A TRAIN FULL OF ZOMBIES

DE ZOMBIETREIN (A TRAIN FULL OF ZOMBIES)
year:
2017

genre:

poetry, 48 p.

publisher:

Querido, Amsterdam

illustrator:
Floor de Goede
age:

8+
awards:
Zilveren Griffel (Silver Slate) 2018
Nominated for the Golden Poetry Medal, 2018
The poem 'De zee is een schilder' was awarded with a Poetry Star 2018

This is the third volume of 'comic poems': it's not an ordinary book of poetry, it's not a comic, but I wrote 22 poems and Floor made two-page-comics out of them.

- A first book full of 'comic-poetry' came out in 2008 and was called GRANDPA SHOWS HIS TOES. This book was awarded with the 'Zilveren Griffel', the Silver Slate, the offical 'best books of the year'. The second volume was made two years later and got an honoray mention for that same prize, and was awarded with the 'best comic book for youth': DRAGONS WITH PLUGS (2010).

WE ARE TIGERS!

WIJ ZIJN TIJGERS! (WE ARE TIGERS!) 
year:
2016

genre:

picture book, 40 p.

publisher:

Querido, Amsterdam

illustrators:
Ingrid & Dieter Schubert
age:

4+
rights sold:
German (Fischer Sauerländer)
Danish (Turbine)

This picture book is my second with wellknown and renowned artists Ingrid & Dieter Schubert. It's about three small animals boasting about being big and tough: 'Inside we are tigers! No, we are supertigers!' But then a real tiger comes along...

- A full English translation is available, as well as a pdf.

IN THE BULLSEYE!

HET IS RAAK! (IN THE BULLSEYE!) 
year:

2016

genre:

picture book, 60 p.

publisher:

De Eenhoorn, Wielsbeke

illustrator:
Suzan 'T Hooft
age:

4+


This is my first book with Suzan 'T Hooft, and it's also her first book. She created a fantasticly funny, colourful and friendly universe, for this book about two bears who seem to be made for each other - they just haven't found figured it out themselves yet. All of their friends try to convince them that love is no competition. But maybe it is - and then: what would be the best first move?

I WAS WITH THE DINOSAURS

IK BEN BIJ DE DINOSAURUSSEN GEWEEST (I WAS WITH THE DINOSAURS) 
year:

2016

genre:

picture book, 40 p.

publisher:

Querido, Amsterdam

illustrator:
Floor de Goede 

age:

5+
awards:
Vlag en Wimpel 2017 (Honorary mention Best books for children)
rights sold: 
Danish (Turbine Forlag)

A young boy knows which book he wants to have: the one with the dinosaurs. As soon as he start reading he is in their world. He discovers well-known but also lesser known dinosaurs. But then dinner is ready. And then his family members don't seem to believe he has visited the dinosaur's world. Until...
This stunning picture book by Floor de Goede (we made the SOFIE-series together and three volumes of comic poems) shows what imagination can do. Kids will lose themselves in wide, colourful spreads of dinosaurs, and they also will have been with the dinosaurs, while reading this book.