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Business, Economics & LawSeptember 2024Moomin Management
Redefining Generosity
by Paul Savage and Janne Tienari
Moomins, beloved troll creatures of Moominvalley, have captivated hearts worldwide since the 1940s. This book unveils the Moomin business management journey, from Tove Jansson's creations to a global art-based brand and a growing ecosystem of companies. Emphasising generosity as a key management principle, it champions caring for people as vital for a thriving organisation. Generosity, rooted in love, courage and belief in equality, shapes the Moomin ethos, underpinning not just the brand, but also strategic partnerships, engagement with technologies and the virtual world. Offering rare insights from the Moomin inner circle, this management guide advocates sustainable practices. It unveils the keys to a business devoted to comforting people and fostering good, inspiring a blueprint for lasting success.
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Children's & young adult fiction & true storiesMay 2015The missing unicorn
by Daniel Edfeldt
Nova and Simon are bored. The twins should be enjoying their summer break, but they are far from amused and figure they have to come up with something to do. That day they decide to open a "helper agency" just to do something.. Nova initially wanted a detective agency, but as Simon felt that was too dangerous they settled on a helper agency, which will tackle every type of problem. The first book is "The Missing Unicorn", where the twins have to help a little gnome find his missing pet.
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Children's & young adult fiction & true storiesMarch 2016The curse of the sea monster
by Daniel Edfeldt
Simon and Nova swam through the dense seaweed. The water bubbled, splashed and frothed around them, but the sea monster was faster than they were. It had already caught up with them. Nova could sense it nipping at her feet. In just a second or two, the sea monster would devour them!The twins started their semi-secret helper agency when they were utterly bored one balmy summers day. After their first mission, they understood that fantastic creatures and magical places are just around the order if you are just daring enough to look. But the second case of the Helper Agency proved to be much more difficult than the first one. Nova and Simon follow the mysterious Julian to the bottom of a deep lake, where they discover all the mermaids and aquarians have been cursed. The Helper Agency has to help them break this bad spell. But it isn't all that easy when, at the same time, they also have to fight a nasty sea monster and a trio of wicked witches.
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Children's & YAMarch 2017The Magic Fire Berries
by Daniel Edfeldt
They have come face to face with a lethal troll and only just managed to escape a horrid sea monster. Now, once again, it is time for twins Nova and Simon at the Helper Agency to come to the rescue.It all starts with a visit from a mysterious, little metal bird. The bird belongs to Sessa the Elf, who has been captured by evil creatures deep inside a mountain. Sessa had been there to pick the rare, magic fire berries that she needed in order to cure the elf princess of her frost fever. The twins manage to get inside the mountain, are sadly found out and chased, but eventually reach the spot where a few measly, shrivelled fire berries are growing on a bush.
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Children's & YAJanuary 2018The wicked fairy
by Daniel Edfeldt
They have located a missing unicorn, saved cursed mermaids and cured an elf princess of frost fever. The twins are ready to tackle a new case. The last weekend of their summer break and the Helper Agency receives a magic message! Someone is in trouble and need their help. Nova and Simon pack their equipment and head out on their bikes to rescue the person in need, but everything isn't what it seems to be and the twins are facing their most dangerous case yet. In the last part of the Helper Agency series, we get to join the twins on a hair-raising adventure in towers as well as the underworld, meet speaking skeletons, The Neck (water spirit) and lots of other fairytale creatures. Well, a whole army of them actually.
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Children's & young adult fiction & true storiesThe tree at the end of the world
by Daniel Edfeldt
Twelve-year-old William is involved in a horrible traffic accident and is so badly hurt that his young soul leaves his body. He sets off on a quest with his protector, Sam the archer. A quest to find the Tree of Life, the only thing powerful enough to bring him back to life. They travel through a magic country inhabited by amazing monsters and weirdly wonderful creatures. William meets a girl called Charlie, who also happens to be on her way to the tree. But the journey is long and dangerous and the children have to both be braver than they have ever been before. In addition, they are hunted by creepy soul eaters, evil ghouls that live off lost souls. One of the main aspects of the book is the relationship and contrast between will and Charlie. Will has been raised in a nuclear family with his mum, dad and little brother. Charlie, however, is an only child and lives with her mum, who is an alcoholic. The book is mostly set in a magical world, but the reader also gets to follow Charlie's mum and Will's family at the hospital. The Tree At The End Of The World is the first of this two-part series.
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Children's & YAOctober 2019Fish Scalebook
The vividly colourful scalebooks put things – and us humans! – in proportion by scaling different animals to everyday objects and distances.
by Carlos da Cruz & Maija Karala
Carlos da Cruz’s Scalebooks are inspiring children’s science books about the amazing size of animals. Some creatures make human beings feel like giants, others like Tom Thumb. In Fish Scalebook the focus is in the oceans, lakes and rivers of the world. Which kinds of fish live in the water, out of the human sight? Which fish can have inspired the stories about sea monsters? What surprises are there in the bottoms of the oceans?
