Books

The hunt for Tam

Jo Salmson

Dragon Knights – a new, thrilling fantasy series for those just learning to read!This is an exciting, easy to read story about Tam the beggar boy, who is chosen to become a dragon knight; it forms part of a new series by Jo Salmson, the author of The…

Original title: Jakten på Tam

Series: Dragon Knights

Category: Children / Fiction 6-9

Pub date: 14-09-2009

Format: 128 pages, 148x210mm, b/w illustrations

Happy Hour

Annika Thor

Natalie and Jossan are rehearsing a dance for happy hour. They want Alva to join in, although she keeps on going the wrong way. But Filippa can’t join in. All she can do is make decisions, according to them. This takes away all the fun of appearing i…

Original title: Roliga timmen

Series: Alva & Love

Category: Children / Fiction 6-9

Pub date: 14-09-2009

Format: 48 pages, colour

Sleepover

Annika Thor

Love and his friend Danne have been playing all day. Danne thinks it’s a brilliant idea for Love to sleep over. Love isn’t so sure. When it’s bedtime and Love is lying on the camp bed, he sees that Danne has a cuddly toy as well, and has the courage…

Original title: Sova över

Series: Alva & Love

Category: Children / Fiction 6-9

Pub date: 14-09-2009

Format: 48 pages, colour

A Child is Born – fifth edition

Lennart Nilsson

New picture book of the Journey of Life, from conception to birth!The original publication of A Child is Born by Lennart Nilsson in 1965 was one of the most important books of the modern age, comparable to the first publication of NASA’s photographs…

Original title: Ett barn blir till

Category: Illustrated Non-Fiction / Parenting

Pub date: 08-09-2009

Format: 220 pages, 195x224mm, colour

The Practice of Murder

Kerstin Ekman

Kerstin Ekman, former member of the Swedish Academy and one of Sweden’s greatest living crime writers’ latest collection of essays, The Practice of Murder, is a meditation on unresolved issues in the classic Swedish novel, Söderberg’s Doctor Glas. St…

Original title: Mordets praktik

Category: Fiction / General Fiction

Pub date: 04-09-2009

Among Waves and Clouds

Jakob Wegelius

A lovely board book about vehicles in the sky and on water!What is that sweeping past us above our heads? An air balloon, a rescue helicopter or a sailplane? And over there, out in the bay, is that a junk, a steem paddler or a fishing boat. Wonderful…

Original title: Bland vågor och moln

Category: Children / Picture Books

Pub date: 01-09-2009

Format: 18 pages, 185x260 mm, board book

Betty in the Middle of the Night

Lotta Geffenblad

Betty has left home! But she’s only a hungry, lonely little cat, sailing along in a potty and fishing with her rod… She does get a bite, but it isn’t something to eat, just horrible stuff. And cats can’t eat rubbish. But what’s this on the end of her…

Original title: Betty mitt i natten

Category: Children / Picture Books

Pub date: 01-09-2009

Format: 32 pages, 190x260 mm, colour

The Lighthouse and the Stars

Annika Thor, Per Thor

On an island out in the sea, the longing to know the truth is growing inside Blenda – and one stormy autumn night the story catches up with her… Blenda Starry Eyes. That’s what her daddy used to call her. But Blenda and Erik’s father has been gone fo…

Original title: Fyren och stjärnorna

Category: Children / Fiction 12-15

Pub date: 20-08-2009

Format: 272 pages, 134x213 mm, b/w illustrations