Rabén & Sjögren
Rights catalog
Spring-Summer 2014
Rabén & Sjögren is Sweden’s largest publisher of books for children and
young adults and has had an impact on Swedish children’s literature since
1942. The publication is characterized by its interesting and cutting-edge
selection of books from both well-known and brand new authors and
illustrators as well as backlist favorites. We are proud to be the publisher
of authors such as Astrid Lindgren, J K Rowlings, Gunilla Bergström and
Kitty Crowther.
At Rabén & Sjögren Agency we manage the rights of the classical picture
books about Pippi Longstocking and Emil, as well as modern classics like
Pija Lindenbaum’s Gittan and Emma Adbåge’s Leni. We also represent a
wide range of juvenile and young adult fiction, with award-winning authors
such as Katarina Kieri, Katarina von Bredow and Mårten Melin.
Lillevi
Kerstin
Cover illustration from Månkan och jag har en hemlighet by Katarina Kieri and Emma Virke.
Rabén & Sjögren Agency
P.O Box 2052
SE-103 12 Stockholm, Sweden
Visitors: Tryckerigatan 4
Phone: +46 10 744 2300
rabensjogren.se/agency
Lillevi Cederin
lillevi.cederin@rabensjogren.se
Kerstin Öberg
kerstin.oberg@rabensjogren.se
Rabén & Sjögren Agency is the rights division of
Rabén & Sjögren, Norstedts Publishing Group.
Katarina Kieri & Emma Virke
Månkan och jag har en hemlighet
Månkan and I Have a Secret
In Katarina Kieri’s first picture book a girl talks about her secret
in first-person. The tone is intimate and dramatic, and we sense
something larger than the actual secret – the fact that she shares it
with her friend Månkan. Emma Virke’s illustrations are imaginative
and expressive collages where many little secrets can be seen if you
look carefully.
Katarina Kieri writes prose, poetry and drama for children, young
adults and adults. She has received many award, among them the
Astrid Lindgren Prize in 2012, and the August Prize in 2004 for her
young adult novel, Does Elias Dance? No.
Emma Virke is an artist and illustrator who debuted as a picture
book illustrator 2009 with Mops, written by Eva Lindström.
215x280 mm, 32 pp
3–6 years
Press voices:
”The very best and finest children’s book so far this year.”
Magnus Utvik
”Captures in perfect tone the very own world of two little girls,
a world where only they can go.”
Ingalill Mosander, Aftonbladet
adet
Vår
Och
För
bra
hemlighets-pumla är den vackraste som finns.
den hemligaste.
nu har vi hittat ett nytt gömställe, ett attans
gömställe.
Picture books
The first secret – and the very first best friend
Picture books
Siblings and dinosaurs
Åsa Lind & Emelie Östergren
Hemligheten
The Secret
At home, it feels mysterious and exciting. Mom and Dad walk around
waiting for a baby to come out of Mom’s tummy.
The little boy walks around carrying a dinosaur egg that will hatch
someday.
A perfect topic for 3–5
years-olds! Åsa Lind’s text
closely matches children’s
fantasies. Emelie Östergren,
young cartoon artist, skillfully
captures the different emotions
of children
195x254mm, 32 pp
3–6 years
Welcome to the world of little creepy-crawlies
John & Hanna Hallmén
Minimonster i naturen
Mini Monsters in Nature
You’ve never seen insects like this before!
An exciting and unforgettable journey in the world of mini monsters!
A world that’s invisible to us, but that’s still there, right next to us.
Admired photographer John Hallmén now captures the attention of
the children’s books audience.
John Hallmén, born in 1978, is a dedicated and innovative insect
photographer who, with the help of digital camera technology,
shows us the world of these bugs in a way that we’ve never
seen before. Hanna Hallmén, born in 1976, is a language reader
pedagogue. This is her debut as an author.
190x254mm, 32 pp
3–6 years
Foto: Magnus Liam Karlsson
Jujja Wieslander & Lotta Geffenblad
Vina Vinas vän
Vina Vina’s Friend
Vina Vinas Friend is the second book about Vina Vina, for the very
youngest.
Jujja Wieslander is one of our most loved children’s books creators.
She is a master at turning the very simplest of everyday events into
grand adventures in the world of young children. A dirty, broken and
seemingly uninteresting stick turns into a crossbar in Vina Vina’s hands,
or a lawnmower. A wolf becomes a best friend to share your pillow with.
Everybody knows Jujja Wieslander’s world-famous picture book
characters Mamma Moo and Crow. Vina Vina is a new exciting
acquaintance for the younger children.
210x210mm, 32 pp
0–3 years
About the body for the youngest
Emma Adbåge
Lilla magen – Lilla näsan
Little Tummy – Little Nose
With passion and intimate knowledge of the young child Emma
Adbåge has created a board book series for the very youngest
discoverers. A first introduction to the different body parts in
miniature format and sturdy cardboard.
160x160mm, 18 pp
0–3 years
Picture books
About play, friendship and love
Pippi will never grow old, but in 2015 it will be 70 years since
Astrid Lindgren’s first book about Pippi Longstocking was
published. This calls for a celebration!
Astrid’s daughter Karin was sick in bed and wanted her mum to tell
her a story. “Tell me about Pippi Longstocking”, she pleaded, and in
that instant she had invented what was to become one of the
world’s most famous children’s book characters. “Since the name
was remarkable, it had to be a remarkable girl”, said Astrid Lindgren.
For years she was making up new stories for Karin and her friends.
Vejenkunstmeseum dk
Vejenkunstmeseum.dk
Pippi 70 years
Pippi Longstocking
70 years
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A miniature Villa V
Villekulla with
three classic pictture books in
miniformat, a playy section and
Pippi and her frie
ends to play with.
To be published in
i spring 2015
Restored and revised editions of
Pippi Långstrump i Humlegården
Pippi in the Park
Pippi Långstrump på Kurrekurreduttön
Pippi on Canny Canny Island
To be published autumn 2014
What is Pippi doing in the pictures? Here are some fun
scenes from Pippi’s world to point at and talk about.
A fun wordless board book in sturdy cardboard for
the very youngest, illustrated with Ingrid Van Nyman’s
classic pictures.
Vad gör Pippi?
What is Pippi doing?
Titta Pippi
Look Pippi
160x160mm, 16 pp
0–3 years
Games & activitybooks
Pippi
Pippi 70 years
Wonderful, classic
Pippi-pictures!
Picture books
Modern Classics
The ten books about Max are modern
classics and are now published
as board books in a new design
accompanied by a new edition of
the charming book to collect baby’s
memories.
Barbro Lindgren & Eva Eriksson
Max nalle – Max teddy
Max blöja – Max nappy
Max boll – Max ball
Max potta – Max potty
The other five titles will follow
2014/2015.
150x160mm, 16 pp.
Min egen bok – My own book
215x233mm, 48 pages, spiral binding
mina första ord
jag jollrade första gången
mina första ord var
första gången jag sa mamma
första gången jag sa pappa
andra intressanta saker jag har sagt
mina tänder
första gången jag vinkade
min första tand
klappade händerna
min andra tand
satt
min tredje tand
kröp
min fjärde tand
stod
gick
Åsa Rosén
Cirkus Caramba – Vampyr mysteriet
Circus Caramba – The Vampire Mystery
When it comes to solving mysteries, circus director Caramba sure
had his appetite whet. So when he reads in the paper about a circus
thief in Transylvania he packs up Circus Caramba and heads over
there. But not only circus thieves wreak havoc in Transylvania, also
vampires! Fanged creatures that will go to any length in order to sink
their teeth into a yummy human throat.
The Vampire Mystery is a
stand-alone continuation of
The Fire Eating Mystery.
96 pp, 6–9 years
A powerful book about self-confidence
Emma Adbåge
Jag är jag
I Am Me
Emma Adbåge hits a bull’s eye when she has Mickan revolt against
everybody who views her as a quiet girl who needs to be more
assertive. She is assertive, but in her own way.
Press voices:
“Emma Adbåge portrays, with a warm sense of humor, funny things,
difficult things, embarrassing things and terrible things. With the
lovely point of view of a child, and with a sense of humor that even
grownups laugh at.”
Anna Nygren, Folkbladet
128 pp, 6–9 years
Published 2011
6–9 years
Humor and excitement in perfect combination
9–12 years
Katarina von Bredow
Hon & Han
Him & Her
Hierarchies and power games in middle school
Him & Herr is the second stand-alone book in Katarina von Bredow’s
trilogy about life in middle school. With a page-turning frenzy, she
portrays the social games of twelve-year-olds so we feel it in our
bones.
Media voices about You & I, the first book in the trilogy:
”Brilliant about the life changes of twelve-year-olds.”
Dagens Nyheter
”Katarina von Bredow has once again given us an incredibly
important novel for young readers.”
Bibliotekstjänst
228 pp, 9–12 years
A fine portrayal of an important topic
Lina Stoltz
I morgon är allt som vanligt
Tomorrow Everything Is back to Normal
Lilian has a mother who sometimes drinks too much. Soon they will
be celebrating St. Lucia’s Day at school, but does Lilian really want
to be there if her mom can’t come and watch? Her teacher, Krister,
bugs her about parent-teacher conferences and asks a bunch of
difficult questions that Lilian doesn’t want to answer.
Tomorrow Everything Is back to Normall is a loving and heart-felt
story about a family like so many others, about difficulties and
sorrow and about an important topic, unusual in children’s books.
160 pp, 9–12 years
Pascale Vallin Johansson
Dömd
Convicted
Life isn’t fair. Amir, Lo and Vidar realize this as soon as they arrive
as foster children at Heavenly Peace. The estate is anything but
heavenly; the children are supervised at all times and punished
if they make the tiniest mistake. Gunvor, or Foster Mother as she
wants to be called, rules here. Her task is to make decent folk out of
children of convicted murderers.
Amir, Lo and Vidar believe that their mothers are innocent and they
aim to learn the truth. The question is, how will they get over the wall
with the electric fence that surrounds Heavenly Peace? Might they
get help from hidden powers? And do they really dare trust each
other?
Convicted is the first part in The Amargi Trilogy, an exciting and
magic story about the fight for freedom.
176 pp, 9–12 years
Upcoming titles:
Escape
Fight
9–12 years
New fantasy trilogy!
9–12 years
David Lynch meets Swedish small town
Moa Eriksson Sandberg
Flickan i de vindlande gångarna
The Girl in the Winding Walkways
It is winter and it has been a year and a half since Linda Palm
disappeared. Hanna has left all the horrible stuff behind her.
Everything is familiar, but also strange. A girl in Hanna’s old school
tried to kill herself and strange things have started happening.
Freestanding continuation of The First Girl the Forest Meets which
received fantastic reviews.
Press voices
”The best horror book of the year. Moa Eriksson Sandberg slowly
builds tension and manages to create discomfort in everyday
scenes.”
Andras Palmaer, DN about The First Girl the Forest Meets
180 pp, 9–12 years
Master of Mystery
Kerstin Lundberg Hahn
Skuggan I väggen
The Shadow In the Wall
Press voices
”A strangely scary ghost story that catches the reader in a firm grip.
Lundberg Hahn has an impressively tight hold on her story, making
the read a breathless experience.”
Lotta Olsson, Dagens Nyheter
”A thriller for everyone from the age of nine and up. Well written, very
exciting and with a serious tone and depth.”
Anna Hällgren, Norran
”Lundberg Hahn is a master of scary children’s stories combined
with engaging tales of frindship. Nature, above all the white water
rapids, here have a critical as well as beautiful role.”
Jonna Fries, Smålandsposten
224 pp, 9–12 years
Published 2012
9–12 years
New breathless thriller
Ingelin Angerborn
Hjärta av damm
Heart of Dust
During fall break Bella attends a theater class
at an old historic theater. It is rumored that the
place is haunted but that’s just superstition.
But who is writing strange things on the mirror
in the girls’ bathroom? Why is there a light on
in the attic where nobody is allowed to go?
And why does their classmate Nelli say that
she has seen death?
Breathlessly exciting story by Ingelin
Angerborn, a master of the genre, thrillers
for tweens. Her earlier thrillers have sold in
over 100 000 copies!
176 pp, 9–12 years
Sandra Dahlén
Sex med mera
Sex Etcetera
This book strengthens girls’ self-esteem, makes them aware of their
bodies, their sexuality, girls’ equal rights in society and the right to
set boundaries. Theory is mixed with practical suggestions. Sex
Etcetera spans from the individual to society and back again.
Sex Etcetera was first published in 2002. This is a revised and
updated edition.
“Sex Etcetera is a book that I wish would end up in the hands of
every teen girl. It contains something as earth-shatteringly unusual
as sex education from a girl perspective.”
Hufvudstadsbladet
170x210mm, 280 pp
12+
Young Adult
Everything you ever wanted to know
about sex!
Young Adult
Epic tension
Eva Susso
Två städer
Two Cities
Leon wanders through a desolate landscape looking for a home.
One day he runs into Anja. They reach a high wall. Perhaps salvation
is behind the wall.
High-speed adventure and excitement for 11-12-year-olds.
Eva Susso does something entirely new with Two Cities and she
does is with bravado!
250 pp, 12+
Augustnominated
author
Mårten Melin
Liksom helt magiskt
Kind of Like Magic
A collection of twelve amazing stories where
some are exciting, some funny and some very, very scary. We meet
Viktor who gets a magical necklace, Lara who can see ghosts and
Jamila who wants to be somebody else. Whether you like horror,
love or friendship, there is something for everybody.
152 pp, 12+
Moa Eriksson Sandberg
Välkommen till LA, baby
Welcome to LA, Baby
Doris lives in the shadows of sorrow. She seeks affirmation in others
and has a difficult time putting up with herself, taking up space. With
her best friend Ottilia she takes a break from her university studies
for a dream trip to San Francisco. Here they plan to hang out in loud
bars and cool used bookstores, get to know doe-eyed poets and
indie-band singers.
Media voices:
Eriksson Sandberg manages to exactly capture the sense of having
one leg in childhood and the other on its way into the adult world,
whether you want to or not.
Hallandsposten
192 pp, 15+
Our new comedy queen!
Emmy Abrahamson
Make it stort
Make It Big
The third and last part of Filippa’s
adventures and actor dreams in London.
Full of complications and killer humor
by August-nominated Emmy Abrahamson
who has actually been a part of the theater
world in London herself.
Media voices:
“Well-written, fun page-turner that well deserved
its August Prize nomination.”
Dagens Nyheter about The Only Way Is Up
“Emmy Abrahamson can write with wit,
sharply and humorously.”
Sundsvalls Tidning about Steal the show.
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228 pp, 12+
Young Adult
On the threshold of the adult world
Young Adult
A raw contemporary
novel for young adults
Martin Jern
Svensk synd
Swedish Sin
“Fourteen years old and so fucking lonely in my head.”
Otto is fourteen years old and lives in a small backwaters village. He
is lonely and misunderstood. He wants to go somewhere but doesn’t
know where. It’s election time and a party hostile toward immigrants
has joined Eternity Church in order to take power in their community.
When a girl disappears Otto is faced with a difficult moral dilemma.
Martin Jerns debut title Affection published in 2011 was praised by
critics.
176 pp, 15+
An experiential
love story!
Sandra Beijer
Det handlar om dig
It’s All About You
It’s all About You is the story about that first, great love. It takes
place in the inner city of Stockholm for a few feverish autumn
months and the reader is thrown between hope and despair,
happiness and sorrow, excitement and apathy. Sandra Beijer
tells her story in such a poetic but still simple and natural way that
anybody who has ever been in love will be touched by it – it doesn’t
matter if you’re 15 or 45.
Sandra Beijer, born in 1984, has, since 2005, been writing her wellread blog Ninetofive. She was educated as a copywriter and has
worked in both Stockholm and New York.
198 pp, 15+