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PICTURE AND CHILDREN’S BOOKS • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Otto’s airport adventure To and from the city Count with Otto Bedtime for Crook Hi book , hi sun, hi cake! – My day in words Fox and Hare – Mess is fun Fox and Hare – Owl’s shower Ricky’s ghost circus Waldo and Woody go to school Birthday with cake The Stilt-Walker Mister Cookie and the chewing gum bubble – Mister Cookie writes a book: Martha Mister Cookie writes a book: Old Grandpa Waterman Mister Cookie writes a book: Eight banana slices on a world tour My favourite dictionary of toys The chronicles of Qrom - The lighthouse Something How to become an astronaut?

How to become a princess?

Dressing up book for boys – Dressing up book for girls My grandmother is made from gingerbread – Stories about grandmothers, grandfathers, sweethearts and cookies

FIRST READERS TO 9+ • • • • • • • • • •

Fox and Hare. Where is the ice?

Dog bites Wolf Hip and Pip meet Rat Joe and the pigeon rescue Chicken The Soap Knight Karel Duck is in love How to make a friend How to make time The complete Ketnet children’s cookbook – From snack to dessert First time in love

YOUNG ADULT • • • • •

Break a leg! – With tips and tricks on creating your own theatre production Charlemagne How I killed the beast inside my head – 23 ways to not be invisible Silk Birdie

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255 x 340 mm | 14 pages full colour illustrations board book age group: 2+ Chinese rights sold

Otto’s airport adventure Tom Schamp • Already more than 60,000 copies of the Otto books sold worldwide • New, colourful, large ‘loop book’ from internationally acclaimed illustrator Tom Schamp • Fun-fi lled book for children both young and old Join Otto at the airport. Check in your luggage, get on the plane and take a peek in the cockpit.

The perfect book to prepare toddlers for travel and to take along on a trip.

Each page contains countless amusing illustrations, because nothing is as it seems in Schamp’s imaginary world. Furthermore the Otto books are enduring: toddlers aged two and over can look at them, and the more you know about the world, the more you discover in them.

– De Standaard on Otto in the snow Tom Schamp illustrates books, magazines, posters, stamps, calendars and CD covers amongst other things. He is highly successful both at home and abroad.

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255 x 340 mm | 34 pages full colour illustrations board book age group: 2+ English rights in option

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To and from the city Tom Schamp • A compilation of two titles of the internationally successful Otto series • Much more than a bind-up: a remix with even more things to see!

• A ‘loop book’: read the book to the end, turn it upside down and return to the beginning

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Otto drives back and forth and Otto in the city in one volume. In the morning you head for the city with Otto and in the evening you go back home with him.

Travelling with him in the beautiful drawings you arrive in the city via a village, a roundabout and a highway. You discover skyscrapers, visit a museum and enjoy an ice-cream in the park with Otto.

The illustrator constantly surprises us with funny details, visual jokes and smart references.

– Jury of the Boekenpauw on Tom Schamp’s work.

Tom Schamp illustrates books, magazines, posters, stamps, calendars, cd-covers, etc.

He is very successful both at home and abroad.

A funny book, plenty of cars, trucks, traffi c jams, pedestrians and funny situations. The elaborate drawings are full of details so that every time you open the book there are new scenes to discover!

Italian, Hungarian, French and Chinese rights sold

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253 x 253 mm | 24 pages full colour illustrations hardcover board book with fold-out page age group: 2+ all rights available

Count with Otto Tom Schamp • A delightful, fun-fi lled counting book, with plenty of visual surprises • These rich, colourful pages will give hours of pleasure to toddlers aged 2 and over • With a large fold-out page Otto and his dad go out for a drive. They see 1 car 2 bears 3 strong builders 4 brand new second-hand cars 5 fully loaded lorries …

Otto in the snow is a wonderful book to pass the time on those long journeys to your winter holiday location, since each rich, colourful page offers as much pleasure as the last. (…) The Otto books are enduring: toddlers aged two and over can look at them, and the more you know of the world, the more you discover in it.

– De Standaard

Count with Otto is bursting with brightly coloured cars, trucks, tractors and tow trucks. It is the ideal gift for both boys and girls, who will constantly make new discoveries within its pages.

Tom Schamp illustrates books, magazines, posters, stamps, calendars, cd-covers, etc.

He is very successful both at home and abroad.

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200 x 200 mm | 14 pages full colour illustrations board book with flaps and fold-out page age group: 2+ all rights available

Bedtime for Crook Tjibbe Veldkamp illustrations by Kees de Boer • A colourful board book with picture fl aps • An amusing story full of surprises • A new adventure for Copper and Crook Crook is in prison. Copper is making sure Crook does not escape. It’s bedtime. Crook has to go to sleep, but does not want to. What has he got in his hands? Is that the key to the door?

Tjibbe Veldkamp is the author of a whole range of picture books. His work has been translated into numerous languages and has been well received by both public and press. His book Copper and Crook has been awarded the ‘Zilveren Griffel’.

Behind each fl ap is one of Crook’s practical jokes.

Kees de Boer has 20 years of experience as a cartoon artist. Together with Veldkamp, he created the successful children’s books Little monkey’s big peeing circus, Copper and Crook and Mimic apes.

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235 x 150 mm | 20 pages full colour illustrations board book age group: 1+ all rights available

IK WOU Portretten door

Ingrid Godon

met gedichten van

Toon Tellegen

German and French rights sold

Hi book , hi sun, hi cake!

My day in words Ingrid Godon • Recognisable themes for every young child • New, colourful book from internationally acclaimed illustrator Ingrid Godon • Sturdy cardboard book, suitable for little hands Hi book, hi sun, hi cake! follows a day in the life of a toddler: from getting out of bed and having breakfast, to going to the nursery and the shop, visiting Grandpa and then back to bed.

Ingrid Godon is an internationally renowned illustrator. Her books have been published in several languages and she has won many awards, including the ‘Boekenpauw’.

The colourful pictorials are ideal for identifying, discovering and learning new words.

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255 x 340 mm | 16 pages full colour illustrations board book age group: 3+ Chinese rights sold

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Fox and Hare – Mess is fun!

Sylvia Vanden Heede illustrations by Thé Tjong-Khing • The Fox and Hare board book series have sold over 30,000 copies so far • By the successful author Sylvia Vanden Heede and Thé Tjong-Khing, winner of the ‘Max Velthuijs’ prize 2010 • Fox and Hare’s book of Spring

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It’s Spring.

Hare opens the windows.

‘Look at the mess you’ve made!’ she yells.

‘It’s time to spring-clean the house, Fox!’ Fox doesn’t feel like cleaning.

But Hare replies: ‘Everything too big or too small has to go.

I want you to try on everything.’

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It’s Spring and Hare wants to clean the house. All the old mess has to go! Owl has also cleaned his closet and brings along a box of clothes. They play dress up and both Fox and Owl want to be a knight. In the end Fox and Hare keep Owl’s clothes and Owl gets the old mess of Fox and Hare.

Sylvia Vanden Heede has written over 20 books for children and young adults which have all been enthusiastically received. The fi rst book in the Fox and Hare series, published in 1998, has received no less than 7 prizes, including the ‘Boekenleeuw’ and the ‘Gouden Uil Jeugdliteratuurprijs’. Her book Fox and Hare and the thief of Eek was awarded the ‘Zilveren Griffel’. In 2010, Wolf and Dog received the ‘Vlag en Wimpel’ prize.

Thé Tjong-Khing is one of the Netherlands’ most talented and well-known illustrators. The Dictionary of Fox and Hare received the prestigious ‘Gouden Penseel’. Where is the cake?, the fi rst book in the successful Cake series, received the ‘Woutertje Pieterse’ prize and the ‘Zilveren Penseel’. In 2010 he was awarded the ‘Max Velthuijs’ prize for his entire oeuvre.

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255 x 340 mm | 16 pages full colour illustrations board book age group: 3+ Chinese rights sold

German, Chinese rights sold

Fox and Hare and Owl’s shower Sylvia Vanden Heede illustrations by Thé Tjong-Khing • The Fox and Hare board book series have sold over 30,000 copies so far • By the successful author Sylvia Vanden Heede and Thé Tjong-Khing, winner of the ‘Max Velthuijs’ prize 2010 • Fox and Hare’s book of Summer

Chinese rights sold

Owl is writing a poem under a tree. It is hard work.

There comes Hare.

‘It’s going to rain!’ she yells.

‘Quickly, go inside!’

‘Aha!’ Owl laughs. ‘I’ve got it!

I am an owl and I am in a shower.’

‘That is not a rhyme’, Fox says.

Owl is trying to write a poem but he doesn’t really know how to rhyme. It starts to rain and Fox, Hare and Owl go inside. There is a big storm and Owl still can’t fi nd words that rhyme. Only when the storm passes and they all go outside again does Owl fi nd the perfect words for his poem.

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Sylvia Vanden Heede has written over 20 books for children and young adults which have all been enthusiastically received. The fi rst book in the Fox and Hare series, published in 1998, has received no less than 7 prizes, including the ‘Boekenleeuw’ and the ‘Gouden Uil Jeugdliteratuurprijs’. Her book Fox and Hare and the thief of Eek was awarded the ‘Zilveren Griffel’. In 2010, Wolf and Dog received the ‘Vlag en Wimpel’ prize.

Thé Tjong-Khing is one of the Netherlands’ most talented and well-known illustrators. The Dictionary of Fox and Hare received the prestigious ‘Gouden Penseel’. Where is the cake?, the fi rst book in the successful Cake series, received the ‘Woutertje Pieterse’ prize and the ‘Zilveren Penseel’. In 2010 he was awarded the ‘Max Velthuijs’ prize for his entire oeuvre.

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255 x 340 mm | 14 pages full colour illustrations board book age group: 3+ all rights available

Ricky’s ghost circus Pieter De Poortere • Big Search-and-Find book • From a comic strip talent • Lots of funny characters and little stories to discover

There is a great deal to discover in Ricky’s ghost circus. During the day – as well as at night time. Can you fi nd Cowboy Giraffe? Have you found the penguin parade? How strong are the weightlifters? Will the cute sea lion really learn to juggle? And what kind of tricks are the naughty monkeys playing?

Little ghost Ricky and his cat are also hiding amongst all these funny characters. What are they up to?

The drawings are full of humour and funny details.

The sturdy cardboard pages make this is a wonderful picture book for all ages.

– Pluizuit on Little ghost Ricky.

Pieter De Poortere studied illustration at the SintLucas College of Science and Art in Gent. He started in 2000 as a freelance illustrator. His work has been published in several magazines, including Humo and Le Monde. He is best known for the comic strip Boerke that appears every week in Focus Knack.

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250 x 250 mm | 32 pages full colour illustrations hardcover age group: 3+ all rights available

Waldo and Woody go to school Tine Mortier illustrations by Caroline Van Pelt • New series: the adventures of a little robot and his dog • Funny and surprising stories • A series with themes that appeal to toddlers

Waldo gets ready to go to school. He carefully puts everything he needs into his schoolbag.

He makes sure that he doesn’t forget anything.

He packs his bag: an apple, a drink, a handkerchief and a cuddly toy. But then it all goes wrong…

Tine Mortier qualifi ed as a translator in English, Dutch and Spanish. For a while she worked as a teacher in Ecuador, but she now lives in Avelgem with her husband and their three children. She is the author of the successful books Mare en de dingen, Angèle de Verschrikkelijke and Zoeperman.

Caroline Van Pelt studied illustration at the Willem De Kooning Academy in Rotterdam. She works as a freelance illustrator for Sesamstraat, Oilily and Gottmer amongst others.

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245 x 285 mm | 32 pages full colour illustrations hardcover age group: 3+ Korean, German, South-African (Afrikaans), French and English rights sold

Birthday with cake Thé Tjong-Khing English, German, French, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Hebrew, Korean, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish (Spain & Latin-America), Catalan, Chinese, SouthAfrican, Taiwanese, Italian, Turkish rights sold

• Where is the cake? was elected ‘Best Picture Book of the Year’ at the Children’s Book Fair in Mexico and has sold over 150,000 copies • Rights of this series have been sold to over 15 countries!

• In 2010 Khing was awarded the ‘Max Velthuijs’ prize for his entire oeuvre Mr and Mrs Dog have baked a delicious cake for a birthday party. But they will not be able to start the celebration straight away. The elaborate scenes in this book depict the journey of the cake, but also the mystery of the stolen necklace, the chameleon’s morning walk and the search for Bunny’s party dress.

Thé Tjong-Khing is one of the Netherlands’ most talented and well-known illustrators. The Dictionary of Fox and Hare received the prestigious ‘Gouden Penseel’. Where is the cake?, the fi rst book in the successful Cake series, received the ‘Woutertje Pieterse’ prize and the ‘Zilveren Penseel’. In 2010 he was awarded the ‘Max Velthuijs’ prize for his entire oeuvre.

In Thé Tjong-Khing’s celebrated Cake series, several adventures happen at the same time. Gradually, children will discover more and more storylines. This book without text will stimulate the youngest to create their own stories.

English, Japanese, German, French, Hebrew, Danish, Korean, South-African, Spanish (Latin-America), Chinese, Polish rights sold

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240 x 337 mm | 40 pages full colour illustrations hardcover age group: 3+ French rights sold

The Stilt-Walker Mattias De Leeuw • An impressive debut • An imaginary trip around the world from an original perspective • Why a powerful story does not need words

A man sits alone in his hut. Curious to know what is behind the horizon, he sets off on a journey.

He strides through forests, deserts and icy plains on tall stilts. The reader follows him on his adventure and together they experience the sight of penguins sliding on the ice, cowboys on horseback ...

The source of promising young Flemish illustrators has apparently not yet dried up.

– De Standaard, on his debut De Steltenloper/ The Stilt-Walker.

Mattias De Leeuw studied illustration design at Sint Lucas Antwerp. He illustrates for journals (e.g. Knack Weekend, Nest and Blikopener) and in 2010 he won the Ronse Picturale competition for young talent.

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Mister Cookie and the chewing gum bubble Mister Cookie writes a book: Martha English rights for UK, Ireland, Australia, NewZealand and South-Africa and South-African rights sold

Lorraine Francis illustrations by Pieter Gaudesaboos • New titles by award winning talent Pieter Gaudesaboos • The cookie shaped covers have been awarded the ‘Plantijn-Moretus’ people’s choice award • Adorable, colourful illustrations

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In Mister Cookie and the chewing gum bubble Little Chocolate wants to break a world record. He wants to blow the largest chewing gum bubble all the while on roller skates. If only that goes well… A hilarious book about wanting to be the best.

Trapped in a big sticky pink bubble Chocolate and his parents, Mister Cookie, Happy Paper, the Big Boss of the World Record Bureau and the entire crew of TV Banana rolled into the street. Bob! Bob! Bob! ‘Can you get us out of here?’ Happy Paper reached out to Mister Egg and Martha, Mister Cookie’s best friend.

My story has to reach the newspaper in time!’

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When Mister Cookie and his friends clean up the house of their deceased aunt Martha, they fi nd all sorts of things that remind them of the great times

they had shared with her. An intimate and comforting book about cherishing memories.

‘Last year Martha and I bought this magic box!

ABRACADABRA! Out of the magic hat came a bird, and then another, and another…

Until we were surrounded by a flock of birds.

This magic box will always make me think of my dear friend’, Grandpa Waterman said.

Pieter Gaudesaboos is an illustrator, designer and author. He is best known for his original and intriguing style and has been awarded the ‘Boekenwelp’ and the ‘Boekenpluim’ multiple times. In 2008 he received the ‘Gouden Uil Jeugdliteratuurprijs’ for Linus.

Lorraine Francis works as a librarian and writes picture books. She organises reading events and workshops.

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210 x 250 mm | 32 pages 806 words full colour illustrations hardcover age group: 3+ all rights available

Mister Cookie writes a book: Old Grandpa Waterman Lorraine Francis illustrations by Pieter Gaudesaboos • A new book in the Mister Cookie writes a book series • By acclaimed illustrator Pieter Gaudesaboos • A heart-warming tale about growing old Old Grandpa Waterman is looking for a job, but it’s not easy when you’re as old as he is.

“Oh dear... I’m too old to run after thieves at night”, Old Grandpa Waterman sighed. “I had better look for another job”, he thought, as he shuffled home.

He trudged past the bakery where the baker was already at work. Perhaps I can help him, Old Grandpa Waterman thought. I love cookies and cakes. “When I was a child”, he said to the baker, “I always helped my mother when she baked cakes.”

His efforts to help the baker also end in disaster. The oven goes up in fl ames. Then it turns out that there is one thing that Grandpa Waterman is good at: putting out fi res!

The unusual illustrations by Gaudesaboos lift this book beyond the ordinary. He skilfully handles the tensions between recognition and alienation, between graphical abstraction and narrative visualisation. (…) We are looking forward to seeing more of those cookies.

– De Morgen on De kauwgumballenbel/ The Chewing Gum Bubble Pieter Gaudesaboos is an illustrator, designer and author. He is best known for his original and intriguing style and has been awarded the ‘Boekenwelp’ and the ‘Boekenpluim’ multiple times. In 2008 he received the ‘Gouden Uil Jeugdliteratuurprijs’ for Linus.

Lorraine Francis works as a librarian and writes picture books. She organises reading events and workshops.

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210 x 250 mm | 32 pages 708 words full colour illustrations hardcover age group: 3+ all rights available

Mister Cookie writes a book: Eight banana slices on a world tour Lorraine Francis illustrations by Pieter Gaudesaboos • Eight banana slices go on a world tour; just one slice stays at home…

• With wonderful illustrations by the talented Pieter Gaudesaboos • Published in the shape of a cookie Eight banana slices go on a world tour; one stays at home but he is not sad about it. He listens to his favourite music and reads a book, makes a fi lm and invites his friend out.

What about the other slices? They keep the stay-athome slice informed about their adventures!

Pieter Gaudesaboos is an illustrator, designer and author. He is best known for his original and intriguing style and has been awarded the ‘Boekenwelp’ and the ‘Boekenpluim’ multiple times. In 2008 he received the ‘Gouden Uil Jeugdliteratuurprijs’ for Linus.

Lorraine Francis works as a librarian and writes picture books. She organises reading events and workshops.

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210 x 250 mm | 96 pages full colour illustrations hardcover age group: 2+ all rights available

My favourite dictionary of toys Pieter Gaudesaboos

• A thick book in which parents and children can browse for hours • Discover the world through Pieter Gaudesaboos’ colourful glasses • Nostalgic, and yet familiar Pieter Gaudesaboos selected the – in his view – most appealing toys from the past and present and added his own unique perspective.

From a Playmobil man to a magnetic alphabet, from nail pegboards to Lego and from a doll to building blocks.

Pieter Gaudesaboos is an illustrator, designer and author. He is best known for his original and intriguing style and has been awarded the ‘Boekenwelp’ and the ‘Boekenpluim’ multiple times. In 2008 he received the ‘Gouden Uil Jeugdliteratuurprijs’ for Linus.

An original way to teach young children new words.

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210 x 280 mm | 96 pages 6,012 words full colour illustrations hardcover age group: 5+ all rights available

The chronicles of Qrom The lighthouse Stephan Dierickx illustrations by Judith Vanistendael • Film-style graphic story with illustrations by acclaimed comic strip author Judith Vanistendael • The text and images together create a unique reading experience • Beautifully presented Everything is crooked on the island of Qrom.

Because of the biting cold wind, the people walk crookedly, the trees grow crookedly and the birds fl y crookedly. The island lies forgotten in the immense ocean. No one ever goes there. The islanders have been living isolated from the rest of the world for a hundred years. The lighthouse at the top of the island was turned off a hundred years ago.

Stephan Dierickx studied philosophy and works as a cultural policy coordinator for a Brussels municipality.

Judith Vanistendael has a Master’s degree in art studies from UGent. After a postgraduate course in Seville she fi nally decided to concentrate on drawing. She took a course in Graphic Narration at Hogeschool Sint-Lukas in Brussels.

Life is deadly boring there, until one day a chest washes up on the beach that will change everything.

Inside is a lamp for the lighthouse! When the lighthouse is turned on, foreigners will visit the island for the fi rst time in a century. But is everyone happy about that?

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240 x 320 mm | 48 pages full colour illustrations hardcover age group: 5+ all rights available

Something Geert De Kockere illustrations by Inge Bogaerts • • •

The story of creation, rewritten especially for children Poetic writing style: crystal-clear prose With vibrant, colourful illustrations

And then something remarkable happened: Something bumped into Something Else.

Something mumbled something.

And Something Else mumbled something back.

After mumble after mumble and gesture after gesture they started to understand each other better.

After a while it even sounded as if they had known each other for a very long time.

Geert De Kockere worked as a journalist for De Standaard and Het Nieuwsblad. He has written more than 75 books for kids, young adults and adults.

Inge Bogaerts works as a freelance illustrator for various magazines and publishers, such as Weekend Knack, Okkie and BoekieBoekie. In 2008 she won the Dutch Art Award.

Something is the story about the beginning of everything. It’s a story about the creation of the world, of people and of language. Something captures all stages of evolution in one book.

A great story to explain a child where it comes from.

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198 x 258 mm | 64 pages 18,837 words full colour illustrations hardcover age group: 5+ all rights available

How to become an astronaut?

Loes Hazelaar illustrations by Richard Verschraagen • New illustrated series for boys and girls • Hilarious chapter book that combines fi ction and non-fi ction • Full of useful facts about space Pluto is fascinated by space. His father is a guide at the Euro Space Centre and Pluto is constantly asking him questions. He wants to know everything about stars, moon landings, sputniks and rockets.

Pluto has made up his mind. He wants to become an astronaut.

Loes Hazelaar writes for both children and teenagers. Her teenage novels are realistic, contemporary and exciting. Her children’s books are recognizable and amusing. In 2006, for her fi rst book, Een overdosis liefs/An overdose of love, she won the prize for best debut in the Jonge Jury (Young Jury) competition.

One day he decides to sneak into the Space Centre after closing time. Without realizing it, he ends up in a space-capsule… which is about to take off.

5 - 4 - 3 - 2 - 1…

Richard Verschraagen was a primary school teacher for many years, so he knows exactly what kind of drawings children appreciate. After that, he graduated in applied graphics and became a professional illustrator.

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198 x 258 mm | 64 pages 15,291 words full colour illustrations hardcover age group: 5+ all rights available

How to become a princess?

Kristien In-‘t-Ven illustrations by Linda Groeneveld

• New illustrated series for boys and girls • Hilarious chapter book that combines fi ction and non-fi ction • Full of useful facts about princes and princesses Dot is six years old. She is fed up with a lot of things.

• With the simple townhouse where she lives, that hasn’t got a single tower.

• With her older sister, Bes, who claims that princess is not something you can become.

• With her dog, Flok, who constantly refuses to stay put on his velvet cushion.

Kristien In-’t-Ven studied sociology and philosophy.

She works as a freelance journalist and copywriter. In 2003 she published her debut novel De apotheker heeft liefdesverdriet/The Chemist is Lovesick.

Linda Groeneveld studied illustration at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague. She writes and illustrates her own books. The most recent thereof is Een olifant op de thee/An elephant to tea. Linda has two children, three cats and a very old dog.

Dot is determined to eventually succeed: she is going to become a princess. But how do you do that?

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195 x 240 mm | 80 pages 10,000 words full colour illustrations hardcover age group: 4+ all rights available

Dressing up book for boys Dressing up book for girls Hilde Smeesters • How to become a knight, a princess or a ninja warrior • With step-by-step do-it-yourself instructions • Full of practical tips What could be more fun than dressing up?

Becoming someone else… imagine yourself as a superhero, a villain or a fairytale character…

Fantastic!

These dressing up books offer children all kinds of practical ideas about dressing up. You don’t have to buy clothes to dress up, you can just make them yourself !

After graduating from the VUB, Hilde Smeesters worked in various media organisations, in the marketing department at fi rst and later as a journalist.

She has written general human interest articles and worked for tourism and food editors of publications including Libelle.

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198 x 258 mm | 112 pages 14,746 words full colour illustrations hardcover age group: 5+ all rights available

My grandmother is made from gingerbread Evelien De Vlieger illustrations by Sabien Clement • The perfect grandfather-and-grandmother gift book • Humorous read-aloud book • With recipes for milk buns and letter biscuits to prepare together with grandma A surprising collection of new stories and poems about grandmothers and grandfathers who not only know how to handle iPads and sports cars but still have a heart of gingerbread.

With a handful of words Evelien De Vlieger knows how to bring her characters to life, create an emotional ambience and still tell a compelling story.

– Bas Maliepaard in Trouw

Read the funny adventures of Lina and Judocus; get to know the nimblest grandmother, the daftest grandfather, the most forgetful grandmother, the fastest grandfather, …

Evelien De Vlieger writes books for young and older children: picture books, informative books and novels. Her novels Staying over and Knit with me were nominated for the ‘Gouden Uil Jeugdliteratuurprijs’. Knit with me was also nominated for the ‘Gouden Lijst’.

Eleven grandmothers and grandfathers… I thought that was quite enough. At school we’re learning about family trees. And that requires the filling out of forms. I need more, I told my teacher. A whole pile! If I lay them all out next to each other, I’ll have a forest. Then I can swing from tree to tree, like a monkey.

Sabien Clement studied illustration and graphic design at the Sint Lucas instituut in Antwerp. Her work has already been awarded the ‘Boekenpauw’ and the ‘Gouden Uil’.

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150 x 240 mm | 128 pages 12,044 words full colour illustrations hardcover age group: 7+ Chinese rights sold

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Fox and Hare. Where is the ice?

Sylvia Vanden Heede illustrations by Thé Tjong-Khing

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• New adventures of Fox and Hare by the award-winning duo Sylvia Vanden Heede & Thé Tjong-Khing • Meet Ping Wing, a new character • For children who already read well but can’t get enough of Fox and Hare Ping Wing moves into Feather’s hutch. Boar has butterfl ies in his stomach and comes up with a sly plan with Neef and Jak to win Ping Wing’s heart.

Korean, Chinese rights sold

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The duck looked at Fox and Hare.

‘Hello. My name is Ping Wing,’ she said softly.

Hare chuckled. ‘O, I get it. You come from the Far East!’

Ping Wing shook her head.

‘I come from the south,’ she said. ‘But that is also very far.’

‘It is always warm in the south,’ Fox stated.

Ping Wing shook her head once more.

‘No. It’s actually very cold.’

She extended a wing.

‘How do you do?’ she inquired politely.

But Fox said: ‘I do nothing.

Unless you mean my trail. I do that step by step.’

And he thinks to himself. ‘She really is a strange duck!’

Sylvia Vanden Heede has written over 20 books for children and young adults which have all been enthusiastically received. The fi rst book in the Fox and Hare series, published in 1998, has been honoured with no less than 7 prizes, amongst which the ‘Boekenleeuw’ and the ‘Gouden Uil Jeugdliteratuurprijs’. Her book Fox and Hare and the thief of Eek was awarded the ‘Zilveren Griffel’. In 2010, Wolf and Dog received the ‘Vlag en Wimpel’ prize.

Thé Tjong-Khing is one of the Netherlands’ most talented and well-known illustrators. The Dictionary of Fox and Hare received the prestigious ‘Gouden Penseel’. Where is the cake?, the fi rst book in the successful Cake series, received the ‘Woutertje Pieterse’ prize and the ‘Zilveren Penseel’. In 2010 he was awarded the ‘Max Velthuijs’ prize for his entire oeuvre .

Sylvia Vanden Heede provides mature reading pleasure for budding readers. Fox and Hare are unmatched in their genre.

Literature for the ages.

– Jury report Gouden Uil Jeugdliteratuurprijs 2008 Kasteelstraat 97 | b-8700 Tielt | Belgium | t +32-51424211 | f +32-51401152 www.lannoo.com | contact liesbeth.debruyne@lannoo.be or gunther.spriet@lannoo.be

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135 x 185 mm | 96 pages 8,300 words full colour illustrations hardcover age group: 6+ all rights available

Dog bites Wolf Sylvia Vanden Heede illustrations by Marije Tolman Korean, Russian, English and South-African rights sold

• A new adventure for Wolf and Dog • A delightfully naughty story by the acclaimed author of Fox and Hare • With amusing illustrations by Marije Tolman “This is Pup”, the boss says. “He’s a pedigree keeshond.

I bought him for you. Now you have a friend. Aren’t you happy?”

Dog says nothing. He looks at Pup. He sniffs at Pup. He feels a growl in his throat. But he swallows it.

“Be nice, Dog”, the boss says again. “Yes, boss”, says Dog. And he gives Pup a lick. Yuck! That tastes horrible! But Dog does it again. Then the boss sees how friendly he is. So friendly! There is no dog as friendly as Dog. A new friend for Dog and Wolf !

Korean, Russian and South-African rights sold

Sylvia Vanden Heede has written over 20 books for children and young adults which have all been enthusiastically received. The fi rst book in the Fox and Hare series, published in 1998, has received no less than 7 prizes, among which the ‘Boekenleeuw’ and the ‘Gouden Uil Jeugdliteratuurprijs’. Her book Fox and Hare and the thief of Eek was awarded the ‘Zilveren Griffel’. In 2010, Wolf and Dog received the ‘Vlag en Wimpel’ prize.

Marije Tolman was awarded the ‘Vlag en Wimpel’ prize for her illustrations of the Missy Mouse series.

Her book The treehouse was awarded the prestigious ‘Bologna Ragazzi Award’ in 2010 and it was featured on the shortlist of the ‘Gouden Uil Jeugdliteratuurprijs’.

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135 x 185 mm | 112 pages 8,990 words full colour illustrations hardcover age group: 6+ all rights available

Hip and Pip meet Rat Loes Hazelaar illustrations by Richard Verschraagen German rights sold

• A brand new story for fi rst readers centered around the sweet dogs Hip and Pip • Perfect for fi rst time readers or for parents to read aloud • Beautiful illustrations by Richard Verschraagen Together with Eve, Hip and Pip visit the city. There they meet Rat. He wants to hit the streets at night with Hip. If only that ends well…

Hip is in the garden.

He runs in the grass.

He’s got news! Rat is here!

Pip is near the gate.

Bor is there too.

‘Bor, I brought you a cookie from the city,’ Pip says.

And I brought Rat, Hip thinks.

But he doesn’t say it out loud.

It sure is going to be fun with the four of us, Hip thinks.

It has to be..

The short, fl uent sentences are perfect for fi rst readers.

Loes Hazelaar writes for both children and teenagers. Her teenage novels are realistic, contemporary and exciting. Her children’s books are recognizable and amusing. In 2006, for her fi rst book, Een overdosis liefs/An overdose of love, she won the prize for best debut in the Jonge Jury (Young Jury) competition.

Richard Verschraagen was a primary school teacher for many years, so he knows exactly what kind of drawings children appreciate. Later on he graduated in applied graphics and became a professional illustrator.

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135 x 185 mm | 128 pages 7,682 words full colour illustrations hardcover age group: 6+ all rights available

Joe and the pigeon rescue Chicken Evelien De Vlieger illustrations by Noëlle Smit • An amusing sequel to the acclaimed Joe and the pigeon (Boekenwelp award) • An exciting tale for new readers • With colourful illustrations by Noëlle Smit Joe’s mother fancies a fresh egg, so she buys a chicken. But the chicken doesn’t lay an egg. Joe’s mother gives the chicken one more week, then it must go in the pot. Joe and the pigeon won’t let this happen.

Joe runs into the kitchen. “Mum! An egg!” He lifts up the egg. Just feel it. It is still warm! “Didn’t I say so?” Dad laughs. “That the chicken would lay an egg.” Mum picks up the egg. “So she has!” she says. “Mmm, I will boil it now.

And then I will tap the top and cut it off. Delicious!”

She turns the egg over in her hand. Then she looks at Joe. “What are those numbers doing there?” Joe goes red.

“What?” he asks. But he can already see it. There is a stamp on the egg. “Nice one Joe”, Dad says. “Did you do that?

With your stamp set”? Joe hears Mum laugh. “Haha.

You’re a right one.” She puts him on her lap. “You nearly

had me there. With your warm egg…” “Does Chicken have to go in the pot now?” Joe asks. “Now it’s not her egg?”

“We’ll see,” Mum says.

Evelien De Vlieger writes in a unique and remarkably fluent style. Whether she is writing for teenagers, in-betweeners or young children, it is always exactly right. She delights in playing with false expectations and ingenious links.

– De Morgen on Joe and the pigeon Evelien De Vlieger writes books for children of all ages: picture books, factual books and story books.

Noëlle Smit studied illustration design at Utrecht School of the Arts. She has been working as a freelance illustrator since 1999.

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135 x 185 mm | 128 pages 6,626 words full colour illustrations hardcover age group: 5+ all rights available

De met illustraties van

Mattias De Leeuw

The Soap Knight

Kristien In-‘t-Ven illustrations by Mattias De Leeuw • The amusing adventures of the cleanest knight in the world: Sir Roger De Sein Tro Pee • Go dragon hunting with Roger in a contemporary Don Quixote story • With stunning illustrations by promising young illustrator Mattias De Leeuw The soap knight is called Roger.

He spells it: Roger de Sein Tro Pee. Friend and foe call him the soap knight.

Because he is so clean.

Many knights stink.

They do not wash.

Or only once a year.

The soap knight loves washing.

He is brave and clean as well.

He likes cleaning his castle.

You can eat off the floors.

He likes gardening too.

He likes tidying up.

And he likes fighting.

But not just now.

The holidays are too short. The King has asked the soap knight to slay a dragon on the Blue Mountain.

He wants to do it for the beautiful Princess Lies, but he is not the only one who wants to marry the Princess! Will it be the soap knight or Count Grey who slays the Dragon… and is there really a Dragon?

Kristien In-’t-Ven studied sociology and philosophy. She works as a freelance journalist and copywriter. In 2003 she made her debut with De apotheker heeft liefdesverdriet/The Chemist is Lovesick.

Mattias De Leeuw studied illustration design at Sint Lucas in Antwerp (graduating in 2011). He illustrates for journals (e.g. Knack Weekend, Nest and Blikopener) and in 2010 he won the Ronse Picturale competition for young talent.

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135 x 185 mm | 48 pages ca. 2,500 words full colour illustrations hardcover age group: 5+ all rights available

Karel Duck is in love Mattias De Leeuw • First part of a new series about Karel Duck, a funny, new character • Gift book from a young up-and-coming talent • Full of sweet, funny and cute rhymes Karel Duck only wants one thing: true love. But how do you go about something like that?

Karel Duck thinks to himself. ‘I’ll just make my own sweetheart.’ He hammers and tinkers… and slowly but surely his sweetheart starts to take shape.

Will Karel fi nally fall in love?

REQUEST I am a very special duckling Really, there is only one like me I dance, I sing I laugh and spring On one leg if you think it’s necessary You see, I am truly exceptional Far from conventional I swim and walk I quack, my call Is the loudest of any on the entire channel And yes, I am also gorgeous So with hunters I must be cautious I have two rather nicely toned buttocks Everyone will be licking their chops When I arrive on the scene both daring and decorous

Moreover I am smart, handsome, funny and fine Always modest, without design Always happy, never depressed For that will make you love me less Although, I am faced with a single problem That I am none of these things to anyone else Hence this request At the start of this text: Who wants to be my sweetheart?

The source of promising young Flemish illustrators has apparently not yet dried up.

– De Standaard, on his debut De Steltenloper/ The Stilt-Walker.

Mattias De Leeuw studied illustration design at Sint Lucas in Antwerp. He illustrates for journals, such as Knack Weekend, Nest and Blikopener and in 2010 he won the ‘Ronse Picturale’ competition for young talent. His debut, the text-free picture book Steltenloper/ The Stilt-Walker, received much praise. Mattias proved with this book that next to being a promising illustrator he is a great storyteller as well.

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170 x 230 mm | 80 pages 5,769 words full colour illustrations integral binding age group: 9+ Korean and French rights sold

How to make a friend?

Evelien De Vlieger illustrations Wendy Panders • A funny story about a boy who literally wants to make a friend • An interactive do-it-yourself book • The newest creation of an award-winning author Felix’s mum sends him to a summer camp where he won’t know anyone. When he expresses his concern, she tells him that he will make a friend. Felix is intrigued: how can he make a friend? 6 days before he goes to camp, he starts to experiment in his notebook. He draws body parts for a new buddy and he even tries to invent a recipe. Eventually, when he comes back home, he has discovered that making a friend is actually a piece of cake!

This original book is conceptualised as a notebook and collage by Felix. In a quirky manner he goes on a quest to create a friend and he lets the reader participate! In this book, you can cut out clothes and body parts for your friend and sow them together. Or you can try a recipe for a friend (it contains forget-menots, fabric softener, hair detangler and laughing gas) or a construction manual (using a balloon, a pan and a bike wheel!). Join Felix in his quest to make a friend!

Evelien De Vlieger writes books for young and older children: picture books, informative books and novels. Her novels Staying over and Knit with me were nominated for the ‘Gouden Uil Jeugdliteratuurprijs’. Knit with me was also nominated for the ‘Gouden Lijst’.

Wendy Panders works as an illustrator and graphic designer for magazines and newspapers. In 2009 she made her debut as an illustrator of children’s literature.

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170 x 230 mm | 80 pages 14,004 words full colour illustrations integral binding age group: 9+ Korean and French rights sold

How to make time Evelien De Vlieger illustrations Wendy Panders • Sequel of the celebrated How to make a friend • A funny story about a boy who literally tries to make time • A fascinating resourceful book designed like a scrapbook Felix has to visit his aunt, but he has no time, he says. His mother tells him to make time, but how do you do that? Again Felix starts by making lists.

We put in large beads. Enormous beads.’

‘Why would we do that?’

‘Because they slow down time,’ granddad says.

List of things that waste time picking your nose all afternoon instead of getting it all out at once taking a bath (actually all the time you spend in the bathroom) school (except the breaks) doing homework waiting for the computer to start up shoes with laces instead of Velcro: why do they even still make these things (and why did his mother buy them time and time again)? sleeping (you spend a third of each day in bed, so by the time you turn ten you have lost three years) …

‘Let’s build a sundial!’

‘But there is no sun today, granddad.’

‘That’s true. Maybe an hourglass? That also indicates time.

This original book is conceptualised as a notebook and collage by Felix. In a resourceful way he goes on a quest to create time and makes the reader participate.

Felix invents a time machine, a clock that ticks counter-clockwise and experiments with the grandfather clock in the hall. Join Felix in his quest to make time!

Evelien De Vlieger writes books for very young and slightly older children: picture books, informative books and novels. Her novels Staying over and Knit with me were nominated for the ‘Gouden Uil Jeugdliteratuurprijs’. Knit with me was also nominated for the ‘Gouden Lijst’.

Wendy Panders works as an illustrator and graphic designer for magazines and newspapers. In 2009 she made her debut as an illustrator of children’s literature.

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170 x 210 mm | 256 pages ca. 10,000 words full colour illustrations hardcover age group: 7+ all rights available

The complete Ketnet children’s cookbook From snack to dessert Sabrina Crijns and Hilde Smeesters • A supersized basic cookbook to get you started right away • More than 100 recipes • Different levels of diffi culty The tastiest bites, appetizers, entrees, snacks and desserts are detailed step by step. Richly illustrated with colourful photos to help young chefs.

Sabrina Crijns organises culinary workshops for adults and children and gives cooking demonstrations. She has a cooking studio in Bruges.

This book showcases a variety of recipes from the very simple to the more elaborate.

Hilde Smeesters worked for various media after completing her studies at Brussel university, fi rst in marketing then later as a journalist. She wrote general human interest stories and also worked on the tourism and culinary editorial staff at Libelle amongst others.

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165 x 225 mm | 120 pages 33,110 words two colour illustrations hardcover age group: 9+ all rights available

First time in love Loes Hazelaar illustrations Heleen Brulot • Irresistible new series for girls aged 10 to 12 • Much more than a story: a book full of tips, quizzes and general knowledge • Richly illustrated by Heleen Brulot Vita fi nds a love letter after school. It’s lying all of a sudden on her desk in the classroom. There is no name at the bottom, just an X. From that moment everything changes.

Vita becomes a real detective, looking for X. She is helped by her best friend Wietse and her naughty dog Poets. Will she unmask X?

Loes Hazelaar writes for both children and teenagers. Her teenage novels are realistic, contemporary and exciting. Her children’s books are graphic, familiar and amusing. For her fi rst book, Een overdosis liefs/An overdose of love, she won the debut prize in the Jonge Jury (Young Jury) competition in 2006.

Heleen Brulot was trained in illustration at the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague. She lived in Africa with her family for 10 years. She worked in Tanzania and later in Zimbabwe. Now Heleen lives and works in the Netherlands.

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165 x 218 mm | 96 pages 17,245 words duotone illustrations hardcover age group: 10+ all rights available

Break a leg!

With tips and tricks on creating your own theatre production Viola Vandomme and Pieter Willems • A remarkable, practical book to create your own theatre production • Brimful of interesting background information • With specifi c assignments By means of assignments and tips you can discover how a good storyline is created and how characters are developed. Then you can get started on turning your story into a real production with sceneries, props and a public.

Get inspired by great characters and scenes from the history of theatre. Break a leg!

Viola Vandomme is a creative all-rounder. She is a master in the fi ne arts, plays music, dances and designs costumes and decors. She conducts theatre workshops for young adults.

Pieter Willems is a graphic designer. He designs books, brochures, posters and company logos.

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140 x 210 mm | 368 pages 118,000 words paperback age group: 12+ all rights available

Charlemagne Agave Kruijssen • A new historical novel by Agave Kruijssen • Interwoven historical and mythical stories about the Emperor Charlemagne • A wealth of history and culture, presented in the form of a compelling story The young Tjerk travels to the court in Aachen, ostensibly to serve the new Emperor Louis.

His mother has given him a secret mission and no one must fi nd out who Tjerk really is: Theodoric, the young bastard son of the former Emperor Charlemagne.

So dangerous in fact that he ends up under lock and key. What will become of Tjerk’s secret mission now? And who was the real Charlemagne?

Agave Kruijssen studied Dutch and later ran her own text agency. Now she works full-time as an author writing books for young adults.

In Aachen Tjerk becomes the right-hand man of Master Einhard, who is writing a book about the Emperor Charlemagne. Tjerk is given the task of collecting stories about Charlemagne. In this way he meets Charlemagne’s favourite daughter Berthe and Duke Elegast, the ‘Emperor’s shadow’.

Tjerk embarks on the quest for a secret that no one must uncover and makes a dangerous discovery.

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170 x 225 mm | 96 pages 15,000 words two colour illustrations hardcover age group: 12+ all rights available

How I killed the beast inside my head 23 ways to not be invisible Mieke Versyp illustrations by Trui Chielens • Diary of a teenager trying to fi nd herself and fi nd her place in a family that is falling apart • A touching and at times hilarious coming-of-age story Talula. That’s my name. I am 12, nearly 13. In my family there are three children older than me and three who are younger. Oz is the oldest, then comes Orange, then Splinter, then it’s me, and then Feelfree, Happy and Mystery.

We are a close family, that’s what our mother always says.

Although it’s not quite clear to me who belongs and who doesn’t. It’s always so busy here. It’s hard being the fourth child in such a big family. Nobody sees me. But that does have its advantages too.

ing and constant changes have made their mark on each of the children. Under these diffi cult circumstances, Talula is trying to fi nd her own way.

This is how Talula’s revealing diary begins. She is growing up in a diffi cult home situation: her mother’s various partners are coming and going all the time, the house has seen better days and overcrowd-

Trui Chielens studied illustration at Sint-Lucas in Ghent. Before she caught the drawing bug, she was mostly involved in music.

Mieke Versyp is house and production dramaturgist at Kopergietery. Together with Pieter Gaudesaboos and Sabien Clement she created the book Linus, which won the ‘Gouden Uil’ prize for youth literature and received a Boekenwelp award.

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De zijDe vlinDerman

Kathleen VereecKen

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140 x 210 mm |248 pages 30,731 words softcover age group: 12+ all rights available

Silk Kathleen Vereecken • Another historical novel by the award-winning author Kathleen Vereecken • A compelling story fi lled with unexpected plot twists • Written from two different point-of-views – that of the introverted, self-effacing Louis, and the extroverted Camille German, French and Italian rights sold

Paris, 18th century. A turbulent era. Louis and Camille’s father is a silk merchant who departed for China some time before, but has never returned.

The children cope with the absence of their father in entirely different ways. Camille seeks solace in her mother’s shop and throws herself into her work while Louis endeavours to get closer to his father by following in his footsteps. He makes silk. He devotes all his time to cultivating silkworms, an undertaking that preoccupies him night and day.

But at that same time terrible things are happening in Paris: children are being kidnapped, only to be subsequently ransomed back to their parents for large sums of money. Then Louis also suddenly vanishes.

Camille and her family do everything in their power to get him back. Although while he is missing she continues his project of cultivating the silkworms.

Will Louis be released? And will the silkworms survive so that Louis and Camille can make the silk that will honour their father’s memory?

We award a historical youth novel which uncovers the secrets of history and uses them to create an original and emotional story. We also applaud the novel’s psychological strength and its philosophical and literary layers, which never endanger the plot.

– Jury report ‘Boekenleeuw’ on I think it was love Kathleen Vereecken has written several young adult novels and is known for her beautiful, illustrative language. She was nominated for the ‘Gouden Uil’ for her novel All colours grey. She has also written Goose bumps on your skin and butterflies in your belly and The greenhouse effect or why does our earth warm up? For I think it was love, she received the ‘Boekenleeuw’, the most important prize for children’s and young adult’s books in Flanders.

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140 x 210 mm | 336 pages 93,616 words hardcover age group: 12+ all rights available (English rights excluded) Full English manuscript available

Birdie Laure Van den Broeck • An unusual crossover novel, told from teenage and adult perspectives • A story built on intriguing characters, brimming with humour and suspense Beatrice Munday, nicknamed Birdie, is fi fteen and quietly struggling with the absence of her father. She lives alone with her mother Felicity in a seaport on England’s south coast.

Felicity had Birdie at a very young age, and being impulsive, irresponsible and obsessed with her looks, she sometimes seems less mature than her shy, withdrawn daughter. Moreover, she has a sneaky lover with whom she is secretly planning to start a new life in Spain. Worried about her daughter’s reaction, she hasn’t found the courage to tell Birdie about any of it.

A sudden hiccup from Felicity’s past throws things into a jumble: on the island where she grew up, her father has passed away.

The day of the funeral comes around, and Birdie, Felicity, her estranged sister Alice and Felicity’s lover set out to make the pilgrimage to the island. Tensions start to broil, slumbering emotions stir awake and a massive storm whips things to a head...

Birdie opens doors for teenage readers that generally stay shut, and displays a depth of psychology that is unusual on YA-shelves. From the very beginning to the end, a small cast of intriguing characters sweep the reader along in a tale of inarticulate fi rst love, fundamental loneliness, with a great deal of miscommunications along the way.

Laure Van den Broeck won a ‘Boekenwelp’ (the runner-up of the ‘Boekenleeuw’, the award for Best Children’s Book in Flanders) for her fi rst YA-novel, The Seventeenth Summer of Maurice Hamster. She lives in Southampton, UK, where she works part-time at October Books, an independent co-operative bookshop.

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