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      • Leopold - Ploegsma - Condor

        Leopold was founded in 1923 and evolved into a children's-and young-adult publishing house in the 1950's. Leopoldestablishes a lot of collaborations with museums, different organizations and the government. The first children's book ever published is still in print: Johan Fabricius'Java Ho! The Adventures of Four Boys Amid Fire, Storm, and Shipwreck. Leopold hosts a lot of famous Dutch authors, for example the classic works of Tonke Dragt (The Letter for the King, The Secrets of the Wild Wood).Several popular brands are also published by Leopold, likeFrog(Max Velthuijs) andAlfie the Werewolf(Paul van Loon). The beautiful Leopold picture books by renowned illustrators like Annemarie van Haeringen, Wouter van Reek and Ingrid Godon are taking a flight due to the fantastic teamwork with museums. Not only classic authors and popular brands are a big part of Leopold. A younger generation of authors and illustrators is building a vast oeuvre. Books like Zeb.(Gideon Samson, Joren Joshua) andFright Night(Maren Stoffels) shake up the world of children's literature. Ploegsma has been part of the Dutch publishing scene for well over a hundred years. The publishing house was founded in 1905 by Johannes Ploegsma and has been specialising in children's books since the 1960's: adventurous and humorous fiction and non-fiction books for children of all ages. These include many classic titles, such as the books by Astrid Lindgren (Pippi Longstocking) and Arnold Lobel (Frog and Toad), as well as books by contemporary and very popular authors like Mirjam Oldenhave(Mister Twister), Marjon Hoffman (Flora), Yvon Jaspers (Tess and Tommy), Reggie Naus (The Pirates Next Door), Vivian den Hollander, Janny van der Molen and Caja Cazemier. Many of these authors have been translated. Even though a lot has changed the past hundred years, Ploegsma's love for beautiful books is still going strong.

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      • October 2019

        Dexter: The Great Galactic Lottery

        by Yorick Goldewijk, Kees de Boer

        When a spaceship crashes on Dexter’s roof, a blue creature from the planet Plitzplatz emerges. This alien called Wimm tells Dexter that Planet Earth is currently the main prize in the Megalactic Lottery. The winner could do whatever he likes with the planet: turn it into a parking garage, or a shoe factory for instance. Dexter definitely can’t let this happen! He and Wimm restore the ship and travel through space in order to find the title deed of Planet Earth. But to get his hands on it, Dexter must conquer all his fears on a journey past bizarre planets, moonflower fields and even a black hole…

      • Outside it's War

        by Janny van der Molen, Martijn van der Linden

        Millions of people read the Diary of Anne Frank and at home or at school younger children hear about her, about World War II and the holocaust. Some of them visit the Anne Frank House. For these children, who are still a bit young to read the Diary yet want to know more, this book is ideal. It’s the story of Anne’s life, lovingly told and as accurate as possible, featuring ten themes: laughter, family, school, war, fear, hiding, writing, keeping courage, being in love and betrayal. A truly unforgettable book.To write this book, Janny van der Molen studied archives, visited the house of the Frank family as well as the house they hid in later, and visited concentration camps Westerbork, Auschwitz and Bergen- Belsen.   ◆ The story of Anne Frank, for readers who are still too young to read Anne Frank’s Diary

      • November 2020

        Here Be Dragons

        by Yorick Goldewijk, Yvonne Lacet

        Photographer and artist Yvonne Lacet and writer Yorick Goldewijk take you on a journey to your own imagination. Flower petals become butterflies, leaves become mountains, husks become monsters…Until it all ends in the vast starry sky: ‘Even more of everything, you thought. But this time you didn’t jump in. You smiled and, contentedly, fell asleep.’

      • November 2020

        Little One

        by Barbara de Wolf

        Eleven friends are having dinner together. They sit around the table from large to small. When they have finished, it’s time to wash up… Bear shoves his plate, mug, fork and empty honey jar towards Pony, sitting next to him. ‘Ooh, I’m so full,’ says Bear. ‘Could you clear the table, shorty?’ But Pony doesn’t feel like it either. He makes up an excuse and moves the dirty dishes to the next person. In this way more and more dirty plates, mugs and forks are piled up, until an enormous pile of dirty dishes finally ends in front of Bee… ◆ Funny picture book about animals, counting, big versus small and... good manners!◆ Original, quirky collage art

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