Kari Stai

Yesper and Noper. The Thief Strikes Back

Jakob og Neikob. Tjuven slår tilbake

The new adventures of Yesper and Noper

The award winning double act ‘Yesper and Noper’ have had success at home and abroad, on children’s TV and as an app.

Yesper always says YES to everything, and Noper always says NO. But a thief who has escaped from jail does not care about either YES or NO. When Yesper and Noper pursue the thief, both of them are tricked, and Yesper has to go to jail for the first time.
Fortunately, everything turns out okay in the end this time as well, and Yesper learns that sometimes you do have to say NO. A visually stimulating and humorous picture book for new and old Yesper and Noper friends.

Illustrated by the author.

Winner of the Norwegian Critic’s’ Prize for Best Children’s Book 2012 and the Brage Prize 2012.

Photo: Henning Lystad

Kari Stai is an illustrator, author and artist who made her debut with the children’s book Yesper and Noper (Jakob og Neikob) in 2008. Among other awards she won the Ministry of Culture’s debut prize. The sequel Yesper and Noper. The Thief Strikes Back was released in 2012, and received both the Norwegian Critic’s’ Prize for Best Children’s Book 2012 and the Brage Price 2012.
In 2010 Stai made the picture book Bloodrich and the Blood Factory (Blodrik og blodfabrikken) and in 2011 she made four board books in the series Mopp and Mikko (Mopp og Mikko).