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FORSIDE
Foreign
rights
Catalogue
BOARD BOOKS
“Sigurd and Selma guess
animals”
FACTS
Sigurd and Selma is in the Zoo. They try to guess what animal fits for
the shape, they see. But they are up for a lot of surprices, as the sillhu
ettes are fooling them.
A funny book with wonderfull drawings. A joy for children – and grownups too.
Written by: Jørgen Stamp
Illustrated by: Jørgen Stamp
Publisher: Turbine 2010
Original title: Sigurd og Selma gætter dyr
Format: Hardcover
Size: 215 mm x 225 mm
Extent: 28 pages
Colour: Full colour illustrations, all pages
Age: 2-3+
Rights sold for: Sweden
“What if ...”
“What if ...” is a sweet boardbook about the little zebra who asks it self:
“What if I had a trunk? Or dot? Or what if I had a hump? Who would I be
then?
Funny little story about what you are, and the things you are not. Quali
fied to teach small children about self-perception.
“Count with mouse”
“Count with mouse” is a sweet and funny boardbook about small mouse.
Qualified to teach small children to count.
About the illustrator:
FACTS
Jørgen Stamp is a great danish illustrator. His line is cheerfull, and he
has illustrated a lot of childrens books and for magazines and newpa
pers.
Written by: Anne Misfeldt
Illustrated by: Jørgen Stamp
Original title: Hvad nu hvis ... / Tæl med mus
Format: Boardbook
02
Extent: 8 pages
Age: 1+
Rights sold for: Spain
BOARD BOOKS
“I have 1 2 3 flowers in my hair”
A girly “learn to count”-board
book. A little girl puts 1 2 3 and up
to ten flowers in her hair. Different
kind of flowers. And while she
puts the flowers in her hair, she
is playing outside. Jumping in a
puddle. Looking at books. Having
a picnic. Running the scooter.
It is a colourful book full of joy
and happiness.
FACTS
Stine Rosenberg is a danish illustrator. Her line is full of joy and both children and
adults like to look at her drawings. She has illustrated for a popular danish enter
tainer, Sigurd Barret, who has his own tv-show and has written childrenbooks.
Illustrated by: Stine Rosenberg
Original title: Jeg har 1 2 3 blomster i mit hår
Format: Board book
03
Extent: 24 pages
Age: 6 months +
Rights sold for: All rights available
BOARD BOOKS
“My world” is a board book collection with
four titles. Ideal for practising vocabulary
with your child.
“Outside”
A sweet little board book with recognizable illustrations of things we
meet, when we go for a walk outside: A bus, a car, a ladybird ...
“Inside”
A sweet little board book with recognizable illustrations of things we
know from our home and immediate surroundings: My cup, a cat, my
ball ...
“Farm animals”
A sweet little board book with recognizable illustrations of animals
known from the farm: A cow, a pig, a goat ...
“Wild animals”
FACTS
A sweet little board book with recognizable illustrations of animals, that
live in the wild: a lion, a monkey, a snake ...
Written by: Anna Grandt-Nielsen
Illustrated by: Anna Grandt-Nielsen
Original title: Udenfor / Indenfor / Dyr på gården / Vilde dyr
Format: Board book
Extent: 14 pages
Age: 1+
04
BOARD BOOKS
“Can you guess ...” is a board book col
lection with three titles. All the books
have flaps, so that the child can guess
what is hidden behind.
“Can you guess who I am?”
I have a shield that is green and checked. Can you guess, who I am?
Move the flap and find out!
Sweet boardbook about shapes and colours of the animals.
“Can you guess what I eat?”
I eat fish. Can you guess, who I am? Move the flap and find out!
Sweet boardbook about animals and there food.
“Can you guess who I hide?”
Who is penquin-mother hiding under her wings? Move the flap and find
find out!
Sweet boardbook about the animals and their children.
FACTS
Anna Grandt-Nielsen is illustrator and graphic designer.
Her characteristics are clear eyes on animals and humans.
In combination with a simple line and bright colours.
Written by: Anna Grandt-Nielsen
Illustrated by: Anna Grandt-Nielsen
Original title: Kan du gætte hvem jeg er? /
Kan du gætte hvad jeg spiser? / Kan du
gætte hvem jeg gemmer?
Format: Boardbook
Extent: 16 pages
Age: 1+
05
BOARD BOOKS
“Hi baby” is a board book collection with four titles.
Babies and toodlers love to look at faces and pictures of other children.
In this collection of books, you can meet a lot of cute, happy, funny, sad
or curious babies. You can also meet babies who eat great food, play
together, reading a book or just sit together as best friends.
“Food”
All kind of expressions made by
babies.
Babies eat and drink.
“Play”
“Friends”
Babies play with different kind of
toys.
Babies play and care for each
other, they are friends.
FACTS
“Faces”
Written by: Gry Kappel Jensen
Photograf: Rumle Skafte
Original title: Ansigter / Leg / Mad og drikke / Venner
Format: Board book
These tw
o
Extent: 14 pages
collection
s of board
books are
characteri
zed
Age: 6 months +
by real ph
otos of ch
ildren
and anim
“I live in the Garden”
als. This w
ay
they show
the real w
o
rld
as the chil
dren
see it.
A delightful board book with charming photos of the animals that live
in our garden: A cat, a ladybug, a blackbird ... Every animal is described,
so that the child learn a little about each animal.
“I live in the Woods”
FACTS
A delightful board book with charming photos of the animals that live
in the woods: A mouse, a squirrel, a badger ... Every animal is described,
so that the child learn a little about each animal.
Graphics by: Bitten Vernersen
Original title: Jeg bor i haven / Jeg bor i skoven
Format: Boardbook
06
Extent: 14 pages
Age: 1+
PICTURE BOOKS
“The Bird that could not whistle”
FACTS
The poor young starling cannot whistle. What a disaster for a little bird,
and the parents are worried. At last the starling decides to take matters
in his own hands and look for help. When the animals work together
they are actually capable of most things. Like making a whistle.
Illustrated by: Sissan Richardt
Original title: Fuglen, der ikke kunne fløjte
Format: Hardback
Extent: 32 pages
Age: 3 +
Rights sold for: Sweden, South Africa
“The Sigh of the Sledge Dogs”
FACTS
“Why do sledge dogs sigh?” the little sledge dog wants to know. So he
embarks on a journey to find someone who knows the answer. He meets
the walrus, the artic hare, the big whale and the polar bear – but who
has the answer?
Original title: Slædehundenes suk
Format: Hardback
Extent: 32 pages
Age: 3 +
Rights sold for: Sweden, Greenland
“Wilbur the Yellow cat”
FACTS
Wilbur has to go through an awful lot due to the colour of his fur. He is
not happy, but this changes, when he goes searching for new adventures
in the middle of the night. Maybe yellow is a very nice colour anyway?
Original title: Wilbur den gule kat
Format: Hardback
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ichardt
Sissan R
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trator
the illus
o
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picture
several
is a
cteristic
Her chara calm and
like,
very life
esthetic
line.
Extent: 32 pages
Age: 3 +
Rights sold for: Sweden, Norway, Germany, South Africa
07
NOVELS
“The Cats Family”
The cat, Platon, is unhappy. He
has been pick up at a pet’s home
by the girl, Anna, and her family.
Platon is thirsting for love and at
tention, which is hard to get from
the family, with a crying baby, a
teenager who listen to music and
teases his sister, and a father who
slams the door in order to get
some peace and quiet.
When Anna decides, she will no
longer be a girl and suddenly
wish for a dog at her birthday, it
becomes too much. Platon runs
away.
About the author:
FACTS
Annette Herzog
is born in 1960 in
DDR, but now she
lives ind Denmark.
She is a fulltime
writer, and writes
both funny and serious books for
children at all ages. She portrays
his characters with empathy and
solidarity, making it easy for chil
dren to reflect themselves in the
stories.
Written by: Annette Herzog
Illustrated by: Maja Bohn
Original title: Kattens familie
Format: Hardcover
Extent: 70 pages
Colour: Black & white illustrations
Age: 6+
08
PICTURE BOOKS
“Next time you leave ...”
The little elephant Tibula To miss
es his mother. She is gone for 14
long days and nights. But maybe
she is looking at the same moon as
Tibula To? What if he could get up
there and wave to her?
But the moon is to far away. In
stead he can get to the reflection
of the moon, he can see in the riv
er. If only he knew how to swim.
FACTS
Written by: Annette Herzog
Illustrated by: Bodil Molich
Original title: Næste gang du
rejser ...
Format: Hardcover
Extent: 28 pages
Colour: Full colour illu
strations, all pages
Age: 4+
Rights sold for: All rights
available
“A chink in the wallpaper”
I have a little dragon who lives in a crack in the wallpaper under my bed.
He loves to play with my toys and protects me when I’m scared at night.
But one day is the crack in the wallpaper gone, and my dragon can not
get out ...
FACTS
A sweet for story on a child’s fantasy dragon that protects him against
all the dangers that can lurk in the dark at bedtime.
Written by: Anette Herzog
Illustrated by: Barbara Korthues
Original title: En sprække i tapetet
Format: Hardback
Extent: 28 pages
Age: 3 +
09
PICTURE BOOKS
“Zekis bedtimestory”
FACTS
It is night, and Zeki is going to bed. Father has to tuck him ind, but first
Zeki needs to get in his pyjamas, pee on the potty, brush his teeth and
find his cuddly toy. Is Zeki ready to go to sleep now? No, father shall also
read a bedtimestory.
The story is about a little monkey, who does not want to go to bed ...
Written by: Ulrik T. Skafte
Illustrated by: Gunhild Rød
Original title: Zekis godnatbog
Format: Hardback
Extent: 28 pages
Age: 2 +
“William on the toilet”
Illustrated by: Bo Odgård Iversen
Original title: Jeg er fæærdiiig!!
Format: Hardback
Extent: 28 pages
Age: 3 +
William loves to play locomotive engineer at the play
ground. And one day he sees a girl crying. She can not
find her older brother. Immediately William invites
her on board at the locomotive, so they can come out
to look for the missing brother. It will be a long jour
ney with many exciting experiences.
FACTS
FACTS
Wlliam is done with his job on the toilet, and calls for
his father to wipe him. But nothing happens. William
takes a look down in the toilet. He gets scared. The
poo looks like a small crocodile.
A funny picture book about going to the toilet by
yourself.
“William and the
yellow locomotive”
10
Illustrated by: Lasse Bekker Weinreich
Original title: William og det gule lokomotiv
Format: Hardback
Extent: 28 pages
Age: 3 +
PICTURE BOOKS
“There are dogs ...”
FACTS
Dogs, in all their diversity, are presented in
beautiful and quirky illustrations. Children
must learn to be careful, when they are
around dogs. They need to respect the dog
and learn, how to read its signals. This
book is an opportunity to talk to the
youngest children about watching-outfor-dogs, without making them
afraid.
Illustrated by: Lars Munck
Original title: Der findes hunde
Format: Hardback
Extent: 36 pages
Age: 3 +
About the author:
Ulrik T. Skafte is the man behind a lot of informative and
funny children books. He can write about everything,
from toilet habits to toy, from recycling to bedtime stories.
“Lui and his Toys”
FACTS
Lui has a lot of toys – will you help him look for it?
An amusing look-and-find book for toddlers with richly detailed illustra
tions. Throughout the book there are small tasks and simple questions
marked with a colored circle that makes it easy to find the answers at
the back of the book.
Illustrated by: Rune Johansen
Original title: Lui og legetøjet
Format: Hardback
Extent: 32 pages
Age: 2 +
11
PICTURE BOOKS
“Super Sophie and the
sister thief”
FACTS
Sophie can handle even the worst thieves. One day
a thief steals her little sister, and Super Sophie goes
into action! In these cases it’s a good thing to have a
pie catapult ...
It’s a crazy story full of action and fantasy. The illu
strations are funny and detailed and a joy to look at
for children and there parents.
Written by: Kirsten Ahlburg and Morten
Ahlburg
Illustrated by: Rasmus Jensen
Original title: Super Sofie og søstertyven
Format: Hardback
Extent: 32 pages
Age: 3 +
“The candle that wouldn’t go out”
For his grandmother’s birthday, Thomas gives her a candle. “What is the
big idea of such a candle?” his grandmother says. Then she gets up to
blow out the candle. But the candle continues to shine. Because, this is a
very special candle. A candle that won’t go out.
FACTS
A warm story about, how love and relations change people.
Written by: Kirsten Ahlburg
Illustrated by: Susanne Hartmann
Original title: Lyset der ikke ville gå ud
Format: Hardback
Extent: 32 pages
Age: 4 +
12
PICTURE BOOKS
“A pirate ship sails in my
Grandfathers basement”
“A pirate ship sails in my grandfathers basement.
It is actually a secret.
So you cannot tell anyone.
My grandfather is pirate captain.
I am the strongest pirate.
On my grandfathers barge.”
FACTS
About a child’s guirky and vivid
imagination. The book is filled
with beaming diamonds, se
cret caves, jungles, spaceships,
knights and castles – and pirate
ships, that sail in basements with
a grandfather as captain.
These tw
o
books wri
tten by
Jesper To
lstrup are
a
wonderfu
l descripti
on of
a boys im
agination
an
ability to
transfer li
fe
into a big
adventure
.
Written by: Jesper Tolstrup
Illustrated by: Tore Alexandersen
Original title: I min morfars kælder sejler et
sørøverskib
Format: Hardback
Extent: 28 pages
Age: 3 +
Rights sold for:All rights available
“The Scrap King and I”
In the summer, when it’s really warm and flies and bees buzz around, I
go out in the Scrap King’s realm.
FACTS
The imagination is given free rein when a little boy plays among hub
caps, tires, car radios and rusty iron in the amazing kingdom of the
Scrap King.
Written by: Jesper Tolstrup
Illustrated by: Tore Alexandersen
Original title: Skrotkongen og jeg
Format: Hardback
Extent: 28 pages
Age: 3 +
Rights sold for: All rights avaliable
13
PICTURE BOOKS
“The dog that didn’t believe
in up”
FACTS
Porky, the dog, doesn’t believe in up. He only believes that there is down
and sideways.
We talk about it every day, Porky and I.
I point up and he looks down.
Downwards, there is small beatles and flowers. Upwards, there is birds
and clouds, I explain to Porky. But he doesn’t believe in it.
Written by: Zenia Johsen
Illustrated by: Kamila Slocinska
Original title: Hunden der ikke troede på op
Format: Hardback
Extent: 32 pages
Age: 3 +
“Pelle Pelle Santana and
the Islands”
FACTS
The boy Pelle Pelle Santana is living all alone on an island. One day a
message in a bottle shows up. It is from the sad sad Puppy. Pelle Pelle
starts searching for Puppy. On his journey Pelle Pelle meets people on
small islands who needs his help. And he also needs there help.
Written by: Kamila Slocinska
Original title: Pelle Pelle Santana og øerne
Format: Hardback
Extent: 36 pages
Age: 3 +
14
PICTURE BOOKS
“A little Zebra
with stripes”
A little collection of nursery
rhyme.
About a Zebra with stripes, cows
on motorbikes, ghosts and pirates
– and other things you can meet
through a childs imagination.
FACTS
tator,
The illus
, is an
locinska
Kamila S
lustrator.
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to
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own
ations.
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Written by: Trone Løve Østerbye
Original title: En lille stribet Zebra
Format: Hardback
Extent: 28 pages
Age: 4 +
15
PICTURE BOOKS
“Scratch, when it itches”
Gull notes Man, who is stares into
the horizon. Man is old and skinny,
and soon he will be dead. Gull and
Man are talking about life, dead
and the midst. Man is wise, and
he teaches Gull to scratch, when it
iches.
Man has one last wish: To see an
albatross. But all the albatrosses
migrated. “Follow me,” says Gull.
She has an idea. She can be an
albatross.
Beautiful and philosophical book.
The illustrations are made by
Sissan Richardt, and captures the
ocean, beach, sky, Man and Gull in
a powerful and lifelike way.
Sissan Richardt
also illustrated:
FACTS
“The Bird that could not whistle”
and “The Sigh of the Sledge Dogs”
Written by: Dorte Lilmose
Original title: Klø, når det klør
Format: Hardback
Extent: 28 pages
Age: 3 +
16
PICTURE BOOKS
“Hasse steals a bike”
FACTS
Hasse is walking and gets sore feets. He sees a little bike outside a house. He
takes the bike and go for a run in the neighbourhood. Hasse is having fun and he
forgets about the pain.
As he rides by the house, where he took the bike, he meets a little girl who recog
nizes the bike. Maybe the bike has a owner?
Written by: Rasmus Juul
Illustrated by: Rasmus Juul
Original title: Cykeltyven Hasse
Format: Hardback
Extent: 28 pages
Age: 3 +
“Cloudburst”
FACTS
The children, Storm and Shelter, are on a fishing trip, when there is a
cloudburst. Suddently they are on a island in the the sea and an ad
venture begins. The fishing trip turns into a trip around the world and
into a whale’s stomach and back again.
Original title: Skybrud
Format: Hardback
Rasmus Ju
ul is
both auth
or and
illustrator.
He is a re
cognized il
lustrator
and
honored b
y the Dan
ish
Ministry o
f Culture.
Extent: 36 pages
Age: 3 +
“The Cat, the Boy and the Moon”
FACTS
“Hi,” the Cat said, “where are you going?”
“On a moonlight walk to try my new flashlight,” the Boy answered.
They walked together into the night. They search for food for the Cat. He likes
real mice. In order to catch the mice, the have to go the big yellow cheese, which
hang above them. But is it a cheese, or is it the sun which belongs to the night?
Original title: Katten, drengen og månen
Format: Hardback
Extent: 28 pages
Age: 4 +
17
PICTURE BOOKS
“Ibrahim
and Dino the
Brave”
It is first day at school for Ibram
him and his is a afraid. How can
my parents be so calm and happy,
he thinks.
But then he gets an idea. DINO –
Dino can come with me to school!
Dino is Ibrahims teddy bear, and
he is not afraid of anything.
At the classroom it seems like all
the other childrens know each
other. They laugh and talk togeth
er. Ibrahim is afraid to look up and
talk to them. But Dino is brave,
and he can tell the teacher that
Ibrahims name is Ibrahim.
FACTS
A sweet book about first day at
school and about overcoming
fears.
Written by: Marianne Bugge
Illustrated by: Kamilla Wichmann
Original title: Ibrahims bamse
Format: Hardback
Extent: 32 pages
Age: 4 +
18
PICTURE BOOKS
“The boy who constantly lost
his face”
FACTS
Actually, Anton is a quite ordinary boy. He plays with knights and picks
his nose like any other boy. But he has the habit of losing his face all the
time.
“The boy who constantly lost his face” is a funny and odd story about
finding yourself and being seen by others, as the person you really are.
Written by: Kathrine Assels
Illustrated by: Cato Thau-Jensen
Original title: Drengen, der hele tiden tabte sit ansigt
Format: Hardback
Extent: 32 pages
Age: 4 +
NO
TEXT,
GREAT
STORY!
“The Man, the Fly and
the Unruly girl”
FACTS
A fly flies around searching for food.
The Man tries to hit it with his newspaper, but he misses.
ha ha, the fly laughs. A fly that can laugh, must be something special, the
Man thinks, and the Fly is aloud to joine the table.
While they are eating, Fly tells about its exciting life, and suddently
there grows wings on the bag of Man.
Man and Fly set out to the world together, and out there they meet the
unruly Girl, who collects bugs in jars ...
Written by: Inger-Lise Kristoffersen
Illustrated by: Inger-Lise Kristoffersen
Original title: Manden, fluen og det ustyrlige pigebarn
Format: Hardback
19
Size: 215 mm x 305 mm((Kan den sidste bog få et
Extent: 24 pages
badge smækket på, hvor
Colour: Black and whiteder
illustrations,
all pages
står: No text,
great
Age: 4 +
story ))
INFORMATIVE PICTURE BOOKS
“Oscar is bleeding”
FACTS
Oscar falls on the ground and his knee is bleeding. Oscar is crying. Emily
runs for help, and she finds Oscars father, who knows what to do. He clean
up the wound and put on a patch. A funny book about wounds and patch.
The book have flaps, so the child can se different kind of smal wounds.
Original title: Da Oscar slog sig
Format: Hardback
Extent: 32 pages
Colour: Full colour illustrations,
all pages
Age: 3 +
avaliable
“James’s ears”
FACTS
James has turned up for the volume at the TV. It is difficult for him to hear
anything. In this book we follow the proces, where James visit the ear-doctor,
goes to the audiology department and finaly gets his hearing aid.
Original title: Sørens ører
Format: Hardback
Extent: 36 pages
all pages
Age: 3 +
avaliable
“Sille and the big little Tick”
A tick is a large and disgusting animal with many legs that feeds on blood.
They hide in the wild, and they can simply jump on you and bite you and
drink your blood. Or so does Sille think, anyway.
FACTS
She is so frightened that she would prefer not to go out and play with the
others anymore. Imagine if ticks are waiting for her on the playground! A
funny book about ticks and what to watch out for if you get bitten.
Written by: Gry Kappell Jensen
Illustrated by: Stine G. Sørensen
Original title: Sille og den
store, lille skovflåt
Format: Hardback
20
Extent: 32 pages
all pages
Age: 3 +
INFORMATIVE PICTURE BOOKS
“Turn off, Max!”
Sluk så, Max!
FACTS
Max vil bare gerne lege i fred. Badeværelset er en jungle
med damp fra det varme vand, og når man skyller ud i
toilettet, ligner det
et vandfald.
man skruer helt
op
Written
by:
GryHvis
Kappell
Jensen
for varmen på værelset og tænder al lyset, kan man lege
’varme lande’. Men mor
og farLotte
skal hele tiden
ødelægge
Illustrated
by:
Nybo
legen med deres ”Sluk så!”. Så kan man godt blive lidt sur,
hvis man ikke får en forklaring.
Publisher:
Turbine 2008
Denne bog handler
om børn Sluk
og energi.så,
Det erMax!
nemmere at
Original
title:
forstå alle sparerådene, hvis man får en forklaring. Det får
Max og alle andre
børn, der læser denne bog.
Format:
Hardback
Size:
295
mm
x og215
mmlæse lidt
På de sidste
sider kan
forældre
andre voksne
mere om, hvor vigtigt det er, at alle forsøger at gøre en
Extent:
36 pages
forskel.
Age: 3 +
Gry Kappel Jensen | Lotte Nybo
All Max really wants is to play by himself. The bathroom
is a jungle with steam from the hot water, and when he
flushes the toilet it looks like a waterfall. If you turn up
the heating in the room and turn all the lights on, you
can pretend it’s a beach. Turn off, Max! dad says. But
why? A book about the environment.
“Buster Bacteria”
FACTS
In an entertaining way this book teaches children to
wash their hands. The story takes place deep down in
a dirty fold on the hand of the boy Mikkel. Here all the
bacteria live and enjoy themselves – because Mikkel
never washes his hands. Until one day ...
Illustrated by: Stine Gram Sørensen
Original title: Buster Baktus
Format: Hardback
Extent: 32 pages
Age: 3 +
21
NOVELS
“The white esquire”
The story about the horse dealer’s daughter, Nara,
who wants to become a knight. It is her biggest
dream, but it seems impossible as she is neither
noble, rich or a boy. Against all odds she gets the
chance to go to the audition. She saddles up her
fathers stallion and riding off. Nara is stubborn, de
termined and a quick learner, and now she is about to
begin a great adventure.
An adventure, where she has to make the right
choices , be brave and find out, whats lives deep in
side the Mountain of the Dwarves. Maybe she will get
a reward, maybe not.
Boo
numbker
2 in the
serie is
processin
About the author:
FACTS
The author, Sara Ejersbo Frederiksen, has a masterdegree in
literature. She lives in Denmark and “The white esquire” is her
first novel for children. Her idea was to bring the world a heroine,
who is not royal or choosen by fate. Nara is a heroine because
she follows her dreams and fight to reach her goal.
Written by: Sara Ejersbo Frederiksen
Illustrated by: Niels Bach
Original title: Den hvide væbner
Format: Hardcover
Extent: 152 pages illustrated
Age: 7+
22
NOVELS
“Eden – a real
carbage dump”
The genuis young rat, Max, and his stepdad, Dr. Car
bage, lives in Eden, a real carbage dump. Dr. Carbage
is trying to solve the mystery about the two-legged
gods, who once lived in the world. Whats the story
about the blue tree and the cider, that changed the
animals from wild and inarticulated to thinking
beings?
One day a hissing arrow change everything, and Max
and his friends are forced on an adventure to find
the mastermind. An adventure with underground
railways, sea monsters, a giant bookworm and lots of
blue apple cider.
About the author:
The author, Søren Brinch Vestergaard, has a masterdegree in philos
ophy. He lives in Denmark with his
wife and 3 children. The inspiration
for the main character, Max, comes
from his son, Daniel – who unlike
Max likes applecider.
• Well recieved in Denmark
• Great reviews
Said about the
novel: “Deeply
original, artful,
imaginative,
innovative and
cross-border!”
FACTS
• Sample in english available
Written by: Søren Brinch Vestergaard
Illustrated by: Mario Cortés
Original title: Fortællinger fra Eden – kampen
om mosten
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Format: Hardcover
Extent: 242 pages illustrated
Age: 7+
NOVELS
“Kill or die”
“Do you know what a child solider is?” Rajab whispers in his friends ear.
Malik and Rajab are best friends. There village is burned down and there
families are dead. They have nowhere to go, nothing to eat or drink.
They are lost and without much hope.
One day, as they sleep under a tree, they are picked up by a man who
promisses them food, water and security. But the to friends soon realiize
that something is wrong.
FACTS
Right now there are approximately 300,000 children in the world who
are soldiers. In Africa, children as young as 6 years are used in war, but
most child soldiers are between 14 and 18 years old. Often they are kid
napped or forced to be soldiers.
“Kill or die” is about two friends and their lives as child soldiers. It is a
tale of war and survival, but also about friendship, football and hope for
a better future.
Written by: Dorthe Lilmose
Cover design by: Ida Knudsen
Original title: Dræb eller dø
Format: Hardcover
Extent: 116 pages
Age: 8+
“The curse of Dina”
A spooky and exciting novel about an ordinary boy who has to make
some very unusual choices and find all the courage in himselves to do
the right thing. For Jonas it will be a fight against wild fabulous mon
sters and a girl’s evil imagination, but first it is a fight against himself
and a struggle to find his courage and his strength before he might has
freed the foreign country of Dinas curse.
FACTS
Book
number
2 in the
serie is in
process
Written by: Anne Meinert
Illustrated by: Lasse Bekker Weinreich
Original title: Dinas forbandelse
Format: Hardcover
Extent: 116 pages
Age: 8+
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NOVELS
“The gate to the Land
of the Dead”
Siri is with her mother on excavations in Italy to in
vestigate an ancient Etruscan tomb. Siri is sure it will
be boring, but suddenly she and her friend Roberto
are caught up in a case of grave robbery and kidnap
ping. Meanwhile, Siri has some very vivid dreams of a
strange man and secret doors. She becomes more and
more certain that something is hidden behind the
Gate to Land of the Dead, but what?
An captivating children’s novel with interesting
historical content about the forgotten people
Etruscans, their beautiful tombs and the Roman
Empire.
FACTS
It is like
r
Jones fo
Indiana
!
n
childre
mber 2
o
Bo k nu
rie is in
in the se
process
Written by: Alexandra Nilsson
Illustrated by: Jan Solheim
Original title: Døren til dødriget
Format: Hardcover
Extent: 116 pages
Age: 8+
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NOVELS
“The Fortune-Dreamer”
It does not mean anything that Fréas dreams often
come true, says her mother, but as a giant breaks in at
night and attacks them, her mother admits that they
are not like other people. Far from it.
Fréa is a valkyrie, and Volva has predicted that Frea
will become the most powerful Fortune-dreamer ever
– She will be a Valkyrie who can see the future in her
dreams.
Fréa must go to Asgard to be trained as a valkyrie
and stay among the old Nordic gods. Here begins
an unexpected journey where she devolpes strong
friendships and experience the first true love. But
bad dreams of ice, blood and a burning sky haunts
Frea. Is it a true dream? And she can prevent it from
happening?
FACTS
The book offers a mix of a love-story and excitement
in a fantasy universe with a Nordic twist.
Written by: Sidsel Katrine Slej
Original title: Døren til dødriget
Format: Paperback
Extent: 251 pages
Age: 12+
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NOVELS
“The Children on
the Isle of Hope”
The year is 1721, the priest Hans Egede, his wife and
four children are sailing toward Greenland. They go
ashore on a small island, as Hans Egede baptizes the
Isle of Hope.
Hans Egede will tell Greenlanders about God and
the king and his two sons, Paul and Niels, has given
strict orders to be a good example. The natives shall
see how good Christian children behave. But it is not
always easy to be a good example, when Poul and
Niels'd rather will go sailing kayak and hunt grouse
with their two new friends, Nivik and Kussak.
A captivating tale of one of the early cultural encoun
ters between Greenland and Denmark, seen from the
boy Niels' point of view. Despite great differences in
culture, religion and language the danish boys and
the natives become true friends.
FACTS
At the back of the book you find the author's post
script with the historical tale of Hans Egede, and
what happened to the real Paul and Niels and the
rest of the family.
Written by: Linda Lassen
Original title: Børnene på Håbets Ø
Format: Hardback
Extent: 145 pages
Age: 8+
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BACKLIST
PICTURE BOOKS
Frederik Falls-A-Lot
Ulrik T. Skafte / Cato Thau-Jensen
2011, 28 pages
Anton’s new helmet
Ulrik T. Skafte / Thomas Balle
2012, 32 pages
The evil cheese
Kirsten Ahlburg / Morten Ahlburg / Jarl Egeberg
2014, 28 pages
NOVELS
Molly and the new room
Ulrik Skafte / Kamila Wichmann
2011, 16 pages
Mr. Cry
Kirsten Ahlburg / Jarl Egeberg
2014, 28 pages
The ghost-hotel
Annette Herzog / Jutta Garbert
2013, 90 pages
How to behave
Gry Kappel Jensen / LIv Grud
Vestbjerg
2011, 28 pages
The spiders and the noisy ...
Ulrik Skafte / Jesper-Tom
Petersen
2014, 28 pages
Computer-chaos
Annette Herzog / Bodil Molich
2012, 106 pages
Caroline likes
Gry Kappel Jensen
2009, 28 pages
Oliver goes to the pool
Ulrik T. Skafte / Gunhild Rød
2013, 28 pages
When the laugh-factory
closed
Kathrine Assles / Kamila
Slocinska
2013, 36 pages
Casper can
Jesper Tolstrup
2009, 28 pages
Alvilda
Bente Høegh
2012, 244 pages
INFORMATIVE
PICTURE BOOKS
The girl with the
very long hair
Kirsten Ahlburg / Ida Gantriis
2013, 26 pages
Welcome to TURBINE Scandinavian Publishing
TURBINE is an independent publishing house
located in Aarhus, Denmark. It was founded
Soren Snot and Sille Snif
Ulrik T. Skafte / Bryan d’Emil
2011, 32 pages
in 2004 and is one of the leading publishers of
childrens literature in Denmark.
Today children’s books are still a major part of
the more than 300 titles published a year.
Romeo and Crow
– and the car theft
Gry Kappel Jensen
2012, 176 pages
Foreign rights:
Please contact Marie Brocks Larsen for
material and further information.
[email protected] / +45 86 12 79 16
Working translations available for board books and picture books. Translation sample available for novels.
Turbine publishing
Balticagade 10, 2
8000 Aarhus C
Denmark
+45 86 127 916
[email protected]
www.turbine.dk
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