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De Vier Windstreken
Foreign Rights
Frankfurt
2015
How to turn a stone
into a sparkling star
Stars, patience, perseverance
Have you ever heard of the guardians of the
stars? They live far away, beyond the very last
dwarf planet. These guardians are very important,
because they make sure that the sky is filled with
sparkling stars every night. But those stars start out
as rocks…
Mack gets a stone on his fourth birthday. But how
does his stone become a star? And how many more
times does he have to try before he will succeed?
Guardian of the stars
Illustrator: Harmen van
Straaten
Author: Mark Haayema
For age 3+
21.5 x 28.7 cm
32 pages
ISBN 978 90 5116 446 6
Price € 14.50
Harmen van Straaten (Arnhem)
illustrated his first children’s book
in 1987 and has since gone on to
illustrate over four hundred books.
He has won several award both in
the Netherlands and abroad. He
illustrated and wrote the story for
about fifty books.
Mark Haayema (Amsterdam) writes
children’s books and plays. He acted
in and was a puppeteer for Sesame
Street, Woozle & Pip and several
Dutch television shows. At the
moment he’s part of the War Horse
cast and a contestant in a television
show about puppeteers.
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Where is nowhere?
Friendship, searching, being missed
For a very long time, Dawn had been
fascinated with NOWHERE. When something
got lost at home her mother always said: ‘I
can’t find it. It’s nowhere!’
When they found it again, Dawn had always
wondered where it had been.
That’s why, one day, she decided she would
leave. She took the money from her piggy
bank and took off. But then she got lost…
Somewhere
Illustrator: Esther Leeuwrik
Author: Judith Kunkeler
For age 4+
21.5 x 28.7 cm
32 pages
ISBN 978 90 5116 381 0
Price € 14,50
Esther Leeuwrik (Gouda)
was one of the winners
of the Dutch publishing
house Lemniscaat’s 2014
illustration contest. She
tries to capture a sense
of wonder in her light and
playful illustrations. At
the same time, she wants
them to be meaningful.
You can find it in the
smallest things when you
look a little closer.
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Judith Kunkeler studied
anthroposophy in the
Netherlands, the United
States and England. While
abroad, she sent her nieces
– one of them our very own
graphic designer – postcards
with short stories and
encouraged them to do the
same. She liked to stimulate
their imagination. At the age
of 51 Judith died from the
effects of MS. Posthumously,
her first picture book has now
been published.
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With Vera time
passes quickly
Playing games, friendship
Finley and Dolly are really bored and start
fighting. But Vera knows just what to do. There
are plenty of chores around the house they can
help Vera with.
But that’s not what Finley and Dolly want to do,
they want to play!
A wonderful Vera the Mouse-book, filled with all
kinds of fun little games.
Playing games with Vera
Author & illustrator:
Marjolein Bastin
For age 4+
21.5 x 28.7 cm
32 pages
ISBN 978 90 5116 451 0
Price € 14,50
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A basket filled
with stories
Fantasy, witches, curiosity
Madam Sophie is a witch, but she isn’t scary and
not dangerous at all. She’s a story witch. She’s
always carrying a basket, filled with things that
she’s found. Like a little wing. It belonged to an
elf, she says. And mermaid scales too, right out of
the trash. And what kind of stone is that…? You
think of something!
The Story Witch
Illustrator: Iris Compiet
Author: Christien
Boomsma
For age 4+
21.5 x 28.7 cm
32 pages
ISBN 978 90 5116 423 7
Price € 14,50
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A monster of a
birthday party
Birthday, monsters
Carl knows all there is to know about adventures.
But to join them, that wasn’t his thing. That’s
why no one wants to join his birthday theme:
even though it will be a monster party, all his
class mates think it will be boring. And indeed,
when the party has started, it’s more cosy than
scary. Untill a stranger is coming in…
Carl and Crumm
Author & illustrator: Ruud
Bruijn
For age 5+
21.5 x 28.7 cm
32 pages
ISBN 978 90 5116 453 4
Price € 14,50
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Looking for a
little friend
Perseverance, searching, friendship
Ralph gets a little rabbit for his birthday. But the
next morning, he finds Ronald missing from his
cage. So what do you do? You go after him!
But that’s easier said than done. Ralph works hard
to enlarge the tunnel that Ronald made. Then he
meets Mole, and later every time he puts his head
above the ground, he finds a new surprise. When he
finds Ronald in the end, he would rather stay with
his rabbit friends. Thankfully, Mole does want to
stay with Ralph. So he’s found a new friend after all!
Where’s Ronald Rabbit
Illustrator: Marieke van
Ditshuizen
Author: Cobi Boomsma
Marieke van Ditshuizen
(Amsterdam) illustrates
and writes children’s
stories. Her first picture
book came out in 2010.
Last year she was one
of the winners of the
illustrators competition
of Lemniscaat. She also
teaches courses and
gives workshops about
illustrating for children
and adults.
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For age 3+
21.5 x 28.7 cm
32 pages
ISBN 978 90 5116 444 2
Price € 14,50
Cobi Boomsma (Loenen aan
de Vecht) started her career
as a kindergarten teacher. She
worked as a didactics/pedagogy
teacher at a school for primary
school teachers in Utrecht until
September 2009. Nowadays,
she is a self-employed education
consultant and she writes articles
for magazines about education
and teaching young children.
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Children with Down
syndrome in the spotlights
Down syndrome, love
Once upon a time there were two royal children.
They were so very sweet. They had a throne, a crown,
a golden bed.
Sometimes they’d start to laugh. All of a sudden.
Their laugh wasn’t just any old laugh. But a genuine
burst of laughter. Anyone who heard them would have
no choice but to join in.
They were special. Just that. A miracle. These two royal
children.
Look, the bird is singing, the first book of Bente Jonker
and Moniek Peek, was esteemed highly.
The text evoked compassion, the illustrations
brought colour en brightness to the story of a little
girl born deaf.
Sweeter than sweet is a beautiful, poetic story that
draws you into the fantasy world of two children
with Down syndrome. Once again the poetic text
and colourful illustrations will touch everyone and
take you into a world that is different.
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Sweeter than sweet
Illustrator: Moniek Peek
Author: Bente Jonker
For age 4+
21.5 x 28.7 cm
32 pages
ISBN 978 90 5116 997 3
Price € 13,95
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Saying goodbye in
your own way
Mourning, missing
Everybody deals in another way with loss.
Maybe sometimes it looks like others grieve less.
At least, that is what Dog thinks, but if he listens
and looks around he sees that the other animals
on the farm also miss Farmer.
The illustrations of Helen van Vliet make the
grief of the animals almost tangible. Kristina Van
Remoortel soothes it with her poetical text. In
this way this topic becomes open to discussion
for young children as well.
Mole’s hills
Illustrator: Helen van Vliet
Author: Kristina Van
Remoortel
For age 4+
21.5 x 28.7 cm
32 pages
ISBN 978 90 5116 353 7
Price € 13,95
Kristina Van Remoortel
(1988) does everything she
likes. Previous years she
was family mentor, chef
in a monastery, trainer
and choreographer of
children’s dance. Now she
make her début as writer
of Mole’s
Helen van Vliet (1963) has
been drawing since she was
little and has worked for
magazines, newspapers,
children’s book publishers and
design studios. She’s received
several awards from the Dutch
Designers Organization and
the Children’s Book Jury in
Belgium.
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A sleepover with a seal
The sea, sleepovers, letters in a bottle
Suzy lives on an island, in a cozy little house that’s
all crooked because of the wind. One night, when
it’s particularly stormy, Sealy seeks shelter from
the rain. He wants to do everything that Suzy
does: eat pancakes, take a bath and sleep under a
soft blanket. But he doesn’t like it as much as he
thought he would…
Reading Suzy, you can almost feel the cool ocean
air on your skin!
Suzy
Author and illustrator:
Monica Maas
For age 4+
21.5 x 28.7 cm
32 pages
ISBN 978 90 5116 246 2
Price 1 13.95
Monica Maas was born
on the island of Texel
and still lives there
today. She’s illustrated
school books and
magazines such as Bobo
en Libelle. She’s made
over a hundred children’s
books, including one
about a little bear called
Bobbi.
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Jamie’s back!
Sea, mothers, getting lost
In October of last year, De Vier Windstreken
published a revised edition of the much loved book
Jamie the little seal. In a slightly larger size and a
new sprightly design, but with the same endearing
illustrations by Monica Maas, known from her
books about Suzy and Bobby the little bear.
Jamie lives on a sandbank together with the other
seals. One day he decides to go for swim, all alone.
When he get lost he worries he’ll never see his
mum again…
In the back of the book, the reader will find more
on what life is like for little seals like Jamie.
Jamie the little seal
Monica Maas
(text and illustration)
For age 3+
18 x 21 cm
32 pages
ISBN 978 90 5116 290 5
Price € 9.95
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Another adventure
with Jamie!
Sea, animals
Because Jamie the little seal did so well, a second
book about him hits the bookstores this spring:
Jamie and Gull. It features all kinds of sea creatures,
such as a bass, a crab and a little sea horse. So
toddlers can get to know the animals that live in
the ocean.
There’s this gull that keeps calling coo-coo-coo.
Jamie doesn’t know it. He makes fun of the gull and
calls him a “poo gull”. But the black-headed Gull is
having none of that…
SPLAT!
Jamie knows right away what’s happened. He’s
been pooed on!
Jamie and Gull
Monica Maas
(text and illustration)
For age 3+
18 x 21 cm
32 pages
ISBN 978 90 5116 983 6
Price € 9.95
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Amazing stories
in a pool
Imagination, travelling
Ellie thinks her back yard is pretty boring.
“Want to go for a fly?” the crocodile asks.
“Yes, I do,” Ellie says, “to an island.”
Marieke van Ditshuizen made the illustrations by
cutting out the shapes and gluing them onto the
background. The result is a fantastic picture book
with a lot of depth, with tissues as clouds and
sewing thread for the crocodile teeth necklace.
foto: Merel Uildriks
The beginning of an adventurous journey for Ellie.
Her little crocodile pool flies her to far away lands
where she makes new friends. But is it just her
imagination? The fish in the bowl and the necklace
made of crocodile teeth beg to differ…
My little flying pool
Illustrator: Marieke van
Ditshuizen
Author: Gerard Delft
For age 3+
21.5 x 28.7 cm
32 pages
ISBN 978 90 5116 985 0
Price € 13.95
After staying abroad
and following courses
there, Marieke van
Ditshuizen (Amsterdam)
decided to become an
illustrator in 2003. Simply
because that’s what she
loves to do. After a lot
of experimenting, her
first picture book called
Macy Monkey Tail was
published by Leopold in
2010.
Gerard Delft (Zandvoort)
worked for over forty years
in primary education, twenty
of which as head of school.
He’s already written eleven
children’s books and four plays
for children. He thought up the
story for his first picture book
My little flying pool for his two
grandchildren.
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What a show!
Circus, counting
In a circus there’s a lot to be seen and to
experience: a wolf walks a tight rope, two bears
balance on a ball, three sheep are together a tower
of wool... Children will enjoy counting to ten. On
every page of this colourful picture book there’s a
short poem about the digit.
The illustrations of Els Vlieger are very special.
She starts them on paper and colours them with
a computer. Depth arises by placing patterns,
images and texts in those colours. She’s inspired
by illustrations of the fifties, paisley fabrics, the
wonderful work of Lisbeth Zwerger and old Books.
Ladies and gentlemen...
Author and illustrator:
Els Vlieger
For age 3+
21,5 x 28,7 cm
32 pages
ISBN 978 90 5116 300 1
Price 3 13.95
Els Vlieger (Leiderdorp,
1967) studied art
history in Leiden en
after that she’s worked
in the Metropolitan
Museum in New York.
Two years later she’s
moved to Leuven
(Belgium). In 2012 she
graduated cum laude
at the art academy
of Leuven with the
project Ladies and
gentlemen...
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The charm of a smile...
Fairytale, laughing, love
Beginning of 2012 author and illustrator Coby
Hol has passed away, at the age of 68. To honour
her and her work, The smile of the princess is now
published, a very special book which she made just
before she died.
In this fairytale the princess had a very beautiful
smile. Everyone who saw it for just a moment,
became immediately happy. One day the princess
got captured by a ferocious dragon. Nobody
managed to rescue her and all the happiness
disappeared out of the country. Fortunately a brave
sailor came along and saved her with his magical
dagger. Everyone smiled again when he came back
with her! The sailor received lots of presents from
the sultan, but the one from the princess he loved
most: she smiled, just at him.
The smile of the princess
Author and illustrator:
Coby Hol
For age 4+
25 x 25 cm
32 pages
ISBN 978 90 5116 301 8
Price 3 13.95
Coby Hol’s studied free
drawing and painting
at the Koninklijke
Academie voor
Beeldende Kunsten in
Den Haag. After that
she’s teached handicraft
for 25 years. Since
1989 she’s written and
illustrated over thirty
books, which were
published in more than
ten languages. Coby has
become well-known
for her collages of
teared or cut paper, and
sometimes fabrics. The
smile of the princess is
also made in this style.
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Stupid fridge!
Fighting, making up
Nick’s being a good boy, until dad accidentally
spills a drop of water on his hand. Then Nick gets
nasty. “You’re a stupid fridge!” he yells at his dad.
Suddenly, an actual fridge is standing in front of
him. At first Nick is stunned, but then he discovers
it’s actually quite fun. Soon, he’s surrounded by a
snail, a pumpkin, a banjo and all kinds of other stuff.
But then he finds himself all alone. There’s no one
left to play with or to call names. So what’s left to
say?
Nick’s being nasty
MAKI (text and illustration)
I'm sorry...
For age 4+
32 pages
ISBN 978 90 5116 331 5
Price 3 13,95
Not long after
graduating, Kim and
Matthijs started design
and illustration studio
MAKI in Groningen,
a city in the north of
the Netherlands. It’s
become known for
its innovative style
and sense of humour.
After working for,
amongst others,
Nike, Albert Heijn (a
large supermarket
chain) and BNN (a
public broadcasting
association), they
decided it was high
time for a children’s
book!
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Fun to read and knit
Cuddling, knitting
Jacob the knitted monkey loves to cuddle, while
his sister Frannie prefers to dance around with the
bunny twins. When they find a little mouse that
hasn’t been finished, they know exactly what to do:
find a pair of human hands to bring it to life!
The hands they need could belong to a mother or
a grandmother. Using the knitting pattern in the
back of the book, they can knit the little mouse
themselves. And by doing so, make Jacob’s story
come alive.
• The photos of the knitted cuddly toys make for a unique
picture book
• With a knitting pattern of the little mouse in the back of
the book, for experienced knitters
I think you’re cute
Illustrator: Annita
Wilschut
Author: Kittie Markus
For age 3+
21.5 x 28.7 cm
32 pages
ISBN 978 90 5116 259 2
Price 1 13.95
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Annita Wilschut (1955)
has been making
knitted cuddly toys
for over ten years and
always writes down the
patterns in Dutch and
in English. Through the
internet, her patterns
have become popular
all over the world. She
started her own label
Zijmaakthet (Shemadeit)
in 2011 and has been
selling knitting patterns
to shops in Holland
and Belgium ever since.
She also sells patterns
and materials via her
own website www.
zijmaakthet.com.
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The sun, the sea…
vacation!
Vacation, fear of the unknown
Going on vacation is often a lot of fun, but it can be
a bit scary when you’re a toddler. Things aren’t as
they are at home: the cat can’t come, you have to
sit in the car for a long time and there’s a lot more
water in the sea than there’s in the bath tub. So
what do you do?
With this lift-the-flap book parents can prepare
their child for new situations. You can make sure
you say goodbye to the cat, stop on the way for
a pick nick, and sit on dad’s shoulders. It won’t be
half as scary that way!
Emma's vacation,
a lift-the-flap adventure
Illustrator: Jolet Leenhouts
Concept: Jolet Leenhouts
and Karin Wissenburg
• alternately half and whole pages
• no text
For age 3+
21,5 x 21,5 cm
32 pages
Foto: Anne Lakeman
ISBN 978 90 5116 315 5
Price 3 13,95
Jolet Leenhouts lives
on the island of Texel,
and has worked as a
freelance illustrator for
the children’s magazines
Taptoe and Bobo. She’s
made cartoons for
Opzij magazine and de
Volkskrant (a newspaper).
She also developed
games for Jumbo as well
as the Maritime and
Beachcombers Museum
on Texel. She’s already
illustrated over 75
children’s books.
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Karin Wissenburg
(Haarlem) is a
copywriter and owns
her own company.
She’s passionate
about writing clear,
vibrant texts: short
stories, blogs, as well
commercial texts. She
also teaches writing.
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One size fits all
Being afraid, belong together
Mole is afraid of the dark. Which is a problem when
your home is underground! So he decides to move.
He goes to visit the frog, the spider, the squirrel,
the snail and the chicken. But none of their houses
are fit for a mole. Where is he supposed to live?
A home for Mole
Iris Compiet
(illustrations)
Anita van den Bogaart
(text)
For age 4+
Size 21,5 x 28,7 cm
32 pages
ISBN 978 90 5116 203 5
Price 1 13.95
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Sing along with
Nurlaila!
Singing, the world, music
Whilst singing for her three children, musicalstar
Nurlaila Karim came up with the idea to make
a cd full of songs from all over the world. She’s
translated the best children’s songs from, amongst
other countries, Surinam, Indonesia and Greece
into Dutch. It’s become a colorful mix of songs for
parents to sing together with their children.
• Including a cd containing the songs recorded by Nurlaila
herself
• Contemporary music with a nostalgic touch
A world filled with songs
Author: Nurlaila Karim
Illustrator: Loretta de Groot
For age 4+
21,5 x 28,7 cm
32 pages
ISBN 978 90 5116 196 0
Price 1 16.95
Nurlaila Karim got her first big break playing
the lead character in the musical Miss Saigon.
She also starred in Fame, Rent, The Wiz en
Les Misérables. For her role in Rent she won a
Musical Award. In 2009 she made two dance
tracks. At the moment, Nurlaila teaches at the
Popacademy, performs all over the country
and acts as an ambassador for charities such
as the Medical Knowledge Institute and the
World Wildlife Fund. Aside from that, she
writes children’s stories and is working on
a new album and a theatre tour.
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The little red van
makes a pit stop
Friends, pranks, travelling
Nada is one of Luke’s friends.
He’s going to say goodbye to her,
because she’s off to Morocco for six weeks.
Luke’s grandpa thinks of a prank.
Luke should go and sit in the back of Nada’s van.
And pretend he’s coming with them.
But… the van doesn’t stop!
The little red van
Author: Hieke van der
Werff
Illustrator: Jolet
Leenhouts
48 pages
ISBN 978 90 5116 442 8
Price € 8.95
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A new adventure
of Luna
Other titles in the “Hooray,
I can read” series about Luna
Luna’s roaring mess
Author: Monique Berndes
Illustrator: Melchior van
Rijn
AVI E4
15 x 21,5 cm
48 pages
ISBN 978 90 5116 318 6
Price € 8.95
Luna and her magic dragon
Author: Monique Berndes
Illustrator: Melchior van Rijn
AVI M4
15 x 21,5 cm
48 pages
ISBN 978 90 5116 995 9
Price € 8.95
Together with her cat Bert, Luna is going to
magic school for the first time.
In strict Ms Aneta’s class she has to turn
someone into a frog.
But Luna knows how to do that already! She
wants to learn something new.
Luckily there’s a spell in the big book about a
dung fly.
Promptly, Luna decides to try it out on Ms Aneta.
Forgetting for a moment that frogs are crazy
about dung flies...
Luna and the frog
Author: Monique Berndes
Illustrator: Melchior van
Rijn
AVI M4
15 x 21,5 cm
48 pages
ISBN 978 90 5116 038 3
Price € 8.95
Luna goes to magic school
Author: Monique Berndes
Illustrator: Melchior van Rijn
48 pages
ISBN 978 90 5116 465 7
Price € 8.95
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Oink can do even more
than open doors…
Pets, contest, school
There’s a contest at school:
teach your pet a trick.
The best trick will win a prize.
Sam would love to try and win.
But what can he teach Oink?
Oink is a hero
Author: Monique
Berndes
Illustrator: Mark Janssen
For age 6+
15 x 21.5 cm
48 pages
ISBN 978 90 5116 370 4
Price € 8.95
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“Hooray, I can read” for
older children
The books in the “Hooray, I can read” series are highly
appreciated because of the font that is also suitable
for dyslexic children and all the colourful artwork.
With Escape we introduce the “Hooray, I can read*”
series (with a star), especially meant for children
in the last years of primary school who still have a
problem with reading. In the books in this series
the main character is a bit older than usual, and the
subject connects with the experience of the readers.
In the middle of the night the phone is ringing.
She knows what that means.
She has to run, again.
She runs into the dark night.
The next day Anna falls asleep in class.
Her teacher wants to know what’s up.
Bur she can’t tell, never.
It’s a big secret.
Escape
Author: Ineke Kraijo
Illustrator: Veerle Hildebrandt
For age 7+
15 x 21.5 cm
64 pages
ISBN 978 90 5116 388 9
Price € 8.95
Anna’s dad is drunk once in a while and threatens her
mother then. Anna wants him to stop, but she can’t
do that alone. And she can tell no one, can she?
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New adventures of the
Mole-The Mole family!
This is the Mole-the Mole family:
Mother has a job.
Father takes care of the children.
He also keeps the house clean.
Then there are the twins Stuffy and Stripes.
And grandma!
She’s old and rides around in a wheelchair.
Really fast.
An ordinary family, right?
The Mole-the Mole family
is looking good
Author: Burny Bos
Illustrator: Hans de Beer
For age 7+
15 x 21.5 cm
32 pages
ISBN 978 90 5116 990 4
Price € 8.95
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Titles in the “Hooray,
I can read” series about
the Mole-the Mole family
The Mole-the Mole
family. What’s that
smell?
Illustrator: Hans de Beer
Author: Burny Bos
The Mole-the Mole
family: Up in the air
Illustrator: Hans de Beer
Author: Burny Bos
For age 7+
15 x 21,5 cm
48 pages
For age 7+
15 x 21,5 cm
48 pages
ISBN 978 90 5116 319 3
Price 3 8.95
ISBN 978 90 5116 176 2
Price 3 8.95
The Mole-the Mole family have a lot of adventures.
Like when Stuffy can’t sleep.
When father gets lost at a theme park,
or when he tries a bit too hard.
When grandma takes Stuffy and Stripes to see a movie.
But wait a minute… what’s that smell?
Everything is fine at
Mole-the Mole house
Illustrator: Hans de Beer
Author: Burny Bos
Family Mole-the Mole
have a party
Illustrator: Hans de Beer
Author: Burny Bos
For age 7+
15 x 21,5 cm
48 pages
For age 7+
15 x 21,5 cm
48 pages
ISBN 978 90 5116 154 0
Price 3 8.95
ISBN 978 90 5116 155 7
Price 3 8.95
At the Mole-the Mole family, there is always
something going on.
Mother doesn’t bring enough money to the store.
Father suddenly wants to make a bunk bed…
But whatever happens: everything turns out fine at the
end.
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A lot goes on in the Mole-the Mole home.
They’re hanging new wallpaper.
The twins are doing the dishes.
And having fun doing it!
And grandma is playing the flute. But why?
At the Mole-the Mole family, there is always something
going on.
They take a trip.
Or have to go to the dentist.
And it’s father Mole-the Mole’s birthday.
But then he fall asleep at his own party!
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Other titles in the
“Easy to read” series
Sinterklaas isn’t a thief!
Authors: Monique Berndes
Illustrator: Melchior van
Rijn
Oink the watchpig
Author: Monique Berndes
Illustrator: Mark Janssen
For age 6+
15 x 21.5 cm
48 pages
ISBN 978 90 5116 991 1
Price € 8.95
For age 7+
15 x 21,5 cm
48 pages
ISBN 978 90 5116 022 2
Price 3 8.95
Kemal hears footsteps on the roof.
Hoofbeats of a horse and voices!
Must be burglars, Kemal thinks.
They might be after my shoes!
Dad quickly builds a fire in the fireplace.
Now the burglars can’t come in.
The next day, the teachers talks about Sinterklaas.
In Kosovo, there was no such man.
Maybe it wasn’t a burglar after all?
Henry and the white crow
Author and illustrator:
Géwout Esselink
AVI E4
15 x 21,5 cm
48 pages
Sam wins a prize in the lottery!
What will it be?
A football or a comic book?
No, it’s a pig.
A real life, pink pig!
Sam puts him in the shed.
But then he hears something.
Mrs. May looks over the hedge.
“You must be up to something,” she says.
a ghost outside our tent?
Author: Hieke van der
Werff
Illustrator: Melchior van
Rijn
For age 6+
15 x 21,5 cm
48 pages
ISBN 978 90 5116 202 8
Price 3 8.95
ISBN 978 90 5116 207 3
Price 3 8.95
Henry feels lonely,
because his best friend moved away.
One day he sees a flock of crows.
They’re bullying a white crow.
Henry takes the white crow home.
He wants to help him, because he knows that having
no-one to play with is not much fun at all.
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matt is out camping.
his dad’s already asleep.
just like his mum and his sister penny.
but matt is still wide awake.
he has to pee.
holding a torch and umbrella,
he gets out of his tent.
but what’s that?
it sounds like the voice of a man.
or could it be a ghost?
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