Little Shop of Nightmares sold to PRH Portugal! 

Another bestselling children’s series, the Little Shop of Nightmares by Magdalena Hai and Teemu Juhani, has been sold to Penguin Random House Portugal in a two-book deal! The deal was closed by Elsa Lindström at Elina Ahlback Literary Agency.

This is the 26th territory for the super-popular and hilarious series – the rights are still available in e.g. World English, France, Japan, Thailand…

Download materials for the Little Shop of Nightmares here!

Little Shop of Nightmares series

Magdalena Hai, illustrated by Teemu Juhani

 

Nina is a clever, 9-year-old girl who goes to work in the Little Shop of Nightmares in order to get money for a bicycle. During the course of the series, she has to solve a mystery with tickling powder, find the lost teeth of a vampire, and discover the reason why suddenly it just won’t stop snowing. She also befriends the friendly shop ghost Paddy – but the shopkeepers pet octopus Squishy McGoo seems suspicious…

The Little Shop of Nightmares is a mystery full of fascinating and fun characters that make young readers both wonder and laugh!


The Little Shop of Nightmares takes the reader straight into a fantastic world where everything can happen. And it does! It’s scary, funny and entertaining. Lots of wonderful details and interesting characters. That’s where every child wants to be!
– Lindy Andersen, Publisher, Fontini, Norway

 

 

Pieni Painajaispuoti
2019 –

Rights sold:
FINLAND: WSOY(orig.)
ALBANIA: Muza
BULGARIA: Emas
CATALAN: La Galera
CZECH REPUBLIC: Euromedia
DENMARK: VILD MASKINE
ESTONIA: Postimees Kirjastus
GERMANY: HarperCollins Schneiderbuch
GREECE: Dioptra
HUNGARY: Cerkabella Konyvkiado
ITALY: Cart’ Armata Edizioni
KOREA: Gilbutschool
LATVIA: Latvijas Mediji
LITHUANIA: Briedis
NETHERLANDS: De Vier Windstreken
NORWAY: Fontini
POLAND: Znak
PORTUGAL: Penguin Random House Portugal
ROMANIA: Univers Publishing House
RUSSIA: Kompass Guide
SERBIA:Odiseja
SLOVAKIA: Ikar
SWEDEN: Hegas
TAIWAN: Morning Star
TURKEY: Epsilon
WORLD SPANISH: La Galera

About author


Magdalena Hai

Magdalena Hai is an award-winning author, lover of cross-genre fiction and all things strange. Her fiction often combines elements of sci-fi, fantasy and horror.

Her Little Shop of Nightmares series has been sold to 30 territories around the world. Among Hai's many accolades are winning the Finlandia Prize for children's and YA literature and the Finnish Literary Export Prize, and being nominated  the Nordic Council Children & Young People's Literature Prize.

Besides being an author, Hai teaches writing and is an active member and editor in the publishing co-operative Osuuskumma.

About author


Teemu Juhani

Teemu Juhani is a Finnish illustrator, comic artist and picture book author whose illustrations have been published in picture books and children's fiction in over 20 countries. In addition to children's books Teemu has illustrated magazines and educational material. Originally from the fields and woods of North Karelia, Teemu now lives, works and eats way too many cakes in Helsinki.