2018 Autumn Catalogue Lemniscaat Ltd

Lemniscaat Ltd

Fall 2018

Dear book lover, It never happened before that we presented two books by the same author in one and the same season. But we just couldn’t help it. Artist Mark Janssen has created two irresistible picture books: a wordless sea voyage that will take your breath away, and a thrilling dinosaur hunt in an amazing fold-out book.

Further, you’ll be able to sing along with Grammy Award winner Janis Ian, whose funny song about an adventurous mouse was turned into a lovely picture book by illustrator couple Ingrid & Dieter Schubert. You can also spy with a tarantula for the culprit who stole the beef of King Lion’s birthday cake. And you can dream away with Pearl, who finds a pair of mermaid shoes and makes her own dream come true.

Mies van Hout, who you may know for her picture books Happy and Surprise, illustrated the story of Scaredy Sam – an adorable story about Sam who wishes to overcome his fears and discovers he is braver than he thought. And don’t forget to join Bert when he sneaks onto a construction site… and saves the day!

Seven wonderful picture books to enjoy this summer and autumn and for many more years to come.

By the way, have you visited our website yet: www.lemniscaat.co.uk?

Here you’ll find teacher’s guides for most of our books – including all the books in this catalogue – as well as exciting book trailers and of course all our titles published so far.

Happy reading!

Jesse Goossens publisher

Mark Janssen

Island

Dive into an enchantingly watery world full of surprises

Shipwreck! A father, daughter and their dog wash up on a small island. Little do the castaways know that the island isn’t what it seems at all.

The island shows the family the wonders of life at sea.

Colourful fish dart in the waves and birds swoop in the sky. Island life is full of the unexpected. The island protects the family against all kinds of dangers, from tropical storms to arctic snow. Menacing animals lurk underwater, too. The island has its own secret, too. Eventually, the family is rescued. And there’s a heart-warming surprise when the little girl says farewell to the large kind turtle – the real island – whose shell has provided the family with their happy island home.

Island is a wordless picture book. Children are encouraged to study the wonderful illustrations and tell the story in their own words. Mark Janssen’s painterly illustrations come alive on the page. Sun hits the water and sparkles. Splashes of paint become shoals of fish. This is a charming picture book full of imagination.

Mark Janssen studied at the Academy for Visual Arts in Maastricht. Lemniscaat Ltd published his first picture book Nothing Happened loved by children and parents for its warmth and gentle humour. He has also illustrated Dinos Don’t Exist, see page 17 of this catalogue.

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ISBN: 978-1-78807-023-2 | Binding: Hardback | Trim size: 25 x 35.5 cm | Extent: 32 pages | Age: 4+ | Price: £ 9.95 Publication date: July 2018

Sanne te Loo

Pearl’s Mermaid Shoes

A young girl called Pearl follows her dream to become a mermaid

It’s the last day of the holidays. Pearl walks along the beach and finds something extraordinary in the sand – a pair of mermaid shoes. Pearl tries on the shoes, which in fact are scuba flippers. They fit perfectly. She really is a mermaid.

Back home, Pearl wears her mermaid shoes everywhere. The children at school laugh at her but she’s not discouraged.

She makes a fishy mermaid tail and sets off to find the sea.

After much searching, Pearl finds a different kind of home just right for a young mermaid – the city fountain. A tender and gently inspirational story. This delightful picture book quietly captures the heart.

‘This delightful import from the Netherlands will strike a chord with all mermaids-in-training. The soft watercolor illustrations neatly contrast the city scenes and the beach scenes, with Mia’s real and imagined fish friends following behind her. The final spread shows several mermaids from presumably all over the world and connects readers to the author-illustrator’s website.’

– Kirkus Reviews, starred review

Sanne te Loo is an illustrator and portrait painter, who studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Breda. She lives in Utrecht with her artist husband and two children. Sanne te Loo’s illustrations combine a dreamy magical quality with the lyricism of the everyday.

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ISBN: 978-1-78807-024-9 | Binding: Hardback | Trim size: 25 x 34.5 cm | Extent: 32 pages | Age: 4+ | Price: £ 9.95 Publication date: July 2018

Janis Ian – Illustrated by Ingrid & Dieter Schubert

The Tiny Mouse

A picture book based on the song The Tiny Mouse by Grammy award-winner Janis Ian.

Follow the romping adventures of a tiny dapper mouse, who runs away to sea, suffers from sea sickness, narrowly escapes a grisly end at the paws of the ship’s captain – a cat – and escapes back to shore where he settles down in married bliss. The moral of the tale, it’s better to be at home than someone’s dinner at sea. Illustrations by Ingrid & Dieter Schubert are full of quirky detail and humour.

‘Janis Ian easily conquers a new audience with her adorable mouse, both book and music. The story is as full of joy and adventure as any young reader could want. And as an added bonus, your child will sing him/herself to sleep with the tune.’

– Jane Yolen, noted children’s author, often called ‘The Hans Christian Andersen of America’ ‘A little whimsy, a little darkness, a little music for a song turned into a picture book by veteran singer/ songwriter Ian. ...The Schuberts’ illustrations are brightly colored and often surreal. ... Both words and music are appended ... It is a rollicking little number.’

– Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review

Janis Ian is a songwriter, performer and author with 9 Grammy nominations. Her songs ‘At Seventeen’ and ‘Society’s Child’ are in the Grammy Hall of Fame. Janis Ian wrote the song The Tiny Mouse for the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant.

WWW.INGRIDDIETERSCHUBERT.COM Ingrid and Dieter Schubert illustrate in partnership. They studied at the Academy of Design in Münster and the Academy of Art in Düsseldorf, then the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam. Their books for children are available in 21 languages.

Their work has been exhibited all over the world and is popular with both parents and children. The Umbrella published by Leminscaat received much critical acclaim.

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ISBN: 978-1-78807-025-6 | Binding: Hardback | Trim size: 24 x 29,4 cm | Extent: 32 pages | Age: 4+ | Price: £ 9.95 Publication date: August 2018

Tjibbe Veldkamp & Alice Hoogstad

Bert, Get off the Crane!

Bert causes mayhem on the building site but surprisingly he’s also the hero of the day!

Every day, Bert stands behind the fence of the building site and watches the steamroller, the cement truck and the crane in action. Bert would really like to drive the big machines himself. One day, he does and flattens a car with the steamroller, pours concrete on the road and even hoists a police car up by the crane! But surprisingly Bert is the hero of the day and deserves a reward. This is a picture book with a clever visual sub-plot. As soon as you reach the end, go back to the beginning to find all the picture clues and see Bert foil a bank robbery.

There’s so much for children to enjoy – the detailed illustrations of the machines in action, the chaos and of course the clever back-to-front solving of the mystery.

‘This oversize Dutch import will undoubtedly demand to be reread. It has enough twists and turns to keep the interest of not just vehicle lovers but anyone who likes solving a good mystery.’

– New York Times Book Review

‘Veldkamp (Tom the Tamer) and Hoogstad (Monster Book) offer an unabashed fantasy in which a boy named Sam causes all manner of mischief at a construction site. ... Readers paying attention the backgrounds of Hoogstad’s loopy, pastel-colored scenes may get a hint of why Sam is embarking on his path of destruction, and all is revealed in the final pages. Not only does Sam get to drive some big trucks around, he gets to be the hero, too. What more could a kid want?”

– Publishers Weekly

Tjibbe Veldkamp is the author of picture books, stories for young children and ya novels. Lemniscaat published his picture books 22 Orphans and Tom the Tamer.

WWW.TJIBBEVELDKAMP.NL Alice Hoogstad is an illustrator of children’s books, which have been published in countries around the world. Some have been made into animated films. Monster Book, published by Lemniscaat, won the Golden Brush award for Best Illustrator.

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ISBN: 978-1-78807-026-3 | Binding: Hardback | Trim size: 24 x 35 cm | Extent: 32 pages | Age: 3+ | Price: £ 9.95 Publication date: September 2018

Marlies Verhelst & Linde Faas

King Lion’s Feast

Who has stolen the treat from the very top of King Lion’s birthday cake?

Tarantula has made a delicious birthday cake for King Lion – from meat! On top, he places an extra-tender joint of beef, but the moment Tarantula turns his back, the treat disappears. Who is the beef thief? Tarantula sets off to find out. He looks inside the mouths of all the animals going to the king’s party. He finds Gorilla tasting banana soup, Hornbill drinking fig-pip punch and Bat testing crunchy beetle snacks, but he doesn’t discover the surprising beef thief until the party is just about to start.

Marlies Verhelst’s story is full of pace and humour. Children will relish the dishes the animals prepare for the feast. Linde Faas’ illustrations are full of a sketchy energy and capture the cheeky character of each animal.

‘Faas makes the most of each double-page spread, whether Snake dangles from a vine, supporting a tray of eggs with his tail, Giraffe extending a long neck or Crocodile coiling around the perimeter of the pages.

When everyone brings their offerings to the birthday banquet, the culprit becomes clear in a satisfyingly humorous ending.’

– Shelf Awareness

Marlies Verhelst studied Dutch Language and Literature, then worked as a teacher. In 2006, she won a story contest of one of Holland’s major women magazines, Libelle. She hasn’t stopped writing stories and columns for adults and children’s since. King Lion’s Feast is Marlies’ eleventh children’s book and her first for Lemniscaat.

WWW.MARLIESVERHELST.NL Linde Faas graduated with honours from the Art Academy in Breda. She works as an animator, illustrator and artist.

Lemniscaat published Cola Fountains and Spattering Paint Bombs and Spurting Arteries and Flooding Oceans together with Jesse Goossens.

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ISBN: 978-1-78807-027-0 | Binding: Hardback | Trim size: 29,4 x 24 cm | Extent: 32 pages | Age: 3+ | Price: £ 9.95 Publication date: September 2018

Mathilde Stein & Mies van Hout

Scaredy Sam

Perhaps Scaredy Sam is braver than he thinks?

‘Muted watercolors full of quirky details. ... Wry... with a nice lesson.’

– Chicago Kirkus Reviews

Scaredy Sam is scared of absolutely everything, from wearing his favourite flowery dungarees in public to the ghost he thinks lives under his bed. Sam makes an appointment with the Magic Tree to become less cowardly, but first he must travel through the woods, where all the wild creatures live. Step by step, Sam becomes less afraid.

He politely and boldly confronts a dragon, a giant spider and a gnarled witch. By the time Sam reaches the Magic Tree, he’s no longer afraid. Scaredy Sam has become Brave Sam. A quietly inspirational story to help children realise they are braver than they think. Atmospheric and cheerful illustrations with a distinctive painterly style help create a world of magical adventure and self-discovery.

‘While the fun and quirky text will keep readers and listeners engaged, the illustrations truly bring the story to life. Irresistibly detailed cartoon characters in black outlines pop out of the fuzzy, rich-toned background paintings, creating pages that readers will want to pore over. ... [Sam’s] story is a delightful one.’

– School Library Journal ‘[V]isually striking. ... [T]he double-page paintings will read well from a distance, with elements that garner both goosebumps and giggles (a dragon wears a Band-Aid; a witch sports pink house slippers). Try this in the context of classroom discussions of emotions.’

– Kirkus Reviews

Mathilde Stein grew up in the Netherlands. She studied at the Bordeaux School of Fine Arts and lived in France for ten years. Later, she moved to the United Kingdom, where she worked as Course Director and Senior Lecturer in Event Management at the University of Central England. Recently, she has moved back to Holland.

WWW.MATHILDESTEIN.NL Mies van Hout studied at the Arts Academy in Groningen, where she majored in graphic design. She works as a freelance illustrator and graphic designer. Mies van Hout’s work has been published in more than twenty countries.

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ISBN: 978-1-78807-028-7 | Binding: Hardback | Trim size: 21.5 x 26 cm | Extent: 32 pages | Age: 4+ | Price: £ 9.95 Publication date: October 2018

Mark Janssen

Dinos Don’t Exist

Warning! Unfold this book for scary dinosaur surprises!

Two brothers set off on a pretend expedition to find dinosaurs. Of course, everyone knows dinos don’t exist, so there’s no need to be scared – or is there? The reader soon sees the brothers climb through rocks that are really dinosaur teeth and mountains that are sharp dinosaur horns.

Then, as each page unfolds, the landscape reveals itself to be full of dinosaurs!

Mark Janssen plays visual tricks with scale. He creates a world of bold colourful illustrations where nothing is quite what it seems. Watch out and look closer … that tree or hill might be a dinosaur, too.

Mark Janssen studied at the Academy for Visual Arts in Maastricht. He has illustrated more than 500 books for children and adults. Lemniscaat published his first picture book Nothing Happened, which was enthusiastically received internationally. See Island, his other exciting new title, on page 5 of this catalogue.

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ISBN: 978-1-78807-029-4 | Binding: Hardback | Trim size: 25 x 35,5 cm – with huge fold-outs | Extent: 32 pages Age: 4+ | Price: £ 11.95 | Publication date: October 2018

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