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I'm Toffee. How I got that name, I'll explain to you later. First I'm going to tell you how it all started. It started on an ordinary Saturday. My sister and I were hanging out on the couch watching TV. By the way, my sister's name is Gum. Yes, that's another strange name, I know. I'll explain it all. Later. It's just too much to tell you all at once: all that stuff with Schorre Morre, the Waterwaack, the Zomp, uncle Trees, the Rimboe van Rambo, the Bronbaas, aunt Thé and the Wieswos and such. So I Really Have to Start at the Beginning! The twins Toffee and Gum tell together about their crazy adventures in the Zomp. Because imagine that your parents - who always have a competition to see who earns the most money - suddenly receive a letter stating that your mother is the legal heir of her great-great ...

A mystery, a conflict, an irresistible children's book. When her parents renovate the house, Iris goes to stay with her grandmother. Mimi and Iris are best friends and Iris loves being with her... Her grandmother is not your average boring grandmother: she is always full of energy, dances in the kitchen, swims in the sea, even when it is cold... Every day is an adventure. But Mimi does increasingly strange things. Does she really spread jam on her scrambled eggs because she likes it? Are all those things that are piling up in the house really things to keep? Or is something else going on? Iris has to find a way to deal with Mimi's ever-changing behavior. She doesn't want people around her to find out what is happening. Especially not Mason, the curious new boy in her class! And who is Coral? The girl in the photo above the fireplace, who looks so incredibly much like Iris? A story that tosses you back and forth between joy and sadness – humorous and heartbreaking – that will have you unable to stop reading.

Discover beautiful artefacts and simple first words in this wonderful animal book for curious little ones, published in collaboration with the British Museum.

Will you soon be flying through space? Picnicking in a giant garden? Or building candy factories like Willy Wonka? With this book you will create wonderful new worlds. Get started with a camera or your phone and fall from one surprise to the next! Create wonderful worlds with your camera or smartphone.

Where is the line between dreaming and being crazy? Marius - Mouse to his family, Maas to his friends - is an outsider. Not as tough as his brother, and he prefers to be with his grandfather or to look at the stars, because he wants to be an astronaut. Every time he walks to his grandfather, he passes an institution. The 'madmen' behind the fence fascinate him. Then Marius gets into a fight with Vogelpoep, the dangerous-looking big boy who, according to the stories in the village, is also crazy. Marius increasingly doubts himself: where is the line between dreaming and being crazy? Exciting, striking and moving: in an eventful six months, Marius gets to know himself and his family better, because grandpa also has a secret...

A delightfully cheerful book that sparkles with fantasy and erases all boundaries between dream and daily reality. A must-have for every child - and for every parent who remembers being one.

Pure picture book magic A polar bear rides a whale to a tree rising out of the water. At the top of the tree is a tree house. He's joined by a brown bear in a boat. The bears find that the tree house is the perfect place to read. When the water recedes, they are joined by flaming os, panda bears, and other animals that arrive by land and through the air. The tree house is a place of wonder, where a brown bear catches snowflakes in a butterfly net. Artists Marije Tolman and her father, Ronald Tolman, bring their unique vision to this astonishing wordless picture book.

The sultry and harrowing story of King Henry VIII's young fifth wife, as told through the eyes of her governess. At the age of eighteen, Joan Bulmer escapes a gruesome marriage by taking a job as a governess. She is charged with the welfare of six girls, barely younger than herself, who are to be groomed for a life in the nobility. Although the girls are difficult and frivolous, Joan has a soft spot for them - especially the young, wild child Kate Howard. When Kate is given the honour of becoming a lady-in-waiting to King Henry VIII's fourth wife, Joan goes with her. What seems like a dream position becomes a nightmare. Henry VIII sets his sights on the beautiful Kate, and all of Joan's fears are confirmed...

Linde Faas, a virtuoso of humorous drawing, surprises, amazes and enchants her readers with her picture book debut Come with Me.

A girl enters the bedroom of a boy carrying a balloon, drawing paper and pencils. Did he just wake up? Is he having a lazy day? Is he ill? You can make up your own story in this wordless picture book.

Let your imagination guide you while the children are whirled around the world – by the big balloon and their fantasy – past tropical birds and winter landscapes full of penguins, and from a colorful underwater world to a vibrant green jungle, until it is time to return home.

A book that will inspire thousands of stories: about reality and fantasy, about adventures and friendship, about the magic of drawing – the possibilities are endless.

The little witch lives deep in the forest with her raven, Abraxas. She doesn't yet know all the witchcraft by heart. That's why she's not allowed to participate in the witches' gathering on Bloksberg. But the little witch is going to show those mountain witches, forest witches, swamp witches, mist witches, storm witches, wind witches, knot witches, and herb witches a thing or two! She gets up to quite a few pranks. The little witch helps some, teases others, and goes from one adventure to the next. You just have to love a witch like that.

During the search for his missing father, the dragon Bogdor is not the only enemy Wolf has to deal with. Wolf was no longer safe in the castle, but does his new home offer sufficient protection? Can his new friends help him overcome his powerful opponents? And will he succeed in finding out what happened to his father? The medieval adventure of Wolf and his friends reaches a bloodcurdlingly exciting climax in this 2nd part.

Tuck in, well, okay, one story then, but short… and so it starts. This is a short story. Why short? You need to go to sleep. The story is about you. You went to sleep. End of story. Yes, but first I caught a monster. A monster? Just watch. This is a short story. Why short? You need to go to sleep. The story is about you. You went to sleep. End of story. Yes, but first I caught a monster. A monster? Just watch. A boy keeps outsmarting the parent who wants to finish the story. But in the end, the parent doesn't want to stop narrating either. This picture book is not just for reading It is also a wonderful read-together book: the interaction between the hurt adult and the child, who pushes him to continue storytelling, will bring much joy.
Kees de Boer brings a boy's fantasy to life in a fun and unique way: monsters, soldiers, more monsters… Tjibbe Veldkamp wrote a story that continues forever. An ode to the imagination and the magical power of stories: the ideal book for every child that can never get enough of bedtime stories!

Imaginations run wild as five friends try to find out who is making night noises... Turtle and friends are fast asleep in their hammock. Suddenly, Turtle wakes up and whispers, `Do you hear what I hear?' And so begins a detective tale with a twist. Who's making the noise? The animals in the hammock - Turtle, Bat, Octopus, Bird and Goat - let their imaginations run riot. Is it a giant bat? Or a bird with a huge beak? Perhaps it's a tur - bat - octo - bird - billy? After much guessing, it turns out to be a friendly elephant. The animals invite Elephant to join them in their hammock and soon new wild imaginings about the night noises begin all over again. A witty nocturnal guessing game from the author - illustrator team who created Tangram Cat.

December is certain that she is actually a bird... December is almost twelve. She has lived in foster homes for a large part of her life. But she doesn't care. She is certain that she will soon grow wings and fly away. The scar on her back is proof of that. She jumps from increasingly higher trees in the hope that her wings will break through. But then she ends up with Eleanor: a woman who takes in wild animals and also loves birds. And December gets a girlfriend. Does she actually still want to fly away? She keeps practicing to be sure...

Passion, Music and Lust in the Italian Renaissance Italy, 1698. Angelo wakes up in a nightmare. As a poor tanner's son, he has been chosen to study singing at the Florence Conservatory, but he did not know that he would be emasculated. His voice will always retain its beautiful sound, but he will never have children or be allowed to marry. In the four years that follow, Angelo grows into a young man with needs like any other. He leads a privileged life as one of the best singers at the Conservatory. And when he performs for the distinguished Prince De' Medici, the gates to a great musical career are thrown wide open. But is this the life he himself chooses? And will he ever be able to love again if he surrenders himself to the prince's whims?

A picture book based on the song The Tiny Mouse by Grammy award - winner Janis Ian. Follow the romping adventures of a tiny brave mouse, who runs away to sea, suffers from sea sickness, narrowly escapes a grisly end at the paws of the ship's captain - a cat - and escapes back to shore where he settles down in married bliss. The moral of the tale, it's better to be at home than someone's dinner at sea. Illustrations by Ingrid & Dieter Schubert are full of quirky detail and humor.