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Waves

Grandpa's memory is no longer as good as it used to be. But I love him as much as ever and I know that although he often forgets important things, he also loves me with all his might! A beautiful story about family, love and the joy of being together and how we can...

Letters to A

LETTERS TO A. - IS THIS A WORLD FOR OLD PEOPLE? An uninvited tenant turns a family's life upside down. Alzheimer's moves into the home of Anielka, her sister, parents and grandmother. He is the one who makes Grandma forgetful, confuses names, doesn't recognise the household members and...

Mr. Stanislaw flies away

Mr Stanisław feels in his bones that it is time for a great adventure. So he asks his grandson Franio to take care of his dog Znajdek the Twister and bravely sets off on the journey of a lifetime - towards the clouds. He soon discovers to his delight that the world looks completely different from above. What...

Everywhere and in everything

In an instant, little Yolanda's world changes forever: her mother dies. The adults don't want to talk about it. Everyone experiences the loss in their own way. Yolanda, however, is not at peace with it. Mum is gone - but to where? Unable to fully understand what has just happened,...

Where do we go when we disappear?

Everyone says something different about where we go when we disappear. But when we look at different things in the world, many more ideas come to mind. There are so many possibilities! So let's look... at socks, at puddles, at rocks, at clouds. What can they do for us....

Do you know how to whistle, Joanna?

About life and death. About important and serious things - without a hint of pomp and pathos, but with subtly woven in humour. Ulf Stark is one of Sweden's most respected and best-loved authors of children's books and has won many awards. Since the 1970s, he has written ...

Grandpa's Miracle Island

Syd loves his grandfather the most in the world. And Syd's grandfather. And that will never change. Now they face their most important adventure together. "Grandpa's Wonderful Island" is a beautifully illustrated story that sensitises us to the fact that loved ones never really...

Grandma's shawl

A poetic story about friendship, about saying goodbye and about finding a place where everything can be thought about in peace. When the grandmother returns from hospital, the whole family gathers at home. There is a tense atmosphere, the adults are shouting nervously, someone is shouting at someone, someone...

I am Death

I am Death, part of life, love and you. The protagonist of this book is Death, a kind and considerate person. Her job is to visit all those who are about to die - they could be insects or elephants, children or old people... Death plays an extremely important role - she completes...

An island at the end of the world

All around, a clear ocean, blue as the sky, in which turtles and dolphins swim. Hills covered with forests. The singing of birds. This is the island of Culion, but "no one comes here of their own free will"... For twelve-year-old Amihan, this is home. This is where she grew up alongside her loving mother. Together...

A little book about death

Very serious and... frivolous reflections on death. What does a dead person look like? What happens to us after death? Do we go to heaven? Or does a person turn into a skeleton after death that scares children at night? Pernilla Stalfelt with great sensitivity, seriousness,...

Goodbye, Mr Muffin!

Mr Muffin - a little guinea pig - sits in his favourite armchair and reflects on his life, chewing an almond with relish. He thinks about the time when he was young and could carry a cucumber. Now he is old, tired and grey-haired. He reminisces and draws up a list: it was good for me, better than ...

Esben and his grandfather's ghost

There was a boy whose name was Esben and he had a grandfather he called Grandpa. But things changed. That is - he still called Grandpa Grandpa, but there came a time when he lost him, because Grandpa died suddenly in the street. Esben's mum says.

Autumn Leaf Jas

Autumn of the Leaf Jas is a warm, wonderfully clever and strikingly simple tale of life and death intertwined. In this book, Jas's leaf and his friends change with the seasons and the approaching winter, eventually with...