Honorary Mention 2017

At the annual children's books award ceremony our book IK BEN BIJ DE DINOSAURUSSEN GEWEEST (I WAS WITH THE DINOSAURS) got an Honorary Mention for the text (in Dutch: Vlag en Wimpel). This is a very nice reward (thank you, jury!) for the effort that was put into this book. The book was written for illustrator Floor de Goede, who used to be a 'dinosaur-kid'. He outdid himself, and I'm glad the book will get some more attention now. The picture book, which was published by Querido, Amsterdam, was already chosen amongst the ten books for the picture book days. It describes how a young boy wants to emerge himself in the dinosaur's world, by reading about it in his favorite book. But then his parents call him... The book, with ample text, is an ode to the colourful imagination children spin (and to the dinosaurs of course!).

The book has also been published in Denmark, by Turbine Forlag, and rights for other languages can be discussed here.

Danish dinosaurs

This is cool and meget fint: the Danish publishing house Turbine Forlag bought the rights for the Danish translation of IK BEN BIJ DE DINOSAURUSSEN GEWEEST (I WAS WITH THE DINOSAURS), the picture book that Floor de Goede made (and that I wrote the text for).
The book will be in Danish shops in a few months.

Originally this book was issued by Querido in Amsterdam, and rights can be negotiated here. 

THERE IT IS - A NEW BOOK WITH FLOOR DE GOEDE

I have enjoyed working with illustrator Floor de Goede already for many years. We made a series of comic poems together (and working on a third volume) and also a series of children's books about Sofie who is the biggest fan of penguins you could find.
But now a whole new book came out: IK BEN BIJ DE DINOSAURUSSEN GEWEEST (I was with the dinosaurs). It's a picture book about a boy that finds his favourite book: one about dinosaurs. But what happens when his family is a bit less interested?

The book came out at publishing house Querido, in Amsterdam, and the rights can be viewed here.
There are beautiful wide spreads full of dinosaurs - some examples go below (click to enlarge).

I am pretty proud of this new book by Floor.
Hopefully many kids (5 years old and up) will enjoy this colourful hommage to the world of imagination.