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Frankfurt 2016

Flanders and the Netherlands are guests of Honour during the Frankfurt Book Fair. Leopold is happy to be a part of this big event.

Ted van Lieshout, Thé Tjong Khing, Erna Sassen and Dolf Verroen are performing during the Frankfurt Book Fair. There are separate leaflets available with more information about these authors.

Ted van Lieshout

Thé Tjong-Khing

Erna Sassen

Dolf Verroen

Translation grants: The Dutch Foundation for Literature supports writers and translators and promotes Dutch literature abroad. Foreign publishers may apply for a subsidy towards translation costs.

For information and application forms: Dutch Foundation for Literature, Agnes Vogt, post@letterenfonds.nl, Nieuwe Prinsengracht 89, 1018 VR Amsterdam, T +31 (0)20 520 7300, www.letterenfonds.nl

Leopold Publishers Postbus 1050, 1000 BB Amsterdam, Netherlands Rights Manager: Luciënne van der Leije lucienne.vanderleije@wpgmedia.nl rights@leopold.nl www.leopold.nl

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Frankfurt 2016

recent rights sold

Sold to: Italy and France

Italian rights sold to Beisler

German rights sold

(DeAgostini)

Spanish right sold to EkarĂŠ

to Gerstenberg

Chinese rights sold to Duku via Greyhawk Agency

German rights sold to Freies

World English rights sold

Swedish rights sold

Geistesleben

to Clarion books

to Lindskog

Japanese rights sold to BL via The English Agency

Danish rights sold to Turbine

French rights sold to Versant

Chinese rights sold to Oriental

German rights sold to Freies

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Babies and Kids Limited via

Geistesleben

Translation grants: The Dutch Foundation for Literature supports writers and translators and promotes Dutch literature abroad. Foreign publishers may apply for a subsidy towards translation costs.

For information and application forms: Dutch Foundation for Literature, Agnes Vogt, post@letterenfonds.nl, Nieuwe Prinsengracht 89, 1018 VR Amsterdam, T +31 (0)20 520 7300, www.letterenfonds.nl

Greyhawk Agency

Leopold Publishers Postbus 1050, 1000 BB Amsterdam, Netherlands Rights Manager: LuciĂŤnne van der Leije lucienne.vanderleije@wpgmedia.nl rights@leopold.nl www.leopold.nl

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Harmen van Straaten The Snowman’s Wish picture book all ages

• Bestselling author, over 1.000.000 copies sold • Winter fairy tale for all ages • A magical tale of wishes come true!

• Published in English and Japanese, soon to be published in Chinese • Musical in Dutch and Chinese

The snowman has been living in his little snowball forever. The other toys are mocking him, since he is living long neglected on the bottom shelf of the toycase. Then one cold midwinter night lovely music fills the room. If only the snowman could see who is singing. He makes a wish and the little gold angel on the chimneyclock grants him one hour outside his snowglobe.

The most wonderful hour of his life, spent dancing with a little dancer on her music box on the other side of the room. Then the clock chimes one...

Original title: De kleine sneeuwman Hardback | 24,5 x 24,5 cm | 32 pages To be published in November 2016

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Rights sold: Japanese, Simplified Chinese Previously published as Ik wil voor altijd bij je zijn www.leopold.nl rights@leopold.nl

‘A ray of light in the dark month of December.’

– Het Jonge Kind

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Ted van Lieshout & Ludwig Volbeda art picture book all ages

The Birds

• New title in the successful museum book series • Other titles in the series have been published in the US, Colombia, France, Germany, Hungary, Korea, Russia, Italy and Spain • From award-winning author and illustrator

Two statues in the big city. One stands on a square, the other in a park. They face each other but cannot reach each other.

They are connected by the birds that fly to and fro between them, perching on one and then the other. Each time with the same message: he loves you, the statue on the square. She loves you, the statue in the park. The birds refuse to be chased off by anyone or anything.

Until the statues are taken away and melted down.

One day, a new statue appears on the square…

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Original title: De vogels Full colour | 23,5 x 28 cm | 32 pages To be published in October 2016

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Ted van Lieshout poetically describes a romance in bronze. Equally poetically, Ludwig Volbeda illustrates the city filled with sculptures, in which the birds bring together a man and a woman in a little ballerina.

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Philip Hopman Hubert de Givenchy With love for Audrey art picture book all ages

• New title in the internationally successful series of museum books • From one of the last great couturiers, a beloved actress and the creator of the Picture Book of the Year 2015

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Original title: Hubert de Givenchy Full colour | 23,5 x 28 cm | 32 pages To be published in November 2016

After Coco or the little black dress, another picture book about fashion in the muchloved series, in association with The Hague Municipal Museum.

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Once upon a time there was a young count who was enchanted by the clothes society ladies wore to parties at the castle where he grew up. Once upon a time there was a young baroness who wanted to become a ballerina, after spending her youth in the Germanoccupied Netherlands. Both lost their father at an early age. They met each other in Paris in 1953, to design the costumes for the film Sabrina. The rest is history…

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Maranke Rinck & Martijn van der Linden art picture book all ages

Constant – Playtime in New Babylon • Martijn van der Linden awarded with the ‘Prijs van de Kinderjury Bratislava 2015’ • A gripping story about Constant Nieuwenhuys

A new world; a new sound! Listen to the song about the city of the future that the troubadour is singing.

A city of your own design and where you can explore and play as much as you like. Machinery and robots are taking over the work, so you have time to take walk, paint, write and make friends. But what happens when a tiger suddenly walks in? New Babylon is a city full of m Den Haag excitement…

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Original title: Constant – Spelen in Nieuw Babylon Full colour | 23,8 x 28,6 cm | 32 pages www.leopold.nl rights@leopold.nl

‘This duo has devised a structure through which text and illustrations complement each other perfectly. Martijn van der Linden beautifully depicts the dull human world, in which everything is grey and no-one has time for fun.

On the pages where playing is allowed and people enjoy each other and their surroundings, the colours leap from the page. After reading this book, you will immediately want to move to New Babylon.’ – Leidsch Dagblad

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Daan Remmerts de Vries T. Rex Trix in Naturalis non fiction all ages

• For all ages • With many photos • Written by multi-award-winning author • Many international visitors

‘I want a T. Rex!’ exclaimed the director of Naturalis three years ago. But their skeletons are very rare, so no-one expected his wish to come true so soon. Naturalis sent a research team to Montana, led by dinosaur expert Anne Schulp, which resulted in the excavation of only the third almost-complete T. Rex skeleton in the world.

Daan Remmerts de Vries, a lover of almost and completely extinct animals, steps into the researchers’ shoes and alternates their story with big questions and what we now know.

A family book about the most legendary dinosaur predator that ever lived.

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Original title: T. rex Trix in Naturalis Full colour | 16,3 x 24,5 cm | 96 pages

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Become part of the expedition through this exciting account. From getting up to researcher Anne cooking eggs for the entire crew to going to bed feeling tired but satisfied in little tents in the barren landscape. The dig is only the beginning of a larger research project: what did the T. Rex (a female) actually look like? How did she live, in what kind of environment and what did she eat?

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Guusje Nederhorst Woozle & Pip fiction age 1+

• Most popular characters in the Netherlands • Movie more than 300.000 visitors • Television series on weekly TV Sleep well

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It is bedtime in the Magic Garden. Woozle sucks on his comfort blanket and almost falls asleep. Pip can’t sleep.

She can’t find her blanket anywhere. Perhaps Woozle can help? Sleep well, Woozle and Pip!

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Playing outside Woozle and Pip love playing outside! They go scootering, fly kites, go down the slide and play in the sandpit, together with their friends in the Magic Garden.

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Woozle cuddles Pip. Then Pip passes the cuddle on to Neighbour Cat and it turns into one big cuddle fest!

Soft cuddle book for bed or playpen.

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Original title: Woezel & Pip – Buiten spelen Full colour | 21 x 21 cm | 12 pages German rights sold

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Original title: Woezel & Pip – Slaap lekker!

Full colour | 16 x 16 cm | 14 pages

Original title: Woezel & Pip – Welkom in de Tovertuin Full colour | 21,5 x 28 cm | 40 pages To be published in November 2016

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Max Velthuijs

Books for the youngest Frog fans board books age 1+

• Brand new board book: Frog is Ill • From the winner of the Hans Christian Andersen Medal • “Frog is an inspiring creation – a masterpiece of graphic simplicity” – The Guardian

Full colour Board Books:

Buggy Book

Frog Is Ill

Frog Has a Party

Frog’s Birthday

Christmas with Frog

Frog’s Buggy Book

Original title: Kikker is ziek 19 x 19 cm | 16 pages Rights under option: Danish, Swedish

Original title: Kikker viert feest 19 x 19 cm | 16 pages Rights sold: Chinese (Hunan), Danish (Klematis), Swedish (Berghs)

Original title: Kikker is jarig 16,4 x 16,4 cm | 16 pp Rights sold: Swedish (Berghs)

Original title: Kerstfeest met Kikker 19 x 19 cm | 16 pages Rights sold: Chinese (Hunan), Danish (Klematis), Swedish (Berghs)

Original title: Kikker Babyspeelboekje 10,5 x 10 cm | 8 pages Full colour

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Full colour Board Books with funny flaps:

Where Is Frog?

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Original title: Waar is Kikker?

19 x 19 cm | 16 pages Rights sold: Danish (Turbine), Swedish (Berghs)

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What Are You Doing, Frog?

Original title: Kikker, wat doe je nu?

19 x 19 cm | 16 pages Rights sold: Danish (Turbine), Swedish (Berghs)

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Hand Puppet Book

The Year of Frog

Frog’s Picknick

I Am Frog

Original title: Het jaar van Kikker 27 x 27 cm | 12 pages Rights sold: Chinese (Hunan)

Original title: De picknick van Kikker 27 x 27 cm | 12 pages

Original title: Ik ben Kikker 26 x 26 cm | 12 pages Full colour

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Milja Praagman Breakfast Buttocks picture book age 3+

• Deliciously mischievous book for toddlers and their parents • From the creator of the Picture Book of the Year: Another 100 Nights to Go

‘Breakfast is ready!’ Daddy calls.

But Tiger doesn’t want any pudding, even with raspberries or chocolate sauce. He wants something he can sink his teeth into: breakfast bottoms! Tiger runs outside and sees a couple of green buttocks, and a bottom hiding in a bush and… he sinks his teeth into all of them. Be careful, Tiger!

Also by Milja Praagman:

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Original title: Ontbillenbijt Full colour | 23,8 x 28,6 cm | 32 pages www.leopold.nl rights@leopold.nl

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Chinese Complex, Chinese Simplified and Danish rights sold

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Annemarie van Haeringen Bear woos Butterfly picture book age 4+

• Awarded the Golden Paintbrush in 2005 • From the Golden Paintbrush-winner • Timeless

Bear tries to tell Butterfly how much he loves her, but he is shy and can’t find the right words. He paints hearts on the trees, he plays beautiful music and picks flowers.

He even builds her a house! But Butterfly doesn’t understand what he’s trying to say and poor Bear gets desperate…

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Original title: Beer is op vlinder Full colour | 23,5 x 28 cm | 32 pages To be published in January 2017 English translation by Jan Michael available Rights sold: Chinese, Danish, French, Korean www.leopold.nl rights@leopold.nl

‘A gorgeous picture book with lots of colourful illustrations.’ – Leesfeest.nl ‘This picture book by Annemarie van Haeringen is a beautifully designed book brimming with lovely and colourful illustrations.’ – Boekenz.nl

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Thé Tjong-Khing Jake and the T. Rex picture book age 4+

• About the only almost-complete T. Rex skeleton outside the USA • From the multi-award-winning artist

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Original title: Jake en de T.rex Full colour | 24,8 x 33,6 cm | 32 pages

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Night falls on the vast plains of Montana. The full moon shines on a ranch at the end of the world, where a boy dreams about the dinosaurs from the cuttings and drawing on his bedroom wall. Suddenly, he finds himself in a prehistoric landscape. He hears a loud roar and the ground shakes… It is the beginning of an adventure filled with giant creatures, which Jake immediately recognises from his books. Quetzalcoatlus, Triceratops, Troodons…

Cool! Luckily, Jake has three rodeo trophies in his cabinet!

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Martine Letterie & Rick de Haas read-aloud book age 5+

Children with a star

• Read-aloud stories for young children • ‘When you read Martine Letterie’s books, it feels like you’ve lived through parts of the war yourself.’ – Leesfeest

Clare takes a look around. Will this be the last time they see their home? She can’t explain why but she thinks it will be. She presses her cheek against the ridges of the wallpaper. Then she kisses it. ‘Bye house,’ she says softly.

Bennie, Rosa, Clare, Jules, Leo and Betty are perfectly ordinary children. Until they are given a star; a star that changes everything… In thirty stories to read aloud, Martine Letterie describes the lives of six children at Camp Westerbork, based on interviews with people who experienced the war as children.

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Original title: Kinderen met een ster Full colour | 17,3 x 24,5 cm | 96 pages

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‘What’s the best way to tell young children a story about the Second World War? By telling it through the eyes of children their own age. Martine Letterie is able to convey strong emotions and experiences through the use of simple language.’ – De Limburger newspaper on Greetings from Leo

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Jeska Verstegen fiction age 6+

Keteltje – On the road with Prince Grandpa • Published in Hungary • Hilarious series of a princess to be with full colour illustrations

Keteltje is going to play at her friend’s Doffie’s house. But the carriage is missing a wheel. And the car won’t start. Then Prince Grandpa sees a bus. It is empty…

Luckily, Prince Grandpa knows how to drive it. They borrow the bus.

‘The cheerful illustrations, which appear throughout the book and are by the author herself, are striking, full of movement and bring the book to life in a colourful way.

They emanate a warm, joyful atmosphere, punctuated with humour. Keteltje is an energetic, cheerful girl to whom you are drawn immediately and who looks exactly as you would expect.’ – Nederlands Dagblad on Keteltje – Princess in the classroom ‘Verstegen pricks children’s imaginations through her books. And also, surreptitiously, those of adults. If you weren’t already cheerful, you certainly will be once you’ve leafed through this book.’ – Dagblad De Limburger on Keteltje – Princess fun

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Original title: Keteltje – Op pad met Prins Opa Full colour | 15 x 22 cm | 40 pages

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Harmen van Straaten Roll up for the amazing Fien! fiction age 7+

• Successful series about the Netherlands’ most mischievous girl • Bestselling author • Over 1.000.000 books sold

Imagine… You fancy some chips but you don’t have any money on you. Imagine…

You’ve told your parents that you’re playing the lead role in a musical, but it’s not true. And they’re coming to see it tonight. Imagine… Your big brother is going to the funfair but you’re not allowed.

Well, Fien has some advice to offer! How can they get it together? Roll up for the amazing Fien!

‘Fien is a tough girl, a cross between Pippi Longstocking and Daisy (Madelief), who gets a lot done with clever and compelling persuasiveness. She treats protesting adults with disdain. But for anyone she can help, person or animal, she does a great deal.’

– NBD Biblion

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Original title: Fien, komt dat zien!

Full colour | 16,5 x 19 cm | 136

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‘Fien is delightfully inappropriate.’

– Leeuwarder Courant

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Harmen van Straaten Super Dan! fiction age 7+

Dan collects everything to do with Superman. He even has a Superman costume. On the night before his eighth birthday he makes a wish: he wants to be just as strong and brave as Superman.

The following day, he blows out the candles on his cake. To his astonishment, he blows over everything in the room.

Has his wish somehow come true?

Dan finds out that he can be just as strong and brave as Superman, but only if someone is in distress.

Otherwise, it doesn’t work.

Can he finally take on the school’s three biggest bullies: Brutal Bart Shortfuse, Guileful Gary Grab and Ugly Lucy Glue?

Super Dan is a funny and imaginative story about: • the Strombolis (not the volcano but Dan’s neighbours) • three horrible bullies • two not-so-clever crooks • mysterious space creatures • and, of course, Super Dan! Book one of a five part series

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Original title: Super Jan! Full colour | 15 x 22 cm | 128 pages English translation available www.leopold.nl rights@leopold.nl

• 550.000 copies sold of the series • Children’s Book Week Gift 2013

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Paul van Loon

Fuchsia and the Zoo Party fiction age 7+

• Bestselling author in the Netherlands • Over 1.5 million copies sold • Enchanting adventures for kids to read

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Original title: Foeksia en het Beestenfeest Hardback | 14,8 x 21,5 cm | 40 pages

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Going to the zoo in the middle of the night… That’s Fuchsia’s latest crazy plan! Tommy’s coming too. But a mini-witch at the zoo? How will that work out? The animals can talk. All the cages open. The party can begin! Wakka-bakka-boo!

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Paul van Loon Teacher Frog movie tie-in age 7 to 10

• Sparkling adventure • From the Netherlands’ most successful author • Film edition in 2016

‘Sometimes I’m a frog. That’s my supersecret. No-one is allowed to know, except you.’

Sita, Walter and the other children in the class all laugh. A good joke from the schoolmaster. Until one day he turns up to class with duckweed in his hair. His clothes are wet and torn. The schoolmaster has been attacked by a stork, he says…

‘Teacher Frog is entertaining and exciting, and above all as innocent and happy as the teacher himself.’ – Filmtotaal.nl on the movie ‘I have enjoyed reading Teacher Frog to the children as much as they have enjoyed listening to the story.’ – Trotsemoeders.nl

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Original title: Meester Kikker Hardback | 15 x 22 cm | 128 pages www.leopold.nl rights@leopold.nl

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Paul van Loon Moon Mystery fiction age 8+

• Alfie the Werewolf most favorite character for children age 6-10 • Paul van Loon earns Golden Book: 100,000 copies of Werewolf Secrets sold!

• Paul van Loon is Dutch libraries’ most borrowed author of children’s books

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Original title: MaanMysterie Hardback | 14,8 x 21,5 cm | 160 pages

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A mysterious woman with a black veil…

Grandpa Werewolf is head over heels in love! Alfie is suspicious. Who is this strange woman? She’s up to something.

Alfie is certain. But Timmy and Leo are also acting peculiar. Could it have something to do with the crazy werewolf moon, high in the sky?

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Rindert Kromhout Big Bottocks Biters fiction ages 8+

Joe suppresses a cry of terror and presses himself up against the wall. His heart is pounding like mad. There in the water, it’s… it looks like… It is a crocodile, a real, live crocodile!

A crocodile in the sewer? Is that the bottom biter of which everyone is so afraid? You can read all about it in the exciting story that begins this book. But there’s more. A house packed with filthy animals. A pet shop with no customers. A cat-catching mother.

Crazy adventures featuring children and animals!

‘The stories read very easy and are so funny.

Children will enjoy the original turns of events.’

– Pluizer.be

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Original title: De dikke billenbijters Hardback | 14,8 x 21,5 cm | 160 pages Illustrations by Jan Jutte & Annemarie van Haeringen www.leopold.nl rights@leopold.nl

• New edition • Hours of reading (aloud) pleasure

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Dolf Verroen

War and friendship fiction age 9+

• ‘Verroen remains a masterful storyteller.’

– Kinderboekenpraatjes.nl • The Godfather of children’s literature • Children’s Book Week Gift 2016 (print run 350.000 copies)

I was eleven when war broke out.

Early one morning, the enemy’s planes flew so low over the houses that you could see the faces of the pilots. I found it exciting at first, but it soon became frightening. Our class contained Jewish children and the children of traitors. Even the schoolmaster no longer dared to speak his mind. We children had nothing to do with the war, actually. Certainly when it came to friendships.

Or did we?

The press on Dolf Verroen: ‘Verroen does not present us with preconceived moralities but allows his readers to ponder deeply and make their own judgements.’

– Bas Maliepaard in Trouw ‘Dolf Verroen takes us seriously, both children and adults.’ – Leesfeest.nl ‘Verroen’s stories are light-hearted with an occasional sharp edge. They are wonderful stories to read aloud, in which the sometimes dull reality is brought to life with a dash of fantasy. – Jaapleest.nl ‘An Old Master of children’s literature.’

– Thomas de Veen in NRC Handelsblad

German rights sold (Freies Geistesleben) www.leopold.nl rights@leopold.nl

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Illustrations by Charlotte Dematons

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Original title: Oorlog en vriendschap Paperback| 11,5 x 19 cm | 96 pages To be published in October 2016

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Tonke Dragt

When the moon turned blue fiction ages 9+

• Reissue of the fairytale-like adventure • Highly successful author internationally • In UK more than 25.000 copies sold of The Letter for the King • The Grande Dame of Dutch children literature

When Joost was a little boy, anything could happen. If the moon turned blue, he would fly to the stars on a firebird and have unbelievable adventures. Now Joost is older and he no longer believes in such adventures. His grandmother warns him, ‘The moon can sometimes be blue without anyone seeing it.’ She turns out to be right.

One dark evening, Joost sees a mysterious figure standing in front of the house…

The following day, a strange figure shows up on the school playground and invites Joost to follow him in search of a shiny, blue moonstone…

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Original title: Toen de maan blauw werd Hardback | 14,8 x 21,5 cm | 176 pages Rights sold: Arabic, German, Spanish www.leopold.nl rights@leopold.nl

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Selma Noort Cool Down fiction ages 9+

• Favorite author for the age of 9+ • Novel on a boy who is judged before he can act

‘Don’t waste too much time on Thomas.

There’s always something going on with that boy. He has adhd, or something.’

At school Thomas is regularly sent to sit in the corridor. To cool down. Because he’s disruptive in the classroom. Because he sometimes gets so angry that he has to lash out at something. He tries to think first, before he acts, but it doesn’t usually help. Especially since everyone already expects him to be the troublemaker.

In a fit of anger Thomas hides his Aunt Julia’s purse. Why does no one see him?

But he soon regrets what he’s done. He has to get the purse back to Aunt Julia.

As quickly as possible. How can you be yourself when everyone has already judged you in advance? Can Thomas liberate himself?

The press on Selma Noort: ‘Selma Noort’s stories are for anyone who loves realistic stories about characters who really care, written with care and commitment.’

– Griffeljury ‘Stepchild is a lifelike and sympathetic youth novel.’ – JAAPLEEST.NL

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Original title: Afkoelen Full colour | 15 x 22 cm | 144 pages

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Lydia Rood Xinia’s revenge fiction ages 10+

• Contemporary youth novel about bullying and discrimination

Nasty messages on WhatsApp, jokes that are actually not funny at all… Xinia is being bullied and she doesn’t understand why. Then even her best friend Brit lets her down, on the day of the school trip.

When the amusement park empties during a storm, Xinia decides to stay behind. Xinia expresses her thoughts along with the storm – why is she being bullied? Is it her own fault? Perhaps something is lurking inside Xinia that on-one could have expected – not even herself.

‘A book that belongs in every school library.’ – Lezenisleuk.nl ‘The story is told very realistically, the situation is described in a recognisable way and youngsters will find it easy to relate to the characters.’ – Pluizuit.be ‘It is incredible how well the author describes the reality of children of today!’ – EOV

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Original title: Xinia’s wraak Hardback | 14,5 x 22 cm | 144 pages

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Xinia’s revenge is based on an idea from Jezennia Boateng. Lydia Rood attended her classes weekly as part of the School Writer initiative, whereby authors of children’s books become long-term guest writers at schools. Xinia’s revenge is based on Jezennia’s stories about her own experiences. The result of this special collaboration between a child and a writer is a contemporary youth novel that makes a deep impression.

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Erna Sassen I don’t fit in young adult ages 13+

• Incisive Young Adult novel about love, anger and trust • Earlier books published in Germany and Denmark

Tessel is stuck. With her school assignment. With her friends. Actually, with almost everything. In any case, with herself. By chance she meets Eveline, who recently lost her sixteen-year-old daughter to cancer. A special bond forms between them, one that Tessel doesn’t fully understand. Perhaps it has something to do with the fact that Eveline is the only person who is not careful around her. And who doesn’t have time for politeness.

Little by little, Tessel reveals what happened between her and Percival, a friend who turned out not to be a friend at all. Slowly but surely she changes her view of herself and the events. The shame she felt turns to anger, until Tessel is finally able to let go of her lethargy and regain her self-confidence.

The press on This is not a diary and Don’t Come Any Closer: ‘Sassen makes an impression with her bold, merciless tone and subtle playing with the chronology. She also shows how difficult it can be to separate yourself from other people’s opinions and engage in life.’ – Bas Maliepaard in Trouw ‘Sensational book. Funny, heart-wrenching and wise all at once.’

– Seven Days

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Original title: Er is geen vorm waarin ik pas Paperback | 14 x 21,3 cm | 144 pages

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Rindert Kromhout A Mann fiction ages 13+

• Multi-award-winning author • Sensitive portrait of the famous writer Klaus Mann and his father Thomas Mann

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Original title: Een Mann Hardback | 14,2 x 21,3 cm | 400 pages To be published in November 2016

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‘Someone like you, Klaus, will never be overshadowed by another.’

Oh no? The nineteen-year-old Klaus Mann has a very different opinion on this.

Not helped by the fact that his fledgling authorship is currently overshadowed by his famous father, Thomas Mann. But why does Thomas reject him as a son and a person? What is Klaus doing wrong?

He doesn’t dare talk to his father about it.

Instead, he decides to write him a letter.

An open-hearted, honest, confrontational letter. This letter grows to become a riveting novel about a well-to-do family of writers and thespians in the turbulent Munich of the beginning of the twentieth century. But who is actually being overshadowed by whom?