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Brussels, 1566. The hunt for heretics determines daily life. Anyone who criticizes the Catholic Church ends up at the stake. Brewer Crispijn Matsijs also gets into trouble. He has to flee Brussels and joins the forest beggars, but does not feel at home in the rough company. Not only does he miss life in Brussels, but also his friends. And especially Eva. Simone van der Vlugt describes the years leading up to the Eighty Years' War, in which fanatical clergymen were in charge, in a compelling way. Brewer Crispijn Matsijs also gets into trouble. He has to flee Brussels and joins the forest beggars, but does not feel at home in the rough company. Not only does he miss life in Brussels, but also his friends. And especially Eva. Simone van der Vlugt describes the years leading up to the Eighty Years' War, in which fanatical clergymen were in charge, in a compelling way.

Grab your helmet, boots on. Lunch in the bag and ready! Let's go! Like a true Bob the Builder, the blue dog gets to work in Let's get started. Can we make it? Absolutely! With an excavator, hammer, saw and everything that makes a construction site so attractive, the blue dog, helped by his bird, builds a beautiful house.

16-year-old Dolf from Amstelveen signs up as a guinea pig: he will be flashed back to the Middle Ages by a matter transmitter to take a look there for one afternoon. At five o'clock that same afternoon, Dolf has to be at the agreed-upon place again to be flashed back to the twentieth century. But due to a miscalculation, he ends up in the year 1212 in a Children's Crusade and not at the knight's tournament he wanted to attend so much. And Dolf does not manage to be at the agreed-upon place on time. Does Dolf have to stay in 1212 forever?

A new collection about Moominf and Snowy Owl with summery stories to read aloud about friendship. In the Moominf forest, the sun shines a little warmer every day. But what good is warmth if your best friend is not with you? Moominf has written twenty-seven letters to Snowy Owl to let her know that he misses her - but not a single letter arrives. What if Snowy Owl thinks he has forgotten her and her crazy ideas? Moominf decides to go on a journey himself. Well, tomorrow... Moominf has a friend was previously published.

Everything you wanted to know and much more about your favorite pet. Have you ever wondered if a cat really has nine lives? Do you know why a cat brings you dead animals? And did you know that a cat always cleans itself in the same way and that an adult cat actually only meows at people? Everything you want to know – and everything you didn't even know you could know – about cats can be found in this great book. Did you know that there is a breed of cat named after a perm (yes, after a curly haircut)? That a cat also has whiskers on its front paws? That in Japan it is a good sign if a black cat crosses your path? And that a cat likes music that is so high that our ears cannot hear it? Become a cat expert too. This book full of cheerful, surprising and entertaining cat facts will make you spontaneously purr! A book for all cat lovers – and cat haters, because it is just fun…

Play with Rabbit, Pig, Bear, Fox and all their friends from the Oak Forest in this cheerful sticker activity book. Make sticker paintings, play games and do puzzles with beautiful colorful stickers! With more than 400 stickers.

A small action has big consequences. A coloring book. The little pink fish sets off a chain reaction that becomes bigger and more chaotic, until SNAP! she suddenly finds herself all alone in the ocean. Where has everyone gone? Follow all the colorful sea creatures from the red octopus and the orange crab to the green turtle and the purple puffer fish in this underwater mystery. And discover at the back how a color wheel works and how you can mix your own colors.

Everyone knows the favorite children's game memory, where the aim is to find as many double images as possible in a series of turned over playing cards. Memory Rabbit starts as a sheet full of playing cards with the backs facing up. The first card that is turned over is that of Rabbit. He crawls out of his card and goes in search of the other rabbit. The search of Rabbit is refreshing and funny, described by Maranke Rinck. Her husband Martijn van der Linden made the eye-catching, clear illustrations.

A masterpiece that still enchants

'Don't think about it any more, I won't tell you anyway. That day the red swan flew. Only that day. And then your grandfather lost him. These things happen to boys, it's quite normal really. Boys lose things.'

A beautiful bound reissue of Sjoerd Kuypers enchanting masterpiece The Red Swan.

Jakob is going to help his grandfather during the autumn holidays with the renovation of his house. In the evenings, grandpa tells him exciting stories. Until one morning he has an accident: he slides off the roof and cuts his hand and leg. With a lot of pain and fever, he ends up in bed.

From an old woman, Jacob hears that his grandfather can only be cured if the red wooden swan he lost as a boy is found.

Jakob goes on a quest in the forest his grandfather told him about and ends up in a fantastic world of bloodcurdling adventure. All of grandpa's stories turn out to be true.

The Red Swan was successfully made into a film and is one of Sjoerd Kuyper's most beloved and well-known books.

One day a pigeon lands in a zoo. He decides to take a trip along all the exotic and extraordinary birds… There he realizes that he has something that the other birds don’t have. Something that makes him even more special!

From the first moment of seeing the terrier in The Umbrella, it was clear that the Schuberts have a knack for capturing expressive animals. In Opposites, the Schuberts have a blast as they present contrasts far beyond big and small. Best of all, the Schuberts let their imaginations fly as high as a crocodile - or perhaps flying crocodiles only occur in Schubert books? A multitude of details will ensure requests for repeat readings.

Take the child on a journey through the Dark Forest in this cheerful sticker book. Because you know the Gruffalo and the mouse, right? Make sticker pictures, play sticker games and solve sticker puzzles.

A story of hope about the power of people and nature This is the first in a brilliant series of picture books in which Nicola Davies, each time with a different illustrator, examines the story of a species in this time of climate change. Together with Emily Sutton and conservationist Kisilu Musya, she tells the story of the African giraffe in this picture book. They were once part of everyday life, returning every year with the rainy season. Until they stopped coming after a year of great drought… But as the beautiful illustrations show, Giraffe Season is a story of hope. A better world, with giraffes, is possible. About Giraffe Season: 'Nicola Davies is one of the best children's book writers working today.' - Huffington Post 'Emily Sutton is one of our greatest children's book illustrators.' - The Times

Have you ever dreamed that you could fly? Completely off the ground, free in the air? What a feeling that is! But how did you fly? Just above the ground as a dragonfly? Flashing between the treetops as a flying snake? Or really, really high as a condor above the mountains? In I fly! Kim Veenman gives you wings. You fly along with all kinds of special animals, some of which you wouldn't even expect to be able to fly. This picture book full of wonder will make you feel as free as a bird (or fish, or snake or squirrel or...) that you will never want to close it again - because then you will land with both feet on the ground again. At the back of the book are included special facts about the flying animals.

Rainy autumn days and long winter evenings become a joy with this versatile activity book. You'll learn how to make an Owl craft and how to create a complete mini shadow puppet theater (and then, of course, perform it). Axel Scheffler himself demonstrates how to draw a Gruffalo. There are great Gruffalo games to discover, puzzles to solve, and pictures to color. You can make a complete Gruffalo lunch with the recipes included. There are quizzes to take—are you a Gruffalo expert?—and you'll get to know Julia Donaldson, the author of "The Gruffalo," better. You'll experience all this and much more as you and your friends venture out into the dark woods with this Big Gruffalo Activity Book…

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