tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17479152516473717712024-02-06T20:03:31.733-08:00EDWARD VAN DE VENDELs BOOKSEdwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04378368066637012211noreply@blogger.comBlogger93125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1747915251647371771.post-26789341716456621002021-07-31T03:54:00.005-07:002022-06-23T02:07:34.094-07:00MATHS FOR LIFE (with Ionica Smeets)<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihle94aPcMXmwqVXM3dwySxgOGik18eASbrI7unColI4FOoaUa6OFxt4N9oHzmyPOXIyjKo0d51des9kHObUZfs7ihoE4qLtLRKkypNHJh3X7Ok2KeS1g1lAylP9BJ-U7gDoMHbibNcYxj/s2048/Vendel+Smeets+Rekenen+voor+je+leven+rgb.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1510" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihle94aPcMXmwqVXM3dwySxgOGik18eASbrI7unColI4FOoaUa6OFxt4N9oHzmyPOXIyjKo0d51des9kHObUZfs7ihoE4qLtLRKkypNHJh3X7Ok2KeS1g1lAylP9BJ-U7gDoMHbibNcYxj/s320/Vendel+Smeets+Rekenen+voor+je+leven+rgb.jpg" width="236" /></a></div>REKENEN VOOR JE LEVEN (MATHS FOR LIFE)
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<b>year: </b></div>
<div>
2021</div>
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<b>genre:</b></div>
<div>
non-fiction, children's book, 176 p.</div>
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<b>publisher:</b></div>
<div>
<a href="https://www.nieuwezijds.nl/boek/rekenenvoorjeleven/" target="_blank">Nieuwezijds</a><br />
<b>illustrator:</b><br />
Floor de Goede </div><div><b>age:</b></div><div>10+</div><div><b>rights sold:</b></div><div>Serbian (Odiseja)</div><div><b>awards:</b><div>Silver Slate 2022</div><div>Bronze Pencil 2022 (for the illustrations) <br /></div></div><br /><p></p><p><i>For this book mathematician Ionica Smeets and I came up with a class of ten year olds who one day overhear their teachers talk about how dull the school's math books are. The kids agree and organize a protest: why aren't the equations and sums about real stuff, about things they can use in their actual lives? The teachers make a plan: this year the kids can suggest new - valuable - mathematics questions. I wrote the 22 stories leading up to each question, stories in which we get to know all the children, and Ionica wrote the math answers. Examples of the questions are: How do I get rich? How do I win at every game? Is it better for the climate if we pee under the shower? If you gather all the tears you cry in your life, could you take a bath in them? Et cetera... The wonderful artist Floor de Goede made illustrations in full color, but he also transformed the math explanations into funny comics. Roald Triebels did the fantastic book design. And hopefully the children in the book but also our readers will agree that yes, mathematics </i>can<i> be about real life.</i> </p><p>Foreign publishers: for the rights to this book - <a href="https://www.elami-agency.com/" target="_blank">mail our agent Elaine Michon</a>. <br /></p>Edwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04378368066637012211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1747915251647371771.post-60123559018619615942021-04-11T04:35:00.002-07:002021-04-11T04:36:22.732-07:00DADDY IS A POLAR BEAR<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj64r8wZkhMvMjcR8DdW8J1s_qZzP_qN3Hd4XsqwprdM364np5LV_6SnqeXYxQil2WmTp46AJ8kW7oPOJwkSB6dpfL7wbfFKqeVrpaJe3G9wPRborUqbopcKyeHCvKWinn-Zdjmiyt4_IXX/s320/0001.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj64r8wZkhMvMjcR8DdW8J1s_qZzP_qN3Hd4XsqwprdM364np5LV_6SnqeXYxQil2WmTp46AJ8kW7oPOJwkSB6dpfL7wbfFKqeVrpaJe3G9wPRborUqbopcKyeHCvKWinn-Zdjmiyt4_IXX/s0/0001.jpg" /></a></div>PAPA IS EEN IJSBEER (DADDY IS A POLAR BEAR)<b> </b><br />
<b>year:</b><br />
<p></p><div>
2021</div>
<div>
<b>genre:</b></div>
<div>
children's book, graphic novel, 64 p.</div>
<div>
<b>publisher:</b></div>
<div>
<a href="http://www.eenhoorn.be/foreign_rights/kalfje-veulentje.html">De Eenhoorn, Wielsbeke</a></div>
<div>
<b>illustrator:</b><br />
Saskia Halfmouw<br />
<b>age:</b></div><p>
9+<br />
<br />
Daddy is a polar bear<i> started as a short story, but Saskia Halfmouw made it into a richly illustrated little graphic novel, which also makes it an easy read. The story is about an older sister and her 4-year old brother, who one day starts repeating this sentence: 'Daddy is a polar bear'. Why does he do that? What does it mean? But then the girl sees a documentary about polar bears... A tender, light and warm story about being the children in a divorce situation. </i> <br />
</p>Edwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04378368066637012211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1747915251647371771.post-29303761428597561682021-03-29T08:39:00.003-07:002021-10-13T08:05:25.494-07:00THE BAMBOO GIRL<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi98ZE2ELsLuB-qSbrU-lf4hWd_p8tVjEbZMt4S7DbomYfd6vSBcK7ndSPSXVOID3bhwgBkoxa8TU5OjcOibTgtfJfDVF8htxHcS-YYEDPdHRoksDLin0uhW8zfhrzB9DUT6zyKaQUPE6Vx/s2048/coverbamboe.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1352" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi98ZE2ELsLuB-qSbrU-lf4hWd_p8tVjEbZMt4S7DbomYfd6vSBcK7ndSPSXVOID3bhwgBkoxa8TU5OjcOibTgtfJfDVF8htxHcS-YYEDPdHRoksDLin0uhW8zfhrzB9DUT6zyKaQUPE6Vx/s320/coverbamboe.jpg" /></a></div>HET BAMBOEMEISJE (THE BAMBOO GIRL)<br />
<b>year:</b><br />
2021<br />
<p></p><div>
<b>genre:</b></div>
<div>
children's book, graphic novel, 260 p.</div>
<div>
<b>publisher:</b></div>
<div>
<a href="https://www.singeluitgeverijen.nl/foreign-rights/" target="_blank">Querido, Amsterdam</a></div>
<div>
<b>illustrator:</b><br />
Mattias De Leeuw</div><div><b>age:</b></div><div>9+</div><div><b>rights sold:</b></div><div>Italian (Sinnos)</div><div><b>awards:</b></div><div>White Raven 2021</div><br /><p><i>Mattias De Leeuw and I based this story on the oldest folk tale form Japan (</i>The Bamboo Cutter<i>), but we made a very free interpretation. A mysterious girl is born between the bamboo an old couple is living off. She grows up to be the most beautiful young woman and soon she attracts all kinds of suitors, including princes and noblemen. But she has eyes for nobody. Why is that? What is her secret? Mattias created a wonderful and rich graphic novel out, with full colour images on each and everyone of the 260 pages. </i><br />
</p>Edwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04378368066637012211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1747915251647371771.post-60808934306533694722020-08-01T09:31:00.000-07:002021-07-12T09:42:41.764-07:00THERE WAS A TINCAN IN THE GRASS<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyE5r1PPg6QvCwtthMul8UhpbCdjYMa6rndNH76RgV_ctKs8M2OgiuWBNslQn5zRvdyx4Niu_pRPUPg2JDJoALKPiXFhLGQzL48If3oRHr4Ze-laT66dx5ygOtm7CxKx_S29n66WS-Kj8T/s1200/1199x1200.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1199" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyE5r1PPg6QvCwtthMul8UhpbCdjYMa6rndNH76RgV_ctKs8M2OgiuWBNslQn5zRvdyx4Niu_pRPUPg2JDJoALKPiXFhLGQzL48If3oRHr4Ze-laT66dx5ygOtm7CxKx_S29n66WS-Kj8T/s320/1199x1200.jpg" /></a></div>ER LAG EEN TROMMELTJE IN HET GRAS (THERE WAS A TINCAN IN THE GRASS)<br />
<p></p><div>
<b>year: </b></div>
<div>
2020</div>
<div>
<b>genre:</b></div>
<div>
picture book, 32 p.</div>
<div>
<b>publisher:</b></div>
<div>
Querido<br />
<b>illustrator:</b><br />
Sanne te Loo <br /></div><div><b>age:</b></div><div>5+</div><div><b>awards:</b></div><div>Silver Slate 2021</div><div> <br /></div><div>
</div>
<div>
<i>This story is about time. A young boy finds a tincan at a flee market, loses it in his way home, and then we go back in time... To see that the tincan once belonged to Lina, who used it to store a personal treasure when she was small. But then she forgot about it and years later, after her death, her daughters selll the tincan... to the young boy. From that point in the story we go forward: what happens when it's the boy's turn to grow old? Sanne te Loo beautifully illustrated this journey through the decades, and she reveils to the viewer what Lina's treasure was... The book ends with a treasure map that leads the children once again through the years and provides them with the last missing links...</i></div><br />Edwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04378368066637012211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1747915251647371771.post-2948523116564395382020-07-29T02:53:00.008-07:002021-10-19T00:41:03.752-07:00GLOW <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhArX0yChYYXSbOkOIsgtGaGxSK1uLABS9RPgwvhNshl54pv4CFiJLqB-yCXqTnepVDGOqGRMKLr9NarqFKAZO7OH0lo0QcNDvNatXKBUg8dnjrvG8SBMEXqXIjdBGuLNVaIUAT8IwACPUX/s2048/CoverDEFhighres.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1336" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhArX0yChYYXSbOkOIsgtGaGxSK1uLABS9RPgwvhNshl54pv4CFiJLqB-yCXqTnepVDGOqGRMKLr9NarqFKAZO7OH0lo0QcNDvNatXKBUg8dnjrvG8SBMEXqXIjdBGuLNVaIUAT8IwACPUX/s320/CoverDEFhighres.jpg" /></a></div>GLOEI (GLOW)<br />
<div>
<b>year: </b></div>
<div>
2020</div>
<div>
<b>genre:</b></div>
<div>
non-fiction, poetry, 480 p.</div>
<div>
<b>publisher:</b></div>
<div>
Querido<br />
<b>illustrator:</b><br />
Floor de Goede </div><div><b>age:</b></div><div>14+ and adults</div><div><b>awards:</b></div><div>Rainbowbook of the year 2021</div><div>Nomination for the Çavaria Media Award 2020</div><div>Honour List IBBY 2022 <br /></div><div>Silver Slate 2021</div><div>Silver Pencil 2021 (for the illustrations)<br /></div><div> <br /></div><div>
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<div>
<i>For this big book I interviewed twenty one young people (between 15 and 23 years old). They talked </i><i><i> frankly </i>about all the things that glow in their lives: love, anger ambition. Being extremely diverse, they all have one thing in common: their sexuality or their gender differs from the majority. To every interview I wrote a poem, and Floor de Goede drew a portrait of each interviewee. At the end of the book there's a chapter that reveils what happened after the interviews. The beautiful book design is by Roald Triebels.</i></div>
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<i>This book also marks the start of a whole new series with novels with queer main characters: Querido's imprint Querido Glow. </i></div>Edwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04378368066637012211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1747915251647371771.post-6399487425752151482020-07-28T03:52:00.001-07:002020-07-29T02:55:36.812-07:00THE EUROVISION SONG CONTEST (with Jelmer Soes and Dave Boomkens)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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HET EUROVISIE SONGFESTIVAL (THE EUROVISION SONG CONTEST, together with Jelmer Soes and Dave Boomkens)<br />
<b>year:</b><br />
2020<b> </b><br />
<b>genre:</b><br />
<div>
non-fiction, 240 p.</div>
<div>
<b>publisher:</b></div>
<div>
Querido<br />
<b>illustrator:</b><br />
several (photographs) </div>
<div>
<b>age:</b></div>
9+ and adults<br />
<br />
<i>2020 marks the year that I got to be one of the founders of <a href="http://www.eurostory.nl/">www.eurostory.nl</a>,
an online magazine that combines literature, stories and the Eurovision
Song Contest. Apart from that, the Netherlands won the contest in 2019, with Duncan
Laurence, which means the festival will be held in Rotterdam - my home town (although now the festival got postponed by a year because of covid-19).</i><br />
<i><br /></i>
<i>From these facts a question rose: to write an encyclopedia-like book about the Eurovision Song Contest. I wrote this together with my Eurostory-colleagues
Jelmer Soes and Dave Boomkens: a quite voluminous book in which all years, all songs and all stories found their place. </i><br />
<i>For every edition (the festival celebrates 65 years!) there's a piece about the winner, about the Dutch contestant, about the 'funniest lyrical line' that was sung that year, there's a list with all names and points, and there are extra stories that were worth being told. Besides that there are many beautiful pictures, some of them were never printed before. And there's a preface by our Eurovision commentator</i><i> Cornald Maas!</i><br />
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<i>The book is suited for both adults and children, and was beautifully designed by Roald Triebels.</i><br />
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<i><br /></i>Edwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04378368066637012211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1747915251647371771.post-30733139329270319652019-03-19T14:46:00.001-07:002020-04-07T01:16:35.834-07:00MISS UNICORN <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfWMSzPJl5HbqmS2_vFSabu4_Ac126Gt4Zpn1OvINICVxIUvlU4rhDJs4APdaSnM_XFAVjIUWW8vy13UmzlUHIrlMgZFUfL_vaVPTfzeBgJ0xeKnub-QD18o4ez8j3AUz7vmo2nWbW5gxG/s1600/CoverMissNIEUW_lowres.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1260" data-original-width="900" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfWMSzPJl5HbqmS2_vFSabu4_Ac126Gt4Zpn1OvINICVxIUvlU4rhDJs4APdaSnM_XFAVjIUWW8vy13UmzlUHIrlMgZFUfL_vaVPTfzeBgJ0xeKnub-QD18o4ez8j3AUz7vmo2nWbW5gxG/s320/CoverMissNIEUW_lowres.jpg" width="228" /></a>MISS EENHOORN (MISS UNICORN)<br />
<b>year:</b><br />
2019<br />
<div>
<b>genre:</b></div>
<div>
children's book, 80 p.</div>
<div>
<b>publisher:</b></div>
<div>
<a href="https://www.singeluitgeverijen.nl/foreign-rights/" target="_blank">Querido, Amsterdam</a></div>
<div>
<b>illustrator:</b><br />
Floor de Goede<br />
<b>age:</b></div>
6+<br />
<br />
<br />
<span class="_5yl5"><i>Miss Eenhoorn is a first reading book. The sentences are short, there are plenty of full colour illustrations (on every page) and not too much text. It's the story of 5 'kids' (small horses) who want to take part in the Miss Unicorn Election, but they are not allowed for various reasons (one because she is a zebra, two because they are boys, and two because they are way too small). But with the help of the mother of the main character (the zebra girl) they start protesting... and end up at the election anyway. A unicorn story about chances for everyone, joyful and diverse. </i></span><br />
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<span class="_5yl5"><i><i>A special on this book by the Dutch Literature Fund, aimed at possible translations, is to be found <a href="http://www.letterenfonds.nl/nl/boek/1342/miss-eenhoorn" target="_blank">here</a>. </i></i></span><br />
<span class="_5yl5"><i><i>And <a href="https://vimeo.com/404276763" target="_blank">here</a> you'll find a 1-minute clip about this book.</i></i></span><br />
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<br />Edwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04378368066637012211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1747915251647371771.post-44188954807862246562019-02-07T14:16:00.001-08:002020-10-08T01:32:49.760-07:00WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU TRIP OVER A HIPPO <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTJ5eZG-zxOcTM33HjGrm5J_t_JoFFkn8gUIIu59c3lYAEkgVnGlSET_tjAKgQFQ06RlWNjmYkfQ8Iw70kcvdNzaSr1k_KP-vrvFshaq-q9eR7YCnB73T6lbKHdrEkuLQB4ljZ5dvuJeQI/s1600/9200000102208389.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="881" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTJ5eZG-zxOcTM33HjGrm5J_t_JoFFkn8gUIIu59c3lYAEkgVnGlSET_tjAKgQFQ06RlWNjmYkfQ8Iw70kcvdNzaSr1k_KP-vrvFshaq-q9eR7YCnB73T6lbKHdrEkuLQB4ljZ5dvuJeQI/s320/9200000102208389.jpg" width="234" /></a>WAT JE MOET DOEN ALS JE OVER EEN NIJLPAARD STRUIKELT (WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU TRIP OVER A HIPPO) <br />
<b>year:</b><br />
2019<b> </b><br />
<b>genre:</b><br />
<div>
poetry, 64 p.</div>
<div>
<b>publisher:</b></div>
<div>
<a href="https://www.singeluitgeverijen.nl/foreign-rights/" target="_blank">Querido, Amsterdam</a></div>
<div>
<b>illustrator:</b><br />
Martijn van der Linden<br />
<b>age:</b></div>
9+<br />
<b>awards:</b><br />
Silver Slate 2020<br />
Silver Pencil 2020<br />
White Raven 2020<br />Golden Poetry Medal 2020<br />
Honorary mention Big Poetry Award 2020<br />
The poem 'What to do when you worry about a friendship' was awarded with a Poetry Star 2020<br />
<br />
<i>These 25-poems go under the title of </i>What to do when you trip over a hippo<i> and they also have a second title: </i>Poems that are of use<i> ('Gedichten waar je wat aan hebt'). The title of every poem starts with 'What to do when...' and several 'questions' are being 'answered': What to do when you don't know what to draw? What to do when you are waiting for a train? What to do when you don't like your name? </i><br />
<i>Martijn van der Linden, my brilliant campanion for our </i><a href="http://edwardvandevendelenglish.blogspot.com/2015/03/vote-for-okapi.html" target="_blank">Vote for the okapi</a><i>-book, now delivers 25 large and stunning illustrations in full colour. And I must say, it's one of those books that I'm kinda sad about because it's ready and published - it was such a joy making it! </i><br />
<i>Thanks also to Steef Liefting, who did the book design. </i><br />
<br />
<i>A special on this book by the Dutch Literature Fund, aimed at possible translations, is to be found <a href="http://www.letterenfonds.nl/nl/boek/1344/wat-je-moet-doen-als-je-over-een-nijlpaard-struikelt" target="_blank">here</a>. </i><br />
<i>There are also some poems translated into English by David Colmer. Ask for them at my mail: e.vendel@chello.nl. </i><br />
<span class="_5yl5"><i><i>And <a href="https://vimeo.com/404276803" target="_blank">here</a> you'll find a 1-minute clip about this book.</i></i></span>Edwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04378368066637012211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1747915251647371771.post-6422694360929948972018-11-14T04:16:00.006-08:002022-01-24T03:43:17.032-08:00LITTLE FOX<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG-9MpWbH6fDxg4I1vwRMsPIb06kwGIfTBB_71whbrTO3ZLGgtRlHFhtJ6C_gE6SsIqDmCHe19Cb3IBjYLlrTdHbrWX4qDdk6Bjgu8LmVXM5197OE-7SCISKxTGl7qkDPLoKt9Jav8ybN6/s1600/aacoverVosje.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="606" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG-9MpWbH6fDxg4I1vwRMsPIb06kwGIfTBB_71whbrTO3ZLGgtRlHFhtJ6C_gE6SsIqDmCHe19Cb3IBjYLlrTdHbrWX4qDdk6Bjgu8LmVXM5197OE-7SCISKxTGl7qkDPLoKt9Jav8ybN6/s320/aacoverVosje.jpg" width="242" /></a>VOSJE (LITTLE FOX)<br />
<b>year:</b><br />
2018<br />
<div>
<b>genre:</b></div>
<div>
children's book, 80 p.</div>
<div>
<b>publisher:</b></div>
<div>
<a href="https://www.singeluitgeverijen.nl/foreign-rights/" target="_blank">Querido, Amsterdam</a></div>
<div>
<b>illustrator:</b><br />
Marije Tolman<br />
<b>age:</b></div><p>
6+<br />
<b>awards:</b><br />
Silver Pencil 2019 (for the illustrations)<br />
Silver Slate 2019 (for the text)<br />
Nominatie Boekenleeuw 2019 (Belgium)<br />
White Raven 2019<br />
Kröte des Monats Februar 2020 (Austria)<br />
Die Besten 7 von März 2020 (Germany)</p><p>Nomination Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis 2021 (Germany)<br />
<b>rights sold:</b><br />
Russian (KompasGuide)<br />
German (Gerstenberg)<br />
French (Albin Michel)<br />
Italian (Il Castoro)<br />
English (USA) (Levine Querido)<br />
Iran (Read My World)</p><p>Lithuanian (Nieko Rimto)<br />
Macedonian (Chudna Suma)<br />
Spanish (Argentina) (Adriana Hidalgo/Pípala)<br />
Slovenian (Sanje)<br />
Slovak (IKAR)</p><p>Turkish (MEAV)</p><p>Chinese (Mainland) (Jieli) <br /></p><p><br />
<br />
<i>A fox, not more than a few months old, plays and plays in his natural surroundings - but when it jumps of a bunker it falls flat on the ground. From this unconscious state a dream begins. In this dream he relives his whole life - but oh, what is the little boy doing in the book? Is he on his way to save the little fox? </i><br />
<i>This book is illuminated by the magical illustrations of Marije Tolman. She used mixed techniques to create a whole new world - in which Little Fox is carried and loved. Her work is a writer's dream. </i><br />
<br />
<i> </i><span class="_5yl5"><i><i>A special on this book by the Dutch Literature Fund, aimed at possible translations, is to be found <a href="http://www.letterenfonds.nl/nl/boek/1245/vosje" target="_blank">here</a>. </i></i></span><br />
<br /></p>Edwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04378368066637012211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1747915251647371771.post-67736549488796175402017-12-11T04:52:00.000-08:002018-02-24T05:14:01.919-08:00THE LOVELY VILLAGE OF LOVELYSUN<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAX-0s_hwjyRLUNaWn7CoSUvmuLyWSgBqE5zF-fsgnjSzwlfNe7SXeOsRflTGtMUnN1Me9EBhzOc47XugAQKg9kfx20PvkoskSkv9vNwN9O-4WcW5GFD5LBERqKcFTgpBhKKAOkbP5nWFv/s1600/coverMooiezon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="859" data-original-width="612" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAX-0s_hwjyRLUNaWn7CoSUvmuLyWSgBqE5zF-fsgnjSzwlfNe7SXeOsRflTGtMUnN1Me9EBhzOc47XugAQKg9kfx20PvkoskSkv9vNwN9O-4WcW5GFD5LBERqKcFTgpBhKKAOkbP5nWFv/s320/coverMooiezon.jpg" width="227" /></a>HET MOOIE DORPJE MOOIEZON (THE LOVELY VILLAGE OF LOVELYSUN)<b> </b><br />
<b>year:</b><br />
<div>
2018</div>
<div>
<b>genre:</b></div>
<div>
picture book, 48 p.</div>
<div>
<b>publisher:</b></div>
<div>
<a href="http://www.eenhoorn.be/foreign_rights/kalfje-veulentje.html">De Eenhoorn, Wielsbeke</a></div>
<div>
<b>illustrator:</b><br />
Suzan T'Hooft<br />
<b>age:</b></div>
4+<br />
<br />
<i>My second picture book with Suzan T'Hooft leads us to a lovely village. Everything in Lovelysun is all right: all the inhabitants help each other wherever they can. Until, one day, Anteater starts asking difficult questions... A colourful book about being together and about those that keep our society together in a different way than others...</i> <br />
<br />Edwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04378368066637012211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1747915251647371771.post-68946487562711540652017-10-28T04:35:00.000-07:002018-01-25T02:54:41.753-08:00SOFIE AND THE ELEPHANTS <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNJIuVmDlxfhyphenhyphenT_Rk7qZpu0y5VU9G6lLQQxkP4m3sAF8Vzzh4oXHftCYekDUVFFlpRPkT_tARIysnahCSo1SOs0XuWNy21w67neoTDGhvnrTwDPWSFo_2aglAlF4bUcF-szGlMNnzi8sLa/s1600/coversofieolifanten.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNJIuVmDlxfhyphenhyphenT_Rk7qZpu0y5VU9G6lLQQxkP4m3sAF8Vzzh4oXHftCYekDUVFFlpRPkT_tARIysnahCSo1SOs0XuWNy21w67neoTDGhvnrTwDPWSFo_2aglAlF4bUcF-szGlMNnzi8sLa/s320/coversofieolifanten.jpg" width="247" /></a>SOFIE EN DE OLIFANTEN (SOFIE AND THE ELEPHANTS)<br />
<b>year:</b><br />
2018<br />
<div>
<b>genre:</b></div>
<div>
childrens book, with comic- and non-fiction-elements, 144 p.</div>
<div>
<b>publisher:</b></div>
<div>
<a href="http://www.queridokinderenjeugdboeken.nl/web/foreign-rights.htm">Querido, Amsterdam</a></div>
<div>
<b>illustrator:</b><br />
Floor de Goede (illustrations and comics)<br />
Ype+Willem (photo-comics)<br />
<b>age:</b></div>
8+<br />
<br />
<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="more"></a><i>In
this sixth book about Sofie we again combine several elements (text,
illustrations on every page, comics, photo-comics, short non-fiction
pieces and extra's at the end of the book). Sofies parents are abroad for work, so Sofie stays at her grandparent's house. But they have another guest as well: a grumpy old zookeeper who doesn't know what to do with himself, after his retirement. But then he starts telling the story about two baby elephants. Sofie and her best friends Timmie and Billie are mesmerized. And there is even a surprise at the end. A big surprise...</i><i> </i><br />
<br />
- The other volumes are called:<br />
<a href="http://edwardvandevendelenglish.blogspot.be/2014/03/sofie-and-penguins.html">SOFIE EN DE PINGUÏNS</a> (2010)<br />
<a href="http://edwardvandevendelenglish.blogspot.be/2014/04/sofie-and-flying-boy.html">SOFIE EN HET VLIEGENDE JONGETJE</a> (2012)<br />
<a href="http://edwardvandevendelenglish.blogspot.be/2014/04/sofie-and-polar-bear.html">SOFIE EN HET IJSBEERTJE</a> (2013) <br />
<a href="http://edwardvandevendelenglish.blogspot.nl/2014/04/sofie-and-dolphins.html">SOFIE EN DE DOLFIJNEN</a> (2014)<br />
<a href="http://edwardvandevendelenglish.blogspot.nl/2015/08/sofie-and-secret-horse.html" target="_blank">SOFIE EN HET GEHEIME PAARD</a> (2015).Edwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04378368066637012211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1747915251647371771.post-89357946636666813622017-10-26T10:56:00.000-07:002018-11-14T04:05:08.933-08:00THE BOY THAT SKATED WITH THE ANIMALS <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6i7H-wkVoGYEnoxOpVRyRwOXy2J9rmitfPSr-AVFspFdQ6wuGYreBj1tyFRGLjQJyrVdxkZvqRrb_IcKMLklyc8GfN6kdSpealp4KD0YWtFvJcvxy3kjWareN0RQz3Serk1lJljYECt7A/s1600/aacoverSchaatste.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="550" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6i7H-wkVoGYEnoxOpVRyRwOXy2J9rmitfPSr-AVFspFdQ6wuGYreBj1tyFRGLjQJyrVdxkZvqRrb_IcKMLklyc8GfN6kdSpealp4KD0YWtFvJcvxy3kjWareN0RQz3Serk1lJljYECt7A/s320/aacoverSchaatste.jpg" width="264" /></a>DE JONGEN DIE MET DE DIEREN SCHAATSTE (THE BOY THAT SKATED WITH THE ANIMALS)<br />
<b>year:</b><br />
2018<br />
<div>
<b>genre:</b></div>
<div>
childrens book, 48 p.</div>
<div>
<b>publisher:</b></div>
<div>
<a href="http://www.queridokinderenjeugdboeken.nl/web/foreign-rights.htm">Querido, Amsterdam</a></div>
<div>
<b>illustrator:</b><br />
Sanne te Loo<br />
<b>age:</b></div>
6+<br />
<br />
<i>I have been friends with ex-speedskater Beorn Nijenhuis for years. And his athlete story is perfect for a children's book: growing up as a Canadian kid, skating in winter at his family's own lake, to being one of the speedskaters starting for The Netherlands at the Olympics in Torino, Italy. Sanne te Loo made Beorns story into a wonderfully warmhearted document and Maarten Deckers did the book design. The book has little text, is based on Beorns life story and answers questions like: is the future athlete already part of the 8-year old boy, and vice versa? </i>Edwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04378368066637012211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1747915251647371771.post-71325022518719921482017-07-28T08:33:00.001-07:002018-06-23T08:55:12.371-07:00VASCO AND THE GREEN MONSTER<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI3mqVcT4ByrgyLabrZFSApU8eBDR6SPi0nuTxEC37hBqC1i4Yy3fGC0hb4Ruhmu2g1Ixwhy67-UFcctFnuA7KisAqONIaI2ZuPT-xcOXNDfCn8N6v7n0KfPPrA9sFJs73KHlcz018pri3/s1600/aacoverVascoGroene+monster.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="584" data-original-width="808" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI3mqVcT4ByrgyLabrZFSApU8eBDR6SPi0nuTxEC37hBqC1i4Yy3fGC0hb4Ruhmu2g1Ixwhy67-UFcctFnuA7KisAqONIaI2ZuPT-xcOXNDfCn8N6v7n0KfPPrA9sFJs73KHlcz018pri3/s320/aacoverVascoGroene+monster.jpg" width="320" /></a>VASCO EN HET GROENE MONSTER (VASCO AND THE GREEN MONSTER)<br />
<br />
<b>year:</b><br />
<div>
2017</div>
<div>
<b>genre:</b></div>
<div>
picture book, 32 p.</div>
<div>
<b>publisher:</b></div>
<div>
<a href="http://www.eenhoorn.be/eenhoornsite/englishsite/newtitles.php?msq=OTg0Ng==&complete=true&fds=cmplt">De Eenhoorn, Wielsbeke</a></div>
<div>
<b>illustrator:</b><br />
Alain Verster<br />
<b>age:</b></div>
4+<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<i>My third picture book with Alain Verster. Vasco is a pig that loves his owner: the young Matteo. Every day Vasco awaits Matteo, eager to play with him when he comes home from school. But this day Matteo says his father will bring him a gift. A gift called John. Vasco is so, so, so disappointed: will this John replace him? The other animals on the farm think it's outrageous: being replaced like thát. John becomes a monster in Vasco's head, a green monster. Until... A joyful, light story about friendship and jealousy. </i><br />
<br />
<i>Previous books I got to make with Alain Verster: <a href="http://edwardvandevendelenglish.blogspot.nl/2014/04/vasco-little-soccer-pig.html" target="_blank">VASCO THE LITTLE SOCCER PIG</a> and <a href="http://edwardvandevendelenglish.blogspot.nl/2014/04/the-dove-that-couldnt-dive.html" target="_blank">THE DOVE THAT COULDN'T DIVE</a>. </i><br />
<br />
- Prooftranslation in English is available. <br />
<br />
<br />Edwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04378368066637012211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1747915251647371771.post-6573667743623696442017-03-16T03:03:00.001-07:002017-03-16T03:03:17.745-07:00THE BIG AND FORBIDDEN ATTIC<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj91sm3SMvVlU52mEHUUgKZZVjst0OmGnmd-3qP-JjZlicLhCW7MO1d5Ri8osQSuugz8_n-_lDdB5csqNjswrdB7XiPMJogLYAdNR3OecfP-QRf8Q6pZdowgek4YqFi_wMGqBq4XdRqzRZq/s1600/coverVerbodenZolder.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj91sm3SMvVlU52mEHUUgKZZVjst0OmGnmd-3qP-JjZlicLhCW7MO1d5Ri8osQSuugz8_n-_lDdB5csqNjswrdB7XiPMJogLYAdNR3OecfP-QRf8Q6pZdowgek4YqFi_wMGqBq4XdRqzRZq/s320/coverVerbodenZolder.png" width="236" /></a>DE GROTE VERBODEN ZOLDER (THE BIG AND FORBIDDEN ATTIC)<br />
<b>year:</b><br />
2017<br />
<div>
<b>genre:</b></div>
<div>
children's book, 200 p.</div>
<div>
<b>publisher:</b></div>
<div>
<a href="http://www.queridokinderenjeugdboeken.nl/web/foreign-rights.htm">Querido, Amsterdam</a></div>
<div>
<b>age:</b></div>
10+<br />
<br />
<i>Eddy is almost ten. He lives alone with his parents. One day a mysterious girl walks into his life: she's gonna stay for a few weeks, Eddy isn't told why (some problems with her family?). The girl is beautiful but very silent. Until, one night, she comes knocking at Eddy's bedroom door. She takes him to the entrance of the Big Forbidden Attic. And... as soon as she starts talking, Eddy sees what she is telling him... wonderous creatures, thrilling stories. These nights will change his life. But... no one believed they really happened. Maybe you do? </i> Edwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04378368066637012211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1747915251647371771.post-39561935084100992392016-12-23T02:14:00.000-08:002018-06-21T01:26:44.058-07:00A TRAIN FULL OF ZOMBIES<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPCwsbD6kQn6vor29DFkOpUYRxdeIRvLv3T9di62n1Qf6FP7AErw-2xlVvN2gPePicTMgMjwNuFsLenHQ62Nx60LcecPCF7H2oWiSMFGRZm6iTLOCP6beqIYAPbnFm-BUkwP75ws_NPRgp/s1600/aacoverzombietrein.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPCwsbD6kQn6vor29DFkOpUYRxdeIRvLv3T9di62n1Qf6FP7AErw-2xlVvN2gPePicTMgMjwNuFsLenHQ62Nx60LcecPCF7H2oWiSMFGRZm6iTLOCP6beqIYAPbnFm-BUkwP75ws_NPRgp/s320/aacoverzombietrein.jpg" width="236" /></a>DE ZOMBIETREIN (A TRAIN FULL OF ZOMBIES)<br />
<b>year:</b><br />
2017<br />
<div>
<b>genre:</b></div>
<div>
poetry, 48 p.</div>
<div>
<b>publisher:</b></div>
<div>
<a href="http://www.queridokinderenjeugdboeken.nl/web/foreign-rights.htm">Querido, Amsterdam</a></div>
<div>
<b>illustrator:</b><br />
Floor de Goede<br />
<b>age:</b></div>
8+<br />
awards:<br />
Zilveren Griffel (Silver Slate) 2018<br />
Nominated for the Golden Poetry Medal, 2018<br />
The poem 'De zee is een schilder' was awarded with a Poetry Star 2018 <br />
<br />
<i>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.</i> <br />
<br />
- A first book full of 'comic-poetry' came out in 2008 and was called <a href="http://edwardvandevendelenglish.blogspot.nl/2014/03/opa-shows-his-toes.html" target="_blank">GRANDPA SHOWS HIS TOES</a>. 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': <a href="http://edwardvandevendelenglish.blogspot.nl/2014/03/dragons-with-plugs.html">DRAGONS WITH PLUGS</a> (2010).Edwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04378368066637012211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1747915251647371771.post-87142121258375411572016-11-29T04:56:00.001-08:002018-11-16T13:30:28.005-08:00WE ARE TIGERS!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguIT4V_qNCR3Wia-hhfhnjwyrAfl-Fl5xYojUuRhmCDCgr5aSXLK_PqBBgwjOmBpGrEC4FCVNDJFKivSogR9OpXUUZ1B_Y6NeYV64n9ItbQy6NrYU2rrFh9IQYBL4T9Jaagz2Ywuo0z_wF/s1600/coverwijzijntijgers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguIT4V_qNCR3Wia-hhfhnjwyrAfl-Fl5xYojUuRhmCDCgr5aSXLK_PqBBgwjOmBpGrEC4FCVNDJFKivSogR9OpXUUZ1B_Y6NeYV64n9ItbQy6NrYU2rrFh9IQYBL4T9Jaagz2Ywuo0z_wF/s200/coverwijzijntijgers.jpg" width="169" /></a>WIJ ZIJN TIJGERS! (WE ARE TIGERS!)<b> </b><br />
<b>year:</b><br />
2016<br />
<div>
<b>genre:</b></div>
<div>
picture book, 40 p.</div>
<div>
<b>publisher:</b></div>
<a href="https://www.queridokinderboeken.nl/over-querido-kinderboeken/foreign-rights/" target="_blank">Querido, Amsterdam</a><br />
<div>
<b>illustrators:</b><br />
Ingrid & Dieter Schubert<br />
<b>age:</b></div>
4+<br />
<b>rights sold:</b><br />
German (Fischer Sauerländer)<br />
Danish (Turbine) <br />
<br />
<i>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...</i><br />
<br />
<i>- </i>A full English translation is available, as well as a pdf.Edwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04378368066637012211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1747915251647371771.post-79666009839645720062016-06-07T00:36:00.002-07:002021-07-13T02:41:47.652-07:00IN THE BULLSEYE!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-gFiAU497TIG07ZkyknCnrJFaUpk4dQPiY_ivjM_m3g5ZUTYzXGvRaCmFD4kwZmhYT9NbZQ0poXpLZRBVNuvmvXFRHl0y9ZSrb9c_mBGvf13JWqhs_E7KFnPb6s6TWlfxca_0riJwFXJP/s1600/coverHetisraak.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-gFiAU497TIG07ZkyknCnrJFaUpk4dQPiY_ivjM_m3g5ZUTYzXGvRaCmFD4kwZmhYT9NbZQ0poXpLZRBVNuvmvXFRHl0y9ZSrb9c_mBGvf13JWqhs_E7KFnPb6s6TWlfxca_0riJwFXJP/s320/coverHetisraak.jpg" width="227" /></a>HET IS RAAK! (IN THE BULLSEYE!)<b> </b><br />
<b>year:</b><br />
<div>
2016</div>
<div>
<b>genre:</b></div>
<div>
picture book, 60 p.</div>
<div>
<b>publisher:</b></div>
<div>
<a href="http://www.eenhoorn.be/foreign_rights/kalfje-veulentje.html">De Eenhoorn, Wielsbeke</a></div>
<div>
<b>illustrator:</b><br />
Suzan 'T Hooft<br />
<b>age:</b></div>
4+<br />
<br />
<br />
<i>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>Edwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04378368066637012211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1747915251647371771.post-19051342613507617862016-06-07T00:29:00.001-07:002017-06-22T01:54:13.610-07:00I WAS WITH THE DINOSAURS<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg-TpjpYit73fwxGqiYKPsI7UcRmEtkqG1Q1NPr3xllCj2YwyZgI3JJClkFUXLBKH4gheEa7luvgsOcenFMUSgUKrEcBfHr6PynPb7neFcYWiTPomKMnXNQJ7wibOCMc2Osnob3WtXFetg/s1600/aacoverdinos.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg-TpjpYit73fwxGqiYKPsI7UcRmEtkqG1Q1NPr3xllCj2YwyZgI3JJClkFUXLBKH4gheEa7luvgsOcenFMUSgUKrEcBfHr6PynPb7neFcYWiTPomKMnXNQJ7wibOCMc2Osnob3WtXFetg/s1600/aacoverdinos.jpg" /></a>IK BEN BIJ DE DINOSAURUSSEN GEWEEST (I WAS WITH THE DINOSAURS)<b> </b><br />
<b>year:</b><br />
<div>
2016</div>
<div>
<b>genre:</b></div>
<div>
picture book, 40 p.</div>
<div>
<b>publisher:</b></div>
<div>
<a href="http://www.queridokinderenjeugdboeken.nl/web/foreign-rights.htm">Querido, Amsterdam</a></div>
<div>
<b>illustrator:</b><br />
Floor de Goede </div>
<div>
<b>age:</b></div>
5+<br />
<b>awards:</b><br />
Vlag en Wimpel 2017 (Honorary mention Best books for children)<br />
<b>rights sold: </b><br />
Danish (Turbine Forlag)<br />
<br />
<i>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...</i><br />
<i>This stunning picture book by Floor de Goede (we made the <a href="http://edwardvandevendelenglish.blogspot.nl/2015/08/sofie-and-secret-horse.html#more" target="_blank">SOFIE-series</a> together and three volumes of <a href="http://edwardvandevendelenglish.blogspot.nl/2014/03/opa-shows-his-toes.html" target="_blank">comic poems</a>) 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. </i><br />
<br />Edwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04378368066637012211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1747915251647371771.post-43561718524173718812015-12-02T04:19:00.000-08:002017-10-07T05:52:27.752-07:00THE COUNTING BOOK OF PRINCE HAYO THE HAPPY<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4pabPzQc6G8qQIeCRUF0ZUS7NDn0zx6jlJW2DNmoWDSqm8hSK6f-KNllIpLQarvARWrEEkXUsH-HN7xKDYRhwv6yEli_513pdcjHrdF629w9Oqqz4rXNzH-5ltNXYa4HE7YuE4NZDnL-t/s1600/CoverHayo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4pabPzQc6G8qQIeCRUF0ZUS7NDn0zx6jlJW2DNmoWDSqm8hSK6f-KNllIpLQarvARWrEEkXUsH-HN7xKDYRhwv6yEli_513pdcjHrdF629w9Oqqz4rXNzH-5ltNXYa4HE7YuE4NZDnL-t/s320/CoverHayo.jpg" width="246" /></a>HET TELBOEK VAN PRINS HAYO DE GELUKKIGE (THE COUNTING BOOK OF PRINCE HAYO THE HAPPY)<b> </b><br />
<b>year:</b><br />
<div>
2016</div>
<div>
<b>genre:</b></div>
<div>
children's book, 48 p.</div>
<div>
<b>publisher:</b></div>
<div>
<a href="http://www.eenhoorn.be/foreign_rights/kalfje-veulentje.html">De Eenhoorn, Wielsbeke</a></div>
<div>
<b>illustrator:</b><br />
Mattias De Leeuw<br />
<b>age:</b></div>
6+<br />
<b>awards:</b><br />
Die besten 7 April 2017 (Germany)<br />
White Raven 2017 <br />
<b>rights sold: </b><br />
German (Gerstenberg)<br />
Korean (Picture Book Gongjackso) <br />
<br />
<i>After working together on DERTIEN RENNENDE HERTJES and MIJN FIJNE GELUIDENBOEKJE Mattias and I wanted to make a new, big book. Here it is. It's about Prince Hayo. We follow him from his birth to his 10th anniversary - in a wide spread we see the celebrations for each of his birthdays, and especially we learn about the presents he gets. At the same time we see him growing up, but it seems something is missing. Until he becomes 10...</i><br />
<i>Each chapter is named after the number of Hayo's birthday (one, two three et cetera) and in the big and colourful illustrations we can count lots of things. Although there is a story, this is also a book to practise early mathematics.</i><br />
<br />
- Prooftranslation in English is available<br />
<br />Edwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04378368066637012211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1747915251647371771.post-70999602495726379552015-08-26T01:11:00.000-07:002015-08-26T01:16:13.371-07:00SOFIE AND THE SECRET HORSE<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH5f3N5FK0lcY3Ai2-_JM-Uz8yfKjAtvlwiwpWQVsBrOEw4tgm4eYCcMqgBue9b6GgNPVlU8SunMejyxtKtsE4ixmuf7LmKBJN876V6Euci-OKCValk8M40XIj4HyT1KS3IPXhBhOuNwOe/s1600/Sofie+het+geheime+paard+2e+proef.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH5f3N5FK0lcY3Ai2-_JM-Uz8yfKjAtvlwiwpWQVsBrOEw4tgm4eYCcMqgBue9b6GgNPVlU8SunMejyxtKtsE4ixmuf7LmKBJN876V6Euci-OKCValk8M40XIj4HyT1KS3IPXhBhOuNwOe/s200/Sofie+het+geheime+paard+2e+proef.jpg" width="164" /></a></div>
SOFIE EN HET GEHEIME PAARD (SOFIE AND THE SECRET HORSE)<br />
<b>year:</b><br />
<div>
2015</div>
<div>
<b>genre:</b></div>
<div>
childrens book, with comic- and non-fiction-elements, 144 p.</div>
<div>
<b>publisher:</b></div>
<div>
<a href="http://www.queridokinderenjeugdboeken.nl/web/foreign-rights.htm">Querido, Amsterdam</a></div>
<div>
<b>illustrator:</b><br />
Floor de Goede (illustrations and comics)<br />
Ype+Willem (photo-comics)<br />
<b>age:</b></div>
8+<br />
<br />
<a name='more'></a><i>In
this fifth book about Sofie we again combine several elements (text,
illustrations on every page, comics, photo-comics, short non-fiction
pieces and extra's at the end of the book). Sofie is still the girl that loves penguins, but here she is confronted with a mystery: a hidden horse that needs help. In a book full of secrets and adventure, Sofie and her friends Billie, Timmie and Ulrik try to help a horse, and find...</i><br />
<i>Included in the book are funfacts about horses, and the story this time mainly mixes comedy with some suspense. </i><br />
<br />
- The other volumes are called:<br />
<a href="http://edwardvandevendelenglish.blogspot.be/2014/03/sofie-and-penguins.html">SOFIE EN DE PINGUÏNS</a> (2010)<br />
<a href="http://edwardvandevendelenglish.blogspot.be/2014/04/sofie-and-flying-boy.html">SOFIE EN HET VLIEGENDE JONGETJE</a> (2012)<br />
<a href="http://edwardvandevendelenglish.blogspot.be/2014/04/sofie-and-polar-bear.html">SOFIE EN HET IJSBEERTJE</a> (2013) <br />
<a href="http://edwardvandevendelenglish.blogspot.nl/2014/04/sofie-and-dolphins.html">SOFIE EN DE DOLFIJNEN</a> (2014) -<br />
to be continued...Edwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04378368066637012211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1747915251647371771.post-23667404372100542252015-07-15T01:55:00.002-07:002015-08-26T01:01:43.197-07:00LITTLE CALF, LITTLE FOAL<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguclFgebvqIlGRJRARKuN7XKfle0UHzC5Q97s3P7jynV-aBnhT5k4_8VZqVVnDqjb5NCtS7ywnKrQmxkFClSC9YyQxXuXIrVkYzY5FHeMC4sV1hTxye1DtV5y_S1Q4YMXv5SVnRH6cIA-c/s1600/coverKalfjeveulentje.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguclFgebvqIlGRJRARKuN7XKfle0UHzC5Q97s3P7jynV-aBnhT5k4_8VZqVVnDqjb5NCtS7ywnKrQmxkFClSC9YyQxXuXIrVkYzY5FHeMC4sV1hTxye1DtV5y_S1Q4YMXv5SVnRH6cIA-c/s320/coverKalfjeveulentje.jpg" width="317" /></a>KALFJE, VEULENTJE (LITTLE CALF, LITTLE FOAL)<br />
<br />
<b>year:</b><br />
<div>
2015</div>
<div>
<b>genre:</b></div>
<div>
picture book, 32 p.</div>
<div>
<b>publisher:</b></div>
<div>
<a href="http://www.eenhoorn.be/foreign_rights/kalfje-veulentje.html">De Eenhoorn, Wielsbeke</a></div>
<div>
<b>illustrator:</b><br />
Marleen Felius<br />
<b>age:</b></div>
4+<br />
<br />
<i>For years already I adore the work of artist <a href="http://www.marleenfelius.nl/cv.html">Marleen Felius</a>. Her work - main topic: cows and cattle - is known and valued all over the world. Her 'Cattle breeds encyclopedia' (text and images by Marleen) is a magnificent work of art and knowledge. </i><br />
<i>Finally we found a chance and the time to work together. The result of this is the sweet and lifelike LITTLE CALF, LITTLE FOAL.</i><br />
<i>This book has a very, very simple text, which talks about the first hours and days of a newborn calf and those of a newborn foal. The pictures show it all: the first drinking, the standing-up, the first time they see the meadow. It's almost non-fictional (because, when Marleen Felius is involved, you know that everything is true to life and no mistakes are made!), but still a small story. </i><br />
<br />
- Prooftranslation in English is available<br />
<br />Edwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04378368066637012211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1747915251647371771.post-32921683926946337572015-06-22T04:13:00.004-07:002017-12-15T03:12:24.240-08:00CHEER-UP BIRD<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJbTHVzBur6rhVXvX5yIMDLoULpJf1nEjKuAu2Vhs3SDpsQmgPP7BGf4X4KW7q0gPqSPblskGsYGGYSqG0UhDeN74sYUm8AhS67PegtQhXEUwLw0zsmkDa9NEcV3T-SST698RfOkBJ-VPx/s1600/coverOpvrolijkvogeltje.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJbTHVzBur6rhVXvX5yIMDLoULpJf1nEjKuAu2Vhs3SDpsQmgPP7BGf4X4KW7q0gPqSPblskGsYGGYSqG0UhDeN74sYUm8AhS67PegtQhXEUwLw0zsmkDa9NEcV3T-SST698RfOkBJ-VPx/s320/coverOpvrolijkvogeltje.jpg" width="266" /></a>OPVROLIJKVOGELTJE (CHEER-UP BIRD)<br />
<br />
<b>year:</b><br />
<div>
2015</div>
<div>
<b>genre:</b></div>
<div>
picture book, 40 p.</div>
<div>
<b>publisher:</b></div>
<a href="http://www.lemniscaat.nl/Jeugd/Prentenboeken/titels/9789047707073/Opvrolijkvogeltje">Lemniscaat, Rotterdam</a><br />
<div>
<b>illustrators:</b><br />
Ingrid & Dieter Schubert<br />
<b>age:</b></div>
4+<br />
<b>rights sold:</b><br />
English (USA) (Lemniscaat)<br />
Chinese (Mainland) (Tomorrow)<br />
German (Fischer Sauerländer)<br />
<br />
<i>This
picture book is my first with wellknown and renowned artists Ingrid & Dieter Schubert. This collabration was one I have always dreamed off - and now the book is here. It's about a cheer-up bird who takes care of all the amimals' bad moods, by shedding light and bringing hope to everyone. But: what happens at the end of the day when she is exhausted and tired herself? </i><br />
<br />
<i>- </i>A full English translation is available, as well as a pdf.<br />
<i> </i>Edwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04378368066637012211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1747915251647371771.post-85054924584255162592015-03-27T14:32:00.000-07:002016-12-03T05:48:39.350-08:00THE CANCERCHAMPIONSHIP FOR JUNIORS<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgifLsQf8x6QMpoRnhPRbcWU10p4v7PfP7Ws7ENbVhmVcXA4DVtNYjVfIIQeiI7O3rRirCqY3r7K95bzzgYnLTH1CbzZ-nNlU6bUYnuH6zhWis1AdxCCsXj7stl1X-LFS-5F06PwuECEduJ/s1600/coverKankerkampioenschapNIEUW.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgifLsQf8x6QMpoRnhPRbcWU10p4v7PfP7Ws7ENbVhmVcXA4DVtNYjVfIIQeiI7O3rRirCqY3r7K95bzzgYnLTH1CbzZ-nNlU6bUYnuH6zhWis1AdxCCsXj7stl1X-LFS-5F06PwuECEduJ/s1600/coverKankerkampioenschapNIEUW.jpg" width="206" /></a>HET KANKERKAMPIOENSCHAP VOOR JUNIOREN (THE CANCERCHAMPIONSHIP FOR JUNIORS)<br />
<br />
<b>year:</b><br />
<div>
2015</div>
<div>
<b>genre:</b></div>
<div>
youth novel, 220 p.</div>
<div>
<b>publisher:</b></div>
<div>
<a href="http://www.queridokinderenjeugdboeken.nl/web/foreign-rights.htm">Querido, Amsterdam</a></div>
<div>
<b>age:</b></div>
12+<br />
<b>awards:</b><br />
Die Besten Sieben, Dezember 2016 (Germany)<b> </b><br />
<b>rights sold:</b><br />
German (Carlsen)<br />
<br />
<i>This direct and moving book was written in close cooperation with Roy Looman (20). In over fourty sessions he told me his life-story. He got cancer when he was 15 years old, at a time where he was mainly playing soccer with his friends, working in a supermarket, going to school, having fun, trying to kiss as many girls as he could. The impact it had on his life and on his mind is in the book - and the story is told in a very direct, strong way. It moves from heartfelt to extremely funny (Roy has a great sense of humour), from the start of the disease to the end, and even after that - and we get to know everything, including pretty private episodes. It's amazing what Roy dared to tell, but it's part of his mission: make people aware of what cancer can do to a young mind, in a negative ánd in a positive way. I'm very proud that Roy let me use his voice for this swinging, fast-paced, but yet elaborate novel. It's certainly not a sad book, and this is proven by the first line: </i>'This must be the sickest game I have ever played. But I can't stand losing, so let me tell you upfront: I'm not going to die.'<br />
<br />
- This book is promoted by the Dutch Literary Fund, so foreign publishers could apply for translation and production grants <a href="http://www.letterenfonds.nl/en/entry/1321/translation-grants-for-foreign-publishers" target="_blank">here</a>.Edwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04378368066637012211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1747915251647371771.post-43146898028494273292015-03-27T14:14:00.001-07:002018-11-16T02:39:31.140-08:00VOTE FOR THE OKAPI<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRlY6OXFo02Ehvb3Orr43FT3qdOoVrzCNNVbNxeZRqPo7nmRC4mlYeoNRjDfn1h47QqveYcn6rXfQ2_nX-KGh8tf0PHEyvp5AnJEWL_M1P2FpXvZr8p0CWY92nUA-eNOEP3ySqsYhrkvFz/s1600/CoverStemopdeokapi.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRlY6OXFo02Ehvb3Orr43FT3qdOoVrzCNNVbNxeZRqPo7nmRC4mlYeoNRjDfn1h47QqveYcn6rXfQ2_nX-KGh8tf0PHEyvp5AnJEWL_M1P2FpXvZr8p0CWY92nUA-eNOEP3ySqsYhrkvFz/s1600/CoverStemopdeokapi.jpg" width="163" /></a>STEM OP DE OKAPI (VOTE FOR THE OKAPI)<br />
<b>year:</b><br />
<div>
2015</div>
<div>
<b>genre:</b></div>
<div>
non-fiction, 160 p.</div>
<div>
<b>publisher:</b></div>
<div>
<a href="http://www.queridokinderenjeugdboeken.nl/web/foreign-rights.htm">Querido, Amsterdam</a></div>
<div>
<b>age:</b></div>
8+<br />
<b>awards:</b><br />
Woutertje Pieterse Prijs 2016 (Best book of the year)<br />
Zilveren Griffel 2016 (Best books)<br />
Vlag en Wimpel van de Penseeljury 2016 (Honorary mention for the illustrations)<br />
Tower of Babel Honour Diploma 2018 (Estonia, best book in translation) <br />
<b>rights sold:</b><br />
Estonian (Päike ja Pilv) <br />
<br />
<br />
<i>For years it has been my favourite animal: the okapi. This animal that is shy and majestic at the same time, that was discovered only 100 years ago (in Congo), and that bears zebrastripes as well as horns - since it's the only actual familymember of the giraffe.</i><br />
<i>In this fullcolour book, that illustrator Martijn van der Linden and me have been working on for years, we present 88 reasons to take the okapi as your new preferred animal. The book has nine chapters, and each chapter is different. In the first one we describe the okapi from head to toe, in another one we follow an okapi-zookeeper for some (dramatic) years, there are chapters with just okapi-illustrations, there is one with 4 okapi-poems, there is the okapi museum, in which we collect okapi-pictures (made by many leading illustrators, especially for this book).</i><br />
<i>It's a book full of passion, it's a book that provides you with everything that there is to know about the okapi, it's funny and light, it's serious and informative, we hope we have convinced you at the end to keep an eye on the shy and majestic animals ánd people around us...</i><br />
<br />
- This book is promoted by the Dutch Literary Fund, so foreign publishers could apply for translation and production grants <a href="http://www.letterenfonds.nl/en/entry/1321/translation-grants-for-foreign-publishers" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
Edwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04378368066637012211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1747915251647371771.post-11233266183455607532014-09-14T02:29:00.001-07:002016-04-21T04:27:57.153-07:00OLIVER<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj94D2BXnm-oMPKhxnV8urXrcGxNB9YGjt-ypH-smqHZAHY72bplGrrrC5VEqJ31m5xWKy95HkmYGJLbaQOHdzSzDbLk4QuX9gx5xqvUxC1PTDXJGbCevzdBFzTeMGcHw7Wz8wPJwpL-pzu/s1600/CoverOLIVER.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj94D2BXnm-oMPKhxnV8urXrcGxNB9YGjt-ypH-smqHZAHY72bplGrrrC5VEqJ31m5xWKy95HkmYGJLbaQOHdzSzDbLk4QuX9gx5xqvUxC1PTDXJGbCevzdBFzTeMGcHw7Wz8wPJwpL-pzu/s1600/CoverOLIVER.jpg" width="125" /></a>OLIVER (OLIVER)<br />
<b>year:</b><br />
<div>
2015</div>
<div>
<b>genre:</b></div>
<div>
young adult novel, 220 p.</div>
<div>
<b>publisher:</b></div>
<div>
<a href="http://www.queridokinderenjeugdboeken.nl/web/foreign-rights.htm">Querido, Amsterdam</a></div>
<div>
<b>age:</b></div>
15+<br />
<b>awards:</b><br />
Gouden Lijst 2016 (Golden Frame, Best book for younth) <br />
<br />
<i>OLIVER is a novel about the sixteen-year old Norwegian boy Oliver Kjelsberg, two years before he will meet the Dutch Tycho Zeling - so, two years before the events descibed in my novel THE DAYS OF
BLUEGRASSLOVE. </i><br />
<i>OLIVER has great parents, it's summer holiday, he is progressing in his biggest hobby: playing football (he's a goalkeeper), and he has a best friend, Bendik, who is also his nephew. Oliver is not a talker, but does he need to be? </i><br />
<i>Well, in this book, all of a sudden his parent's marriage collapses, and within a day some more things happen that make the world seem a whole lot different than Oliver and Bendik always had believed. How do these two boys cope with the scope of events that they are forced to face?</i><br />
<br />
- This book is meant to be read separately. But it could also be seen as a prequel to <a href="http://edwardvandevendelenglish.blogspot.nl/2014/03/the-days-of-bluegrass-love.html">THE DAYS OF BLUEGRASSLOVE</a> and, in a way, as a sequel to <a href="http://edwardvandevendelenglish.blogspot.nl/2014/03/our-third-body.html">OUR THIRD BODY</a>.<br />
THE DAYS OF BLUEGRASSLOVE slightly deals with 'love', OUR THIRD BODY with 'friendships' and OLIVER with 'family'. But that's just an indication.<br />
<br />
- Together with this book an updated version of the 15-year old THE DAYS OF BLUEGRASSLOVE was released.<br />
<br />
<br />Edwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04378368066637012211noreply@blogger.com