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DANISH LITER ARY MAGA ZINE
DANISH LITERARY MAGAZINE
IS PUBLISHED BY
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for Literary Project Funding
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TEXT
Nana Baaner Klitgaard
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Annette Bach
aba@slks.dk
DESIGN
NR2154
EDITOR
Lars Sidenius
lsi@slks.dk
TRANSLATION
Paul Larkin
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WELCOME
For the second year running, the Danish Arts
to name but two. Though softer, more personal
Foundation is very pleased to publish our Danish
issues such as having to go to sleep at night are also
Literary Magazine – Children and Young Adults (C & YA).
beautifully handled.
Danish C & YA literature fully deserves its own
Enjoy reading about early-readers, picture books,
international stage. As readers will discover, it’s just as
read-aloud books and novels; about everyday life and
rich, varied and cutting-edge as ever. No subject is too
reality through the eyes of children, about new and
‘heavy’ or complex for Danish C & YA creators. Death,
well established authors and illustrators. In short,
for example, looms large in quite a number of books,
we present here a range of brilliantly produced and
even at the younger end of the genre. And many throw
designed C & YA books that are setting the Danish
a reflective and revealing light on really big questions:
trend. A young and ”right now” Denmark opening out
where do we come from?, what was there before God?,
before your very eyes!
Annette Bach
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
AWARDS
ANNE SOFIE HAMMER
JOHN KENN MORTENSEN
CECELIE EKEN
BOOKS IN BRIEF
REALITY BITES
BENNI BØDKER
BENT HALLER
DORTE KARREBÆK
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220 mm
Man kan vel godt sige, at jeg var sådan lidt paf.
Jeg kunne selvfølgelig fornemme, at det her var
The Ministry of
Culture’s Illustrator
Award
ved at blive en enormt
pinlig situation, menis
jeg a
Anna Margrethe
Kjærgaard
kunne ikke finde på andet end at gå med. Først
nu detDanish
her.
graduate busturen,
of the
School of
Design and Akademiska Sztuk
Pieknich i Kraków in Poland. As an
artist she has won a range of prizes
and funding awards.
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”The naïve, expressive images
deserve a mention when we speak
of this moving story,” – a reviewer
on Anna Margrethe Kjærgaard’s
illustrations for Bogbotten.dk
wrote. Anna Margrethe
Kjærgaard’s brushstrokes capture
the ominous atmosphere of war.
The story is told from the child’s
perspective. A child whose red
dress is very effectively drawn as
the only real colour amongst the
otherwise grey-toned images.
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Mit hus – den dag freden forsvandt (My home
– the day peace was shattered)
Jensen & Dalgaard 2015, 44 pages.
FOREIGN RIGHTS: Jensen & Dalgaard,
forlaget@jensenogdalgaard.dk
The Ministry of
Culture’s Children’s
Book Award
”With this book, Mette Eike Neerlin
shows she’s a fine storyteller
who can, with elegance and
authority, tell a ‘heavy’ story in a
Mette Eike Neerlin
TIGER, TIGER
”Vi kunne ikke forstå, hvor du blev af.”
140 mm
HEST, HEST
Mit hus (My home) is a first-hand
account of the bombing of Bornholm
Honey
er vant til
at klare
det subsequent
meste: Lave mad,
Island in
1945
and
the
kØbe ind, tage sig af sin sØster, og i skolen
forsØger
hun
at
vÆre
venner
med
Russian occupation. The alle.
rest of
Men hun har et problem: Hun lyver. Hun kan
Denmark
was
liberated,
nÆrmest
ikke kontrollere
det. Ogbut
en dag this
kommer
hun pÅ den mÅde til at tage en bus, hun slet ikke
little Baltic
island
had
to endure
skulle med
- en bustur
som vender
op og ned pÅ
hendes hverdag.
another year of occupation. The
”Naja? Er det her, du står og gemmer dig?”
book is written
by Anna
Margrethe
sagde den hvidklædte
mand.
”Jaeh,” sagde jeg sådan lidt spørgende.
Kjærgaard
and her mother Kirsten,
”Det er det vist.”
lagde en
fast hånd øverst på
ryggen
who was aManden
child
growing
up
on
af mig og begyndte at føre mig med.
venter på
dig,” sagde han.
Bornholm”Dinatmorfar
that
time.
10,3
Mette Eike Neerlin
140 mm
HØST & SØN
18/02/15 16.45
very accessible way,” – Berlingske.
Hest, hest, tiger, tiger (Horse, horse,
tiger, tiger) is a razor-sharp story
about Honey, a young girl who has
a cleft lip and palate, a mother who
works in a heel bar and a dad who’s
a petty criminal and only wants to
see her when he’s short of money.
But Honey is a survivor. Her only
real problem is her inability to say
no, which often leads her to lie, just
out of the blue. This is how she ends
up going to a Chinese class under
AWARDS
R D S
the name Karen Blixen and how
she ends up becoming friends with
Marcel who’s terminally ill and in
a hospice. In the absence of close
adult company, Marcel becomes,
rather ironically, a rock she can cling
to in the sea of life.
Ella er mit navn vil du købe det?
(Ella’s my name - do you want to buy it?)
Jensen & Dalgaard 2014, 284 pages.
FOREIGN RIGHTS: Jensen & Dalgaard,
forlaget@jensenogdalgaard.dk
Mette Eike Neerlin won the “Skriver
Award” with this novel because of
its brilliant language and treatment
of serious issues in a humorous way.
Hest, hest, tiger, tiger
(Horse, horse, tiger, tiger)
Høst & Søn 2015, 128 pages.
FOREIGN RIGHTS: Gyldendal Group Agency,
Stinne Hjortlund Kristoffersen: stinne_
hjortlund@gyldendalgroupagency.dk.
Nominated for the
Nordic Council’s C & YA
Literature Prize
Mette Hegnhøj’s poetic and
style-breaking children’s novel is a
book that, as Berlingske’s reviewer
says. ”... sneaks like a cat right
into the most vulnerable part of
the reader’s heart.” Information
was also thrilled with this daringly
stylish work and says the author
has “... managed to depict and
concretize intangible things like
loss, powerlessness and grief.”
Mette Hegnhøj’s book about Ella,
whose mother runs a second
hand bookshop and wants to
hear nothing more about cats, is
a about a girl who misses her cat
desperately, and maybe her dad as
well. Mette Hegnhøj has won the
Ministry of Culture’s Children and
YA author award for this work.
Nominated for the
Nordic Council’s C & YA
Literature Prize
”Jesper Wung-Sung never goes
for the easy option. Rather, the
opposite. His language is always
vibrant yet fluid. The action
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engaging. Yet the tone is more
measured than emotional. A
beautiful, multi-layered story,” –
Politiken on Ud med Knud.(Boot
Canute).
A strong, yet delicately handled
novel about William, who has
cancer. William both loves and
hates his secret friend Knud. You
see Knud is not exactly the kind
of friend you dream of having, and
William has tried every trick in the
book to get rid of him. Funny thing
is though; when Knud’s not around,
William kind of misses him. A book
about being young and living cheek
by jowl with death.
Jesper Wung-Sung is an awardwinning author, who has written a
long line of C & YA books since his
debut in 1998.
Ud med Knud (Boot Canute)
Høst & Søn 2014, 259 sider.
FOREIGN RIGHTS: Gyldendal Group Agency,
Stinne Hjortlund Kristoffersen: stinne_
hjortlund@gyldendalgroupagency.dk.
PREVIOUS TITLES SOLD TO: USA, France,
Holland, Germany.
Bologna Ragazzi
Digitale Award
‘A digital reading experience out of
the ordinary’, said Jyllands-Posten.
Wuwu & Co. is an app developed for
iPads, which works as an interactive
story. You can read the stories of
the five peculiar creatures in the
Little Red House (or have them read
to you) by laying the iPad down.
Placing it upwards allows you to
become part of the story and help
the creatures by doing tasks, like
shaking snow and spruce cones
from a tree by wobbling the iPad.
Thus, quiet reading is combined,
in an engaging and innovative way,
with physical activity.
worked on a large number of
artworks and exhibitions. She
won the 2013 Communication
Arts award of excellence for
her illustrations in Køteren (The
Mongrel).
Wuwu & Co.
Danish version: Touchbooks 2014. English
version: Step In Books 2014. FOREIGN RIGHTS:
Step In Books, Aksel Køie: aksel@stepinbooks.
com. PREVIOUS TITLES SOLD TO (illustrator):
Germany, Hong Kong, Sweden.
Merete Pryds Helle has apart from
conventional genres like children’s
books, radio plays, poems and crime
series written both SMS and iPad
novels. She has won various awards,
both nationally and internationally.
Kamila Slocinska, born in Warsaw,
but now living in Denmark, has
Chen Bochui Award
At the Shanghai International
Children’s Book Fair in November
2015, Hanne Bartholin won the
Best Author of the Year award
in the prestigious Chen Bochui
International Children’s Literature
category. Many of her books
have had international success,
particularly in China with books like
Finn Herman (Finn Herman - with
Mats Letén) and the elephant series
Carl (Carl - with Ida Jessen).
Hanne Bartholin (born 1962)
debuted as a picture book
illustrator in 1995 and has produced
a wide range of distinguished and
award winning publications.
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ANNE SOFIE HAMMER
PHOTO: ALEXANDER BANCK-PETERSEN
A MODERN EMIL
Her debut was a long time
coming, but there’s no
stopping her now, and her
most recent books have
been made into films.
Ever since Anne Sofie Hammer
was small, she dreamt of being
an author, but as she grew to
adulthood and took in the world
around her, she realised that it
wasn’t something you just suddenly
‘became’. Thus, many years would
pass before she felt ready to begin
writing books. After having children,
she felt there was a need for a good
reading-aloud book that would
suit a number of age groups. This
was the springboard for Villads fra
Valby (Villads from Valby). Valby is a
middleclass suburb of Copenhagen,
but that isn’t really a factor kids like Villads are to be found
anywhere and everywhere in this
world. Kids that are highly curious,
full of energy and imagination. Kids
”Ever heard of a kid called Villads
Emilio Eskildsen? A lot of people
say Villads is a right troublemaker.
But that’s not actually true. He’s
just a really nice, normal kid who’s
sometimes a bit unlucky when he’s
playing. And who’s also very good at
coming up with great ideas.”
Extract from VILLADS FRA VALBY PÅ
SOMMERFERIE (VILLADS FROM VALBY
ON SUMMER HOLIDAY)
that don’t mean to do wrong,
but who always seem to end
up in trouble anyway. A modern
version of Astrid Lindgren’s Emil
character, if you like.
Villads fra Valby på sommerferie
(Villads from Valby on summer
holiday) is the fourth Villads
book. There are also six
easy-reading Villads books,
and the stories have also
been made into films.
ANNE SOFIE HAMMER (b. 1972)
worked for a number of years
as a text editor, before debuting
in 2009 with Villads fra Valby
(Villads from Valby). Aside from
the Villads series, she has also
published two early-teenage
books London kalder (London
calling) and her most recent
‘The language was
appealing and fluent for
me as the “reader-aloud”
and the audience (5 years
old) was obviously very
well entertained as the
story progressed.’
BOGBOTTEN.DK
work Mig og Dylan Walker – eller
historien om hvordan jeg ødelagde
mit sidste skoleår (Me and Dylan
Walker - or the story of how I ruined
my last year at school).
Villads fra Valby på sommerferie
(Villads fra Valby on summer holiday)
Forlaget Høst & Søn, 104 pages. FOREIGN
RIGHTS: Gyldendal Group Agency, Stinne
Hjortlund Kristoffersen. stinne_hjortlund@
gyldendalgroupagency.dk
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MON STE R
”Full of beautifully scary drawings.”
INFORMATION
In John Kenn Mortensen’s foreboding fairy-tale
worlds, the terror and horror are leavened by
moments of humour and madcap incidents.
John Kenn Mortensen has drawn
since he was a boy, and he has
always found a curious comfort
zone in sombre tones. That said,
humour and irony are always
present in his work.
In Turen gennem midnatsskoven
(Journey through the Midnight
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Forest), we meet Dennis, a
diminutive troll, who wants the
introverted, three-legged Petro to
be his BFF. But Petro will only be
friends if Dennis can get him the
best wand in the whole forest. So
Dennis sets off to the Midnight
Forest, which is under a curse
this last 10,000 years. Here he
meets, amongst many others, the
bat-girl, Lizzy, who wants to help
him, and later Charles the spider
whose friend the young unicorn,
Samantha, has fallen into the
Bottomless Well. Cannibal Clowns
and hovering witches also appear
as part of an impressive cast of
weirds.
Turen gennem midnatsskoven
(Journey through the Midnight
Forest) manages to be both creepy
and funny, and the large format
foldout pages are so detailed you
JOHN KENN MORTENSEN
R MASTE R
”My name’s Dennis. I’m a troll.
And this is Lizzy. She’s a kind of
bat-girl vampire and super hero, if
you must know.”
Extract from TUREN GENNEM
MIDNATSSKOVEN (JOURNEY THROUGH
THE MIDNIGHT FOREST)
want to hang them up on your wall.
This is a book for older children who
enjoy being scared to death one
minute and laughing the next. But
it’s for all of us really. In fact, most
of John Kenn Mortensen’s work is
like that.
Now he’s working on his next book
- Mareridtsfabrikken og andre
rædsler (The Nightmare Factory and
Other Terrors) with 34 nightmare
poems and scenarios.
John Kenn Mortensen (b. 1978) has
worked as an illustrator and film
director. His own comic book debut
came in 2011 with Post-it Monstre
(Post-it Monsters), which won an
award for best comic debut. 2014
saw the publication of his first
novel De utilpassede (The Deviants).
Apart from drawing and writing
books, Mortensen also engages in
international collaborations. He has
illustrated the Danish version (Hans
og Grete) of Neil Gaiman’s ‘Hansel
and Gretel’ and produced conceptart for the Dreamworks studio. He
has a huge international fan group,
with over 80.000 followers on social
media.
Turen gennem midnatsskoven (Journey
through the Midnight Forest)
Carlsen 2015, 32 pages.
FOREIGN RIGHTS: Forlaget Carlsen, Ole
Sønnichsen: oso@carlsen.dk
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A LOVE OF
FAIRY-TALES &
ADVENTURES
Inspired by Hans Christian Andersen and the brothers Grimm. True to
the fantasy genre but with succinct references to the “real” world.
Cecilie Eken is a child of the 70s, a
time when literary discourse was
highly political and large swathes of
Scandinavian children’s literature
was message based. But Eken
herself has always been more
animated by the realm of magic.
That’s not to say her own books
don’t carry a message, but they’re
always in a well-crafted context.
Eken’s latest book Natulv (Night
Wolf) shows this very well. Events
take place at the start of the 1900s
and there’s a Gothic, Wuthering
Heights feel. The 14-15 year old
Nethe has lost her mother and is,
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At night time, a wolf-like animal
terrorises the area. It doesn’t just
kill hens and geese, but also larger
animals, even humans. And nobody
can get to grips with this wolf, until
Dagfred asks Nethe to go out with
him at night and help hunt the wolf.
countries “Darien” and “Beleria”.
Max’s dad was a pilot, but he was
shot down and his mother died
of a highly contagious fever. Now
Max is serving as an air-cadet and
dreams of being a fighter pilot.
Even though that dream collapses,
Max at least comes to realise that
a lust for revenge can also have
consequences.
Just like the Japanese filmmaker
Hayao Miyazaki, these books delight
in planes, cars, and motorcycles.
They also feature rich black and
white illustrations by the artist
Peter Heydenreich.
140 mm
ikke hørt om Den Grå, før jeg kom til Tvedbæk,
å egnen siger man, at den altid har været der; når
iver kolde, viser den sig af og til, og det gælder om
øde den, for det betyder ulykke og snarlig død.«
alene i verden efter sin mors død. Ved at lyve sig
un arbejde som barnepige på en fornem herregård,
Klintehuus rummer dystre hemmeligheder.
nye frue en heks, som hendes stedsøn påstår?
em er det, der lurer i mørket og slår dyr ihjel?
ndes den virkelig: Ulven, der vil dræbe dem alle.
EN FORtæLLING FRA EN tID
HVOR NAttEN VAR MøRK
HjæLPEN ALt FOR LANGt VæK
Natulv (Night Wolf) Høst & Søn 2015, 112 pages.
Max Vero-serien (The Max Vero series), books
1-4 Høst og Søn 2015, 72 pages (per book).
FOREIGN RIGHTS: Gyldendal Group Agency,
Stinne Hjortlund Kristoffersen: stinne_
hjortlund@gyldendalgroupagency.dk.
PREVIOUS TITLES SOLD TO: Belgium, Norway,
Sweden, the Netherlands.
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thus, put in service at Klintehuus
Manor. Here she has to mind
“m’Lady’s” little boy, amongst other
tasks. But the little boy has a halfbrother, Dagfred, who’s the same
age as Nethe and son of the house’s
earlier Lady. Her death is shrouded
in mystery and Dagfred believes his
new stepmother is a witch.
Natulv (Night Wolf) is a mixture of
historical novel, thriller and horror.
The “message” that Cecilie Eken has
deftly woven into the story is what
can happen if we are stopped from
mourning our dearly departed.
In the easy reading series, Max
Vero (Max Vero) for slightly younger
readers, there’s lots of tension and
action, but no horror. Yes, losing
one’s parents is a constant theme,
but the tone in this series about
Max and his friends is lighter,
even though these youngsters are
dragged into a war between the
Cecilie Eken was born in 1970
and debuted at 23. She has since
written a wide range of C & YA
books. She won the Ministry of
Culture’s Children’s author award
for C & YA books in both 1997 and
2008, for Sikkas fortælling (Sikka’s
Tale) and her poetic picture book
Mørkebarnet (The Dark Child)
respectively. Eken is also very well
known for the fantasy series Den
Sorte Safir (The Black Sapphire).
Cecilie Eken is member of the
adjudication panel for the Nordic
Council’s C & YA Literature Prize.
CECELIE EKEN
PHOTO: AGNETE SCHLICHTKRULL
“Eken balances Nethe’s vulnerability, Dagfred’s unpredictability
and the horror at large, both outside and inside the manor house,
very well. The story twists and turns and guessing the ending is
nigh impossible. The novel is part psychological thriller and part
horror. A good book for our long winter evenings. Or for reading
aloud at a campfire in the dead of night.”
WEEKENDAVISEN
“It’s late when I ascend the cold
winding-staircase, a candlestick in my
hand. All the way up to the top floor
and then right down the passage with
its empty rooms, then across another
staircase. Just as I reach the door to the
nursery, a shape emerges in front me.
”Nethe?”
My banging heart cuts my breath.
”Don’t be afraid. It’s only me.”
The young master’s hand brushed
my arm.
”I’ve been waiting for you.”
The tin candleholder shakes in my
hand. The pressing dark around the
small circle of light seems to force us
towards each other.”
Extract from Natulv (Night Wolf)
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BOOKS IN BRIEF
A FRIEND IN NEED …
Felix the cat wants to play hide
and seek but you can’t do that on
your own. He needs friends. So he
puts a sign up and gets a number of
applicants; an ostrich, a lion and an
elephant, but none are good enough
for Felix. But when Felix gets in a fix,
he’s suddenly not so choosy.
LITTLE GIRL. BIG
WILLPOWER
F e l i x v i l ge r n e l e ge d å s e s kj u l
s å han m å f i n d e n o ge n
Kim Fupz Aakeson og Siri Melchior
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GYLDENDAL
GYLDENDAL
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Felix (Felix)
Gyldendal 2015, 44 pages. TARGET GROUP:
3+. FOREIGN RIGHTS: Gyldendal Group
Agency, Stinne Hjortlund Kristoffersen: stinne_
hjortlund@gyldendalgroupagency.dk.
ogisk Have
går i Zool
9 788702 185690
Author Kim Fupz Aakeson (b. 1959)
won the 2011 Ministry of Culture’s
children’s books award and has
twice been nominated for the Nordic
Council C & YA award. He is one
of Denmark’s most prolific C & YA
authors and writes for children in
all age groups, without ever writing
down to them.
JULIE ØSTERGAARD
Lili går i Zoologisk Have
Lili skal med Mormor i Zoologisk Have.
Vovvov må ikke komme med. Lili ser en
masse vilde dyr, men til sidst er mormor
træt, og Lili må kun vælge et dyr mere,
de skal se.
2245-48572 - Vāks
Kim Fupz Aakeson og Siri Melchior
Lili goes to the zoo with her granny
and sees wild animals, and to the
circus where she sees an amazing
performing circus dog. What luck
she has her own dog BowWow
waiting at home. Just waiting to be
a circus dog! The contrast between
- ’the tranquillity of the author’s
sublime language and the illustrator’s
infectious exuberance makes Lili an
engaging and true to life character’, as
Politiken wrote.
Illustrator Siri Melchior (b. 1971)
works both as an author and
illustrator. At college, she studied
animation, graphic design and the
history of art. She is best known as
the Lili (Lili) books illustrator and
also for her own series - Rita and
krokodille (Rita and Crocodile).
Author and illustrator Julie
Østergaard (b. 1978) first trained as
an illustrator, but up until recently
worked as a children’s clothing
designer. She debuts here with Felix
(Felix) and has several similar projects
in the pipeline.
at l e ge m e d …
03.12.15 12:56
KIM FUPZ AAKESON
Illustrations by Siri Melchior
Lili laver cirkus + Lili går i Zoologisk Have (Lili
makes a circus + Lili goes to the zoo) - books
12 + 13 in the Lili (Lili) series.
Gyldendal 2015, 32 pages. TARGET GROUP:
2+. FOREIGN RIGHTS: Gyldendal Group
Agency, Stinne Hjortlund Kristoffersen: stinne_
hjortlund@gyldendalgroupagency.dk. SOLD
TO: France, Korea, Sweden, Norway. PREVIOUS
TITLES SOLD TO: More than 10 countries.
Legene og samtaleemnerne er inspireret af dialogisk læsning,
der er en bestemt måde at læse billedbøger på, som anvendes
i mange daginstitutioner landet over.
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AN INDEPENDENT YOUNG
MADAM
Betty is on holiday with mum and
dad. Plus her doll Violetta who’s very
sensitive and hates bathing, either in
water or sun. All she actually likes is
soft drinks. And Betty is bored stiff
until she meets Eddie – a superhero.
Book no. 8 in the Betty series, which is
told in an everyday language and with
a cleverly understated comic one.
E
Illustrator Rasmus Bregnhøi (born
1965) won the Danish Ministry of
Culture’s Illustrated Children’s Book
Prize 2008 and has illustrated more
than 100 children’s books. He has
also exhibited in Copenhagen, Nuuk,
Tokyo, Tallinn, Bratislava, Moscow,
Gyldendals Bogklubber
Venice, Mexico City and New York.
bygger et fyrtårn
længe over det beslutter Mimbo Jimbo at
bygge et fyrtårn. Vennerne hjælper med
at løse problemerne et efter et. Men hvem har
egentlig glæde af et fyrtårn midt inde i landet?
Hvad sker der, når Mimbo Jimbo tænder
for den kæmpestore elektriske pære?
Og hvad er det, der
skjuler sig i
tågen?
Author and illustrator Jakob Martin
Strid (born 1972) has won many
awards, including the the Danish
Ministry of Culture’s Illustrated
Children’s Book Prize 2009, and
Gyldendal’s 2012 children’s book
prize. He’s also written much-loved
works like Lille frø (Little Frog) and
Den utrolige historie om den kæmpestore
pære (The Incredible Story of the
Giant Pear).
Jakob Martin Strid
Author Alberte Winding (b. 1963)
is probably best known as a singer/
songwriter, but she has written several
books, both for C & YA and adults.
She has a special insight into the child/
youth/adult dynamic.
fter at have tænkt
Once more Mimbo Jimbo, the little
blue elephant, dons his work clothes.
This time to build a lighthouse! You
see, he got a big light bulb off a
friend and it has to be of some use.
His friends are a bit unsure about
this but want to get involved and, as
usual with J M Strid drawings, the
characters light up the page: ranging
as they do from wannabe BFF, the
sceptic and the info-nerd.
imbo
Mim
J bo
bygger et
fyrtårn
9 788703 071831
ALBERTE WINDING
Illustrations by Rasmus Bregnhøi
Betty møder en superhelt
(Betty Meets a Superhero)
Gyldendal 2015, 28 pages. TARGET GROUP:
2+. FOREIGN RIGHTS: Gyldendal Group
Agency, Stinne Hjortlund Kristoffersen:
stinne_hjortlund@gyldendalgroupagency.
dk. PREVIOUS TITLES SOLD TO (illustrator):
Iceland, Sweden, Germany.
29/09/15 15:04
JAKOB MARTIN STRID
Ina Haller
Den store
snikke
snakke
BOG
Illustreret af Lea Letén
READ, CHAT AND PLAY
TOGETHER
Be there when Pelle and Ronja get
up, brush their teeth, eat breakfast
and go to playschool. Hop on the
train with them when they visit
granny in the countryside. A lovely
picture book that’s also a bonding,
vocabulary builder. Prompted by
Lea Letén’s fine drawings, child and
reading adult discuss and play-act
everyday situations. Dialogue reading
directs subject matter, but the book
can also just be read or looked at like
any other picture book.
Author Ina Victoria Haller (b. 1984)
is a psychologist who mainly works
with children. She and Lea Letén
felt there was a need for an easy
access book that actively involved
small children in the reading aloud
experience. They have also published
Den lille bog om store følelser (The Little
Book of Big Feelings), that deals with
a child’s emotional development.
Jakob Martin Strid
Mimbo_Jimbo_bygger_et_fyrtaarn_Omsl_0101_GBK.indd 1
788711 456194
Den store snikke-snakke bog
Bogen er lavet til børn mellem 18 måneder og 4 år, hvis sprog konstant
er i udvikling, og hvis ordforråd dagligt vokser. Bogen hjælper denne udvikling
på vej, da børnene aktivt får brugt og øvet sig i sproget via forslag til
samtaler og leg, som den voksne læser introducerer.
Haller • Letén
Vi møder børnene Pelle og Ronja og oplever gennem fortælling, leg og samtaler,
hvordan en dag i deres liv ser ud. Vi møder deres forældre, er med dem i
vuggestue og i børnehave samt på besøg hos mormor og morfar.
Betty mø der en sup erh elt
l
r
MIMBO JIMBO GETS A
BRIGHT IDEA
Al ber t e Windin g o g Ra smus Bre g n h øi
høi
u st r er et
e b ø ger.
myl d r er
t
BOOKS IN BRIEF / FOR TINY TOTS
Mimbo Jimbo bygger et fyrtårn (Mimbo Jimbo
builds a Lighthouse)
Gyldendal 2015, 72 pages. TARGET GROUP:
3+. FOREIGN RIGHTS: Gyldendal Group
Agency, Stinne Hjortlund Kristoffersen:
stinne_hjortlund@gyldendalgroupagency.
dk. PREVIOUS TITLES SOLD TO: More than 20
countries.
Illustrator Lea Letén (b. 1982)
has a background in IT and
communications and is a self-taught
illustrator and author. She debuted in
2006 and has since illustrated a range
of children’s books with an appealing
style that’s all her own.
INA HALLER
Den store snikke-snakke-bog (The Big ChitChat Book) Carlsen 2015, 64 pages. TARGET
GROUP: 1½-4.FOREIGN RIGHTS: Forlaget
Carlsen, Ole Sønnichsen: oso@carlsen.dk.
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DANISH LITERARY MAGAZINE / CHILDREN & YOUNG ADULTS
AFTER COMPLETELY
NOTHING COMES
EVERYTHING
Historien
om
ALTING
SØREN LIND
Illustrations by Hanne Bartholin
Historien om alting (The history of absolutely
everything)
ABC 2015, 28 pages. TARGET GROUP: 4+.
FOREIGN RIGHTS: ABC Forlaget, Stine Bohn
Caspersen: sbc@abc-forlag.dk. PREVIOUS
TITLES SOLD TO (illustrator): More than 15
countries.
Historien om alting (The History of
Absolutely Everything) is a follow-up
to Historien om absolut ingenting (The
History of Absolutely Nothing) which
this regular partnership published
in 2012. It’s an unusually gorgeous
and ingenious picture book that
any curious child will just love. First
there was nothing. Then came the
Big Bang and all of a sudden there’s
an avalanche of donkeys, earwax,
jellyfish, sunsets, dirt, hairdressers,
lunar eclipses, snow storms, health
biscuits, sandals, galaxies, cousins,
Hv
is
du
r
få
al
ti
ng
d
li
t
på
water weeds, prime ministers … and
much more!
Author Søren Lind (b. 1970) is a
philosopher and has written books
on language, cognition and human
consciousness. He debuted in 2007
and has since written a range of
children’s books, which often have a
philosophical angle.
Illustrator Hanne Bartholin (b. 1962)
trained at the School of Design in
Kolding and debuted as a picture
book illustrator in 1995. She has a
long list of fine titles under her belt
and received the Ministry of Culture’s
illustrator award in 2001. In 2015 she
won the prestigious Chen Bochui
International Children’s Literature
Award at the Shanghai book fair.
tand,
a fs
er
de t
me g
et
mer
ne m
t
e a
ov
ue
sk
er
.
I begyndelsen
var alting en tæt,
tyk klump.
12
BOOKS IN BRIEF / PICTURE BOOKS
At first, he feels awful about it. But
maybe what happened wasn’t such a
disaster after all. A little picture book
full of tenderness and clear colours,
’which stays in your thoughts for a
long time afterwards,’ as Politiken
put it.
Author Tina Sakura Bestle (b. 1975)
has been writing for over a decade.
She is perhaps best known for her
Ærtehalm (Ærtehalm) trilogy, which
she co-authored with author Anne
Marie Donslund, as well as Skyggefugl
(Shadow Bird - 2014), which won the
hearts of both reviewers and readers
alike. In 2015 she was awarded the
Gyldendal children’s book award.
Illustrator Lillian Brøgger (b. 1950)
has been illustrating children’s books
for more than 40 years and has won
a range of awards, amongst others
two Ministry of Culture’s illustrator
awards. Brøgger is brilliant at
evincing emotions like humour and
sadness. In fact, her illustrations often
speak more clearly than the text
being illustrated.
A CORNUCOPIA OF IMAGES
On the 3rd of June 1588, Axel and
his trusty sidekick Mouse set off on
the sail ship Seacat in search of five
legendary treasure chests. Under
way they pass Flame People islands
and also traverse the Xinga jungle,
where they meet the Upsidedownies,
a race that live in the tree tops in
an upturned world. Set off on a
voyage of discovery in Peter Bay
Alexandersen’s nearly word free, but
richly illustrated large format, foldout
picture book.
Author and illustrator Peter Bay
Alexandersen (b. 1955) trained as an
illustrator and graphic artist at the
School of Design in Kolding. He has
illustrated children’s books for over
30 years.
THE MAGIC IN A
POSTMAN’S BAG
Carlo has two jobs; first he bikes the
morning post around with his cat
at the back of the bike and then he
drives an adverts-van. He can discern
the secrets that lie within the letters
he delivers, but one day he mixes his
two jobs up – mail becomes adverts.
Carlo har en kat og en kaktus. Han har også
to jobs og et fast håndtryk. Og så kan han
mærke menneskers hemmeligheder …
GYLDENDAL
9 788702 168310
Tina Sakura Bestle og Lilian Brøgger
Axel og mus på den store rejse (Axel and
Mouse and their Great Adventure)
Alvilda. 2015, 68 pages. TARGET GROUP: 4+.
FOREIGN RIGHTS: Forlaget Alvilda, Pernille
Larsen: pl@alvilda.dk. PREVIOUS TITLES SOLD
TO (as illustrator): Faroe Islands, Germany,
Sweden, USA.
Illustrations by Lillian Brøgger
Det der er så mægtigt, at det ikke kan være i
noget brev (Things that are so important you
won’t find them in any letter)
Gyldendal 2015, 40 pages. TARGET GROUP: 4+.
FOREIGN RIGHTS: Gyldendal Group Agency,
Stinne Hjortlund Kristoffersen: stinne_
hjortlund@gyldendalgroupagency.dk.
PREVIOUS TITLES SOLD TO (illustrator):
Greenland, Faroe Islands, Sweden.
Det der er så mægtigt at det ikke kan være i noget brev
PETER BAY ALEXANDERSEN
TINA SAKURA BESTLE
Tina Sakura Bestle
og Lilian Brøgger
GYLDENDAL
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DANISH LITERARY MAGAZINE / CHILDREN & YOUNG ADULTS
NITE NITE SLEEP TITE!
It’s the same bother every evening.
Lucas won’t go to sleep. Well, at least
not until dad has told a story he has to
make up on the spot. But then it’s too
short or something and dad gets more
annoyed, has to count to ten, and
suddenly there’s monsters all over the
place, or bad guys or robbers in the
story. And then Lucas can’t sleep at all.
Author Glenn Ringtved (b. 1968) has
written more than 40 books since
debuting 20 years ago. He writes for
children of all ages and in various
LOOKING BACKWARDS TO
GO FORWARDS
’Even though the subject matter is
heavy, it’s a pearl of a book,’ wrote
one reviewer. A young girl loses her
parents, and has to live with one of her
aunties. She’s obliged to say thanks
but no thanks to two of them, before
finding the right place and trying to
move on. A movingly beautiful picture
book about grief and loss and how a
bereaved girl can still say yes to life.
Author Christine Lund Jacobsen is
a teacher and debuted with her first
children’s book in 2015 with Hvis jeg
flytter i en flaske (If I move about in a
bottle). Pigen med den sorte kuffert (The
Girl with the Black Suitcase) is her
second book.
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Illustrator Lasse B. Weinreich (b. 1974)
is a self-taught illustrator and graphic
designer. He has illustrated a range of
picture and C & YA books over many
years.
GLENN RINGTVED
CHRISTINE LUND JACOBSEN
Illustrated by Lasse B. Weinreich
Pigen med den sorte kuffert
(The Girl with the Black Suitcase)
Turbine 2015, 36 pages. TARGET GROUP: 5+.
FOREIGN RIGHTS: Turbine Forlaget, Marie
Jensby: marie.jensby@turbine.dk.
Illustrations by Rasmus Bregnhøi
Godnat said katten (Goodnight Said The Cat)
Gyldendal 2015, 32 pages. TARGET GROUP: 3+.
FOREIGN RIGHTS: Gyldendal Group
Agency, Stinne Hjortlund Kristoffersen:
stinne_hjortlund@gyldendalgroupagency.dk.
PREVIOUS TITLES SOLD TO (author): More
than 10 countries. PREVIOUS TITLES SOLD TO
(illustrator): Iceland, Sweden, Germany.
BOOKS IN BRIEF / PICTURE BOOKS
genres. He’s known, amongst other
things, for the Dreamteam (Dreamteam)
football series, as well as the much
discussed Dig og mig ved daggry (You
and me at dawn), which he co-wrote
with Sanne Munk Jensen. This
won the 2013 Ministry of Culture’s
children’s book award.
Illustrator Rasmus Bregnhøi (born
1965) won the Danish Ministry of
Culture’s Illustrated Children’s Book
Prize 2008 and has illustrated more
than 100 children’s books. He has
also exhibited in Copenhagen, Nuuk,
Tokyo, Tallinn, Bratislava, Moscow,
Venice, Mexico City and New York.
Godnat, sagde katten Glenn Ringtved og Rasmus Bregnhøi
Godnat, sagde katten Glenn Ringtved og Rasmus Bregnhøi
aften. Lucas vil
far har fortalt
im. „Godnat,
klokken atten,“
ikke godt nok.
old og en
r det jo
9 788702 170214
GYLDENDAL
GYLDEN DAL
THE FAR SIDE OF REVENGE
Author Lilja Scherfig (b. 1970)
has worked both as a journalist,
dramatist and specialist text writer.
She graduated from the School for
Authors of Children’s Literature in
2003 and debuted in 2006.
Illustrator Otto Dickmeiss (b. 1969)
’Yet another low-key masterpiece’
is a graduate of the Danish School
as Information described Farfar
of Design, but has drawn since a
(Granddad). Just as in their previous
young boy. He thrives on the contrast
work Rævefælden (The Fox Trap),
between light and dark, good and
difficult and taboo subjects such as
evil. No accident then that he has also
hatred and revenge are raised here.
illustrated some of H.C. Andersen’s
Storm’s granddad moves in, but
fairy tales. Otto has won the Ministry
Storm’s dad hates his own father
of Culture’s illustrator award on two
GY LD E ND AL
because he hit him when he was a
occasions.
child. But must we always repeat the
sins of our fathers, or is it possible
LILJA SCHERFIG
Illustrated by Otto Dickmeiss
to be the one that breaks the vicious
Farfar (Granddad) Jensen & Dalgaard 2015,
circle? Otto Dickmeiss’s artwork is a
48 pages. FOREIGN RIGHTS: Forlaget Jensen &
book in its own right - quite superb.
Dalgaard, forlaget@jensenogdalgaard.dk
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DANISH LITERARY MAGAZINE / CHILDREN & YOUNG ADULTS
BOOKS IN BRIEF / READING ALOUD
THINGS THAT GO BUMP IN
THE NIGHT
Lasse-Leif finds dad’s bedtime stories
a bit boring. Luckily he has his doll
Luske-Lise who knows loads of horrid
stories about vampires and monsters.
But then Lasse-Leif can’t sleep one
night and he hears a weird noise from
the kitchen.
This 12th book about Lasse-Leif and
his doll Luske-Lise is engagingly
illustrated by Annette Carlsen.
Mette Finderup (b. 1968) is a highly
productive and versatile author. She
made her children’s books debut in
2005 and went on to win the 2010
Orla Award and the Danish school
librarians award in 2014.
Illustrator Annette Carlsen (b. 1955)
studied Applied Art at the School of
Design and for nearly 30 years has
drawn for newspapers, organisations
and schools etc.
EVER SEE THE TOOTH
FAIRY?
Tiberius
Tudefjæs
The fifth book in the Tiberius Tudefjæs
(Tiberius Cry-Baby) series. Tiberius
lives alone with his dad and Elvis the
dog.
Tiberius Tudefjæs nakker tandfeen
Tiberius har en rokketand. Og det er heldigt,
for så kommer tandfeen nemlig snart
på besøg. Lille Jeppe siger godt nok,
at tandfeen er en voksenløgn,
men Tiberius VED, at hun findes,
og det har han tænkt sig at bevise.
Og så går de to venner ellers
i gang med at bygge
verdens største
tandfefælde.
Renée Toft Simonsen
Tiberius has a wonky tooth. Great!
Because that means tooth fairy and
a big shiny coin under his pillow!
True, his friend Jeppe says - ”the tooth
tandfeen say”,
fairy’s just somethingnakker
grownups
but Tiberius knows better. The upshot
is they build a tooth fairy trap.
Illustrator Pernille Lykkegård (b.
1973) originally trained as a teacher
but made her breakthrough as a
self-taught illustrator in 2006; first by
illustrating educational books and
then a range of children’s books.
Tiberius
Tudefjæs
nakker tandfeen
Renée Toft
Simonsen
Renée Toft Simonsen er psykolog og forfatter
til blandt andet serien om pigen Karla.
Tiberius Tudefjæs nakker tandfeen er
ISBN 978-87-400-2386-2
femte bog i serien om Tiberius.
Renee Toft Simonsen (b. 1965) is an
author and trained psychologist. She
has been writing children’s books
since 2003. Renee is well known for
her engagement in C & YA lives and
problems. Her books about ‘divorce
child’ Karla signalled a new Zeitgeist.
Starting with Karlas kabale (Karla
plays Patience). Several of her books
have been made into films.
POLITIKENS FORLAG
METTE FINDERUP
Illustrated by Annette Carlsen
Lasse-Leif og ostemadsmonstret
(Lasse-Leif and the Cheese Sandwich
Monster)
Alvilda 2015, 32 pages. TARGET GROUP: 3+.
FOREIGN RIGHTS: Forlaget Alvilda, Pernille
Larsen: pl@alvilda.dk. PREVIOUS TITLES SOLD
TO (author): Finland, France, Hungary, the
Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Turkey.
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Illustreret af Pernille Lykkegård
RENEE TOFT SIMONSEN
Illustrated by Pernille Lykkegård
Tiberius Tudefjæs nakker tandfeen (Tiberius
Cry-Baby nabs the Tooth Fairy)
Politikens Forlag 2015, 32 pages.
TARGET GROUP: 4+. FOREIGN RIGHTS:
Politiken Literary Agency, Rudi Urban
Rasmussen: rudi.u.rasmussen@jppol.dk.
BOOKS IN BRIEF / NOVELS
RETURN
TO HELL
THE MISFIT ZOMBIE
’Quite simply a book with a bite,’ Berlingske. An alternative Zombie tale
about Zam the Zombie who just wants
to be a normal person, make friends
and be one of the crowd. But then
he bites a classmate and is thrown
out of school. Back home in the
Zombie ghetto, his loser family just
mope around all day. Only thing on
their mind being biting and ravaging
things. And when Zam hits the streets,
he has to watch he’s not caught by
the “Blue Skies” Anti Zombie League.
A highly topical story about being
different and xenophobia.
Jesper Wung-Sung (b. 1971) debuted
in 1998 with the short story collection
To ryk og en aflevering (Kick ‘n Rush) for
which he won the BogForum debutant
award. He has since written a range of
critically acclaimed C & YA books. In
2010 he won the Ministry of Culture’s
children’s books award for Kopierne
(The Copies), and in 2015 was
nominated for the Nordic Council’s
C & YA literature award for Ud med
Knud (Boot Canute).
JESPER WUNG-SUNG
Zam (Zam) Høst & Søn 2015, 176 pages.
FOREIGN RIGHTS: Gyldendal Group Agency,
Stinne Hjortlund Kristoffersen: stinne_
hjortlund@gyldendalgroupagency.dk.
PREVIOUS TITLES SOLD TO: France, Holland,
Germany, USA.
15,5 mm
DO NOT PRINT THIS PAGE – ONly TO SHOw THE cOvER wITH DIE cuTTER
da han lægger
ger efter ham.
nevogn, som
assere Zam.
er der en, som
s de med at glo.
op, begraver
ntrerer sig om
gtig dreng.
eller rettere:
delige børn.
m er zombie.
en en af slagsen.
er sine lektier
r pænt og går
mennesker.
n aldrig ...
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COMING THROUGH
TORNADOES
’A fascinating universe, a strong
central theme and a brilliant main
character – right from the moment
she does her first set of press-ups in
frustration that she can’t get the words
out,’ - Berlingske. Louis Strongarm is of
course a play on “Louis Armstrong”,
but the book’s hero is actually called
Louise Møller. Her dad is a jazz
musician who’s disappeared in New
Orleans, but Louise doesn’t think so.
So it’s off on an amazing odyssey to
find her dad.
Author Camilla Hübbe (b. 1963)
debuted in 2007 and has since written
a broad range of children’s books. She
is a trained dramatist and has worked
in both theatre, film and TV. She
and Rasmus Meisler have previously
worked together on the highly praised
illustrated novel Tavs (Silent).
The ever popular Kenneth Bøgh
Andersen is back with his eagerly
awaited follow-up to Den store
Djævlekrig (The Great Devil War).
Filip finally got out of Hell over a
year ago and returned to earthly
human life. But he’s a changed man.
He feels angry and lonely. And then
the thing happens that’s not supposed
to be possible. Filip is fetched back
to Hell. Fantastically well written
and possibly even better than the
previous book in the series, as one
reviewer wrote.
Kenneth Bøgh Andersen (b. 1976)
has published a range of titles in the
horror/fable genres. For ex. Den store
Djævlekrig (The Great Devil War) and
the Antboy (Antboy) series. He has
won several awards and his books
have also become films; e.g. Antboy
(Antboy). Den faldne engel (The Fallen
Angel) marks Kenneth Bøgh’s 15th
year as an author.
KENNETH BØGH ANDERSEN
Den faldne engel – bind 5
(The Fallen Angel) part 5
Høst & Søn 2015, 295 pages. FOREIGN
RIGHTS: Gyldendal Group Agency, Stinne
Hjortlund Kristoffersen: stinne_hjortlund@
gyldendalgroupagency.dk. PREVIOUS TITLES
SOLD TO: More than 10 countries.
140+2,8 = 142,8 mm
Illustrator Rasmus Meisler (b. 1973)
works as an illustrator and graphic
designer. He has since graduation
from the Danish School of Design in
1998 worked in illustration and on
title animation sequences for Danish
films and TV.
CAMILLA HÜBBE
Illustrated by Rasmus Meisler
Louis Armstærk (Louis Strongarm)
Høst & Søn 2015, 184 pages.
FOREIGN RIGHTS: Gyldendal Group Agency,
Stinne Hjortlund Kristoffersen:
stinne_hjortlund@gyldendalgroupagency.dk
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22,4 mm
135+4 mm
BOOKS IN BRIEF / NOVELS
18 mm
2245-39438 - Vāks
Lasse loves marionette puppets.
His greatest wish is to complete the
collection of dolls he and his father
had begun. But Lasse’s father died
five years before and his mother
has a new partner. Not a favourite
of Lasse’s. And then there’s Lasse’s
new job with the renowned doll
maker Mr. Kragh, who’s involved in
an incredible project and has asked
Lasse to help him. A book about
sorrow, loss, revenge and being way
out of one’s depth.
De laver et firma.
De læser om boaslanger og hårløse hunde.
Der sker noget med en hamster.
...
Det hele bliver meget
dramatisk.
dyr
mED
pELs
- og udEn
dyr
mED
pELs
gyldENdAl
re
HAnnE
kvist
kvist
Freddy skal hele tiden flytte.
Han orker ikke flere nye venner eller
papsøskende. Han ønsker sig bare en hunde­
hvalp at klappe og trøste. Men hans mor er
allergisk over for pels. Heldigvis møder
han Eskild som har en dyreklub.
HAnnE
THE DOLL MAKER’S
APPRENTICE
- og udEn
gyl dE NdAl
gyldendal
2/11/15 10:37 AM
ANOTHER ONE
BITES THE DUST
A few days before Emilys 18th
birthday, a lethal, raging epidemic
breaks out laying waste to young and
old alike. But Emily survives and
eventually finds other youths who
also seem to be immune. But what do
you do when the world around you
collapses? And even worse – when
the corpses rise up with an insatiable
need for flesh! Hvidt støv (White Dust)
is the first in the De døde vågner (When
the dead awake) horror series.
Author Line Kyed Knudsen (b. 1971)
debuted in 2003 with the fable-novel
Pigerne fra Nordsletten (The Girls from
the Northern Plains) and has since
published a series of C & YA books
in a range of genres. In 2007 she won
Gyldendal’s Pippi Award.
LINE KYED KNUDSEN
Hvidt støv (White Dust) - Part 1 of the De døde
vågner (When the dead awake) series.
Gyldendal 2015, 236 pages.
FOREIGN RIGHTS: Gyldendal Group
Agency, Stinne Hjortlund Kristoffersen:
stinne_hjortlund@gyldendalgroupagency.dk.
PREVIOUS TITLES SOLD TO: Faroe Islands.
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Ellen Holmboe (b. 1965) had a
literature/IT background before
attending the School for Authors of
Children’s Literature. She debuted
in 2007 and has become highly
productive since. Today she is a
full time writer, with a particular
penchant for comedy and horror.
ELLEN HOLMBOE
Marionetdukken (The Marionette)
Alvilda. 2015, 160 pages. FOREIGN RIGHTS:
Forlaget Alvilda, Pernille Larsen: pl@alvilda.dk.
PREVIOUS TITLES SOLD TO: China, Norway,
Sweden.
LITTLE BIG HERO
It’s happened to Freddy before - mum
throwing her partner’s things out the
window. It means they have to move
again, which is a pity, because he’d
just started to settle in. Freddy’s big
dream is to get a dog, but his mum is
allergic to them. Freddy’s dad lives in
a camper van. It’s a refuge for Freddy
when things get too hectic with
mum. And one day he gets offered a
hamster. ’When grotesque becomes
the new normal and the normal
grotesque. A bittersweet, humorous
tale,‘ – Politiken.
Hanne Kvist (b. 1961) has been
writing C & YA books since 1995.
For ex. Drengen med sølvhjelmen (The
Boy with the Silver Helmet); now a
film and also a stage production in
a number of languages. In 2014, her
To af alting (Two of Everything) was
nominated for the Nordic Council’s
C & YA literature award. Hanne also
writes theatre pieces for children,
is a public speaker and tutor at the
Danish Academy of Creative Writing
for children’s literature.
HANNE KVIST
Dyr med pels – og uden (Animals with fur – and
without) Gyldendal 2016, 240 pages. FOREIGN
RIGHTS: Gyldendal Group Agency, Stinne
Hjortlund Kristoffersen: stinne_hjortlund@
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REALITY BITES
REALITY
THE TRANSITION FROM CHILD TO
ADULT STAGE IS SELDOM EASY
OR STRAIGHTFORWARD AND, IN
ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, MOST
BOOKS FOR TEENS ARE ABOUT THIS
TRANSITION. OLDER CHILDREN’S
LITERATURE SOMETIMES DEALS
WITH THIS TRANSITION VIA
SUBJECTS LIKE DEATH, AS A
STARK SYMBOL OF THE LOSS OF
CHILDHOOD INNOCENCE.
The child/adult transition is also
sometimes explored by describing life
after a close relative, or friend, has
died or suffered a terrible accident.
The world is changed forever and
nothing will ever be the same again.
This situation can be portrayed in
many ways. At present in Denmark
there are many young and promising
authors who choose to describe this
transition with an intriguing mix of
deep empathy and a very direct style.
The language is often sparse and
unsentimental. At its best, it’s a very
effective form of realism. A smack in
the face for false sentiment.
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FRIDAY
SATURDAY
Vi er out in the open: Nynne siger, at jeg
fandme var en lort i går, jeg siger, hvad
fuck hun mener med det. Jeg har fundet
en pose salt ’n’ vinegar-chips, de knaser af
uforsonlighed, og jeg fylder min mund
med dem igen og igen. Hun kalder mig de
grimmeste ord, hun kan, hun er en drage,
og jeg er en hundehvalp, men til sidst,
efter jeg har sagt; jeg ved fandme ikke,
hvad det er, jeg har gjort, kommer hun
med det. Hans navn står i verdens mindste taleboble, jeg nærmer mig hende for
at være sikker på, at jeg har set rigtigt, jo,
hendes kinder er varme, hans navn har
fået det frem i hende. Tobias. Tobias, som
i går pressede sig vej ind i mig bagfra på
hendes gulvtæppe.
130+3 mm
11,35
130+3 mm
100 mm
Det er så status; jeg er Master of Disasters på vej ud af
ugen, jeg er værstevennen, sidsteelskeren, første side i et
røvsygt blad. Jeg er dyret, helt alene på vejen, græssende
her i stenskoven, og hvis du ser mig, så skyd og begrav
mig på Twitter og Tumblr.
Bevæbnet med sin smartphone sejler Kat ud af ugen
og ind i en hjemløs weekend, der er et virvar af druk,
sex og skyld, tab og forsoning.
SUNDAY
Foto: © Bjarke maccarthy
210 mm
100 mm
Forfatterens Top 5
1: Tekster med vinger
2: En helt tom by tidligt om morgenen
3: Farven turkis
4: At opdage nye mennesker, bøger, mu
5: Kyoto (en drink)
fredag lørdag søndag er
Christine Lind Ditlevsens debut.
omslag: alette Bertelsen, aletteB.dk
Of course, realism is a Broad
Church. A graphically real
depiction of a young woman’s
life in the Big City right here
right now is what we get with
Christine Lind Ditlevsen’s strong
debut novel about the rootless
Kat who traverses a weekend full
of misunderstandings, sex and
stress. Stress that is assuaged
with alcohol, drugs and selfrepressions.
Fredag, lørdag, søndag (Friday,
Saturday, Sunday) is a crash-zoom
into a young person’s aimless life.
Kat has no hold-points and thus
has no choice but go with the flow.
Christine Lind Ditlevsen writes
at a breakneck tempo and in a
kind of stream of consciousness
that has earned great praise for its
linguistic innovation, combining as
it does eruptions of feeling with an
abrupt social media style. It`s hard
boiled and in-your-face authentic.
The novel was nominated for
the Danish Bookfair`s (BogForum)
debut author prize.
”A needle sharp and
harrowing portrait
of a young woman’s
anesthetised reality and
her febrile search for some
sort of validity.”
LITTERATURSIDEN.DK
Christine Lind Ditlevsen / Fredag, lørdag, søndag (Friday, Saturday, Sunday) Høst & Søn 2015,
144 sider. FOREIGN RIGHTS: Gyldendal Group Agency, Stinne Hjortlund Kristoffersen: stinne_
hjortlund@gyldendalgroupagency.dk.
RIGHT NOW IS
ALREADY
TOMORROW
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”A little miracle
of a book.”
BERLINGSKE
REALITY BITES
MONA
MORGENGLAD
Mona lives in Copenhagen like Kat
(see p. 20) and could almost be
her little sister. The same sense of
loneliness is certainly there. Mona
lives alone with her dad after her
mum was knocked down whilst
cycling just before Christmas Eve
three years previously. A darkness
has entered their lives and Mona’s
dad finds it impossible to move on.
He has still not even opened the
Christmas present his wife got him
just before she died. But then he
has a poetry collection published
and decides they’re going to move.
Life suddenly changes. There’s no
denying the book’s sad tone, but
there’s a surprising warmth and
joie de vivre here as well. The novel
is illustrated by the Belgian/Danish
illustrator Els Cools.
Marianne Verge / Illustrated by Els Cools. Mona Morgenglad (Mona Morgenglad) Gyldendal 2015,
120 pages. FOREIGN RIGHTS: Gyldendal Group Agency, Stinne Hjortlund Kristoffersen:
stinne_hjortlund@gyldendalgroupagency.dk.
”A fine little book that suits reading aloud very well. But
it can also be read privately by children … The disaster
isn’t portrayed in a raw and brutal fashion but, rather,
very sensitively and movingly.”
BØGER TIL BØRN
Author Ida-Marie Rendtorff
is better known for sci-fi and
fantasy works, but this short novel
contains no submerged cities
or despotic rulers. Instead, we
simply have a young girl who feels
as though she’s had an arm and
leg cut off because she can’t be
with her mother and sister. Felicia
is a bit like Mona above - alone
with her father and using every
chance to sneak off. In her case
to her mother and sister who are
elsewhere. She shuts herself off
from the rest of the world. This
includes a really annoying boy
who’s just moved into the area and
does what he can to break through
her protective bubble.
This is a novel about great loss
and big choices at a very young
age. As so often with Rendtorff, this
heralds a transition to a new life.
Thus, even though the book is full of
grief and melancholy, hope is also
present. The book is illustrated, in
a fine and understated way, with
black and white collages by Leo
Scherfig.
Ida-Marie Rendtorff / Illustrated by Leo Scherfig. Lige nu er allerede i morgen (Right now is already tomorrow) Gyldendal 2015, 56 sider.
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”Caroline Ørsum takes
her time. The tempo is
restrained and her prose
is sensuous, compressed
and highly detailed.
The dialogue is natural
and even occasionally
humorous.”
100 mm
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og fantasi i utraditionel ungdomsroman.«
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»Caroline Ørsum er kun 27 år, men har
en evne til at fange læseren via et råt, ungt,
ukunstlet og moderne sprog.«
– W e e k e n dav i s e n
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»Super bog om kærlighed,
drømme – og hvor ufedt det er at flytte til
Jylland!« – Pa l l e s g av e B o d
»Hvem var hun?« siger jeg.
Han drejer hovedet og ser på mig.
En sur smag i min mund. Den får spyttet til at klæbe til
tungen, tungen til ganen. Jeg hader fornemmelsen af at
kaste op. Det er det klammeste, den ynkeligste kulmination
på en aften, der i forvejen var begyndt at gå i krampe.
»Hvem?« siger han.
Selma er levende.
Hun har forbrændinger i ansigtet og en fod, der gør ondt.
Hun ved, hvad det var, hun var i gang med at sige til Vik,
da bilen kørte galt.
For at få sit liv tilbage har hun brug for at finde ud af,
hvem hende pigen var, som Vik mødtes med, lige inden
alt blev slået i stykker.
Hun længes efter tiden før ulykken og en verden i alfabetisk orden.
Men der mangler et V, et I og et K.
omslag: Caroline Ørsum, Tine flyvholm
og aleTTe berTelsen, aleTTeb.dk
© rasmus Palle JePsen
»En roman som
med hård, direkte ærlighed
portrætterer en dreng, der ønsker at være
alt det, han ikke er. Sproget og fortælleteknikken rammer med velvalgt billedsprog
og knivskarp sarkasme plet hos læseren i
beskrivelsen af det følelseshav, Neil væltes
rundt i.« – F y e n s st i F ts t i d e n d e
VIK
DEAR STUPI
(f. 1985)
Debuterede
med Hovedet i skyerne i 2009. Sammen med
Ina Bruhn og David Meinke står hun bag
ungdomskrimiserien Genstart (2009-10) og
den gotiske gyser Ordenen (2011). Er også
forfatter til trilogien Kys, sved og rock’n’roll
(Zoom On 2012-13) og ungdomsromanerne
Siden for evigt (2011) og Den første freak på
månen (2013).
INFORMATION
XY
This novel, too, deals with loss, but
here the loss is one’s self and one’s
own identity. One day, the 15 year
old Asta is taking a shower, she
feels a wrench in her groin area and
it transpires that she is actually,
in genetic terms, a boy. She is left
completely devastated and feels so
estranged from her own self that
she contemplates suicide. But then
she meets Christoffer who has also
attempted suicide. Asta falls in
love with him, but is it possible to
love without sex coming into the
equation?
Few young people will ever
experience exactly what Asta does
in this novel, but the debate about
gender and sexual identity has
been a hot topic in recent years
and has blossomed within YA
literature. The work of American
author David Levithan and other
international authors is further
evidence of this.
Nicole Boyle Rødtnes. XY (XY) Alvilda 2015, 208 pages. FOREIGN RIGHTS: Forlaget Alvilda, Pernille
Larsen:pl@alvilda.dk PREVIOUS TITLES SOLD TO: Germany.
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A standalone part of
a trilogy about love
and identity.
REALITY BITES
IK
ID DEAD
“In the odd weeks my mum can
do exactly what she likes. She
can lie on the sofa and read
books, she can go the cinema
at midnight, and she can eat a
TV dinner. Whatever. Order
a pizza maybe. Not exactly
allowed in the even weeks ...
In the even weeks, she has to
peel potatoes, read homework,
follow the news, go to parent
teacher stuff and eat broccoli
salad with skimmed milk. It’s
actually not so weird that my
mum prefers being divorced.”
(QUOTE FROM THE BOOK)
Grief and death and losing
someone one holds dear become
concrete in Caroline Ørsum’s
very well written youth novel
Kære dumme døde Vik (Dear
Stupid Dead Vik). Selma and her
boyfriend Vik are in a car accident.
She survives. He doesn’t. But just
before the accident, something
happened. Maybe Vik and another
girl? Selma isn’t sure, and the
doubt eats away at her. As this
goes on, she has to start a new
life with facial burn marks, a
smashed foot and carrying a lost
love. Sure it’s harsh and wretched,
but the author is never mawkish
and has pitch perfect control
of the narrative. This lends a
real sense of authenticity and
engagement to the novel - you
can’t rush healing and you can
only talk about painful things
when you’re ready.
Caroline Ørsum. Kære dumme døde Vik (Dear Stupid Dead Vik) Høst & Søn 2015, 224 pages.
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ODD WEEKS
TIME
AND OTHER TALES ABOUT THE REST OF THE
Ulige uger (Odd weeks) deals
with a quite different but equally
contemporary, serious and
troubling issue for many children
and youths, namely divorce. The
book is a collection of shorter
texts from the child’s point of view,
either just before the parents
announce they’re to separate, or
just after this has taken place. The
child’s life becomes split into even
and odd weeks – one week with
mum, one with dad.
The author has also created a
special divorced-child glossary
with new terms like those used
when kids want to get their little
brother or sister to refuse to go to
sleep, so that parents don’t get a
chance to quarrel in the evening.
Inge Duelund Nielsen. Ulige uger – og andre historier om resten af tiden
(Odd weeks – and other tales of in-between times) Jensen & Dalgaard 2015, 112 pages.
FOREIGN RIGHTS: Forlaget Jensen & Dalgaard, forlaget@jensenogdalgaard.dk
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DANISH LITERARY MAGAZINE / CHILDREN & YOUNG ADULTS
NOT FOR THE
FAINT HEARTED
Benni Bødker is not only one of Denmark’s most
prolific authors of children’s books, he has also built
up a huge following amongst younger readers.
Benni Bødker primarily writes
easy-reading books that usually
features horror, historical fiction,
crime and science-fiction. Boys,
especially, seem to be fond of his
diverse territories. His stories are
full of tension, mystery and ancient
legends. But even though his books
overflow with zombies, vampires
and blood, there’s still lots of room
for humour.
Jeg venter i mørket (I wait in the
dark) is part of the 666 horror series
but, as it’s also Benni Bødker’s 100 th
book, he decided to make it a bit
different to the others. It comprises
of four short stories that, over just a
few pages, really get under the skin
of its readers. Take the toy shop for
example that snatches the souls of
children; a grave robber who meets
the Grim Reaper himself, and a diver
that decides to rob an old slave ship
and gets more than he bargained
for down below - arrogance and
what happens if you don’t give
Death its due respects.
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PHOTO: BJARKE AHLSTRAND / ONE OF MANY
BENNI BØDKER was born in 1975
and studied Danish and philosophy
at university. He debuted in 2004
and is best known for the De 7
nøgler (The 7 Keys) and Zombie City
(Zombie City) series. In 2013 he
was awarded the school librarians
author prize and has been
nominated for the Orla children’s
books award several times. He
has also written crime novels for
adults, working with his wife Karen
Vad Bruun.
Jeg venter i mørket (I wait in the dark)
Illustrated by: Simon Bukhave
Forlaget Corto 2015, 86 pages.
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BENNI BØDKER
“He’s done it again! Four well
written, hair raising thrillers,
which will no doubt rapidly
vanish from the shelves.”
BØRN OG BØGER
”Till death us do part,” she says.
Her voice is weird. A horrible,
forced rasping noise.
”That was what the priest said,”
the corpse continues. ”Till death us
do part.”
Arvid rushes back to the grated
door. He shakes the bars.
She must think he’s her husband.
Upon whom she seeks revenge.
He kicks at the door. Still it doesn’t
budge.
Extract from JEG VENTER I MØRKET
(I WAIT IN THE DARK)
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DANISH LITERARY MAGAZINE / CHILDREN & YOUNG ADULTS
”Once again, Bent Haller demonstrates
his virtuosity in creating atmospheres and
intimations – laying bare the peculiar way
adults interact with children.”
POLITIKEN
A MAG
STORYT
Author Bent Haller feels
like a deep well; one
that can never dry up.
His font of new stories is
eternal.
Bent Haller is 70 in 2016, and it’s
been 40 years since his social
realist debut novel Katamaranen
(The Catamaran), which portrays
the soul destroying life of a group
of youths in a concrete jungle. The
book unleashed a huge debate
about what was ‘suitable’ literature
for children and for a time many
libraries refused to stock it.
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Bent Haller’s works still pose
questions for society, but he has
moved away from social realism. He
writes for both children and adults,
but is mainly known as an author of
children’s books. Haller doesn’t stick
to one particular genre; he moves
between magic realism, legends,
stories and fairy-tales; between
present and past, sea and land,
the world or the heavens. His best
known works are: Kaskelotterne
sang (The Song of the Sperm
Whales) and Fredsaberne (The
Peace Apes). Several of his books
have been made into films.
In Bent Haller’s latest book
Magnolia af Skagerrak (Magnolia
of Skagerrak), magic emerges
in an ostensibly run of the mill
story about kids on a summer
holiday with their grandparents.
The youngest, Magnolia, catches
a strange, sort of stony fish that
suddenly begins to talk to her. Thus
a modern fable unfolds. The book
is simply beautiful and illustrated
wonderfully by Lea Letén.
BENT HALLER (b. 1946) has won a
range of prizes; amongst others the
1978 Ministry of Culture’s C & YA
Author Award and the Nordic school
librarians’ award in 2000.
BENT HALLER
GICAL
TELLER
PHOTO: JENS KR. ANDERSEN
Magnolia af Skagerrak er en højtlæsningsbog, der dufter af
sol og sommer, klitroser og saltvand. Bent Haller fortæller
her en magisk realistisk fortælling om en børneflok,
der tilbringer et par ferieuger sammen med deres
bedsteforældre i sommerhus ved havet.
Bogen er gennemillustreret med
farve-akvareller af
Lea Letén.
She approached the strange fish again and sat on her
hunkers. Still a careful distance from it. She could see
that its wriggly nose was moving just like its mouth.
”Are you going to throw me back into the sea?”
”What?”
”I said: Are you going to throw me back into the sea?”
”Is it you that’s talking!?” Magnolia asked, as she inched
a few steps further forward then hunkered down again.
”Yes it’s me talking and you’re certainly doing the same,
so snap!” the sculpin said.
Bent Haller
Magnolia
af Skagerrak
Magnolia af Skagerrak
Magnolia er den yngste, og en dag fanger hun en besynderlig
fisk i vandkanten. Fisken fortæller sin underfundige historie,
der vidner om, at der er mere mellem himmel og hav, end de
fleste går rundt og tror.
BentHaller
Haller
Bent
– Pas på hugormene, råbte storebror efter Magnolia, da hun
med fiskestangen i hånden vandrede ned mod bækken.
– Og skovflåterne, råbte Regina.
– Og hestebremserne, råbte Zille.
– Skal jeg gå med dig, liten Maggenolia? spurgte morfar.
– Så lille er jeg altså heller ikke, sagde Magnolia.
Illustreret af
Lea Letén
Høst & Søn
Høst & Søn
99496_cover_magnolia af skagerrak_cs6.indd 1
Magnolia af Skagerrak (Magnolia of Skagerrak)
Forlaget Høst & Søn 2015, 104 pages.
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Extract from MAGNOLIA AF SKAGERRAK (MAGNOLIA OF SKAGERRAK)
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WHAT DOES LOOK LIKE?
A FEELING
”Authors whose texts are illustrated
by Dorte Karrebæk should thank
their God and Maker; and of course
Madam Karrebæk herself, as she dubs
herself on this occasion. Amen!”
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DORTE KARREBÆK
Children should not
simply be fobbed
off when it comes
to portrayals of the
complex world in which
we live, says author
and illustrator Dorte
Karrebæk.
Her drawings and illustrations
engage the reader just as much
as her prose. And she’s not afraid
of pushing at the boundaries of
drawing for children. In truth, she
can never stop.
2016 is Dorte Karrebæk 70 th year
and she has spent all her life
drawing. As a dyslexic, she has
often used drawings as her own way
of expressing feelings, moods and
atmospheres. However, she doesn’t
just illustrate books for others;
she also writes and illustrates her
own books. In the last 13 years,
she has also published books with
her husband Ole Dalgaard, a.k.a.
Oscar K. This artist pair has aroused
controversy on several occasions
was all alone and had no one to
play with. He was bored and afraid
and shouted for help. Suddenly
light came and he began creating
the whole shebang – everything
from dandelions to big sisters, and
Christmas. In the first part of the
book, scary and dark feelings of
loneliness and fear are evocatively
illustrated. But just at the moment
when it’s all too much, light comes
(a dazzling eggshell yellow) and
good things start to happen.
DORTE KARREBÆK (b. 1946)
studied at Copenhagen’s School
of Design 1964 - 68. She’s been
illustrating children’s books since
the 80s. Dorte made her children’s
book prose debut in 1982 and has
When God was a boy, there were no grumpy adults, and no one who
said, ”Don’t!”
When God was a boy, there was no school and you could just do
what you wanted. No homework. No mealtimes. No cross words.
You could get up any time you liked in the morning, but there was no
morning!
God could stay in bed as long as he wanted. But he didn’t want to.
So God got up.
Extract from Da Gud var dreng (When God was a boy)
within the children’s literature
scene by touching on taboos
and stretching the boundaries of
expression in the genre.
Dorte Karrebæk illustrated author
Sankt Nielsen’s (a.k.a. Claus BeckNielsen) book Da Gud var dreng
(When God was a boy). Children
often ask their parents what was
there before God created the world.
This book gives an answer. It can
be seen as a kind of prequel to
the Genesis or Creation legend. Q:
What was there before God created
light? Night and day? A: There was
nothing, except darkness, and God
since won a wide range of awards,
including the Ministry of Culture
illustrator award and its author
award for C & YA books. She has
also been nominated for the Astrid
Lindgren Memorial Award several
times, as well as the 2013 Nordic
Council C & YA literature award.
Most recently she was awarded
the 2015 Danish Academy “Silas
Award” along with Oscar K.
Da Gud var dreng (When God was a boy)
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BÓKADEILD FØROYA
LÆRARAFELAGS
SALLY ALTSCHULER
HR. BABELS TÅRN
EULENSPIEGEL
VERLAGSGRUPPE
JENS SIGSGAARD
PALLE ALENE I VERDEN
ICELAND
BÓKADEILD FØROYA
LÆRARAFELAGS
LINE KYED KUNDSEN
K FOR KLARA 4: SOVE HOS
MALOU + KYS MIG NU + VIL
DU VÆRE MIN KÆRESTE?
PETER HAMMER VERLAG
ANNETTE HERZOG
PSSST!
BÓKADEILD FØROYA
LÆRARAFELAGS
SVEND OTTO S.
BOGEN TIL DIG
BÓKADEILD FØROYA
LÆRARAFELAGS
ANDERS MORGENTHALER
PISSELET – TORSTEN
OG VERDENS LÆNGSTE
SNOTTER + PISSELET – EN
HUND EFTER SELSKAB
TULIPAN VERLAG
ANDREAS BRÆSTRUP
KIRSTEIN/RASMUS
BREGNHØI
POUL ER IKKE TRÆT
UEBERREUTER VERLAG
SVEND OTTO S.
SIKKEN VOLDSOM TRÆNGEL
OG ALARM
METTE VEDSØ
Kaffe i kommoden (Coffee in the Dresser)
The third book in the series about Kamma and Kamal, a
pair of happy animals. Kamma is lucky because she has her
own porpoise, Lotto. Kamal isn’t allowed to have animals,
but fortunately she is allowed to help look after Lotto. But
then Lotto falls ill. A review in KultuNaut said: “Mette Vedsø
has found a convincing way to talk to kids about death. It is
liberating that such a short, readable book dares tackle one
of life’s inevitabilities.”
FOREIGN RIGHTS: Gyldendal Group Agency, Stinne Hjortlund
Kristoffersen, stinne_hjortlund@gyldendalgroupagency.dk,
SOLD TO: Sweden.
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ALADIN
THOMAS WINDING
MIN LILLE HUND I NATTEN +
MISTER OG ANDRE DYR
FORLAGID
KIM FUPZ AAKESON
HEKS
HUNDAHOLMI
JENS SIGSGAARD
PALLE ALENE I VERDEN
DRAUMSYN
SANNE MUNK JENSEN AND
GLENN RINGTVED
DIG OG MIG VED DAGGRY
ITALY
CARLO GALLUCCI
LENE KAABERBØL
VILDHEKS 1
EDIZIONI PIEMME S.P.A.
SANNE MUNK JENSEN AND
GLENN RINGTVED
DIG OG MIG VED DAGGRY
LITHUANIA
NIEKO RIMTO
OLE LUND KIRKEGAARD
OTTO ER ET NÆSEHORN
MEXICO
LEETRA FINAL. S.A. DE C.V
SØREN LIND/HANNE
BARTHOLIN
HISTORIEN OM ABSOLUT
INGENTING
RECENTLY SOLD
LENE KAABERBØL
Skammerens datter (Shamer Chronicles 1–4)
The series about Dina – who has inherited her mum’s ability
to shame, i.e. to see people’s darkest secrets when she looks
them in the eye – and her family has been read by more
than one million children, young people and older readers.
It has won several awards, both in Denmark and abroad,
has been translated into more than 25 languages and has
been adapted into several plays and a film.
FOREIGN RIGHTS: Copenhagen Literary Agency, Esthi Kunz,esthi@chpla.dk.
SOLD TO: The whole world, most recently Argentina and Taiwan.
SWEDEN
BERGHS FORLAG
KIM FUPZ AAKESON
VITELLO SKAL HAVE EN
PAPFAR
BERGHS FÖRLAG
DANIEL ZIMAKOFF
MEZZI 5: NI MOD NI + MEZZI
6: FARVEL TIL KINGO
BERGHS FÖRLAG
PETER GOTTHARDT
DEN GYLDNE SKÅL BOG 3 +
DEN GYLDNE SKÅL BOG 4
BONNIER
THORBJØRN EGNER
KARIUS OG BAKTUS
THE NETHERLANDS PERU
SOUTH KOREA
UITGEVERIJ MOON
JAKOB MARTIN STRID
DEN UTROLIGE HISTORIE OM
DEN KÆMPESTORE PÆRE
EDICIONES SM
THOMAS WINDING
MESTER OG ANDRE DYR
DHAMPUS PUBLISHING CO.
PER HOLM KNUDSEN
SÅDAN FÅR MAN ET BARN
SAGA BOOKS
THOMAS WINDING
JUL HELA ÅRET
HYUN BOOKS
SØREN LIND/HANNE
BARTHOLIN
HISTORIEN OM ABSOLUT
INGENTING
NORWAY
ASCHEHOUG
JAKOB MARTIN STRID
LILLE FRØ
CAPPELEN DAMM
LARS HENRIK AAGAARD
HVOR LANGT ER DER TIL
VERDENS ENDE
CAPPELEN DAMM
THORBJØRN EGNER
KARIUS OG BAKTUS
CAPPELEN DAMM
ELLEN HOLMBOE
FILIP M. LUND - HEMMELIG
DETEKTIV (ALL BOOKS IN
THE SERIES).
GYLDENDAL NORSK FORLAG
KRISTINA AAMAND &
ELISABETH KIERTZNER
OMAR, BRUNO OG MUSSA OG
SAGEN OM DEN MYSTISKE
NUMSEVANDKANDE
VIGMOSTAD & BJØRKE
JAKOB MARTIN STRID
MIMBO JIMBO OG DEN
LANGE VINTER + DEN
UTROLIGE HISTORIE OM DEN
KÆMPESTORE PÆRE
ARNEBERG FORLAG
JANNE TELLER
HVIS DER VAR KRIG I
NORDEN
RUSSIA
CLEVER MEDIA GROUP
GLENN RINGTVED
FOR SENT!
HYUN BOOKS INC.
MARIANNE IBEN HANSEN/
HANNE BARTHOLIN
AXEL ELSKER BILER
CLEVER MEDIA GROUP
IDA-MARIE RENDTORF
RIDDER OSKAR OG KONG
VINTER
HYUN BOOKS INC.
MATS LETÉN/HANNE
BARTHOLIN
FINN HERMAN
CLEVER MEDIA GROUP
JAKOB MARTIN STRID
MIMBO JIMBO OG DE STORE
ELEFANTER
HYEONAMSA
JAKOB MARTIN STRID
MIMBO JIMBO OG DEN
LANGE VINTER
CLEVER MEDIA GROUP
JAKOB MARTIN STRID
MIMBO JIMBO HAR DET
SJOVT
SPAIN
EKSMO
LENE KAABERBØL
VILDHEKS 1 + VILDHEKS 2 +
VILDHEKS 3 + VILDHEKS 4 +
VILDHEKS 5 + VILDHEKS 6
LIBROS DEL ZORRO ROJO
MATS LÉTEN
FINN HERMANN
OPAL BOKFORLAG
SALLY ALTSCHULER,
HR. BABELS TÅRN
FORLAGET HJULET
KIM FUPZ AAKESON
DET SATANS UKRUDT
BERGHS FÖRLAG
DANIEL ZIMAKOFF
MEZZI MØDER MESSI +
SAKSESPARKET
NYPON FÖRLAG
METTE VEDSØ
KAFFE I KOMMODEN
TAIWAN
OMNIBOOK
LENE KAABERBØL
SKAMMERENS DATTER 1-4
HSIAO LU PUBLISHING
MAJBRITH ANDERSEN/
JESPER DELEURAN
DEN STORE NUMSEBOG
UKRAINE
CHITARIUM LIMITED
JAKOB MARTIN STRID
DEN UTROLIGE HISTORIE OM
DEN KÆMPESTORE PÆRE
JAKOB MARTIN STRID
Den utrolige historie om den kæmpestore pære
(The Incredible Story of the Giant Pear )
SCHIBSTED
JAKOB MARTIN STRID
MIMBO JIMBO OG DE STORE
ELEFANTER
Children and adults around the world love the story of two
friends who find a seed that grows – overnight – into a giant
pear, and then embark on a fast-paced adventure in search
of the mysterious island where giant pears grow.
Just before it was published, the book sparked widespread
excitement at the Frankfurt Book Fair. Quite exceptionally,
it was bought by publishers in eight countries before the
illustrations were even finished.
STABENFELDT
INA BRUHN
SOFIE & ALVAR. HESTENE PÅ
PONYGÅRDEN
FOREIGN RIGHTS: Gyldendal Group Agency, Stinne Hjortlund
Kristoffersen: stinne_hjortlund@gyldendalgroupagency.dk.
SOLD TO: more than 15 countries.
ENGELSTED
JAKOB MARTIN STRID
DA LILLE MADSENS HUS
BLÆSTE VÆK
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