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Children’s Books from Holland ederlands N letterenfonds dutch foundation for literature Spring 2020 2 Children’s Books from Holland The Netherlands’ major awards Zilveren Penselen for children’s books in 2019 Gouden Griffel Gouden Penseel Van twee ridders Imme Dros Harrie Geelen (ill.) (Querido) Zeb. Gideon Samson Joren Joshua (ill.) (Leopold) Zeb. Mijn wonderlijke oom Gideon Samson Yvonne Jagtenberg Joren Joshua (ill.) (Rubinstein) (Leopold) Vosje Edward van de Vendel Marije Tolman (ill.) (Querido) Zilveren Griffels Droomopa Vosje Het mysterie van niks De reis van De bromvliegzwaan en Dolf Verroen Edward van de Vendel en oneindig veel snot Syntax Bosselman andere verhalen over onze taal Charlotte Dematons (ill.) Marije Tolman (ill.) Jan Paul Schutten Arend van Dam Arend van Dam (Leopold) (Querido) Floor Rieder (ill.) Alex de Wolf (ill.) Anne Stalinski (ill.) (Gottmer) (Van Holkema & (Van Holkema & Warendorf) Warendorf) Dioraphte Literatour Prize from 15 years up De dag die nooit komt Oliver Reps (De Harmonie) Laat een boodschap Zo kreeg Midas Vriendschap is alles achter in het zand ezelsoren Stine Jensen Bibi Dumon Tak Maria van Donkelaar Karst-Janneke Rogaar (ill.) Annemarie van Sylvia Weve (ill.) (Kluitman) Haeringen (ill.) (Gottmer) (Querido) 3 Children’s Books from Holland Gideon Samson A little girl who wants a pet — Gideon Gideon Samson (b. 1985) is one Samson and Milja Praagman have taken of the Netherlands’ most versatile & Milja Praagman children’s writers and has made a this everyday story and created a happy real impact with his great empathy, I Want a Horse picture book with a twist. clear writing style and ingenious ideas. Two outstanding examples of Bobbie wants a horse for her birthday. his work: the award-winning dark YA But she gets a bike. Triumphantly riding novel Zwarte Zwaan (2012) and the highly acclaimed absurdist collec- around on her steel horse, she plays a tion of stories Zeb. (2018). In I Want familiar and imaginative game with reality. a Horse, Samson worked for the first Bobbie is well aware that her horse has time with celebrated illustrator Milja two wheels, but she is not prepared to give Praagman (b. 1971), whose fresh up on her dream of a horse. She decides to and distinctive graphic style results in colourful and naive pictures. trade her bike, first for a scooter, then a car, a boat, and finally — yes! — a blue horse. Author Gideon Samson At least, that’s what Praagman’s naive Illustrator Milja Praagman illustrations show: Samson’s nicely Age 3+ musical story (perfect for reading aloud) Pages 32 Publisher Gottmer tells us that Bobbie is actually trading one Contact horse for another with every exchange. So Mara Joustra has her fanciful wish come true? Nothing [email protected] is as it seems in this colourful adventure Rights sold for young readers, in which words and Denmark (Turbine) pictures complement each other perfectly. ‘Original and amusing, not least because of the well-thought-out form in which this little adventure for the youngest readers is cast.’ – NRC Handelsblad Jan Jutte One snowy day, Josefien meets a tiger Jan Jutte (b.1953) has won the in the woods. prestigious Gouden Penseel, the Tiger most important Dutch prize for illustrated children’s books, three She takes it home and before long the tiger times. is a familiar sight around town. Three- time Gouden Penseel winner Jan Jutte Author & illustrator Jan Jutte captures the special friendship between Age 3+ Pages 50 the old lady and the big cat in robust, Publisher Lemniscaat expressive brushstrokes. The flaming Contact orange of the tiger leaps off the pages — Robin van der Gaag until the animal hangs his head and loses [email protected] his stripes. Tiger is missing his jungle. Rights sold Denmark (Turbine), France (Les Éditions des Éléphants), Jutte has written and illustrated a glowing Italy (Il Castello), Korea (Moon1000), picture book about unselfish friendship. English Worldwide (Lemniscaat Because when Josefien realizes Tiger is no Ltd.) longer happy in civilization, she takes him all the way home. The subdued palette, the graphic figures and the timeless story make this book a modern classic. ‘A heart-warming picture book about loss, comfort and friendship.’ – Trouw ‘A warm read-aloud story in which Jutte alternates between tranquillity and exuberance.’ – Jaapleest.nl 4 Children’s Books from Holland Koos Meinderts A man lives on a desert island, where Koos Meinderts retells folk tales one day he finds a map in a bottle with and fairy stories and writes books for & Sanne te Loo children of all ages. In 2017 he won the words: ‘Find the treasure.’ He does the Gouden Griffel for Naar het The Man with the not really want to leave his island, as he is Noorden. Sanne te Loo illustrates having a fine time on his own. However, books by other writers and some- Sea-Green Eyes he builds a boat and sails away and meets times writes them herself. She won the woman of his dreams, but still he a Zilveren Penseel in 2018 for Dit is voor jou. keeps on looking for the treasure. He searches and searches — and eventually Author Koos Meinderts realizes that he has already found what Illustrator Sanne te Loo he wants. Age 3+ Pages 32 Publisher Hoogland en Van A classic picture book with alluring Klaveren illustrations full of glorious colours. Contact An accessible story about being happy Elaine Michon alone and together. The exuberant pictures [email protected] by Sanne te Loo, full of flowers, birds, beach and sea, support and elevate the calm story. Happiness is sometimes already right under your nose — you just have to see it. ‘A beautifully dreamy picture book’ – de Volkskrant ‘Written with great care and poetic sensitivity’ – Tzum Annet Schaap ‘Something happened today in gym class.’ Annet Schaap (b. 1965) was the A little boy is bursting to tell the big news illustrator for successful authors & Philip Hopman such as Francine Oomen and that’s bubbling away inside him, but no Jacques Vriens until she made her The Tree with the Ear one has time to listen to him. literary debut with Lampie and the Children of the Sea in 2017. Lampie Annet Schaap has written a poetic story was unanimously praised, won all about the lack of attention that we have the main Dutch children’s book prizes and became an international for one another, as a result of our busy bestseller. Philip Hopman (b. 1961) lives. For this book, she dreamed up a tree has illustrated over 250 children’s that really does know how to listen. The books, amongst which successful illustrator Philip Hopman, who has sold series as Jubelientje with Hans over 35o,ooo books in the ‘Boer Boris’ Hagen and Boer Boris with Ted van Lieshout, and his own picture books picture book series, has created a setting as Valentijn en zijn viool. based on Barcelona, in which the tree towers above everything else, vast in its Author Annet Schaap sympathy. With brilliant lines and a lllustrator Philip Hopman flowing palette, he plants this imaginative Age 5+ Pages 48 story in a familiar world. This is a wonder- Publisher Querido Kinderboek ful parable about our hectic society. Contact Luciënne van der Leije [email protected] ‘A stunning book.’ – Trouw ‘Annet and Philip bring out the poetry in each other.’ – NRC Handelsblad 5 Children’s Books from Holland Daan Remmerts de Vries In this book, Daan Remmerts de Vries Daan Remmerts de Vries (b. 1962) plays a beautifully ironic, ambiguous is a uniquely talented writer and illustrator who has won many Fox Is a Bad Guy game with the sly and cunning character awards. He has created more traditionally attributed to the fox. than forty books for readers young This irony can be seen mainly in the and old. His picture books are interaction between the words and the characterized by collage and mixed pictures. techniques. For this book, however, he chose a comic-book style of illustration with expressive lines A dodo ringing Fox’s doorbell to collect in bright watercolours. money for endangered animals is funny enough in itself. But the sanctimonious Author & illustrator look on his face, combined with his Daan Remmerts de Vries Age 5+ confession that the money is for himself, Pages 40 makes it doubly funny. Who’s the crafty Publisher Gottmer one here? Contact This question also arises when Fox Mara Joustra invites the dodo to come in and rest for a [email protected] moment. Later, when Fox serves his friends Badger and Raccoon a big, round roasted chicken, the reader fears the worst. Where’s the dodo? Inside Fox? Or is that just based on suspicion and prejudice? Remmerts de Vries turns out to be a master of deception in this amusing story about a foxy bad guy — or is he? ‘A funny, exciting and original story about friendship, trust and prejudices.’ – NBD Biblion Diet Groothuis, The Egg is a philosophical and poetic Diet Groothuis is a poet and the story about how everything began. creator of Waar ik ben, a collection Ingrid & Dieter Schubert of poetry for children. Ingrid and Dieter Schubert have illustrated The Egg In this picture book, a buzzing and hundreds of books together, for bubbling egg full of life bursts open and which they have won many awards. our entire universe comes pouring out. Diet Groothuis skilfully navigates Author Diet Groothuis Illustrators Ingrid & Dieter Schubert between the story of creation, myths, Age 5+ evolution and the Big Bang, leaving all Pages 32 options open. Everyone carries an egg Publisher Hoogland & Van Klaveren inside them that could crack open.