Stella & Stiven, The Marvelous Suitcase, and Little Shop of Nightmares Persian language rights sold to Mad Publication House!

We are thrilled to announce that Mad Publication House has acquired the Persian language rights to STELLA and STIVEN by Ted Forsström and Åsa Lucander, THE MARVELOUS SUITCASE by Sanna Sofia Vuori and Silja-Maria Wihersaari, as well as the first three titles in Magdalena Hai and Teemu Juhani’s internationally bestselling LITTLE SHOP OF NIGHTMARES series.

This is what Mahtab Shirani from Mad Publication House had to say about these wonderful children’s books:

We are very excited to bring Stella & Stiven, The Marvelous Suitcase and the Little Shop of Nightmares series into Persian. These titles combine imaginative storytelling, humor and emotional depth with wonderful illustrations. We believe they will inspire Persian-speaking children with fresh, creative voices and offer them meaningful stories that open windows to new worlds.

THE LITTLE SHOP OF NIGHTMARES series features spooky mystery paired with laugh-out-loud humour for young readers from 5 years and up and is also perfect for reluctant readers. Sold to 30 territories worldwide.

Rights to the bestselling series are still available in UK, US, Arabic, Iceland…

Request the full reading materials for the LITTLE SHOP OF NIGHTMARE series here!

Stella is a warm, funny bedtime story full of playful rhymes and imaginative interruptions — familiar to anyone who’s tried to get a child (and a pet!) settled for the night.
Stiven is a hilariously relatable portrait of a dramatic, food-obsessed cat who keeps his family on their toes.

The rights for STIVEN and STELLA are still available in France, Italy, the Netherlands, Ukraine, Norway…

Request the materials for STELLA & STIVEN here!

THE MARVELOUS SUITCASE is an enchanting story about imagination and community — when a mysterious suitcase appears, neighbors each imagine its contents through the lens of their own dreams, until its magical secret is revealed.

The rights for the Marvelous Suitcase are still available in Germany, Estonia, Denmark, Czechia, Slovakia, Poland…

Request materials for THE MARVELOUS SUITCASE here!

THE LITTLE SHOP OF NIGHTMARES

by Magdalena Hai, illustrated by Teemu Juhani

Nina is a clever, 9-year-old girl who goes to work in the Little Shop of Nightmares. During the course of the trilogy, she has to solve a mystery with tickling powder, find the lost teeth of a vampire and discover the reason why suddenly it just doesn’t stop snowing. The Little Shop of Nightmares is a mystery full of fascinating and fun characters that make young readers both wonder and laugh!

#1  THE TERRIBLE TICKLING POWDER
When Nina, 9 years old, enters The Little Shop of Nightmares in hopes of getting a job, she is greeted by an odd sight: shopkeeper Mr. Kook is rolling on the floor, unable to stop laughing. With a little help from a ghost called Paddy, they start looking for the untickling powder to help him, but things are certainly not made easier by Mr. Kook’s world-domination-planning pet octopus Squishy McGoo, who is a bit too quick about getting into trouble with rollerblades on its tentacles.

#2  MYSTERY OF THE MISSING TEETH
Nina goes to buy ice cream after her first work day at The Little Shop of Nightmares. But at the ice cream shop she discovers a vampire – without teeth! Nina decides to help vampire Lucas to find his teeth from Mr. Kook’s shop. But for some reason all the vampire teeth seem to have disappeared. It seems like somebody has hidden them on purpose…

#3  STICKY THE TERRIBLE SNOWMAN
Same awesome monsters. New blizzardy trouble. The Little Shop of Nightmares is getting buried in snow! Nina and Paddy are trying to find the cause of the snowstorm, but that’s easier said than done. A well-meaning but horribly clumsy snowman keeps getting in their way and stopping their every effort to stop the snowing inside.

THE MARVELOUS SUITCASE

BY SANNA SOFIA VUORI AND SILJA-MARIA WIHERSAARI

A suitcase full of wonders.

A charming and enchanting children’s tale.

“Daria Duck staggered down the hill, kicking up sand and wobbling her bowler hat. She was on her way to see her best friend, Froberta Frog.”

Daria spots a battered suitcase in Froberta’s gateway. What on earth could be in it?

One by one, the neighbours turn up at Froberta’s house to wonder about the strange suitcase. Each visitor invents a story about what might be inside that reflects their own personality. For example, Brynn Brimstone-Butterfly’s imagination is full of fairies and dew beads.  Shelley the Snail, on the other hand, thinks the contents will be a rockstar’s guitar. Finally, the suitcase is opened and the contents delight everyone!

Stella

Ted Forsström, illustrated by Åsa Lucander

A father tries to put his child to bed, but keeps getting interrupted by Stella the dog barking hysterically. Something unexpected always happens, and the reader is treated to Stella’s lively imagination: it may be a door opening or a car driving by, but Stella is strongly convinced it’s Grandma coming to give her food, or that squirrels have built a nest in the toaster.

Anyone who has ever tried to put a child to bed knows how cozy yet fragile the situation is. It requires the right amount of patience and determination. The right bedtime story can be the key to a successful, quiet night. Stella is a book you can read again and again, night after night.

Stella is full of warmth, playful rhymes and an unusual mix of familiar ordinariness with fantastic antics. Very familiar for anyone trying to combine cozy moments with a pet!

Stiven

Ted Forsström, illustrated by Åsa Lucander

The food is gone! Stiven roars. This is urgent! Come out!

Have you ever thought how frustrating life can be for a cat? When something as simple as getting fed turns into a daily battle? For Stiven, the logic is simple: an empty bowl must be filled immediately. How can an entire family have such a hard time understanding this?

The glutton Stiven is a stubborn drama queen, holding the whole family hostage with one mission: more food immediately! He’s a big personality, alternately majestic and pathetic, and neither mom, dad, the child, nor the baby escapes his constant demands for food and attention. This leads to comedic moments in the everyday life of a young family with a pet, brilliantly captured in Åsa Lucander’s lively illustrations.

Ted Forsström’s text is atmospheric and down-to-earth, with his characteristic playful rhymes occasionally shining through. It’s highly relatable for families with young children and especially for anyone who owns a cat—or is owned by one.