Dutch books

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?

Maak kennis met twintig van de populairste schilderijen aller tijden, van Botticelli's La primavera en Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa tot Constables De hooiwagen en Cézannes Mont Sainte-Victoire. De volledig afgebeelde meesterstukken gaan allemaal vergezeld van een fascinerend verhaal, waarin de kunstenaar je meeneemt naar zijn wereld. Ook ontdek je bijzondere details en zie je wat hij of zij nog meer heeft gemaakt. Dit boek zal het enthousiasme van iedere kunstliefhebber van elf jaar en ouder aanwakkeren.

Een fantasievol prentenboek over een kleine pad Pieter met een opmerkelijke oma. Pieter Pad moet bij zijn oma logeren, maar daar heeft hij geen zin in. Oma is altijd alleen maar aan het breien. Het duurt even voor Pieter doorheeft dat oma’s breisels allesbehalve saai zijn… Ze brengen hem helemaal zelfs naar de maan en weer terug! Of was dat allemaal maar een droom? 'De rode raket’ is in eenvoudige taal geschreven en bevat grappige ingekleurde illustraties die de gehele pagina beslaan. Na afloop van het verhaal volgt een brei-instructie voor het zelf maken van een rode raket. Vivian French (1945) is een Britse schrijver van prentenboekteksten, romans, toneelstukken en non-fictie voor kinderen en jonge volwassenen. De grappige illustraties zijn gemaakt door de Nederlandse Peter van Harmelen (1960). Voorlezen vanaf ca. 4 jaar.

Patrick and Tom are both members of the GENGK (the association for disabled and non-disabled children). Patrick is in a wheelchair and Tom is deaf. One evening they see a girl smashing the basement window of the Jan Steen Museum. She puts a large rectangular window inside. Who breaks into a museum to get something inside? Patrick and Tom go looking for the girl and are helped by the blind Lucy.

Artie Farty is the ultimate guide for less-than-creative parents. Discover how children view art and how to not only survive a museum visit with kids, but even turn it into a fantastic outing. Get ideas for artistic DIY projects and see what you can do with children's art. After all, that pinboard will fill up eventually...

Francis believed in the Good. With his friend Donkey he traveled around. One day he started talking to the animals... and the world became even more beautiful. A picture book about the beauty of life.

LONDON, 1950. Davey can hardly wait. He will cross the Channel with nine others. In a whaler (a whaling sloop): the Wangle III. Just before they set sail, Davey falls ill. So ill that the doctor forbids him to go. A week later he has recovered enough to wait for his friends after their journey. But then the boat stays away... The Compass is a doubly special book. The first part tells the exciting and moving story of Davey and the disaster he escaped. In the second part, Joyce Pool and her husband, journalist Pip Barnard, describe how they went in search of the history of the Wangle III: a quest that led to family members, through England, France, Germany and the Netherlands and even to Scotland Yard...

Life in the most boring town in the world, Burgerville, is shaken up when Jane Doe shows up at high school. Mysterious, recalcitrant and headstrong - Jane reveals nothing about herself and her past. History buff Raymond Green gradually gains Jane's trust, thanks to his knowledge of the green cows of Burgerville, human marmots and even more nerdiness. An unbreakable friendship develops between Ray, his vampire fiction-loving friend Simon Blackburn and Jane. But then history starts to catch up with Jane... A breathtaking debut about the beautiful, terrible, wonderful, funny and sad truth of the present, the past and the future.

Papa Bear has been away for a long time, he was fishing at sea. But now he is almost coming home! Little Bear is bursting with excitement: what did Papa bring him? Maybe a mermaid! Little Bear wants that so much that he starts to believe in it and invites all his friends to come and see...

Awarded with Vlag en Wimpel 2018!
Perry has lived his entire life at Blue River, the prison where his mother is serving her sentence. Perry sees the prison as his home and its residents as his family.
When his mother is about to be released, District Attorney Thomas VanLeer suddenly takes Perry out of prison—away from his mother—and into his home. Outside the gate, Perry discovers that VanLeer is delaying his mother’s release. He won’t let that sit.
With the help of his girlfriend Zoey and the school librarian, Perry manages to get back into the prison. There he collects the stories of the residents and his mother. Stories that are different than he thought.

De kern van het verhaal in het boek gaat over een autorit waarbij de kinderen verveeld raken en de papa verhalen verzint om ze te vermaken

De Nul telt niet mee, niemand ziet hem staan, niemand groet hem. Op een dag biedt hij de Eén een lift aan en wat schetst zijn verbazing: nummer Drie neemt zijn hoed voor hem af … en ook de Zeven, de Acht en de Negen! Wat is er gebeurd? Een boek over vriendschap.

Een kleurrijk verhaal over Moeder Aarde en Meneer Maan

Moeder Aarde en Meneer Maan hebben genoeg van hun vaste baan en besluiten samen op reis te gaan in het heelal...

Onderweg ontmoeten ze twee ruimterobots en met z'n vieren gaan ze op zoek naar het einde van het heelal. Maar of ze het vinden...? Met kleurrijke tekeningen neemt Marijke ons mee op een reis waar logica vakantie heeft en humor regeert. Planeten die kletsen en ruimtewezens die grappen maken. Elke bladzijde heeft een verrassende wending. Of je nu 8 of 80 bent, dit kinderboek tovert een glimlach op je gezicht!

This picture book carries a special message. When the Marsus family loses their home, they stay together as a family and together they search hopefully for a new home.

The Marsu family consists of Papa Marsu, Mama Marsu, Little La, Little Mi and Little Pi. Together they live a happy and peaceful life. Until the day a terrible storm blows away their cozy nest. The Marsupilamis have no home anymore. They have to leave the jungle to look for a new nest. Will you join them?

It is Joe's last masterful move, when he knows he is doomed: to travel with his son Woelie. To get to know each other. To put Woelie on his own two feet. To say goodbye.

Months later, Woelie writes down their story. Searching for the right beginning, he addresses the reader directly and draws him into his moving story.

Woelie had been home for months when his father became ill. Because that was easier than going to school, where he had to explain something for the umpteenth time. Years earlier, his mother was admitted to an institution, and since then he and his father Joe have run a typical male household, in which more silence is used than talk.

At home, Woelie stares at a DVD of train journeys through Europe all day long and keeps the rest of the world at bay. That's the only way he can survive.

Until disaster strikes. During a final unforgettable Rail Away tour through Europe, the
bond between Woelie and Joe is growing. And as the farewell draws closer, they get to know themselves, each other and the world.