Picture Book Highlights

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The Magical Wing Chair

Jacinta Madsen

Oda's wing chair is magical. When she sits on it, she flies on a warm wind. Rub, rub, rub - then magic arrives. One day when Oda is playing with her wing chair, her mum walks by and asks what she is doing. Oda knows that when she puts one l...

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Free Frog

Charlotte Pardi, Rebecca Bach-Lauritsen

Frog lives in the bog. Frog's friends jump, croak and swim. But Frog thinks the water is too wet. Frog prefers to fly. How difficult can it be? The Danish publisher, Gutkind, have once more created some great extra material - take a look he...

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All the Monkeys

Jørgen Stamp

All the moneys are busy enjoying themselves - doing exactly what they prefer to do. But Monkey cannot figure out what he should do. Because what does he actually feel like doing?

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Anthony and Grandma in the Wild West

Thomas Brunstrøm, Thorbjørn Christoffersen

Grandma has a craving for sweets, but she doesn’t have any money, so Anthony and Grandma travel to the Wild West in order to get their hands on some gold. Here they meet dangerous bandits, and they have to duel in both Ludo and with water...

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Armed

Zakiya Ajmi

You have to be well-prepared when suddenly you have to stay overnight at grandma's place without mum. You need a good-sized arsenal of weapons if you want to be protected. Mum says that grandma offers protection. Pfff! Grandma?!With illustr...

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The Big one and the Little one

Sophie Souid

Muri is really great at circus tricks, but the adults don't see them. They are preoccupied with the little one. Muri thinks that's well annoying, but then she discovers that she has another talent. Muri is really good at looking after the l...

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The Boy who was Scared of Almost Everything

Lars Daneskov, Tor Fruergaard

There’s a hole in the ground and if there’s anything Fred hates, it’s holes in the ground. Especially, when they are black and deep. Fred is sure that a grass monster lives underground in that hole, with enormous, pointy teeth – so ...

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Captain Bubblebeard and the Curse of the Cat Island

Sofie Lind Mesterton

Captain Foam Beard still wants to be the most dangerous pirate on the thirteen seas. And this time a very special island appears in her binoculars. An island with a very special treasure. But the Foam Fleet is not the only ship that anchors...

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Donna finds a friend

Merete Pryds Helle, Charlotte Pardi

Donna and her brother Little Wee are fully integrated into the family and are enjoying the safety and comfort of their "pack". Up until now, Lillian Betty's father has worked from home and the puppies have therefore been able to have a lie-...

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Eddie helps out (4)

Thomas Brunstrøm, Thorbjørn Christoffersen

Dad complains how hard it is to be an adult. There are so many practical things at home that need to be taken care of. Eddie frankly can’t see what the problem is. It all seems rather easy peasy. So he offers to help out a bit, while dad ...

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Fanni and her naughty scissors

Inger Tobiasen

Fanni’s naughty scissors cut through everything, until she gets upset with it and tie a string around its greedy snout. But then she discovers that all the things the scissors has cut through can be recycled to make up something fun. The ...

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Fanni's Green Book (1)

Inger Tobiasen

Fanni wants to sleep. Dragon wants to sleep too, but his stomach rumbles, and he farts, and Fanni does not like that. She moves farther away, but Dragon's fart sounds very loud, so eventually Fanni wipes him away with her eraser. She still ...

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Frank Here and There and Everywhere

Line-Maria Lång, Karen Vad Bruun, Cato Thau-Jensen

“Dad says that he is a proper “Frankophile”. He likes everything and anything to do with Frank”. That includes French waffles, franked mail and Frankenstein’s monster. And one day it also turns out that it includes a man called Fr...

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Freja and the Dragon

Thomas Hjorthaab, Kasper Hoff

Freja is quite fed up! Her parents are so boring at breakfast and she is getting really bored. But then suddenly, all hell breaks lose when a hungry dragon arrives at her front door. Freja needs to act quick - and on her own, because her pa...

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The Golden Porcupine

Mikkel Sommer

News travel fast that the needles of the golden porcupine have magical powers. When you get a golden needle, you can make a wish and it will come true. The porcupine generously lets all the eager animals take a precious needle, so they can ...

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I search and search and search...

Rasmus Bregnhøi

A boy "wakes up" in his room, surrounded by stuffed animals, toys, posters, and pictures. His favourite toy, the two "Wellie Sisters", are standing at the foot of the bed, but they disappear through a hole in the wall where the mirror had b...

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Jamie Penguin saws in something that isn't his

Rasmus Bregnhøi, Sabine Lemire

Jamie Penguin is brilliant with a saw and Jamie Rabbit turns out to be good at finding material that you can saw in. But sometimes she forgets to ask for permission...Another wonderfully detailed picture book with lovely everyday stories wh...

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The Journey to New York: then and now

Catrine Kyster

Two girls.Same destination. Two different centuries.Anna and Nora both live in Europe and are travelling to New York City. But while Nora and her mom are excited to visit the world-famous metropolis, Anna and her family, in 1900, are embark...

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Loui has a Bad Day

Jørgen Stamp

Loui's day is off to a bad start. He has slept rather awfully and is in a terrible mood. His friend, Mo, has loads of great ideas for what they can do together, but Loui is up for none of them. Until Mo has an accident and Loui comes to the...

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Maria Gives Birth to a Child

Kim Fupz Aakeson, Signe Kjær

Maria is in love and engaged to be married with Joseph. Everything is as it should be. Until the archangel, Gabriel, shows himself to her and says: "You will give birth to a child. A son. A human child." But how can that be right, when Mari...

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Omnia's House

Cecilie Eken, Maren Tjelta Thu

Omnia's house has room for everyone. In fact, the house offers everything a child could possibly want: community, fun, a place where you can use your imagination and play and learn.Omnia greets all the different children who come knocking o...

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Peacock

Ane Bjørn

It's carnival time and Momo is scouting for a fancy dress costume. The shop is full of super heroes. Knights. Robots, Astronauts. Dad gets excited about a flying dinosaur with wings you can move up and down. But Momo does not see it at all....

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Pete the Reading Tortoise

Carl Quist-Møller

Pete is a lazy tortoise and one day when Fox, Hare, Mouse and Badger take him along to the library, Pete simply lies down and falls asleep. When he wakes up, he’s been left behind and he is alone with a whole lot of books. But what is he ...

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Ringo is not allowed to be a scaredy pants

Martin Sommer

Ringo and his dad are at the playground. Ringo is busy with a lot of exciting stuff, but when he wants to climb into the highest climbing tower, it might be a bit too much excitement. In any case, Ringo is not quite sure if he dares to clim...

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Sally's Dad on Slippery Slopes

Thomas Brunstrøm, Thorbjørn Christoffersen

Sally's dad takes the whole family along on a skiing holiday. He is looking forward to showing Sally how brilliant he is at skiing. Sally feels more like hanging out with her friend, Svend, who is also there with his family. Sally's dad doe...

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Sun over Inner City (1)

Sophie Souid, Emilie Rubæk Holm

Sun would really like a pet and especially a dog. Mum says that they are not allowed to have pets in their flat. But Sun has the same relationship to rules as she has to the dentist. And new shoes that at too tight… So, if she is not allo...

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Tiny Toot and the Elephant Wash (4)

Maria Mac Dalland

In this fourth book, Tiny Toot, Gato and Nisse are once again off in Nisse's ecolicoptor. They land in the jungle where they meet an elephant baby, bathing in the muddy pond with its mum. The baby elephant finds it difficult to stand still,...

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The Witch

Zakiya Ajmi

This book is about a witch. An EVIL witch. And dangerous. She might not look so evil and dangerous, when you first spot her. But she really is. Så watch out. This book is also about a boy. A boy with a red balloon. And he is not so easy to...

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The Worst

Annette Bjørg, Signe Kjær

Frida is a bit clumsy. She pushes over the glass with milk, ruins the pearl necklace of the new girl and hits the neighbour's green house with the football. It is hard to be Frida, because she doesn't do it on purpose. Fortunately, Grandmot...

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Hilbert

Bárður Oskarsson

Bob, the rabbit, and Hilbert, the dog, from Bárður Oskarsson's award-winning, The Tree, are back. When we left them last, Bob was unsure whether Hilbert was actually able to do what he claimed he was ace at, namely to fly. But this time, ...

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