★ Rights Sold in Dutch, Danish, German, Estonian, Czech, Finnish, Norwegian, Latvian, Polish, Italian, Meänkieli, Nordsamiska, Romani, Swedish, Faroese, English and Chinese (simplified).
★ Film rights sold. A feature film is in the making.
★ The TV series about the family, "A (dis)Honest Christmas with the Pinchers", was broadcast in December 2021 on SVT, Sweden’s public service television.
★ The books have sold over 300,000 copies in Sweden!
★ This series is about the popular family of robbers. With drastic humor and colorful images, this is the perfect bridge between picture and chapter book, for age 6-9.
★ Do you want to know more about the Pinchers Family? Check out publisher Natur & Kultur’s official Pinchers webpage (in Swedish) where you can find music, videos, and more about this beloved family.
★ Winner of the Crimetime Award 2022
The Jury’s praise:
“Ingenious, well written and with wonderful illustrations. We enjoy stories where we get to both giggle and nod thoughtfully. One can’t help but love the reluctant con artist who tries to do everything right despite his thieving family. No wonder the books are popular with both children and critics alike and have reached far beyond Sweden’s borders. Recently, we have also been able to follow Ture and his family in a popular Christmas calendar on TV. This is a universe that is constantly expanding, and where we like to be. Criminally good!”

This series includes 8 titles:
The Pinchers and the Silver Cup
The Pinchers and the Lady With the Feather Boa
The Pinchers and the Gold Diamond
The Pinchers and the Eye of the Parrot
The Pinchers and the Curse of the Egyptian Cat
The Pinchers and the Cop Chase
The Pinchers and the Birthday Coup
The Pinchers and Paul Eesman’s Secret

Ture can do almost everything. He can count to a thousand and knows a bunch of French words. He can tie his own shoes, work the washing machine, the stove and the remote control for the TV just as well as any grown-up. But lie, that he can’t.

“Then you’ll have to practice,” mom says sternly. Ture gets a knot in his stomach. No matter how hard he tries, he just can’t.

Because, the thing is, the family Robberson encourage their family members to lie and take things from others. And now, mom Fia and dad Rob are planning a visit to the diamond show in the capital. Since Ture can’t lie, he reveals the plan to Paul Eesman, who decides to stop them. Ture and his younger sister Ellen see no other alternative than to break into jail to ask their grandma for help. With drastic humour and colourful images, this is the perfect, bridge between picture and chapter book, for age 6-9.

Anders Sparring is a screen writer and has written television scripts for many popular children’s shows. In addition to his writing (three books about Karla Wrestler), Anders also does stand-up comedy.

Per Gustavsson is an illustrator and author. He has illustrated a number of books, both his own and for others. His books about the Princess have sold 200 000 copies and are translated to several languages.