SEEYA!

DOEI! (SEE YA!)

year:

2014

genre:

picture book, 40 p.

publisher:

Querido, Amsterdam

illustrator:
Marije Tolman
awards:
Leespluim June 2015 (picture book of the month) 
age:

4+
rights sold:
German (Fischer Sauerländer)
Spanish (Colombia) (Editorial Monigote)
Macedonian (Ars Lamina)


This picture book is my first collaboration with the fantastic Marije Tolman, who made the well-known THE TREEHOUSE with her father Ronald Tolman, a book she received the Bologna Ragazzi Award for. The story is about flying dreams. A girl has these happy dreams night after night, but her brother envies her. How can she get him to fly for himself?

- A full English translation by Laura Watkinson is available, as well as a pdf.
- Also a full Brazilian Portuguese translation is available, send me a mail. 
- This book is promoted by the Dutch Literary Fund, so foreign publishers could apply for translation and production grants here.

A PARTY FOR THE MACHINES

FEEST VOOR DE MACHINES (A PARTY FOR THE MACHINES)

year:

2014

genre:

picture book, 32 p.

publisher:

De Eenhoorn, Wielsbeke

illustrator:
Liesbeth De Stercke
age:

4+
rights sold:
Danish (Turbine Forlag)
Korean (KIZM Education Group)

It's Liesbeth De Sterke's first picture book, and thus my first cooperation with her - and a very happy one. A PARTY FOR THE MACHINES is a cheerful book, about (agricultural) machines and animals, and will hopefully also appeal to boys (and girls of course!)
All the animals in this book have worked hard: Elephant has delivered concrete, Giraffe has planted potatoes, Peacock has a full trailer … So now everyone is on their way to a big party. The animals feast until they fall asleep. The machines stay behind. Suddenly the headlights switch on. The party for the machines can now begin!



- Prooftranslation in English is available