LITTLE SHOP OF NIGHTMARES by Magdalena Hai and Teemu Juhani sold to Ukraine! Now 28 territories!

We are thrilled to announce that the Ukrainian rights for the LITTLE SHOP OF NIGHTMARES series, written by Magdalena Hai and illustrated by Teemu Juhani have been acquired by The Old Lion Publishing House in a 3-book deal! The deal was closed by Sten-Erik Tammemäe at Elina Ahlback Literary Agency.

Nina is a clever, 9-year-old girl who goes to work in the Little Shop of Nightmares – a small shop where accidents and mysteries keep happening!
The LITTLE SHOP OF NIGHTMARES is a series full of fascinating and fun characters that make young readers both wonder and laugh!

The Old Lion Publishing House was founded in Lviv, Ukraine, as a traditional publisher of children’s literature. Now, The Old Lion stands for a wide range of books aimed at readers aged 0 to adults, including board books, fairy tales, poems for kids, stories for schoolchildren, teen series, poetry, novels, atlases and albums, and even anti-stress coloring books. It publishes nearly 130 titles per year, both of Ukrainian authors and translated literature.

“Everything about LITTLE SHOP OF NIGHTMARES grabbed our attention: funny characters, a scary atmosphere, and the promise of a fantastic adventure.Young readers will love these well-written books with colorful and hilarious illustrations.”
– Nataliia Maletych, editor, The Old Lion Publishing House, Ukraine

With the latest sale to Ukraine, the LITTLE SHOP OF NIGHTMARES has now been sold to 28 territories!
Rights to this bestselling series are still available in UK, US, France, Israel…

Download the materials for LITTLE SHOP OF NIGHTMARES series here!

The Little Shop of Nightmares

Magdalena Hai, illustrated by Teemu Juhani

Nina is a clever, 9-year-old girl who goes to work in the Little Shop of Nightmares – a small shop where accidents and mysteries keep happening!
The Little Shop of Nightmares is a series full of fascinating and fun characters that make young readers both wonder and laugh!

#1 The Terrible Tickling Powder
When Nina, a 9-year-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 any 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 The 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 the vampire, Lucas, 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
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 thwarting their every effort to stop it from snowing inside.

#4 The Crystal Skull
The Little Shop of Nightmares crew finds out that a pirate sailing competition is coming to town! Competing to be the fastest pirate ship are the Ghosts, the Zombies, the Sirens and the Better Pirates – all of whom want the Crystal Skull that has been given to Mr. Kook for safekeeping at the Little Shop of Nightmares.
When the Crystal Skull suddenly goes missing from the shop, little Nina and her friends start their investigation – and the suspects are a-plenty!