Lannoo's Children's List Frankfurt 2023

I Take a Bite!

Eva Stalinski

Cheerful crinkle book with ribbons

With clear illustrations and attractive patterns

The perfect introduction to different types of fruit, flavours and colours

‘Banana’, ‘apple’, and ‘pear’ are some of the first words in the vocabularies of toddlers. This playful booklet focusses on this recognisable topic.

Young children will simply adore this booklet!

140 x 140 mm | 6 pages | 17 words full colour illustrations | crinkle book age group: 0+ | all rights available

Eva Stalinski is the kind of illustrator who when prompted to draw an apple, will draw an apple with a face. In her home studio she prints clothes and designs tea towels, teacups and other products with illustrations. Now and again, she works for brands like Snapchat, ARKET and Nooworks.

I Go Potty on My Own

First Aid for Potty Training

Mama Baas, illustrations Emma

Thyssen

I Don’t Need a Pacifier Anymore

First

Aid for Letting Go of the Pacifier

Mama Baas, illustrations Emma Thyssen

Box with reward poster and accompanying sticker sheet

A fun way for you and your child to get started with potty training

Complete with a supportive information booklet contai ning experts’ advice

240 x 260 mm | 20 pages | 4,000 words full colour illustrations | box all rights available

For some parents, potty training is a difficult time. ‘When is my child ready?’, ‘How do I start potty training?’, ‘Which reward systems really works?’, ‘Is it wor risome if my child needs a little longer than other children?’.

Getting your child to go potty is an important milestone, but it can be a bumpy road. With this book Mama Baas offers an aid to simplify this transition.

George & Paul - Time for a Nap

Joost van den Bosch & Erik Verkerk

A new publication in a unique series of board books

Humour and recognisability for the smallest of all

From a popular stop-motion animated series

The two friends have entirely different plans: George would love to rest, Paul wants to play together.

George builds a wall between them, so he can laze away the day. But that doesn’t help.

What else can he build?

Light-heartedly and likeably looking. These two are sure to appeal to a worldwide audience.

– Holland Animation Film Festival

Joost van den Bosch and Erik Verkerk are the creators of George & Paul, toy characters in the animations films that are broadcast in more than 10 countries, amongst which the UK, South-Korea, China, Israël, Finland, Slovenia and New-Zealand.

215 x 240 mm | 32 pages | 300 words full colour illustrations | board book age group: 2+ | all rights available

George & Paul Confused all rights available

The King without Muscles

Levina van Teunenbroek, illustrations Charlotte Bruijn

A new adventure in the Knight without Buttocks series!

The Knight without Buttocks series has already sold over 90,000 copies and is available in several languages

The king has everything worked out for him: a beautiful queen by his side, a smart daughter doing her best in princess school, and exceptional buttocks! But he has become a little bit lazy. So lazy, in fact, that he no longer fits in the bubble bath. The queen sends him to the gym and with good intentions, the king starts ballet, boxing and yoga classes. But is there perhaps a more efficient way to train your muscles?

The King without Muscles is a hilarious picture book that shows you why playing outside may be the best sport there is!

The Knight without Buttocks

Spanish, Catalan, Italian, Simplified Chinese and English rights sold English manuscript available

The Prince without Buttocks

Italian and Simplified Chinese rights sold English manuscript available

215 x 285 mm | 44 pages | 600 words hardcover | full colour illustrations | age group: 3+ | all rights available

Levina van Teunenbroek is pedagogical worker, storyteller and writer. As a nursery school teacher she has been telling stories to toddlers for over 20 years. Her stories are exciting, silly, sometimes a little bit naughty, interactive, sweet or funny. Charlotte Bruijn is fond of illustrating books with a crazy twist or a deeper meaning. Because that’s what makes her heart beat happily and gives wings to her pencil.

The Princess without Stench French, Simplified Chinese, Spanish and Catalan rights sold English manuscript available

ZigZag - Space Makii

A two meter long print: endless viewing pleasure guaranteed

With interesting facts, stories and search tasks

Stimulates a child's fantasy

Hop onto your spaceship and discover the planets and the universe! Find space dog Laika, count every falling star and discover the constellations during this journey through space.

But also discover how gravity works, what the word ‘Sputnik’ means and why Pluto isn’t actually a true planet anymore.

Chock-full of facts and witty characters!

250 x 350 mm | 12 pages | ca. 5,000 words fold-out board book | all rights available

Makii is an imaginative duo of Dutch designers. With their colourful and crazy characters they want to inspire children. Their ZigZag books are already available in 10 different languages!

ZigZag - Around the World

16 pages all rights available

ZigZag - Vehicles

16 pages

French, Simplified Chinese, Slovak, Czech, Italian, Finnish, German, Spanish, Catalan and Russian rights sold

ZigZag - Dinosaurs

16 pages

Simplified Chinese, French and German rights sold

ZigZag - The Forest

12 pages all rights available

ZigZag - Music

12 pages all rights available

Fox and Hare - Where Is the Gift?

A Read-Aloud Search Book

Sylvia Vanden Heede, illustrations Thé Tjong-Khing

A new, large read-aloud book by the golden duo

A funny story by Sylvia Vanden Heede about parties and friendship

Thé Tjong-Khing creates endless searching fun

Owl, Fox and Hare are having a party. A birthday party! Because your birthday is fun. Everyone comes by. Everyone brings presents. Feather gifts Owl a cakeserver. A server of real silver. But when the guests are gone, the cake-server is gone too! Who’s the thief? And where’s Owl’s present?

240 x 320 mm | 32 pages | 1,360 words full colour illustrations | hardcover age group: 3+ | all rights available

Sylvia Vanden Heede writes for children who were only just taught how to read, but also for older children and teenagers. Her oeuvre has among others been awarded a Zilveren Griffel and the Gouden Uil Prijs van de Jonge Lezer. With his illustrations

Thé Tjong-Khing has already been awarded several prizes, amongst which the Woutertje Pieterse Award, a Zilveren Penseel and the Max Velthuijs Award.

Happy Birt hday, T hé T jong-Khin g!

1,887,208 books s old!

Cake for Everyone!

Thé Tjong-Khing

Celebrate Thé Tjong-Khing's 90th birthday with a new cake book!

A wonderful search-and-find book for young and old

Thé Tjong-Khing's cake books are ageless classics, both in the Low Countries and internationally

A gathering of animal friends gets shaken up when their belongings get stolen. But a lot more is going on.

Who is hiding in the bushes?

Where is Mr. Dog going?

Why does Frog jump over the river?

Find the stolen objects on each spread and find out who they belong to.

Where Is the Cake?

English, German, French, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Hebrew, Korean, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish (Spain & Latin America), Catalan, Simplified Chinese, Afrikaans, Taiwanese, Italian, Turkish, Hungarian, Russian and Vietnamese rights sold

Picknick with Cake English, Japanese, German, French, Hebrew, Danish, Korean, Afrikaans, Spanish (Latin America), Simplified Chinese, Polish, Italian and Vietnamese rights sold

245 x 285 mm | 32 pages | wordless hardcover | full colour illustrations age group: 3+ | German and Simplified Chinese rights sold

Thé Tjong-Khing has already been awarded several prizes, amongst which the Woutertje Pieterse Award, a Zilveren Penseel and the Max Velthuijs Award.

Art with Cake

Korean, Polish, German, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Catalan, Italian and English (for Spain only) rights sold

Birthday with Cake

Korean, German, Afrikaans, French, English, Danish, Simplified Chinese and Polish rights sold

An Extraordinary Friend

Aline Portman

A beautiful read-aloud story about friendship

Recognisable themes for toddlers and older children, such as friendship and pets

A gift book with playful illustrations

Warre dreams of having a pet. But he doesn’t want just any pet. It has to be an extraordinary specimen, one that would turn everyone’s heads. A whale for example.

Seppe the dog dreams of having an owner. He doesn’t want just any owner. He’s looking for an extraordinary person. An astronaut for example.

Will they find who they’re looking for?

A warm and tender read-aloud story, as extroardinary as a real friend.

– Pieter Gaudesaboos

Aline Portman is an illustrator and graphic designer. She has been trained in Graphical Design and Illustration in Antwerp. Having designed on computer for a long time, she wanted to go back to basics: pencil and paper.

210 x 280 mm | 48 pages | 450 words full colour illustrations | hardcover age group 3+ | Korean and German rights sold

Get a Pet Plant

Marianne Busser & Ron Schröder, illustrations

Witty rhyming stories for toddlers

With colourful illustrations by Eefje Kuijl

Written clearly and light-heartedly for preschoolers

Are you not allowed to have a pet? No bunny, dog or cat to care for? Then a fun houseplant could be the ideal solution! This book proves that plants can be fun to take care of!

Especially when you manage to find a unique plant: a plant that moves, or one that can live without submerged roots. And if you want something even more special you can look for a plant that grows hundreds of baby plants, a plant that eats flesh or even better: a plant that can dance!

In this illustrated rhyming book Marianne Busser and Ron Schröder show you all the greatest houseplants.

170 x 240 mm | 40 pages | 1,690 words full colour illustrations | hardcover age group: 4+ | all rights available

By now Marianne Busser and Ron Schröder have written more than 450 books and more than a thousand songs among which Het grote liedjesboek (The Great Book of Songs) and Liselotje is jarig (It’s Liselot’s Birthday). Besides that they have written much for children’s magazines and the TV show Sesame Street.

Is That a Robber in the Woods?

Levina van Teunenbroek, illustrations Emanuel Wiemans

Ga mee het bos in, op zoek naar de rover! Maar hoe ziet die eruit? Misschien is het de meneer met het schort om. Of de mevrouw met de blote voeten.

Of zit de rover in de uitkijkpost verstopt? Sluip verder, speur mee en tel af tot je de rover gevonden hebt. En wat dan? Nou, heel hard rennen, natuurlijk!

A funny, unconventional and captivating search-and-find story

Dit spannende zoek- en telverhaal van Levina van Teunenbroek is een feest om voor te lezen aan peuters en kleuters. Emanuel Wiemans maakte de schitterende illustraties.

Perfectly suited to turn into a game at the kindergarten or daycare

Levina van Teunenbroek’s books have already sold over 90,000 copies

In this book you and the brave protagonist go into the forest in search of the robber. Counting down from ten to one, all kinds of persons appear. But where exactly is the robber hiding? Sneak on and count down to find her. And then what? Well, run really fast, of course!

Is That a Robber in the Woods? is an exciting and funny story full of educational elements such as counting and searching. Perfect for reading to children from 18 months, but also great fun for the slightly older because of the interactive story. Emanuel Wiemans made the beautiful illustrations.

215 x 285 mm | 32 pages | 500 words hardcover | full colour illustrations | age group: 3+ all rights available

Levina van Teunenbroek is pedagogical worker, storyteller and writer. As a nursery school teacher she has been telling stories to toddlers for over 25 years. Her stories are exciting, silly, sometimes a little bit naughty, interactive, sweet or funny. Emanuel Wiemans is an illustrator, animator and cartoonist. In addition to illustrating his own titles, he also illustrates for authors such as Tjibbe Veldkamp and Jan Paul Schutten.

Is dat een rover in het bos?

Levina van Teunenbroek –Emanuel Wiemans

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Super!

Sanne Ramakers & Merel de Vink, illustrations Grootzus

Learn everything there is to know about supermarkets

A funny picture book tailored for curious children

With detailed illustrations by Grootzus

Storm visits the supermarket with his mum and twin sisters and looks around in amazement. How come the food never runs out? Why are there zebra stripes on the cans of peas? And why is it so cold in the frozen goods section? Luckily, supermarket manager Albert is there to answer all his questions.

Super! is a humour-filled educational picture book teaching children everything there is to know about supermarkets. It has stunning illustrations filled with colourful details by the artist Grootzus.

A great book in which children learn about the supermarket via a narrative!

– Janneke van de Groes, teacher at Het Mozaïek

Sanne Ramakers runs her own company jufsanne.com. She develops course materials for kindergarten. In 2014 she founded the Kindergarten University (Kleuteruniversiteit) and since then she writes children’s books together with her team. Merel de Vink’s company Leesvink provides elementary schools with complete school libraries. Grootzus illustrates colourful children's books and imaginative educational publications.

300 x 245 mm | 32 pages | 1,300 words hardcover | full colour illustrations | age group: 4+ all rights available

The Largest and Most Cheerful Book of All Vehicles

Tom Schamp

From cart to racing car by an internationally awarded and praised master illustrator

A unique picture and search-and-find book for children and adults alike

With many surprising, funny details and facts

Discover with Otto and Leon all kinds and models of vehicles: from the Trojan Horse to a Harley Davidson, from the postal coach and the steam engine to a Vespa and from the skateboard to a car.

Full of fun and original facts about everything on wheels.

The Largest and Funniest Picture Dictionary in the World French, German, English, Spanish, Icelandic, Norwegian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Swedish, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Japanese, Italian, Finnish and Complex Chinese rights sold

270 x 330 mm | 48 pages | ca. 11,500 words full colour illustrations| hardcover age group: 5+ | German, English, French, Italian, Czech, Slovak and Simplified Chinese rights sold

Tom Schamp studied applied graphics and works as a freelance illustrator. He illustrates books, magazines, posters, stamps, calendars, CD covers and many other things. He has received multiple awards, including a Boekenpauw and a Gulden Palet.

The Most Beautiful Book of All Colours

French, Spanish, Catalan, Norwegian, German, Simplified Chinese, Complex Chinese, English, Russian and Italian rights sold

The Diary of Feelings

Talk to Your Child about What Is on Their Mind

Anky De Frangh & Mama Baas

Gives parents more insight into a child's emotions

A gentle way to introduce children (age 4 and up) to their feelings, how to deal with them and how to express them

Accompanied of beautiful illustrations by cartoonist Heartily

Sometimes our offspring can have so many thoughts and feelings in their little heads. Talking about it and finding the right words isn’t always so easy and no matter how much you’d love to understand you child, as a parent it isn’t always easy to do so either. With The Diary of Feelings psychologist Anky De Frangh offers a starting point: an interactive diary with which your child learns to talk about their feelings. As a parent you learn how to listen and your child learns to think about itself. That way you child can get to know itself better and so can you!

Using playful stickers, daily questions, relaxing exercises and child appropriate illustrations by Heartily, you and your child will find a way to talk about difficult feelings and give their emotions a place.

Anky De Frangh has a masters in clinical psychology with a specialisation in children, youth and family. Besides that she was also trained as a behavioural therapist and is the mother of two children. Mama Baas is an online magazine, blog and community for and by mothers. Heartily is a Dutch illustrator who entertains her Instagram followers with daily true to life illustrations about parenthood.

170 x 210 mm | 144 pages | 5,000 words full colour illustrations | hardcover age group: 4+ | all rights available

A Sea of Love

Pieter

Heartwarming story about following your heart and your dreams

Magnificently illustrated by Pieter Gaudesaboos

A favourite of the public: already more than 22,000 copies sold in the Low Countries

A little penguin crosses the ocean to reach a lighthouse. He has important news for his friend the bear. So important that he hesitates and even considers returning home. Because he knows that, as soon as he will share his secret, everything will change forever. There’s no doubt about that.

200 x 300 mm | 80 pages | 770 words full colour illustrations | hardcover | age group: 5+ French, Italian, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Catalan, Slovenian, German, Portuguese and Faroese rights sold

This is a book to cherish for a lifetime. A modern classic!

– The DE BOON jury

It's hard to imagine a more beautiful plea for love.

– Leading Belgian newspaper De Standaard

The language is honest, hesitant and candid, just like love can be too. A rich picture book on many levels.

– Leading Dutch newspaper NRC Handelsblad Kasteelstraat 97 | b-8700 Tielt | Belgium | T +32 -51424211 | www.lannoopublishers.com CONTACT liesbeth.debruyne@lannoo.be, gunther.spriet@lannoo.be or wouter.roose@lannoo.be Picture & children's books

Pieter Gaudesaboos works as an illustrator, author and a designer. He stands out thanks to his eclectic and unique style. He has won several prestigious literature prizes in Belgium, including De Gouden Uil for children’s literature and a Boekenpluim. His most recent work A Sea of Love was awarded the Boon 2022 and a Zilveren Griffel.

Gaudesaboos Winner of the DE BOON Award 2022

Recent picture books

Saved!

Bette Westera & Mattias De Leeuw

240 x 320 mm | 32 pages

Norwegian and Korean rights sold

Into the Great Wide Open

Jacques Vriens & Pallieter Hutschemakers

215 x 285 mm | 40 pages all rights available

Happiness for Children - Poster Book

Leo Bormans & Sebastiaan Van Doninck

245 x 325 mm | 20 posters all rights available

Just Look!

Elvis Peeters & Sebastiaan Van Doninck

240 x 320 mm | 40 pages

Complex Chinese rights sold

Titmouse & Mole

Carli Biessels & Marije Tolman

160 x 230 mm | 64 pages

Danish rights sold

Nick Nighty Wants a Dog

But Dad Doesn't!

Bas Birker, illustrations Puck Koper

A children’s book debut by stand-up comedian Bas Birker

Strikingly illustrated by Puck Koper

To read aloud or on your own

The Nighty family already has a cat, some frogs and two chickens. They also used to have a canary, but it was buried in the garden a while back. The frogs don’t do anything but make noise. The chickens don’t lay eggs anymore. And the cat doesn’t really count for much either. It just does its own thing.

Nick Nighty wants a pet you can play with. A pet you can hug and take on walks. Nick Nighty wants a dog. But dad doesn’t like pets that much.

Luckily he does like mom. As such, only mom needs to want a dog. Then dad will automatically say yes.

Nick Nighty wants a dog (but dad doesn’t!) is a story about sly plans, great secrets and how dads act like they’re the boss, but in reality don’t have any say.

Bas Birker is a Dutch-Flemish stand-up comedian. After 20 years of comedy, 5 solo shows and countless contributions to radio and television, he now makes his debut as an author of children’s books. Puck Koper is an illustrator. Her debut Where is Your Sister? was selected for multiple international prizes. In 2019 she won the Fiep Westendorp grant with her work.

170 x 210 mm | 96 pages | 9,300 words full colour illustrations | hardcover age group: 6+ | all rights available

An Egg for Chick Charlie

Bette Westera, illustrations Femme ter Haar

Robin Fixes Everything

Anneke Verstraete, illustrations

Jeska Verstegen

Chick Charlotte is sitting on her egg. Chick Chelsea is also sitting on her egg. Next to Chick Chloe. On the other side of Chick Chrissy.

I want an egg too, Chick Charlie says. Just lay one then, Hen Ben says. I'm doing my best, Chick Charlie says. But without success. Nothing's coming.

170 x 240 mm | 48 pages | 1,500 words

full colour illustrations | hardcover age group: 6+ | all rights available

I'll find one for you, Hen Ben says. What kind of egg are you looking for, Charlie?

Bette Westera has already written many children’s books, including picture books, poetry collections and non-fiction. Her works have already received several awards, including a Gouden Griffel, the Woutertje Pieterse Prize and the Max Velthuijs Prize. Femme ter Haar works on various projects, such as children's books, editorial work as well as animations.

170 x 240 mm | 48 pages | 2,250 words

full colour illustrations | hardcover age group: 6+ | Simplified Chinese rights sold

Robin’s dad has a repair shop. People come and bring in their broken stuff. Robin’s dad repairs them.

Until one day, her dad gets fed up with it. He slips into bed and doesn’t come out anymore. Robin wants to fix her dad, and decides there needs to be more light in the house, everything needs to open up. Robin decides to fix the house… But then something goes wrong…

An Verstraete is an author and lecturer in college. She has already written countless plays and a few children’s books. Jeska Verstegen is the author and illustrator of more than 100 books.

Out of the Way for Piper Princess

Mirjam

Mous, illustrations Marja Meijer

Three witty stories bundled in this republication

With delicate B&W illustrations by Marja

Enjoy Piper’s brave adventures

Meijer

Piper Princess isn’t very princessy. She hates fitting slippers, kissing frogs and endlessly standing in front of a mirror. No, she’d much rather perform stunts with her skateboard or electric scooter. She also likes to make cars and carriages out of wood. Piper isn’t only brave, but also smart. During the Mirror Mirror Election she manages to unmask a malicious princess. When she and her sister Priscilla are abducted by a flying suitcase, Piper thinks up an amazing escape plan. And of course, she goes hunting for the treasure of Thousand and One Nights when she discovers a mysterious map in the sultan’s palace.

170 x 230 mm | 224 pages | 39,800 words

B&W illustrations | hardcover

age group: 7+ | all rights available

Mirjam Mous worked as a teacher before she decided to start writing full-time. Mirjam writes for a large public: funny books for children (such as Spees The Space Orphan (Spees de ruimtewees) and Vigo Vampire (Vigo Vampier)), but also touching and thrilling books for young adults. Her most famous young adult thriller Boy 7 was nominated for the Jonge Jury Award and was made into a movie in both the Netherlands and Germany. Marja Meijer is a Dutch illustrator who has already illustrated several books by Mirjam Mous and Janneke Schotveld.

Cat Soup

Janneke Schotveld, illustrations Annet Schaap

A thrilling story, a great mystery and lots of cats

Janneke Schotveld has sold over 1.25 million copies

Includes witty illustrations by Annet Schaap

Something odd is happening in grandpa’s neighbourhood: cats are disappearing. Together with grandpa’s neighbour’s daughter Lucy, Boeli tries to solve the mystery. What is causing the mysterious cat disappearances? And more importantly: what happens to the cats? When Boeli’s cat disappears too, time starts running short…

The 10th title about the coolest teacher ever: Super Miss!

With funny illustrations by Annet Schaap

The Super Miss series has already sold over 635,000 copies!

155 x 223 mm | 96 pages | 20,900 words

B&W illustrations | hardcover age group: 7+ | all rights available

Janneke Schotveld worked at a special needs school for over 12 years, but she is now a full-time writer. Janneke's books are always filled with humour and imagination. In 2012, she won the Prijs van de Nederlandse Kinderjury for Super Miss!

Annet Schaap studied at two academies of art and later attended the Professional Writers School, where she learnt to write plays, songs and poetry. She has illustrated books by a.o. Jacques Vriens, Janneke Schotveld and Francine Oomen.

Also available in the Super Miss! series

Super Miss! (#1)

Super Miss to the Rescue! (#2)

Super Miss Goes on Safari (#3)

Super Miss and the Sea (#4)

Super Miss in the Rainforest (#5)

Super Miss Goes Camping (#6)

Super Miss at the South Pole (#7)

Super Miss and the Monkey Circus (#8)

Super Miss in Australia (#9)

The Almost Entirely True Story of Ryan

Pepijn Lievens

A stirring story about big themes: loss and a first love

Written with much humour, light-heartedness and fantasy

As a reader you immediately take antihero Ryan to your heart

Ryan hasn’t seen his father for forty-three days, eight hours and seventeen minutes.

That’s how long he has been gone. He must be an explorer, Ryan suspects, that makes sense… and, of course, that must remain a secret.

Ryan also has a secret himself: he loves Rafaella, the prettiest girl of the class, or rather, of the whole school. But then he encounters a professor specialised in disguises. Ryan decides to go undercover and hide as a pen in Rafaella’s pencase. That way he finds out a lot of important information. And then he intercepts a message from his dad. Will he come home after all?

A smoothly written, humorous story about loss, love and a pair of talking sunglasses.

140 x 210 mm | 144 pages | 23,700 words hardcover | age group: 9+ all rights available

The book shows a glimpse into the goofy brain of a 10-year-old, but that doesn't mean it makes no sense. A book like this is effective against gastric acid, nagging knee pain and grim faces.

Pepijn Lievens is a writer and actor. He has already published three books for adults and over ten of his plays have been brought to the stage.

– Renowned author Bart Moeyaert on The Almost Entirely True Story of Ryan Kasteelstraat

Tony Bouke Billiet, illustrations

Marjolein Pottie

An exceptional sheep wants to conquer the world

Hilarious, compelling and moving

With hand-cut illustrations by Marjolein Pottie

“I’m going to conquer the world”, Tony said. “And after that?”, the other sheep asked. “Then I’ll rule.”

“What does that mean?”

“Then I’ll say what everyone has to do.”

Tony is a rude sheep. You'd better not make the mistake of telling him where to go or what to do, even more so if you're a person. One day he decides to conquer the world. He escapes from his meadow, ‘buys’ a car and goes on a journey. But then he discovers that pushing over people may work for buying a car, but not for conquering the world.

Bouke Billiet writes novels and stories for children. He prefers to work at night, while walking around through the bedroom with his daughter on his arm. Marjolein Pottie has been working as an illustrator of children’s books for more than 25 years.

Zombies at School

Marieke

Boeijen, illustrations by Geert Gratama

Eerily well-written debut with tons of humour

Blood-curdlingly tense

With many playful illustrations by Geert Gratama

The town Huissen is being ravaged by a zombie plague. When a zombie takes over the body of the eleven year old Jimmy, shy Mick doesn’t only lose his best friend, but also gets entangled in a blood-curdling game of cat and mouse with the zombies. Can Mick prevent more casualties at school?

140 x 210 mm | 280 pages | 37,500 words

B&W illustrations | hardcover

age group: 9+ | all rights available

Marieke Boeijen lives in Huissen together with her husband, 3 children and 2 cats. As a child she loved tense books. She loved best to read them in bed with a torch. Now she writes young adult books herself. Thrilling stories to read under the light of a torch.

Geert Gartama has been working as an illustrator and designer for various theater companies, advertising bureaus, governments and companies. In the last couple of years his focus has shifted to the illustration of children’s books.

Obi & Tito Tapir

Mathilda Masters, illustrations Georgien Overwater

Hilarious adventure featuring a boy, a secret will, a rescue mission and a family of tapirs

Brand-new fiction series by awarded author Mathilda Masters

Full of exquisite illustrations by Georgien Overwater

With a look of surprise on his face, Obi watched the creek. On the other side of it there was an animal he had never seen before. It had light brown fur with white stripes and looked a bit like a brown watermelon on small feet. Obi saw how it picked something up from the ground and threw it over to him. “This animal is definitely not a dog”, he thought.

When new neighbours arrive and come live next to Obi, a great adventure is about to unfold. An adventure involving a captain, wild animals, exceptional friendships, rescue missions and a secret will.

140 x 210 mm | 264 pages | 30,250 words hardcover | B&W illustrations | age group: 8+ all rights available

Mathilda Masters is an explorer. She discovers new continents and countries for a living. That is not easy because most countries have already been discovered. When Mathilda is not exploring, she writes about her adventures. And if these adventures aren’t adventurous enough, she just invents new stories. Georgien Overwater has illustrated numerous books for both Dutch and foreign publishers. In addition, she has made illustrations and cartoons for television, including Sesame Street.

Underdogs

Joren Slaets, illustrations Kevin Cuyt

Wham! Bam! Slam dunk! A high-tempo graphic novel for active kids

Fluent writing style and numerous illustrations

Topical subjects: growing up in the city and bullying

Rocky is a small puppy with a big dream. He wants to become the best basketball player of Dogtown. However, bully Priscilla stands in his way.

One of her favourite hobbies is making Rocky’s life miserable. Unfortunately her other hobby is the same as Rocky’s: playing basketball.

When their basketball court is mysteriously being threatened, the unthinkable happens: Rocky’s team will have to work together with Priscilla and her friends.

170 x 210 mm | 136 pages | 9,200 words hardcover | full colour illustrations | age group: 7+ all rights available

Joren Slaets is a television script writer for children and adults. He couldn’t resist a 1 vs 1 basketball game with Kevin Cuyt, who is just as skillful with his pencil as with a ball. Underdogs is their debut.

Auntie Fry’s Igloo

and 113 other 5-star animal houses

Tosca Menten, illustrations by Geert Gratama

A compilation of funny stories, house facts, advertisements for wonderous houses, in-depth interviews with sleek realtors and much more Beautiful hardcover edition with witty illustrations and cartoons by Geert Gratama

An accessible and hilarious book for all readers between 8 and 88 years old

Does a French mouse also like to live in a Dutch cheese castle? Do starfish like a wave pool? And how do you build an igloo for your adopted penguin?

For everyone who thinks animals are the nicest beasts: a book full of stories about small, large, strange, funny, creepy, but above all crazy five-star homes for animals.

155 x 230 mm | 216 pages | 36,000 words duotone illustrations with spot colour | hardcover age group: 8+ | all rights available

Tosca Menten is known as the funniest children’s book author of the Netherlands. Her Roald-Dahl-like humour, sharp observations and unbridled fantasy brings joy to kids of all ages. Her Dummy the Mummy (Dummie de mummie) series has been turned into a movie and been translated worldwide. The Revenge of Knor (De Wraak van Knor) has already been adapted for the screen, and Dirkje Bakkes is to follow. Geert Gratama works as an illustrator and graphic designer.

Tosca Menten bestsellers

The Chocolate Dentist and 237 other Remarkable Professions

155 x 230 mm

224 pages | 29,300 words

duotone illustrations | hardcover age group: 8+ | all rights available

40,000 copies sold

Uncle Jungle And 137 Other Creepy Creepers

155 x 230mm

216 pages | 33,800 words

duotone illustrations | hardcover age group: 7+ | all rights available

20,000 copies sold

The Revenge of Knor

155 x 230 mm

128 pages | 22,700 words

duotone illustrations | hardcover age group: 7+ | Korean, Simplified Chinese, French, Spanish and Catalan rights sold

Film Oink! had its premiere at the 2022 Berlin Film Festival!

Dummy the Mummy and the Golden Scarab

140 x 215 mm

256 pages | 52,400 words

B&W illustrations | hardcover age group: 9+ | German, Polish, Simplified Chinese, Italian, English, Lithuanian, Bulgarian, French, Slovenian, Turkish, Romanian, Ukrainian and Spanish rights sold

1 million copies sold in this series

Moth and the Magnet Fishers

Sanne Rooseboom, illustrations Sophie Pluim

An original and enchanting story with just a touch of fantasy

To read on your own from the age of 10 – but also fun to read aloud!

Sanne Rooseboom has already sold more than 185,000 books

The week that Moth found a submarine started like a relatively normal week. Boring even. So, the usual. A lot still had to happen before she would make her big discovery. She didn’t even have a magnet yet.

Moth’s name is actually Butterfly. But only her mother calls her that. She would have preferred a tidy, dainty child in a dress. But that’s not Moth. Moth likes black clothes and the old messy city she grows up in. As a sign of rebellion, she buys a magnet from her savings to fish in the old canal. And then she finds a small rusty submarine. That submarine is the start of a great adventure, in which Moth meets the punk-acrobats from the wharf, takes on a powerful millionaire and even gets to know her mother better.

150 x 230 mm | 336 pages | 75,600 words duotone illustrations | hardcover | age group: 10+ Turkish and German rights sold

Sanne Rooseboom studied international relations and then started working as a journalist in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. She made her debut as an author of children’s books with her book Yay! A Grumpy Fairy Tale (Jippie! Een humeurig sprookje), followed by the successful series The Ministry of Solutions (Het Ministerie van Oplossingen). Sophie Pluim is a freelance illustrator. Sophie loves nature and likes to merge that with historical and fantasy elements.

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The Ministry of Solutions and the Ghost

of Hawk Castle

Sanne Rooseboom, illustrations Mark Janssen

165,000 copies sold in this series

A thrilling series about helping each other and doing the right thing, about being adventurous but most of all about friendship

5th part in this magnificent series, which has already sold more than 165,000 copies

Hawk Castle has been uninhabited for 35 years. According to the locals in the Swiss hills, it is haunted. But is that really the case? A task for the Ministry of Solutions to find out!

The Ministry of Solutions and the Ghost of Hawk Castle is a thrilling story about a spooky legend, with a whiff of international cooperation, at least one manhunt and of course Swiss chocolate.

The Ministry of Solutions

Turkish, Italian, Estonian and Slovenian rights sold

The Ministry of Solutions and the Lost Van Gogh

Turkish and Estonian rights sold

140 x 215 mm | 240 pages | 51,000 words

B&W illustrations | hardcover age group: 9+ | all rights available

Sanne Rooseboom studied international relations and then started working as a journalist in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. She made her debut as author of children’s books with her book Yay! A grumpy fairy tale (Jippie! Een humeurig sprookje), followed by the successful series The Ministry of Solutions (Het Ministerie van Oplossingen). Mark Janssen studied at the Academy for Visual Arts in Maastricht and his work is known worldwide. In 2019, he was awarded the Kinderboekenwinkelprijs.

The Ministry of Solutions and the Peculiar Case of Mr De Haan all rights available

The Ministry of Solutions and the Silver Boy all rights available

Click on the image below to hear the author introduce the series:

My Book of Smart Facts

and Funny Jokes

Mathilda Masters, illustrations by

Kass VanderSande

With funny jokes, quizzes and large colourful illustrations

About animals, space, science, nature and much more

Written by Mathilda Masters, renowned author of the 321 Super Smart Things series

Do you want to know…

• Which animal is largest and loudest?

• If it’s true that astronauts wear diapers?

• How plants breathe?

• Why pharaohs had beards?

• How often people fart a day?

• Why a bubble is round?

• Whether you can play hockey underwater?

Then quickly check out this book!

Mathilda Masters is an explorer. Her job is exploring new continents and countries. That isn’t simple, because most countries have already been discovered. Mathilda knows almost everything about several subjects: animals, plants, history, science, language and much more. Kass VanderSande is an illustrator. Crisp colours, a dose of humour and diverse characters characterize her work.

195 x 240 mm | 160 pages | 14,400 words

Full colour illustrations | hardcover age group: 6+ | all rights available

Onderwaterijshockey is echt bijzonder. Twee spelers spelen hockey onder een dikke laag ijs! Ze zwemmen

worden zelfs wereldkampioenschappen onderwaterhockey georganiseerd. Daaraan nemen intussen heel wat landen deel.

Onderwaterworstelaars vechten met elkaar onder water. Ze proberen om als eerste het lintje dat rond de enkel van de tegenstander zit los te maken.

A Book Full of Houses

Pieter Van Eenoge, text Julie de Graaf

A unique look and read book about houses all over the world

Stunning illustrations of renowned illustrator Pieter Van Eenoge

With interesting facts for young and old

This books takes you for a ride past houses from different time periods and cultures. Have a look a peculiar houses and discover diverse ways of building and living. From century-old igloos on the North Pole to futuristic sphere houses. From stilt houses in Myanmar to houseboats in the Netherlands…

Discover houses on wheels, houses full of holes or a house in the shape of a pineapple.

Pieter Van Eenoge is fascinated by architecture, employing his stunning, geometrical style, dives into the history of building and living.

245 x 340 mm | 72 pages | 5,700 words full colour illustrations | hardcover age group: 9+ | all rights available

boven hun hoofd. Zij leven op straat en zoeken onderdak in lege gebouwen, maar ook onder tunnels, bruggen en zelfs (ongebruikte) rioleringsbuizen.

Pieter Van Eenoge’s work is published in several leading newspapers among which are The New York Times, Das ZEITmagazine and De Tijd. Among other awards, Van Eenoge won the prestigious Gold Medal of the American Society of Illustrators and as such attained a spot in Lürzer’s Archive of 200 Best Illustrators Worldwide. Freelance journalist Julie de Graaf lives in Leiden with her husband, two kids, mountains of Lego and a deaf cat. She loves reading, baking and skateboarding.

Niet veel mensen zouden langs een enorme, rokende cementfabriek rijden en denken: hé, hier wil wonen! Toch dat precies hoe het ging toen de Spaanse architect Ricardo Bofill in 1972 langs een fabriek net buiten Barcelona reed. De cementfabriek zou sluiten, en Bofill besloot er zijn huis, kantoor, een bibliotheek en tentoonstellingsruimte van te maken. Een deel van de fabriek werd gesloopt en in het deel dat bleef staan, haalde Bofill sommige trappen, muren en verdiepingen weg en plantte hij weelderige tuinen en begroeiing aan. Het resultaat heet La Fábrica en een bijzondere mix van oud beton en uitbundig groen. Bofill woonde en werkte er tot aan zijn dood in 2022.

321 Super Smart Things series

Mathilda Masters, illustrations Louize Perdieus

321 Super Smart Things You Need to Know about Nature

195 x 240 mm ca. 304 pages ca. 80,000 words full colour illustrations paperback German and Polish rights sold

123 Super Smart Things You Need to Know about the Climate

Italian, German, English, Russian, Latvian, Spanish, Polish, French and Simplified Chinese rights sold

350,000 copies sold worldwide

123 Super Smart Things You Need to Know about Love and Sex

German, Polish and Simplified Chinese rights sold

321 Super Smart Things You Need to Know before You Turn 13

Polish, Korean, Simplified Chinese, German, Russian, Latvian, Italian, Spanish, French and English rights sold

321 Super Smart Things You Need to Know about Animals

Simplified Chinese, Italian, German, Complex Chinese, Polish, Russian and Korean rights sold

321 Super Smart Things You Need to Know about History

German, Polish, French, Italian and Simplified Chinese right sold

321 Super Smart Things You Need to Know about Science

Simplified Chinese, German, Polish, Russian and Italian rights sold

Mathilda Masters is an explorer. She discovers new continents and countries for a living. That is not easy because most countries have already been discovered. When Matilda is not exploring, she writes about her adventures. And if these adventures aren’t adventurous enough, she just invents new stories. Louize Perdieus studied graphic design at the Academie voor Schone Kunsten in Antwerp. Her illustrations are spiced up with humour and appreciated by people of all ages.

The most beautiful and mightiest animals in the sky

Joris De Raedt & Walter De Raedt

With stunning illustrations by Joris De Raedt

Walter & Joris De Raedt

Roofvogels

An unequalled work of reference for every age

Get up close and personal with the peregrine falcon, the European honey buzzard and the harpy eagle

Raptors spark the imagination. They mostly float around high up in the air, except when they dive down to catch prey with their sharp talons. Then you can just catch a glimpse of them.

In this book you get plenty of time to marvel at them. You also discover many fascinating facts about these powerful birds.

Did you know…

• That the claws of a Harpy Eagle are larger than a grizzly bear’s?

• That the common kestrel doesn’t build a nest, but broods in a nest box or an old crow’s nest?

270 x 370 mm | 80 pages | 11,500 words

Full colour illustrations | hardcover

age group: 9+ | all rights available

• That some birds can see ultraviolet light?

Joris De Raedt is a scientific illustrator and graphic designer. His illustrations portray his great passion for nature. Among others, he works for National Geographic Magazine and Roots Magazine. Walter De Raedt, Joris’ father, used to be a teacher and wrote countless books about nature.

De mooiste en machtigste dieren in de lucht

A Small History of Humankind through the Eyes of Animals

About

holy cows, space monkeys and the call of the kakapo

Joukje Akveld & Djenné Fila

Superb literary non-fiction by award-winning author Joukje Akveld

Key moments of world history from the animals' perspective

Including stunning illustrations by much praised talent Djenné Fila

In A Small History of Humankind through the Eyes of Animals Joukje Akveld chose thirty animals which each in their own way are linked to humankind's history. Akveld takes you for a ride from the domesticated alpacas on the Peruvian plateaus to an Icelandic bay where a captured orca is given back its freedom. She writes about holy cows, panda diplomacy and the South-African Quagga that was driven to extinction by the South African Boers.

Children’s books are regularly interesting, sometimes even beautiful. But relevant in terms of content? Rarely the case. This book, however, is an excellent example of that.

– De Volkskrant on A Small History of Humankind through the Eyes of Animals

Joukje Akveld writes picture books and non-fiction for children and adults. Her books have been translated worldwide and were awarded two Zilveren Griffel awards, two nominations for the Woutertje Pieterse Prize and two Vlag en Wimpel awards. Djenné Fila is a Dutch illustrator and has been on several big awards’ shortlists. She makes attractive images full of structure which she composes with a unique collage technique.

270 x 370 mm | 96 pages | 33,500 words full colour illustrations | hardcover | age group 8+ Kazakh and Russian rights sold

Winner Zilveren Penseel & nominated for the Woutertje Pieterse awards 2023

Recent publications on nature

The Curious Pet Book

Marc ter Horst & Tom Schoonooghe

190 x 240 mm | 112 pages all rights available

Do Trousers Grow on Trees?

Jasmien Wynants & Judith Thomas

240 x 320 mm | 36 pages

German rights unavailable

The Big Book of Water

Sarah Garré, Marijke Huysmans & Wendy Panders

240 x 320 mm | 64 pages

Simplified Chinese, Complex Chinese, German, Russian, English, Spanish and Catalan rights sold

A Book Full of Insects

Rik Delhem

270 x 370 mm | 80 pages

French rights sold

Back Then and Now

A search-and-find book in 11 paintings

Arnoud Wierstra

Submerge yourself into a world of ever so much search- and viewing pleasure

A stunning book for young and old: an original introduction to 16/17th century life

Splendid large format images full of detail

Look for (current day) objects on paintings of the past. In this book you will find illustrations inspired by paintings from the 16th and 17th century. You find out how people used to live, what they ate, and which games children played…

But there are also 10 objects hidden in each painting that didn’t yet exist back then.

Can you also find in every painting:

• The girl with the present?

• Which things the pedlar sells?

• The dog running of with the boy’s hat?

Arnoud Wierstra works as an educational psychologist. In 2010, his debut Feast! (Feest!) was published. His most recent book, the wordless Babel, was inspired by the oeuvre of Pieter Breugel the Elder.

245 x 340 mm | 56 pages | 5,300 words full colour illustrations | hardcover age group: 5+ | all rights available

Hero or Scoundrel

Benjamin Goyvaerts & Yasmina Faid, illustrations Wendy Panders

The first part of a new brilliant informative series! A peculiar, modern and lively glimpse at history

Including hilarious drawings by Wendy Panders

• Could just one pharaoh defeat a whole army?

• Which Roman emperors were nasty and mean?

• What if your nickname were ‘The Terrible’?

• How could you be a singer and a spy at the same time?

In this book you will find smart facts, fun quizzes, hilarious stories and much more. Join us on our travels into this crazy history!

Discover the stories of Charlemagne and Napoleon Bonaparte and even more heroes and scoundrels from history.

Upcoming title (January 2024): Real or Fake?

Yasmina Faid and Benjamin Goyvaerts are passionate teachers and thought history for kids could use a little more zing. Wendy Panders is an illustrator and graphic designer. She likes to illustrate stories and informative books for children: about earth, countries, animals and science. Her illustrations are colourful and funny.

140 x 210 mm | 224 pages | 25,000 words

B&W illustrations | hardcover | age group 8+ all rights available

The Book of Space Travel

Jan Van Der Veken

With beautiful, large images of space shuttles and satellites, the International Space Station and our moon

Original anecdotes and interesting facts about spacecraft and space travel

The book to have for aspiring astronauts

Get acquainted with space travel, find out how a rocket engine is controlled and discover which astronauts helped shape history. Did you know:

• that Gagarin’s flight, the first space flight, took exactly 108 minutes? Pretty short, he had food for 10 days!

• that the experiments of aviation expert John Stapp made sure that we wear safety belts today?

• that the mars rover Perseverance contained hidden morse code messages? Those NASA engineers really thought it out nicely!

Airplanes

French, German, English, Simplified Chinese, Complex Chinese and Russian rights sold

230 x 280 mm | 104 pages | ca. 10,000 words full colour illustrations | hardcover | age group 10+ | French, German and English rights sold

Very detailed and yet easy to understand (…) The exceptionally beautiful illustrations bring this non-fiction book to life in a masterful way.

Boats

French, German, Russian and English rights sold

Jan Van Der Veken studied graphic design and typography. He owns his own studio called Fabrica grafica in which he creates illustrations in retrofuturistic style. His work has been displayed at various exhibitions both at home and abroad and appeared in The New Yorker.

– Der Spiegel on Airplanes

Will You Be the First Human on Mars?

Smart questions and fascinating answers about the future

Stijn Ilsen, Fran Vanseveren, illustrations by

Yannick Pelegrin

About climate change, space travel, computers, robotics and AI

Written by aerospace engineer Stijn Ilsen and young adult author Fran Vanseveren

With humouristic illustrations by Yannick Pelegrin

When you look at the news, you see much doom and gloom. But are things really that bad? No, not at all. The world gets better every day! This book tells us which new technologies are on the way and what our lives will look like.

• Will we drive in cars without steering wheels, but rather with a gaming console?

• Will artificial intelligence beat you at a game?

• Will we 3D print our breakfast?

• Will you be able to make a space journey?

• Will you be able to speak with someone from China without speaking Chinese?

150 x 210 mm | 160 pages | 22,000 words duotone illustrations | hardcover age group: 10+ | all rights available

Stijn Ilsen is an aerospace engineer. He previously worked for ESA and Airbus, and worked on the Herschel telescope. Now he develops satellites for a Belgian company. Fran Vanseveren works as an author, screenwriter, TV and podcast maker. She writes for children of all ages. Yannick Pelegrin is a comic writer and illustrator. His detailed images are humoristic and attractive.

Everything about Social Media

Kathleen Van Royen & Fran Vanseveren, illustrations Kass Vandersande

Maths in Your Smartphone

Professor Ann Dooms, illustrations Kass VanderSande

Everything you want to know about TikTok, influencers, challenges, privacy, fake news and much more

Clear information, presented in a humorous way

Perfect for at home and in class for children and their parents

190 x 240 mm | 72 pages | 12,900 words full colour illustrations | hardcover age group 9+ | all rights available

Professor Ann

Dooms takes you on a wonderful journey through the digital world

With quizzes, creative tasks and many fun illustrations

Perfect for home or classroom use, for connoisseurs and enthusiasts

190 x 240 mm | 64 pages | 12,700 words

full colour illustrations | hardcover age group: 9+ | all rights available

35,000 copies sold in this series

Monstrous Microbes

Spanish, Catalan, German, Polish, Simplified Chinese, Russian, Estonian and Galician rights sold

Kathleen Van Royen has a PhD in sociology. She attaches a lot of importance to the welfare of children and adolescents, which is why her PhD explored inappropriate behaviour in adolescents on social media. Fran Vanseveren has a passion for creating. She is an editor and scenario writer.

Ann Dooms is professor of Digital Mathematics and head of the Digital Mathematics research group at the University of Brussels. Kass VanderSande graduated as an illustrator in 2018. They draw a lot of inspiration from science, technology, physics etc. Colourful and detailed illustrations characterise their work.

Poison Alarm Spanish, Catalan and Simplified Chinese rights sold

A Jab is Fab Korean and Simplified Chinese rights sold

The True History of Dancing Buffalo

And Other Stories about the Native Peoples of the World Arend van Dam, illustrations Oksana Drachkovska

Captivating, informative and urgent stories – for at home and in the classroom

Includes illustrations by Ukrainian illustrator Oksana Drachkovska

Arend van Dam has sold over 240,000 copies of his books in the Netherlands and Belgium

Once, explorers travelled all over the world discovering one continent after another. But who used to live there before the Westerners came to plant their flags there? In The True History of Dancing Buffalo, Arend van Dam takes you on a journey to see the native peoples of our earth: from the Sami in the High North to the Masai in Africa and from the Yanomami in Venezuela to the Ainu in Japan.

220 x 238 mm | 176 pages | 37,900 words full colour illustrations | hardcover age group: 10+ | all rights available

Van Dam was inspired by an encounter with the young Stoney Nadoka ‘Dancing Buffalo’, who participated in a powwow at the foot of the Canadian Rocky Mountains in the year 2000. In 2022, the two of them met again. They discussed many themes like the appropriation of traditions, boarding schools, looted art, the consequences of tourism and climate change, and living in two cultures.

Arend van Dam has been writing since 1989 and by now has published over a hundred books. His most famous book being Lang geleden… (Long Ago…), for which he received a prestigious award (Zilveren Griffel). With De reis van Syntax Bosselman (The Journey of Syntax Bosselman) he won the Archeon Thea Beckman Prize 2018 along with another Zilveren Griffel Award.

Kiki’s Travel Kitchen

38 Easy Recipes from 8 Countries

Petra Bosland

Cooking, looking and reading book in one volume

All recipes have been tested by children attending cookery school With many fatcs about the visited countries' customs

Kiki is a cheerful cat that loves delicious cooking and has a large family all over the world. In this book, she’s paying a visit to everyone. And for every country she visits, Kiki shares five recipes: Waterzooi from Belgium, Fifteens from Ireland, omuraisu from Japan, Kakosupa from Iceland and much more… Kiki’s brothers and sisters will tell you all about the customs of their countries, what they eat for breakfast and teach you something about the language too. And just like the first children’s cookbook, this book is chock-full of stories about Kiki’s eating and travelling adventures.

All recipes can be made by children with ease: the small chefs that attend ‘Kiki’s Kitchen’ – Petra’s cookery school – on a weekly basis, have tested them extensively. Kiki also tries to cook as many vegetarian dishes as possible, or provides with alternative vegetarian recipes. In this delicious book, children can explore how fun and easy it is to cook. And they are also introduced to several world cuisines!

Petra Bosland is an illustrator, designer and owns a cookery school for children in The Hague: Kiki’s Kitchen. For years, she had been working as a designer at Oilily and Room Sever. One day she thought up Kiki, a cat with orange hair and a colorful tail. Kiki loves cooking, is funny and, just like Petra, a little clumsy.

170 x 230 mm | 160 pages | 19,000 words hardcover | full colour illustrations | age group: 5+ all rights available

Kiki's Kitchen all rights available

The Great Book of Grown Ups

Julie de Graaf, illustrations Wendy Panders

Informative, funny and filled to the brim with tips

With hilarious illustrations by Wendy Panders

An indispensable book for any child

Adults are quite weird. They spend a lot of time drinking coffee and wondering if you’ve eaten enough of your steamed broccoli. They always want ‘me time’, but they never just go out and play a bit. And while they’re glued to their smartphone, they’re always whining about your screen time. So unfair!

In The Great Book of Grown Ups, Julie de Graaf tells you everything you need to know about adults. She explains why adults can sometimes be incredibly irritating, unveils adult secrets and gives tips and tricks on how to make them do what YOU want.

Julie de Graaf wrote an honest children's book about adults, and that's quite rare. The Great Book of Grown Ups is funny and original.

170 x 210 mm | 248 pages | 28,275 words hardcover | full colour illustrations | age group: 8+ Simplified Chinese rights sold

– Dutch leading newspaper De Volkskrant Kasteelstraat

Freelance journalist Julie de Graaf lives in Leiden with her husband, two kids, mountains of Lego and a deaf cat. She loves reading, baking and skateboarding. Wendy Panders is an illustrator and a graphic designer. She works for magazines and newspapers. But what she likes the most, is illustrating children’s books, books with stories or informative books about the earth, countries, animals and science!

Terra Ultima

Raoul Deleo

Discover the beautiful flora and fauna of unknown forests, mangroves…

A compelling journey full of unexpected meetings

A breath-taking picture book by a special explorer and artist

People thought that they had already gone to every single corner of the earth and that everything had already been mapped out meticulously. But as it turns out, they were wrong. One place, an entire continent, was overlooked and escaped the atlases: Terra Ultima.

In this book, Deleo reports of his expeditions in colourful and detailed illustrations. His diary entries tell of the hardships the explorer had to overcome and the special encounters he had.

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The artwork sits in stunning detail on the page, rich in colour and wonder. The whimsy of it all is enough to sweep anyone away into another world.

– Booksellers on waterstones.com

Raoul Deleo is an explorer and artist. He is the discoverer of the unknown continent ‘Terra Ultima’. Noah J. Stern is a scientist and an explorer. He was part of the famous expedition to Terra Australis and the discoverer of the phantom paw of the Anguis Fragilis. He is Raoul Deleo’s archivist.

35,000 copies sold

270 x 370 mm | 80 pages | 10,200 words full colour illustrations | hardcover | age group: 10+ Spanish, French, Danish, Italian, Simplified Chinese, English, Greek and Lithuanian rights sold

WINNER Woutertje Pieterse & Gouden Penseel Awards 2022

The Girl in the Bushes

Tineke Honingh

A moving novel for 9+

Strong dialogues and well-developed characters

A book about being different and trying to understand the world

Everyone has a reason why they act the way they do. With Erie, that reason is a disorder. At least, that's what her therapist says. Erie hates that word. It sounds like you're insane. Now she no longer goes to school, because in her safe house in the middle of the forest there are no classmates, no stimuli, no stress… and therefore no disorder. Problem solved!

Erie decides to investigate for herself why people do what they do. And the perfect place for that is De Vliegenzwam, a cottage park in the woods. There she meets Bas. What is he doing in the woods, in his wheelchair? Why is he acting so nice? Just when Erie thinks she has the answers, Bas turns out to have a completely different reason. One that turns her life upside down…

Tineke Honingh is a communications consultant, author and for a while she also was a teacher. First and foremost, however, she writes stories intended for children and young adults, or short stories intended for a magazine, screenplays for a comic strip, a serial on the Internet or an extensive story that ends up becoming a book, such as The (Un)usual Story of Bo (and Tom), which was highly praised upon publication.

140 x 215 mm | 240 pages | 47,600 words hardcover | age group: 9+ all rights available

Jimi Fender Johnson

Buddy Tegenbosch

A thrilling young adult story full of music about discovering your identity

A book that makes you think about what is truly important in life

By

renowned

author Buddy Tegenbosch

After a rehearsal with his band, Jimi has a mysterious encounter with a woman who warns him: if he heads up the stairs, he will travel back in time. To get back to the present, he will have to fulfill an intense and personal task.

Jimi decides to take the plunge and ends up in New York on the 10th of September 2001. With the aid of musical signs and an unexpected ally, the bright Mateo, Jimi discovers what he needs to do. His task leads him to the highest floor of the WTC, on the morning of 9/11. Will he manage to fulfill his task? And does he manage to leave the skyscraper in time?

140 x 215 mm | 256 pages | 68,400 words paperback | age group: 15+ | all rights available

Buddy Tegenbosch works as a pilot for Lufthansa. Previously he wrote several young adult novels, such as the award-winning novel Match.

The Colours of the Sea

Miriam Bruijstens

Summery LGBTQ+ young adult novel about unconditional love

A heart-warming story about identity, diversity and finding your own place in the world

A story that feels like a hug, about unabashedly accepting people for who they are

Just before her last year in high school, Hannah moves to a village by the sea. She will live in a lighthouse right on the beach, something she’s been dreaming of for years. Soon, she befriends a colourful group of people who often gather around a campfire on the beach at night. What follows is a series of summer nights by the coast, secret nightly excursions and days of lazing about on the beach. It’s the perfect summer and it looks like love is right around the corner…

The Colours of the Sea is a groundbreaking, yet gentle coming of age story about confusing feelings, discovering yourself and endless summer nights. A feelgood story that must be read with your feet in the sand and the sound of waves in the background.

150 x 230 mm | 272 pages | 82,200 words paperback | age group: 15+ | all rights available

Miriam Bruijstens was a teacher and a journalist in the Netherlands before she quit her job to travel the world. Now she spends all of her time writing. Bruijstens also published two poetry bundles called Ik huppel naar je lach (I skip towards your smile) and Het zout uit je ogen (The salt from your eyes).

Otis’ Rescue

Mirjam Mous

A new super thrilling and intriguing book as we have come to expect from Mirjam Mous

Mirjam Mous once again proves she is a master of suspense Boy 7 sold almost 300,000 copies worldwide

Melvin is an urban explorer. Together with his brother Otis he secretly visits abandoned buildings: old hospitals, factories and forgotten villas where time seems to have frozen. While Otis takes pictures, Melvin fantasizes about the people who once lived or worked there.

When they move to Prinsenbeek, Otis discovers an abandoned house in a nearby forest which he calls the Hunter’s House. A perfect urbex location. But then Otis is hit by a car. Melvin suspects foul play. Does the Hunter’s House have something to do with the accident? Melvin tries to find out and makes a mysterious discovery. Maybe he can still save Otis!

140 x 215 mm | 304 pages | 56,000 words hardcover | age group 15+ German rights sold

Mirjam Mous worked as a teacher before she decided to start writing full-time. Mirjam writes for a large public: funny books for children (such as Spees The Space Orphan (Spees de ruimtewees) and Vigo Vampire (Vigo Vampier)), but also touching and thrilling books for young adults. Her most famous young adult thriller Boy 7 was nominated for the Jonge Jury Award and was made into a movie in both the Netherlands and Germany.

Esther Walraven

What do you do when your world falls apart?

A thrilling, short novel about how to avoid the pitfalls of the past

A surprising and moving book about trust

When his dad is accused of sexual misconduct, the world of nineteen year old Sam is turned upside down. What do you do when someone who you respect so much is accused of something so awful? To escape the situation Sam decides to give kitesurfing lessons for the summer. The waves, the wind and the cosy bonfire nights with other kite instructors provide a welcome distraction. But does it really? When Sam develops feelings for Cheyenne, who attends his kitesurfing lessons, he soon realises he can’t even shake off reality in the waves…

Esther

is a writer of (educational) children and young adult books, scientist and assistant professor psychology and educational science.

What Happened to David?

Henk Hardeman

Bobbie was set up and has to spend the summer holidays in a holiday home with mom, dad and little sister Sanne. Soon, it turns out that it was no coincidence that they ended up here: Bobbie’s older brother David disappeared in this park seven years ago.

135 x 210 mm | 104 pages | 20,900 words | hardcover | age group: 15+ all rights available

When strange things start to happen that seem related to David’s disappearance, Bobbie decides to find out what happened to him, along with some new friends Bobbie met in the park. In hopes of finding out, the group attempts to have a séance in order to contact David’s ghost. But this isn’t without danger…

Henk Hardeman debuted in 1998 with the book The Black Fire (Het zwarte vuur). He published several children's books. In 2015 he won the Toonder Compagnie Award.

The Life and Work of Gnomes

Wil

Huygen,

illustrations Rien

Poortvliet

The Gnomes Are Calling

Wil

Huygen,

illustrations Rien

Poortvliet

A classic about the life of gnomes

With marvellous and magical illustrations by Rien Poortvliet

Translated into 15 languages

215 x 305 mm | 212 pages | ca. 25,000 words

full colour illustrations | hardcover | age group: 7+ | Simplified Chinese, Norwegian, Danish, Polish, Japanese, German, Spanish, Latvian, English, Italian, Estonian, Spanish, Swedish, Complex Chinese and Portuguese (for Brazil only) rights sold

In this book, the gnomes take Wil and Rien to the white, frozen landscapes of Sápmi. What follows is an unforgettable journey. They make surprising discoveries, meet interesting animals and have the most exciting adventures.

Once again, marvellously illustrated and enchanting.

213 x 303 mm | 200 pages | ca. 25,000 words

full colour illustrations | hardcover age group: 7+ | Afrikaans, Russian, Japanese, German, Complex Chinese and Italian rights sold

Wil Huygen was a doctor and writer, mostly famous for his books about gnomes. Because of his profession as a doctor, he had a great sense for realism and authenticity. Rien Poortvliet was an illustrator, artist and painter who was well-known for his beautiful nature drawings. Together with Wil Huygen he created the enchanting series about gnomes.