★Winner of the 2023 "Spårhunden" Award for Best Detective Novel for Youth!
★The jury commented: "A beautiful and exciting book! A meaningful forest adventure! It deserves a multi-layered reading."
★This is a picture book that exudes the scent of pine forests, using the story of forest logging and criminal arrest as a prelude to tell about secrets and lies, crime and punishment, and the pursuit of true value.
★The plot is rigorous, with a twist ending, which helps to develop children's logical thinking and critical thinking.
★The artwork is very striking.
★English sample is available.

Carl Haig is very angry. Someone vandalized his expensive logging machine last night, and now he can't cut down trees! My brother and I think it's a good thing that the machine is broken. We want to keep the forest intact. But Mom says that Carl Haig will fix the machine, and then there will be nothing to stop him from cutting down trees and selling the timber unless we find the giant golden beetle, a very rare little species. As according to every legal provision concerning endangered animals, logging is not allowed if the forest is home to rare animals like the giant golden beetle.
After Carl Haig called the police, the authorities suspected that the person who vandalized the logging machine was our mother, and the evidence was so solid that they arrested her.
But everything is not as it seems at first glance! Who is the villain, and who is the hero? Does the legendary giant golden beetle really exist?

[Author] Daniel Schelling
Born in 1977, Daniel Schelling is a writer, host, and cultural writer. In 2002, he made his debut with the novel "The Brothers Oehlen" and received the debut award from the Borås magazine. For many years, he has been the host of the literary program "Babel" of the Swedish National Broadcasting Company SVT and now works in the cultural editorial department of Expressen.

[Illustrator] Clara Batilson
She is an artist, illustrator, and print designer living in Gothenburg, Sweden. She was educated at HDK in Gothenburg and Camberwell College of Arts in London.