protected] +46 8 696 89 10 Fiction The Bonnier Publishing Group is made up of Albert Bonniers Förlag, Bokförlaget Ester Bonnier, B okförlaget Max Ström, Bonnierförlagen Lära, Bonnier Audio, Bonnier Bookery, Bonnier Carlsen, Bonnier Pocket, Månpocket, Orosdi-Back, Wahlström & Widstrand, Bonniers Bokklubbar, Bonnier Rights, Fenix Förlag, Bokförlaget Semic and Bokförlaget Hedvig. 6–9 Cover: A Pack of Your Own Illustration: Maria Nilsson Thore Graphic Design: Anna-Karin Sundin Years 3 Pre-School Pre-School & Picture Books Knotan Pats KNOTAN: Knotan loves patting. Patting teddy. Mmm, cosy, and so soft! Patting the toy crocodile is not dangerous either. But the teeth are sharp! The cat – yes, pat it! “Careful!” says Daddy. “Pat i t gently. Like this.” Aha. Knotan pats Daddy. His cheeks are both soft and prickly. The books about Knotan are robust, fun children’s books a­­ bout everyday life with adventure-loving Knotan and patient Daddy. Per Bengtsson’s rhythmic texts and Per Gustavsson’s e xpressive pictures make for wonderful reading and great identification. Perfect books with spot-on topics for young children a nd their parents . Series name Knotan • Original title Knotan klappar • Author Per Bengtsson • Illustrator Per Gustavsson • Format 165 x 187 mm, 32 pages, colour • Rights sold Danish, Finnish Julia’s Look and Find Book JULIA: The first Look and Find book with the delightful Julia! There is a lot to discover both at home and in town. Julia and her mother play hide-and-seek. But where is Julia and who is hiding in the ward robe? Tag along with Julia and her mother as they go to the café and find out which tasty cake Julia chooses. In the evening Daddy goes to bed. Where will Julia sleep and who is already asleep? An interactive Look and Find book which is full of lovely details to discover in the pictures. Eva Eriksson’s and Lisa Moroni’s warm and friendly books about Julia are fav ourites among young child- ren. Fun and playful reading for little ones and their families. Series name Julia • Original title Julias pekbok • Authors & Illustrators Eva Eriksson, Lisa Moroni • Format 195 x 240 mm, 12 pages, colour • Rights sold Danish, English, Faroese, Finnish, Georgian, Norwegian, Polish, Russian 5 Picture Books Picture Books A Pack of Your Own Sonja and A lonely dachshund dreams of a friend. But how can such a little dog make friends? Every time the dachshund goes to the exercise the Hat Split yard in the park where the other dogs hang out, it feels odd some- how. The dachshund doesn’t fit in and even finds it hard to be A lovely story about divorce and finding your place in a new family around the other dogs. But all the others look as if they are having constellation. fun together. Sonja alternates living with Mummy one week and Daddy the With warm and clever humour, Maria Nilsson Thore has next. Both places are nice but in different ways. When autumn created a wonderful allegory about friendship in a dog’s world. comes Daddy brings out a hand-knitted stripy hat for Sonja so With exquisitely sweet illustrations, readers are invited to dive that she won’t get cold. But when it’s Mummy’s turn to collect her, into their imagination and to ask themselves questions about she doesn’t like it and buys her a new hat – with a bobble on. Every friendship, such as: how much should one adapt in order to be week throughout the autumn Sonja doesn’t just swap houses but accepted and valued by others? And do we really need to be sim ilar also hats. Daddy’s week becomes “stripy hat week” and Mummy’s in order to be friends? Can a dachshund and a poodle be friends week “bobble hat week”. But one day Sonja has had enough! despite their differences? Måns Gahrton and Johan Unenge let the main character, S onja, tell her version of what it’s like to live with divorced parents, with empathy and warmth. Johan Unenge’s beautiful water colours paint an everyday life where there is both happiness and sorrow. Original title En egen flock • Author & illustrator Maria Nilsson Thore Original title Sonja och skilsmössan • Author Måns Gahrton • Illustrator • Format 170 x 240 mm, 48 pages, colour Johan Unenge • Format 195 x 260 mm, 32 pages, colour 6 7 Picture Books Scrapyard- Picture Books Nisse and his New Friends Scrapyard-Nisse has got some new friends – just when he was Hugo, Snowballs about to have a holiday. The cat Missan, pig Nassen and monkey Affe have moved in. It’s noisy, nothing like the peace and quiet he and Nut Thieves wanted. Scrapyard-Nisse finally gets the animals to go away, in a newly built motor-cycle home! Monkey Affe says it will be fine, even though he can’t reach the handbrake. But off they go and HUGO: Scrapyard Nisse finally gets some peace and quiet. Too quiet. Help, there are thieves in the wood! Hugo, the world’s kindest Andthen he starts to worry. How are Missan, Nassen and Affe crocodile, has to help catch the villain who’s stealing nuts from getting on – will they be all right? Squirrel’s winter store. But however hard Hugo and his friends try with different traps, the thief gets away every time. This has Jan Lööf’s pictures have a unique style, as do his harsh narrative become a really hard nut to crack! Original title Skrot-Nisse och hans nya vänner • Author & illustrator Jan tone and warm charm. Since his debut in the sixties, Jan Lööf Hugo – Snowballs and Nut Thieves is Mia Nilsson’s fifth book Lööf • Format 260 x 195 mm, 48 pages, colour has become a popular author and illustrator, beloved by many about Hugo, the friendly crocodile who loves baking. generations. Mr. Balder’s Secret Mr. Balder lives a happy life on his estate. Everything would be perfect if it weren’t for the business of mowing the grass on Thurs days. It’s sweaty and dirty work – not Mr. Balder’s style at all. But then he sees an advertisement offering to hire out sheep to keep the grass down. He soon places an order and a week later ten first-rate sheep move in. However, it doesn’t turn out quite like Mr. Balder had expected – it’s better. But the neighbouring farmer is less than pleased and raises the voltage in the electric fence … A long-awaited new edition of this 1995 gem! Series name Hugo • Original title Hugo, Kramsnö och nöttjuvar • Author & illustrator Mia Nilsson • Format 195 x 260 mm, 40 pages, colour • Rights Original title Herr Balders hemlighet • Author & illustrator Jakob Wegelius sold Chinese (simpl.), Danish, Dutch, Korean, Spanish • Format 195 x 260 mm, 32 pages, colour 8 9 Picture Books Picture Books They Come at Night A spine-tingling bedtime story full of humour and warmth. The Angry Old Lady Every night monsters appear in Ami’s room. But when Ami calls out and Mummy comes in to see they disappear without on our Block a trace. It must be because the monsters are afraid of mummies! So if Mummy sleeps in Ami’s bed the monsters won’t dare to Playmates Debbie and Karl-Johan have decided to set their friend come in. But... imagine if they take Daddy instead? After all he’s Gunnar free, as he’s not allowed to come out to play before he has sleeping alone in the big bed! tidied his room. But how on earth are they going to get Gunnar out A gentle mini-thriller for everyone who (dis)likes nightmares through the window on the first floor of the family’s big house? and ghosts. Henrik Jonsson is a master at balancing monsters And how will they manage to avoid the family’s enormous dog and fears with humour and bits of Lego on the floor, in a picture that wanders around the garden as well? They need a clever plan world entirely on a child’s terms. for it all to work. This plan involves first of all stealing a tiny little bit of sausage through an open kitchen window. But not just any kitchen window, this window just happens to belong to the ANGRY OLD LADY – the woman who terrorises the whole block! The Angry Old Lady is a completely mad – but at times also sensi tive and warm – story with improbable elements like leaf- sweeping, freshly hung sausage, axes and false teeth. A complex work with music and melody to it – perfect for reading aloud and even for children who consider themselves a bit too “big” for picture books. Original title De kommer om natten • Author & illustrator Henrik Jonsson Original title Arga tanten: I vårt kvarter • Author & illustrator Simon Janner- • Format 195 x 260 mm, 40 pages, colour land • Format 195 x 260 mm, 48 pages, colour 10 11 6–9 Years 6–9 Years Noa’s Journey THE MAGIC PET SHOP: Animals, magic and funny and clever illustrations all feature in these wonderful extra-easy-to-read books that are just perfect for awakening a love of reading. Step into the Magic Pet shop. There is an animal for every child and a shop assistant who knows precisely what animal each child needs.