Rights guide bologna 2021

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spring 2021 Leopold Ploegsma Condor Witte Leeuw

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Leopold Publishers

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Ploegsma Publishers

Leopold was founded in 1923 and evolved into a children’s- and young-adult publishing house in the 1950’s. From baby books to books for young adults, from poetry to exceptional non-fiction, Leopold publishes for all ages. Leopold has a lot of collaborations with museums, different organizations and the government. The first children’s book ever published is still in print: Johan Fabricius’ Java Ho! The Adventures of Four Boys Amid Fire, Storm, and Shipwreck.

Leopold hosts a lot of famous Dutch authors, for example the classic works of Tonke Dragt (The Letter for the King, The Secrets of the Wild Wood). Several popular brands are also published by Leopold, like Frog (Max Velthuijs) and Alfie the Werewolf (Paul van Loon). The beautiful Leopold picture books by renowned illustrators like Annemarie van Haeringen, Wouter van Reek and Ingrid Godon are taking a flight due to the fantastic teamwork with museums.

Not only classic authors and popular brands are a big part of Leopold. A younger generation of authors and illustrators is building a vast oeuvre. Books like Zeb. (Gideon Samson & Joren Joshua) and Fright Night (Maren Stoffels) shake up the world of children’s literature.

Witte Leeuw Publishing house Witte Leeuw publishes trendy and cheerful books for children from 0 to 12 years old.

From the books about Bear and Mouse by Pauline Baartmans and other cosy stories to read aloud, to the intriguing books about space and spacetravel by astronaut André Kuipers, Witte Leeuw has a book for everybody. Fiction as well as non-fiction books are published by Witte Leeuw. Examples of the latter are for instance practical photo- and notebooks, touch and feel books like Sweet Cuddles by Happy Horse, and sparkling friend-albums like the Bucketlist for Besties.

For well over a hundred years Ploegsma has been part of the Dutch publishing scene. The publishing house was founded in 1905 by Johannes Ploegsma and has been specialising in children’s books since the 1960’s: adventurous and humorous fiction and non-fiction books for children of all ages. These include many classic titles, such as the books by Astrid Lindgren (Pippi Longstocking) and Arnold Lobel (Frog and Toad), as well as books by contemporary and very popular authors like Mirjam Oldenhave (Mister Twister), Marjon Hoffman (Rosie’s Rules), Yvon Jaspers (Tess and Tommy), Reggie Naus (The Pirates Down the Street), Vivian den Hollander, Janny van der Molen and Caja Cazemier. Many of these authors have been translated.

Even though a lot has changed in the last hundred years, Ploegsma’s love for beautiful books has not!

Condor Publishing house Condor mainly publishes funny and contemporary books for children from 7 to 12 years old. At Condor, you’ll find international bestselling authors like Dav Pilkey, Sue Townsend and Jason Reynolds, as well as some fascinating titles from the Netherlands itself. Non-fiction books about subjects such as LEGO, football and other sports are also well represented.

Leopold, Ploegsma, Condor, Witte Leeuw Postbus 1050 | 1000 BB Amsterdam | The Netherlands Rights Manager: Sophie Mulder sophie.mulder@wpgmedia.nl For inquiries about our Art books, please contact Elaine Michon Email: elaine.michon@wpgmedia.nl www.leopold.nl, www.ploegsma.nl www.uitgeverijwitteleeuw, www.uitgeverijcondor.nl

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recently sold rights:

Dituria (Albania), Kalima (UAE)

Avesta Publishing House (Turkey – Kurdish), Znanje (Croatia)

Bright Fingers Publishing (The Netherlands, Arabic)

Bright Fingers Publishing (The Netherlands, Arabic)

Bright Fingers Publishing (The Netherlands, Arabic)

Green Spinach Publishing (Korea), Carlo Gallucci Editore (Italy)

Mara Books/ Publishing Solutions (Romania)

Mara Books/ Publishing Solutions (Romania)

Mara Books/ Publishing Solutions (Romania)

Mara Books/ Publishing Solutions (Romania)

Freies Geistesleben (Germany)

Samokat (Russia)

Qingdao Publishing House (book 1-22, China)

Thienemann Esslinger Verlag (Germany)

Freies Geistesleben (Germany), Shanghai Juvenile (Simplified Chinese magazine rights)

Chang-Tang (Complex Chinese)

Red Robin Books (U.K.)

IRHCLI (Persian)

IRHCLI (Persian)

IRHCLI (Persian)

IRHCLI (Persian)

IRHCLI (Persian)

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Tonke Dragt nominated for the

Nominated for the

Sylvia Weve nominated for

The Pirates Down the

Hans Christian Andersen Award

Deutscher Jugend­

the Hans Christian Andersen

Street – film rights sold to

2022

literaturpreis 2021

Award 2022

Germany, Italy and Russia

Winner of the Thea

Winner of the Young

Beckman Prize 2020

Beckman Prize 2020

Nominated for the Teen Jury Award 2021

Annemarie van Haeringen nominated for the Astrid Lindgren

Gideon Samson nominated for the Astrid Lindgren

Memorial Award 2021

Memorial Award 2021

Ted van Lieshout nominated for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial

Nominated for the Woutertje Pieterse Prize 2021

Award 2021

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

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age 0+

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Bora Baby Books

Meet BORA: a brand-new range of fun books for the littlest bookworms! Fresh and playful, and 100% Dutch design by Deborah van de Leijgraaf.

in the bora series:

Mouse, Bee, Bear, Sloth and many other animal friends feature in these jolly books for babies and toddlers. From baby’s first cloth book in black and white (perfect for babies from the age of 6 months) to a crinkle book that stimulates the senses. And from a cotton cloth book with wooden teething ring, to a sturdy harmonica board book with growth chart.

Cloth books | 13 x 13 cm | 8 pages

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CO-PRODUCTION POSSIBILITIES

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Successful new series

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100% Dutch design

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Birth cards available on the Bora baby

Board book with pull-out tabs | 15 x 15 cm | 10 pages | February 2021

platform Crinkle books 15 x 15 cm 8 pages Board books | 18 x 18 cm | 18 pages

Board book with pull tabs 15 x 15 cm | 10 pages

Teething books 10 x 10 cm | 8 pag.

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age 0+

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Max Velthuijs Hello Frog… Hello Baby!

Meet Frog and his friends.

Hello Little Bear. Hello Duck. Hello Hare. Hello Rat and Hello Pig! They are all smiling happily.

At whom?

Look in the mirror...

HELLO BABY! PEEKABOO! Board book with mirror | 19 x 19 cm | 16 pages March 2021

Read, look and discover together with your baby, with this sturdy board book with mirror.

For more information about the books by Max Velthuijs, please check out our Max Velthuijs brochure!

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Board book with mirror

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The perfect gift book

more frog for babies:

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age 0+

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Max Velthuijs Frog and His World

Hello sun. Hello bird. Hello Frog!

Follow a day in the life of Frog and his friends with your baby.

In the evening, Frog gives Little Bear his snack and Hare reads him a bedtime story.

Close your eyes... good night!

A large fold-out book to read over and over again with your baby. An eye-catcher for every nursery.

Leporello book | 19.3 x 24.6 cm | 10 pages | March 2021

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Beautiful large fold-out board book

with die-cut ◆

Frog and his friends in clear strong

lines and trendy colours ◆

Perfect maternity gift!

more frog for babies:

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age 1+

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Pauline Baartmans There’ll Be A Little One

Come quick Bear, something’s badly wrong…

There’s a hill in our house, growing and strong!

A lovely read-out-loud storybook in rhyme about Mouse and Bear discovering that they will soon be joined by a new baby friend. Hip, Hip Hurray!

Board book | 15.5 x 17 cm | 22 pages | March 2021

English translation available

more in the mouse series:

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A moving gift book for all soon

to be grandparents, uncles, aunts, brothers and sisters ◆

With customisation space for a

personal message or baby ultrasound image

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age 2+

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Pauline Baartmans At Home with Mouse

Meet Mouse and Bear! They like to play in and around the house: baking cookies, cycling in circles, playing hide and seek and much more. Seven read-out-loud stories in rhyme about two friends - a celebration of recognition for children from the age of two.

Board book | 21 x 21 cm | 38 pages | March 2021

English translation available

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Winner Sardes-Leespluim

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Read-out-loud stories for the very

young more in the mouse series:

The press about At Home with Mouse: ‘The simple, sweet line drawings in soft colours are pleasant on the eyes. Queries included in the rhymes invite interaction. For young toddlers, this booklet can give meaning to the world nearby, with jokes that you can enjoy and laugh at together.’ – jury Sardes-Leespluim ‘Every story is equally sweet, cute and recognizable. The pure simplicity is the strength of this book.’ – HEBBAN.NL, reading community in the Netherlands and Belgium

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age 2+

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Harmen van Straaten Hello, Hello, Whose Roar Do I Hear?

Roooaar!

A racket resounds through the house.

Little Bear is startled. Is it Lion, or Crocodile, or Cow, or Monkey?

Of course, each prefers the noise they make best…

‘No!’ Little Bear whispers. ‘Just listen… it’s coming from nearby!’

‘Hello, hello… whose roar do I hear?’

Picture book with padded cover | 24.5 x 25 cm 24 pages | March 2021

Hilarious picture book in rhyme from the creator of Hey, Who’s in the Loo?

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New bestseller by Harmen van

Straaten For more information about the books by Harmen van Straaten, check out our Harmen van Straaten brochure!

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Hilarious picture book in rhyme

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Perfect for any family with a newborn

other picture books by harmen van straaten:

... and more!

Rights sold: books by Harmen van Straaten are sold to the U.K., Italy, France, Germany, China, Korea, Denmark and Japan

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age 2+

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Annemarie van Haeringen Little Elephant in the Woods

Little Elephant in a wood, stay near Mummy, understood?!

Otherwise, you could get lost, giving one pause for thought.

Little Elephant in a wood, stay near Mummy, understood?!

Board book | 21.3 x 21.6 cm | 16 pages | June 2021

A lovely board book after a classic lullaby. Starring Little Elephant, always happily investigating his surroundings.

more little elephant for toddlers:

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Don’t lose sight of Mummy!

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A lesson with a happy end

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By multiple Golden and Silver Pencil

winner Annemarie van Haeringen

For more information about the books by Annemarie van Haeringen, check out our Annemarie van Haeringen brochure!

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age 3+

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Max Velthuijs How Are You Feeling, Frog?

Frog is a lot like you. He experiences all kinds of emotions.

Can you guess how Frog is feeling now?

Frog wants to make something special for Piglet.

But it doesn’t go very well, so Frog is rather sad.

Of course it works out in the end. Also, he learns it doesn’t matter.

Because his friends love him anyway!

Board book | 22 x 22 cm | 16 pages | March 2021

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Encourages talking about feelings

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About dealing with difficult emotions

and getting along

For more information about the books by Max Velthuijs, please check out our Max Velthuijs brochure!

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age 3+

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Max Velthuijs Frog Learns Shapes

Frog learns shapes. Join him! If you look well, you see them everywhere!

Frog wants to go camping, Rat has a tent. The tent starts rolled up; a circle. Frog and Rat set it up with guy ropes and pegs and then suddenly there is a… triangle!

An outdoor adventure full of shapes.

Board book | 22 x 22 cm | 16 pages | November 2020

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Learn different shapes in a fun way!

For more information about the books by Max Velthuijs, please check out our Max Velthuijs brochure!

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Fien & Teun Fien & Teun – The MegaHuge Bug Book

Fien and Teun are going on an adventure in their own backyard, in search of fantastic insects. Bees, butterflies, ants, spiders, ladybirds, mosquitoes and more. Where do all these fantastic bugs come from?

And how important are they for our natural world?

Read-aloud and activity book | 21 x 25 cm | 56 pages April 2021

Read and discover it in this book full of creepy crawlies, full of stories and fun craft assignments.

Create an insect hotel, make flower bombs and much more. Go on an adventure in your backyard! Will you be helping the insects in your garden too?

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With engaging outdoor activities

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Appreciation for the outdoors and the

variety of unique insects and their importance ◆

Fien and Teun Theatre tour, TV-series,

products, real life adventure farm and more! ◆

Fien & Teun the Movie: in theatres

Summer 2021 more about fien & teun:

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Barbara de Wolf Shorty

Picture book | 21 x 25 cm | 32 pages | November 2020

Eleven friends are having dinner together. They sit around the table from large to small. When they have finished, it’s time to wash up… Bear shoves his plate, mug, fork and empty honey jar towards Pony, sitting next to him. ‘Ooh, I’m so full,’ says Bear. ‘Could you clear the table, shorty?’

But Pony doesn’t feel like it either. He makes up an excuse and moves the dirty dishes to the next person.

In this way more and more dirty plates, mugs and forks are piled up, until an enormous pile of dirty dishes finally ends in front of Bee… ◆

Funny picture book about animals,

counting, big versus small and... good manners! ◆

Original, quirky collage art

About Professor Klutz’s Zilch Machine: ‘What a fun picture book! It’s definitely going on my list of recommended books! I have read it to my children about eight times now, and it’s still a big hit, also because there is something new to spot in the illustrations every time.’

– Van Rossum booksellers

more by barbara de wolf:

‘Brilliant fun picture book.’

– book critic Pjotr van Lenteren ‘A wonderful story which is not only fun for children. Adults will also enjoy this hilarious picture book when they read it to their child. And when you take the time to look at the funny illustrations properly, you will discover something new every time.’ – Ineke van Nispen, Libris booksellers

English translations available

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age 4+

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Gitte Spee Bonkie Is (Not) Happy

Bonkie is sad. He sees all his friends arguing with each other! What could be the matter? Fox takes him along into the forest. Will everyone be happy again in the end?

Picture book | 23.8 x 28.6 cm | 32 pages | March 2021

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Comforting message in a world

full of polarization Be kind to each other

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Warm and soft illustrations

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Ingrid and Dieter Schubert Best Friends Aren’t Afraid of Anything

Picture book | 23.8 x 28.6 cm | 32 pag. | November 2020

About Best Friends Aren’t Afraid of Anything: Best Friends Aren’t Afraid Of Anything is a lovely picture book that pre-schoolers will easily identify with… What are you afraid of doing? And who helps you when you’re afraid? How does it feel once you’ve overcome your fear? The cheerful story helps small children more easily access a wealth of their emotions. A beautiful picture book with a valuable extra dimension. – book blog lettersenspetters.nl

‘Did you hear that?’

‘I’m not scared!’

‘Do you wanna look?’

‘No, you first!’

Fortunately, Daddy always knows where to find his little guinea pigs!

They ride home on his back.

‘I want to sit up front.’

‘No, me!’ ◆

Challenges and discoveries, agreeing

and disagreeing, recognisable for both children and parents ◆

From the authors of Maurits Mouse and

Maurits Mouse and Rembrandt

more by ingrid and dieter schubert:

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Two little guinea pigs go outside to play.

As long as they have each other, they’re not afraid of anything!

Anything?

Climb the highest mountain? Easy!

‘You first.’

‘No, you!’

They explore the world together. Luckily, they always agree. Always? Almost always. After a long day of discovery they fall asleep in the sun. When they wake up it’s dark outside. There’s something rustling in the bushes...

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Arend van Dam Alex de Wolf Out with Grandma & Tell me, Grandad

Out with Grandma Lucy and Grandma go to the park. They feed the ducks, find a pretty pigeon feather and do the chicken dance.

Back home they construct a wooden bird box together, and it doesn’t take long before a bird family makes itself at home in it!

Tell me, Grandad Bart wonders whether Grandad used to be a kid too.

Did he have a daddy? And a grandfather? And when Bart grows old, will he have wrinkles and turn grey, just like grandad? There is one thing Bart knows for certain: when he is old, he also wants to have those pretty little blue streams on his hands! ◆

Final two books in the six-book series

by successful duo Arend van Dam en Alex de Wolf ◆

With best grandma/grandad diploma

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Each book has a specific theme:

Picture book | 20 x 20 cm | 32 pages | March 2021

patience, imagination, wanting to win,

English translations available

testing the boundaries, growing older and doing fun stuff together ◆

Warm and relatable

more in the grandparents-series:

Rights sold: Paralela 45 (Romania), Beijing Dandelion Children’s Book House (China)

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condor books

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Job van Gelder Later I Want To Be Little

Illustrator Job van Gelder makes his debut as an author with this delightful picture book that goes perfectly with the theme of this year’s Children’s Book Week in the Netherlands.

Daydreaming about your future has never been such fun!

What do you want to be when you grow up? The kids in this book know. The bicycle mechanic’s daughter, for instance, wants to be a tinkerer. One boy dreams of a career as an astronaut and builds a rocket that can take his whole family to outer space. Yet another boy is an aspiring young archaeologist with his very own treasure-digger…

Picture book | 22 x 28 cm | 40 pages | August 2021

As an illustrator Job van Gelder has created work for the visual arts and poetry publisher Plint and the Efteling fantasy-theme park. He has illustrated picture books for authors including Mark Haayema and Bette Westera, as well as contributed drawings to the World Atlas of Football (Condor, 2016). Both the text and images of Later I Want To Be Little are from his hand. He works from Studio Monnikenwerk in Den Bosch, the city where he also lives.

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Daydreaming about your future

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Top illustrator Job van Gelder’s writing

debut

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Yorick Goldewijk Yvonne Lacet Here be Dragons There’s a pile of leaves in the garden.

‘Leave them,’ says mum. ‘You’ll make a mess.’

‘There’s nothing under there,’ says dad.

‘Just grass and sand.’

But you know better.

Under those leaves is not NOTHING. There is EVERYTHING. Photographer and artist Yvonne Lacet and writer Yorick Goldewijk take you on a journey into your own imagination. Flower petals become butterflies, leaves become mountains, husks become monsters…

Until it all ends in the vast starry sky: ‘Even more of everything, you thought. But this time you didn’t jump in. You smiled and, contentedly, fell asleep.’

Picture book | 22 x 30 cm | 48 pages | October 2020

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Yvonne Lacet previously made the

picture book Bladerbeesten (Leafy

‘I think I have what you’re looking for,’ said the most honest car dealer of the City.

Critters), which has been published in

‘How far do you want to go?’

‘As far as possible,’ you said.

He rubbed his hands and grinned.

the United States, France, Japan and

‘A fast ride is expensive. Yet fast.

And faster means farther.’

It didn’t matter to you, for in the City of Holes you could pay with leaves.

Korea

So you nodded and grinned back.

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Stimulates imagination and linguistic

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Unique picture book with magical

photo collage art work

Praise for Here be Dragons: ‘Photographer and artist Yvonne Lacet and writer Yorick Goldewijk take you on a journey through the imagination, it’s an invitation to explore nature together with your child, to collect stuff outdoors, discover it’s many shapes and make up your own stories to match.’ – daily newspaper Weekend

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‘Goldewijk’s lighthearted text is full of wit. [...] Lacet and Goldewijk appeal to the child inside the reader without ever being childish. [...] A book for readers who, in a world in which everything has already been discovered, dare to dream about wondrous, hidden places.’ – daily newspaper Het Parool

Rights sold: Green Spinach Publishing (Korea), Carlo Gallucci Editore (Italy)

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Paul de Moor Kaatje Vermeire Blanca There’s a vast snowy place, somewhere…

Lovely illustrated story for young and old about isolation and dreams. With a poetic text by Paul de Moor and enchanted drawings by Kaatje Vermeire.

Picture book | 17.3 x 24.6 cm | 64 pages | March 2021

There’s a vast snowy place, somewhere…

Surrounded by a vast white sea.

In the vast white landscape stands a big white house…

About the creators: Paul de Moor writes children’s and young adult books: about artists, exploration and life. In late 2016 he was told he had a terminal disease. He decided to become friends with his hostile cells. By telling them his stories. By taking them for bicycle rides and laying bare the terribly beautiful world. By showing them that in ugliness there is also beauty. By pointing out the array of colours between white and black. By embracing beauty hand-in-hand. By… yes, comforting them as well.

Blanca is inside, playing in her safe, white room.

At night, she dreams. Her small world gets bigger, and bigger…

And then Blanca is once again herself.

Kaatje Vermeire has illustrated many picture books, including her most recent work In Monet’s Garden to accompanying the exhibition Monet: The Garden Paintings at the Kunstmuseum in The Hague. Other books illustrated by her have been translated into several languages.

more by kaatje vermeire:

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Everything takes on a new meaning

in a translucent world ◆

A truly poetic text

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Milja Praagman Close

Stunning picture book in which text and illustrations go hand in hand. Presenting beautiful insights on loving and caring about each other and everything love brings, with a sometimes very recognizable twist!

Milja Praagman wrote and illustrated beautiful poems about belonging to each other, longing for one another, about growing old and… arguing as well.

And a poem about a baby in the belly, because, where is that hatch?

Illustrated Poems | 16.3 x 24.6 cm | 48 pages | June 2021

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Heart-warming texts by Milja Praagman

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You and Me

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We fit, we do, you and me, and me and you.

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André Kuipers 3, 2, 1, Go!

André receives a special letter. He has been accepted into the special astronaut school at the Kids Space Agency. There you can learn how to become an astronaut. And he could have a chance to blast off on his own trip to space! But only on one condition. He must first study for and pass his astronaut test. And there is only room for two kids on the trip…

Be enthralled in an exciting adventure with André Kuipers and the little Astronauts, whilst learning all the fun, crazy and unique facts about travel to space, as told by André Kuipers. As such this book is a unique combination of fiction and non-fiction, packed with graphical extras letting you truly rocket through the book’s adventure!

Fiction | 17.3 x 24.6 cm | 64 pages | April 2021

André Kuipers is the first Dutch astronaut to have flown to space twice. He lived and worked a total of 204 days on the international space station ISS.

André Kuipers about the little Astronauts: ‘It is my mission to inspire many children with science, technology and the pristine beauty of our unique planet.’

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Sander Koenen Can You Game In Space?

In the book Can You Game In Space? astronaut André Kuipers answers 101 fantastic questions from children about space. Questions like: – What happens if you have to cry in space?

– Have you seen alien life in space?

– Are astronauts superheroes?

– Have you ever discovered a new planet?

– Will our planet exist forever?

– Do you dream differently in space?

– Can your tie shoelaces in space?

André Kuipers is the first Dutch astronaut to have flown to space twice. He lived and worked a total of 204 days on the international space station ISS.

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Together, André and Sander formed Space Academy.

With their own theatre show, a museum attraction, books, videos and stories they transport young and old on fantastic journeys of discovery through space.

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Je zou dus kunnen denken dat astronauten superhelden zijn. En toch is dat niet zo. Astronauten kunnen al die dingen, omdat in de ruimte alles zweeft. Zodra we weer op aarde landen, zijn we al onze ‘superkrachten’ kwijt. Kortom: astronauten zijn heel normale mensen, maar wel met een heel bijzonder beroep!

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Perry Rhodan vroeger mijn superheld was? Door deze scienceficionboekjes kwam ik op het idee om astronaut te worden.

Ho, wacht even! Nu niet meteen tegen iedereen vertellen dat buitenaards leven bestaat. Ik zei... een ufo. Dat betekent: unidentified flying object.

In het Nederlands: iets dat vliegt, maar je weet niet precies wat het is.

Toen ik door het grote raam naar buiten keek, zag ik een lampje knipperen. Een vliegtuig kon het niet zijn, want die vliegen niet zo hoog boven de aarde.

Even dacht ik: misschien is het een ruimteschip! En meteen daarna: waarom zou een ruimteschip een knipperend lampje hebben? Op mijn ruimteschip zitten toch ook geen lampjes?

Al snel kwam ik erachter wat het wél was: een satelliet. Het knipperende licht was de zon die weerkaatste op de zonnepanelen. Omdat de satelliet draaide, ging het licht aan, uit, aan, uit. Ik heb dus heel even een ufo gezien.

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The Gorgles and the Great Operation Epic picture book about everything The Gorgles do to help their Human Child get well again.

Bobba has been feeling restless for days. A storm is brewing, bringing with it a wave of Shiver-Buglies.

Half of the children in the neighbouring town have already fallen ill. Bobba calls on all the Town-Crier Gorgles to warn everyone. Bobba and Belia manage to defeat almost all the Buglies. But then Melle gets very sick... Bobba sets a major operation in motion with Safe-Transit Gorgles, Healer-Gorgles and GuardGorgles. Because Gorgles will stop at nothing to make sure their Human Child gets well again.

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Meteen sprintten alle Doorsluisgorgels met ongekende snelheid weg.

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Ze moeten snel zijn, dacht Bobba. Anders wordt het te licht voor ze.

Dukko sprong op de hoek van de straat op een grote zilvermeeuw die verschrikt opvloog. Hij fluisterde iets in zijn oor en de meeuw zwenkte naar het noorden.

Meer Doorsluisgorgels zochten een sterke vogel om hen naar het Eiland te brengen.

Extremely popular with children,

Andere Gorgels renden achter een rijdende vrachtauto aan en gingen er als

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In een weiland aan de rand van de stad zoefden elf hazen richting het noorden.

De Doorsluisgorgels op hun rug hielden zich stevig vast aan de hazenvacht.

Hun puntige Gorgel-oortjes werden door de snelheid tegen hun hoofd aan gedrukt.

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Rights sold: The Gorgles are sold to Freies Geistesleben (Germany), Turbine (Denmark), Albatros Media (Czech Republic) and Dobraya Kniga (Russia)

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Martine Letterie Rick de Haas Why the Moon Disappears

It is 1942. Lotti lives in the Dutch East Indies when Japan occupies the country. Lotti and her mother are forced to go to an internment camp. Lotti loses everything: her house, her baboe (babysitter), her puppy. But nobody can take away the beautiful stories her dear baboe once told her. They are etched in Lotti’s memory and give her the courage and inspiration to survive.

Martine Letterie based Why the Moon Disappears on the experiences of survivors. Among others, she spoke with the acclaimed Dutch author Tonke Dragt about her childhood memories. Like the highly praised Children with a Star and Forbidden to Fly, Letterie describes war through the eyes of a child, along with the resilience children have to find a ray of hope even in the most difficult of situations.

Fiction | 17.3 x 24.6 cm | 184 pages | March 2021

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Tonke Dragt The Letter for the King

A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES

Tiuri is about to become a knight. There is just one night to go before the ceremony. This last night has to be spent in silent contemplation. But Tiuri hears a cry for help. If he responds, he will not be knighted.

But this is a matter of life and death!

Tiuri opens the door, and a stranger asks him a question that will change his life forever. He has to carry a secret letter to the king on the other side of the mountains, a letter that will determine the fate of the entire kingdom. Tiuri leaves everything behind: his home, his friends, his dreams – for a mission that could cost him his life.

Fiction | 15 x 23 cm | 456 pages

‘A true page-turner.’ – Sunday Times ‘Tiuri is set to be the next Harry Potter.’ – Daily Mail

For more information on international language rights and the work of Tonke Dragt, please contact us or check out our Tonke Dragt Brochure!

English translations available

Tonke Dragt Secrets of the Wild Wood

Ristridin the knight walked slowly on. The snow creaked beneath his feet and now and then he heard the snap of small branches. Otherwise, it was silent.

He felt like a traveller in the Realm of the Dead. This was the Wild Wood, where Dagonaut was king, even though he had never set foot there and had no idea of the secrets it hid. ‘And what about me?’ thought Ristridin. ‘I have unravelled those secrets, but will I ever get out of here alive to tell anyone what I know?’

When Ristridin does not return to his castle, Tiuri the knight and his friend Piak go out in search of him. Strange tales are told about the Wild Wood: of bandits and woodland spirits, of ruins and winding paths that lead you astray, and of the mysterious Men in Green...

Fiction | 14 x 21.5 cm | 460 pages

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Barbara Scholten Els van Egeraat Granny Get Your Gun!

Lina is the happiest girl in the world. For her tenth birthday she’s going on a three-day trip to Paris with her mum. That’s more time than she has ever spent with either of her busy parents! But unfortunately, her mum is awarded the Golden Gardenia, kind of the Nobel Prize of the flower trade, and has to travel to a lavender estate in the South of France. Lina’s dad is going abroad for business, and so, after a desperate round of phone calls, she is left with a grandmother she has never met before.

Lina’s grandma lives in a small cabin on a desolate camp site. And what Lina thought would be the most boring week of her life turns out to be a roller coaster of an adventure, when Lina discovers grandma’s two special hobbies: standing up for people in trouble, and shooting her air rifle. Two hobbies that go together very well!

Fiction | 14.8 x 21.5 cm | 160 pages | May 2021

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Annet Jacobs The TikTok Challenge

Nova is not allowed to be on TikTok, her parents forbid it. That’s too bad. Especially when all her friends sign up for a big TikTok competition full of new challenges. So she can still take part, Nova borrows a phone and the name of her neighbour, Dax. Nova’s TikToks are fun and get many likes. One video even goes viral. But then she realises that Dax is being pestered. Someone clearly does not want any new Dax-TikToks. Who would be doing this? It’s just a game isn’t it?

An exciting and comical TikTok-adventure for all children interested in dance videos, surprising sketches and pranks.

Fiction | 14 x 21.5 cm | 96 pages | March 2021

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Esmé Lammers Long Live the Queen

Sara has never met her father. She only knows that he lives in South-Africa. Victor, the new boy in school, has a book about a land where everybody is happy, except for the king. This king is bored and wants to go to war. The queen therefore invents an exciting game that never bores: chess.

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Wouter Klootwijk Irene Goede The Wind Shows the Way

‘What’s your name?’ the boy asks.

‘Just give me a name, then I’ll know what it is,’ says the girl.

The boy gazes at the water.

And he suddenly says, ‘Your name is Vera.’

‘All right,’ replies the girl.

Jan and Vera find each other in a world where something terrible has happened. But they don’t know precisely what. There is no more oil, no electricity, and no parents to be seen anywhere.

A unique story about trusting in nature and one another: if you want to get to the other side, you build a raft and let the wind show you the way. If it’s raining, you make a roof. If you’re hungry, you eat the cherries that grow on the trees. But winter is on its way…

Fiction | 15 x 22 cm | 88 pages | March 2021

The press about Wouter Klootwijk: ‘Beautiful, intimate story.’ – book critic Pjotr van Lenteren ‘A subtle ode to the simple things in life.’– daily newspaper Trouw

Wouter Klootwijk previously wrote Anne, the Horse and the River, which was awarded the Flag & Pennant and Reaching the Other Side, which received the Silver Pencil.

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Maarten Kuipers Emanuel Wiemans Roller-Skate Kid

Fasten your seatbelt! Take a ride with Max, who has just ‘borrowed’ his uncle’s sports car…

Max gets in behind the wheel of a car. With his roller skates on he can just about reach the pedals. He’s headed to his dad Walter who’s in prison accused of stealing.

Today is Walter’s birthday and Max really wants to give him a gift. So if his incredibly mean Uncle Windolf won’t give him a lift, he’ll just have to drive there himself! All he needs is a luxurious sports car, directions and a few handy YouTube videos as driving lessons.

Fiction | 14 x 21.5 cm | 240 pages | July 2021

So begins an unforgettable but risky adventure.

Because what will happen if Uncle Windolf discovers his car is missing? And what if, along the way, Max picks up a hitchhiker, a friendly but strange elderly woman? Max will have to go to all ends to see his dad… So there’s no time to lose!

Maarten Kuipers (1972) works in advertising. He is also a songwriter and musician, and has written songs for the Dutch Sesame Street. Roller-Skate Kid is his first children’s novel. Maarten lives in Utrecht with his wife and two kids – who are, by the way, not allowed anywhere NEAR his car keys..

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Joël Broekaert Marieke van Ditshuizen From Honey Bee to Chocolate Chips About all the goodness we get from plants With all the readymade foods we have, we hardly think about the fact that there’s a lot of food we can simply pluck off a tree or bush. The raw materials for products we use daily, like chocolate, cinnamon and vanilla, also come straight from nature. Did you know that cinnamon is actually the bark of a tree?

From Honey Bee to Chocolate Chips takes us to the origin of our daily food: the plant. From seed to germ, via stem and leaf, ultimately to a flowering and fruit bearing plant. And let’s not forget the roots, tubers and bulbs. The cycle is complete when we go back into the soil to find fungi.

Non-fiction | 21 x 25 cm | 128 pages | March 2021

Marieke van Ditshuizen used a unique technique to create the art work for this book: she made every image three times, in the three basic printing colours, which she then positioned on top of each other in different degrees of transparency. The effect is stunning.

Joël Broekaert is a food journalist and restaurant critic, he writes books and makes tv-programmes about food. He is fascinated by the fact that we eat everything in the cycle of the plant, from seed to fungus.

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Maren Stoffels Escape Game

Brahim looks wide-eyed at the door.

‘What is it?’ Coco asks.

I know his answer before he utters the words.

My stomach knots up.

‘The door… I think it’s really locked…’

Trigo can’t wait for the new escape room in his town to open. So he dares his friends to break into the place to try it out in advance. Once inside, the door slams shut and won’t open again. There’s only one way out: solve all the riddles and find the exit. But the escape room isn’t entirely finished yet and therefore deadly…

Fiction | 15 x 22 cm | 128 pages | April 2021

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maren’s thrillers for age 13 and up:

Thrilling new series for kids 10 and up

English translations available

Rights sold: English World rights to Escape Room, Fright Night and Room Service have been sold to Delacorte Press (U.S.A.) Fright Night sold to Pelledoca editore (Italy) and Dituria (Albania)

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Erna Sassen Martijn van der Linden Untitled

Joshua misses his soulmate Zivan, who has moved back to Iraq, where she was born, with her parents.

He’s also worried: she no longer responds; the checks at the end of his WhatsApp messages don’t turn blue. Joshua has no choice; he must try and go on without Zivan. His passion for drawing and art, and an unexpected friendship with Sergio (‘quick tongue, big muscles and irresistible to the girls’) are his saving grace.

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Literary novel for young people about

a contemporary subject: a refugee who The press about author Erna Sassen: ‘This is exactly what Erna Sassen should write: moving novels about adolescents.’ – daily newspaper Trouw

returns to her native land, while her

‘Insightful, complex and remarkably honest portrait of a struggling and sensitive teenager. Remarkably courageous book.’ – daily Belgian newspaper De Morgen

glimpse into the main character’s

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Unique perspective: novel with a

sketchbook ◆

Richly illustrated by Martijn van der

Linden, winner of a Silver and Gold more by erna sassen:

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Iris Hannema Shadow Brother

I left because I had to. I need to know the truth.

I’m going to Japan. I have to. I’m following Alec’s postcard, his last postcard, his last words.

Hebe travels to Japan in the footsteps of her deceased brother Alec, looking for answers about his death.

Alec was a professional free diver. Hebe can’t believe he’s drowned. She reads his last words as a message, as clues she should follow. They lead her to the bustling heart of Tokyo and finally to Ishigaki, an island in the deep blue ocean...

In search of what Alec couldn’t tell her, Hebe discovers what it’s like to travel alone, break free from all that is familiar, and get by in a land where she doesn’t know anyone.

Fiction | 14 x 21.3 cm | 272 pages | October 2020

The press about author Iris Hannema: ‘It is more than clear that this could only have been written by a true world traveller. The details about different cultures, (eating) habits and that sense of being all alone (even without a smartphone) are extremely realistic. Very beautiful.’

– HEBBAN.NL, reading community in the Netherlands and Belgium

Iris Hannema worked as a travel journalist for many years. Over the past ten years, she has travelled to more than a hundred countries on five continents.

She has previously written non-fiction books about her travels. Shadow Brother is her first novel. ◆

Literary (youth) novel, also for adults

‘Hannema takes the reader on a life-like journey through Japan, thanks to her impressive travel experiences and fabulous recollection of detail. But it’s Hebe’s uncompromising self-reflection that truly makes for an incredibly moving story’ – daily newspaper HET PAROOL

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Rights sold: Freies Geistesleben (Germany) English sample translation available

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Rindert Kromhout My Father’s Name

Returning to a homeland, which no longer exists.

In 1945 Klaus Mann travels, as a journalist, through post-war Europe back to his homeland Germany for the first time in years. He wonders how his county and fellow citizens have fared. What has changed due to the war? And he reflects on how he himself has changed because of everything that’s happened.

Fiction | 14 x 21.3 cm | 256 pages | November 2020 About the Mann trilogy: ‘Fascinating coming-of-age novel about Klaus’s adulthood and struggle, set against the background of the first half of the 20th century. If anyone can convincingly depict the historical reality, it is Rindert Kromhout. Skilfully and carefully, he straddles the boundary between fiction and non-fiction.’ – daily newspaper NRC Handelsblad

Rindert Kromhout beautifully brings together history (the Second World War) and current affairs (refugees who no longer feel at home anywhere) in a compelling story, as seen through the eyes of the well-known writer Klaus Mann. Similar to his Charleston Trilogy, Kromhout brings a famous writer’s family to life. ◆

Third and concluding book in

Kromhout’s trilogy featuring Klaus

‘Wonderful time portrait of the artistic milieu of the Mann family in Germany between the two World Wars.

A masterpiece.’ – daily newspaper HET PAROOL ****

Mann

‘Kromhout turns Klaus into a man of flesh and blood.

An excellent book for young people longing to read more about the Second World War.’ – JaapLeest.nl, reviews of children’s literature

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And I Was His Hero nominated for

the Best Book for Young Adults 2019

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Art Book series ◆

Picture books about art, for all ages

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Collaborations with big museums and

exhibitions ‘In the world of books for children and young adults, one of the finest initiatives in years: this collaboration between publishing house Leopold and the Kunstmuseum in The Hague.’ – daily newspaper Leidsch Dagblad ‘Art history doesn’t get any better than this.’ – daily newspaper NRC Handelsblad For more information about Leopold’s Art Books, please check out our Art Books brochure!

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Marjon Hoffman Georgien Overwater Series: Rosie’s Rules

Rosie thinks it’s ridiculous that grown-ups get to decide everything. She thinks she can do way better and makes up her own rules: If someone swaps something with you when you haven’t really had a chance to think about it properly, it’s okay to steal it back!

If your parents think you should visit old people because you can learn so much from them, they shouldn’t complain when these people teach you the wrong things.

Fiction | 14,5 x 21,8 cm | 128-144 pages

Some things you should never do with your eyes closed! ◆

books in de rosie’s rules series:

Award-winning tv-series, two seasons

sold to Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, France, French speaking African countries and Denmark ◆

Hit-series in the Netherlands,

500,000 books sold ◆

Short stories, quirky heroin

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Black and white art work

by Georgien Overwater ◆

Ideal for reluctant readers

English sample translations available

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Vivian den Hollander Juliette de Wit Series: Freckle and Marsh

No criminal is safe from these two detectives!

Freckle and Marsh are best friends and proper sleuths. Marsh never leaves the house without her notebook, because you never know what suspicious things you might see! She jots them all down.

Another thing she would never forget to bring, are marshmallows. When she eats them, she can think extra well, she claims. Her best friend Freckle isn’t always as keen on doing detective stuff, but he would never let Marsh go at it alone. Marsh’s cousin Nelson is a police officer. That way, Freckle and Marsh often hear interesting information, and sometimes they even get the chance to help him solve a case!

Fiction | 14.8 x 21.5 cm | 112-128 pages

books in de freckle and marsh series:

Riveting detective series

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With black and white illustrations

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Reggie Naus Mark Janssen Series: The Pirates Down the Street

Imagine your next-door neighbours are pirates… And that they don’t live in an ordinary house, but in a kind of boat-shaped construction made from pieces of wreckage. They have a proper canon, which they actually fire for fun, and a guard shark swimming around their small moat. And they do everything the pirate way, because if there is anything the hate, it’s landlubber stuff.

So the Blunderbusses are a proper pirate family.

For years they used to sail the seven seas, but now they want to settle down. Captain Blunderbuss and his wife Betsy have a son: Billy. And then there is Grandpa Blunderbuss. He is the roughest pirate that ever lived, and people tell the wildest stories about him. Grandpa Blunderbuss is always thirsty, particularly for rum.

Fiction | 15 x 22 cm | 208 pages | April 2020

Michael lives in the house next to the pirates. He is the only person in their ‘decent’ neighbourhood who enjoys having the pirates around. He and Billy soon become best friends. ◆

Funniest pirates you’ll ever read about!

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With black and white illustrations

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More than 50.000 copies sold

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The Pirates Down the Street was

released in Spring 2020 and already has had more than 200.000 visitors ◆ Movie

Rights sold: Carlo Galluci Editore (Italy)

The Pirates Down the Street will

be released in Russia, Germany and Italy

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Mirjam Oldenhave Rick de Haas Series: Mister Twister

Mister Twister is a trainee, so he’s not completely sure about all the things a school teacher is supposed to do. But fortunately he has a classroom full of experts!

The children teach him that a Spiderman movie is practically a nature documentary, because what is a spider, if not ‘nature’? Also, it’s much more efficient to let one person make all the sums and then let the others copy the answers!

Apart from the book series, there have been five very successful movies, a tv-series and a tv-quiz about the much-loved trainee.

Fiction | 14 x 21.5 cm | 136 pages | November 2020

English sample translations available

‘Everything Oldenhave writes has pace.’

– national newspaper NRC Handelsblad

books in the mister twister series:

Mirjam Oldenhave

H opp a!

H opp a!

Rights sold: Coppenrath (Germany), Pagony (Hungary) ploegsma

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Paul van Loon Hugo van Look Series: Alfie the Werewolf Paul van Loon – winner of three GOLDEN BOOKS

Alfie is just a boy like any other boy.

Except three nights a month, when the moon is full, he turns into a werewolf.

A fluffy white werewolf who wears glasses.

At first this gets Alfie very upset. He even thinks about running away.

But his foster parents don’t seem to mind he’s a werewolf.

Thank goodness, because now he has a place he can call home.

Fiction | 14 x 21.5 cm | 80 pages | February 2021

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More than 1 million books sold: most

popular series in the Netherlands by

award winning author Paul van Loon

During the full moon he experiences thrilling adventures, together with his girlfriend Noura, his step-brother Timmy, Grandpa Werewolf and his werewolf cousin Leo.

books in the alfie the werewolf series:

English translations available

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Rights sold: LAPA Uitgewers (South-Africa), Qingdao Publishing House (China), Nieko Rimto (Lithuania), The Old Lion Publishing House (Ukraine)

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