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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.

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 ...

One day Little Bear meets Emmie, a sweet girl who is staying with her parents by the river. Friendship is quickly made and now Emmie and her doll Lucie also get to know Little Bear's friends. A wonderful summer follows and finally a big party. After Emmie's departure Little Bear is sad, but he cheers up when he learns to write a letter and can send it to his girlfriend. The author and the illustrator express childlike feelings of joy and sorrow in a touching way and they give a delightful picture of everyday children's life; all this within the safe and secure environment of the parental home.

Warning! Unfold this book for scary dino saur surprises! Two brothers set off on a pretend expedition to find dinosaurs. Of course, everyone knows dinosaurs don't exist, so there's no need to be scared - or is there? The reader soon sees the brothers climb through rocks that are really dinosaur teeth and mountains that are sharp dinosaur horns. Then, as each page unfolds, the landscape reveals itself to be full of dinosaurs! Mark Janssen's plays visual tricks with scale. He creates a world of bold colorful illustrations where nothing is quite what it seems. Watch out and look closer ... that tree or hill might be a dinosaur, too.

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.

True stories about extraordinary kings, insane empresses, wasteful sultans and tough princesses. Want to know...:
whether you can encounter King Willem-Alexander in a pilot's uniform?
what a Norlander is? what pharaoh Tutankhamun got in his grave? who spent the shortest time on the throne and was only king for 20 minutes? how Bloody Mary got her name?

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

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.

This Little Golden Book is filled with Richard Scarry's characteristic illustrations. You'll see a cross-section of a house with every room named. You'll encounter the craziest cars. At the greengrocer's, you'll discover every type of fruit and vegetable imaginable. A delightful, educational book with plenty to discover.

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...

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...

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.

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.

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 children are ready for another lesson with Ms. Roos. Today they're going to learn about animals. Ms. Roos and Gijs went to the farm. They saw lots of animals. Take a look!

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?

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!