Non-fiction Highlights

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Earth vs Fashion

Kirsten Hansen

Did you know that it takes just as much water to make a pair of jeans as you can drink in ten years? And did you know that in Ghana there's a mountain of old clothes from around the world that no one wants to wear?We buy more clothes than e...

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The Great Exploration of the Radionauts

Lisa Bay, Karen Brüel Birkegaard

Come along on a journey of exploration through the child's first cell, meet the first animal that walked on land, and travel out into space to see our own galaxy from up above. The Radionauts love to discover new things about our fascinatin...

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Max and Meta: Atoms

Troels Gollander, Lars-Ole Nejstgaard

Max and Meta explore the natural world around them with curiosity. Meta has a magic power: when she snaps her fingers, she can transport her and her friend, Max, to new places. In this fifth book, our two heroes (and the philosophical fly) ...

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Gadgets and Recycling

Tanja R. Bisgaard

We dispose of tons and tons of electronic waste every year and a lot of it contains valuable raw material, such as gold and copper. Gadgets & Recycling explains how electronics are created and provides background on where the raw materi...

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The World's Wildest Mysteries

Lars Henrik Aagaard

Did Atlantis exist? What was Area 51? And who killed JFK? Lars-Henrik Aagaard covers some of the world's mysteries and attempts to give his scientific explanation for what really happened.

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How You become an Elite Football Player

Jens Bangsbo

It is not only the biggest talents that become elite players. Far from it. If you want to be good at football, you have to make the right choices. Jens Bangsbo is an internationally renowned physical trainer, who has helped some of the bigg...

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Why don't We just Plant a lot of Trees? and other good Climate Questions from Children

Nina Bendixen, Margrethe Brun Hansen

Nina Bendixen and Margrethe Brun Hansen calm out minds, helping us understand that Earth and nature are actually tough and survived some crazy events throughout history, coupled with the fact that a lot of climate measures are in place that...

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My First Vegetable Garden

Emilie Aastrup

All you need to know in order to create your own first vegetable garden is to be found in this book. Learn to grow carrots, peas, corn and other easy vegetables. Learn how to make your own compost, prepare the soil for sowing and make your ...

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Monsters - Beastly Creatures with Big Emotions

Shane Brox

Welcome to the world of monsters!In this book, you will meet 12 creatures whose roots go back a long time. Some of them are more than 2000 years old. Back then, monsters were a natural part of our reality. They gave us a language and helped...

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Goddesses - the Strong Women from the Myths

Bodil Bang Heinemeier

Myths about powerful goddesses have existed since the beginning of time. They roam in the kingdom of death and at the edge of the cosmos. They have power over death, are the sources of life and they can change the turn of time. What you nev...

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Mermaids

Stine Bødker, Emil Landgreen

Mermaids are the most stunning creatures imaginable. Beautiful and otherworldly with mesmerizing voices. Strong, independent and sometimes dangerous. But who are they really? Are they nature spirits? Fable animals? Goddesses? Or just secret...

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Book of Farts: an Encyclopeadia of Farts

Stine og Hannah Dreyer

Everybody farts! Even Queen Elizabeth and Justin Bieber. You probably know farts best from yourself, your family, and your friends. But how does a fart become a fart?This is exactly what mother/daughter duo, Stine and Hannah Dreyer set out ...

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When Emma became Emma - and how it happened

Peter Gotthardt

Emma is her own - and then again, she is not quite. Everyone says she has her mum's nose and her dad's curly hair. But why is it that she looks both like mum and dad?Emma is 4 years old and very interested in how she was made. She discusses...

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Jungle Dreams

Anna Knakkergaard, Julie Dam

Through a series of stories, the child is encouraged to help the animals in the Jungle Dreams to find peace, so that both the child and the animals can fall asleep.There are many reasons why the animal children have difficulty sleeping. The...

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Charlie the Motorcycle

Sabine Lemire, Jenz Koudahl

Charlie the Motorcycle loves to cruise without a destination in mind – just him and the road. He likes that much better than going to the garage for check-ups. One day his motor stops running when he is in the middle of nowhere with only ...

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The Day the Farts Disappeared

Line Meyer

Professor Gut Flora creates both big and small farts, slimy and dry farts, bomb farts and stinky farts every single day in her fart laboratory. And she is really good at it. There is just one problem… even when Flora does her very utmost ...

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Hans Christian Andersen - a life of ups and downs and lots of adventure

Kim Fupz Aakeson, Signe Kjær

Hans Christian Andersen was a master storyteller! We all know the fairy tales about the Ugly Duckling, the Emperor's New Clothers and Clumsy Hans. But did you know that Hans Christian Andersen actually wanted to be an actor? Or that he had ...

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