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Previous titles published in German and Korean

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Original title Voordat jij er was ★ 5 years and up ★ Full colour illustrations (collage with photographs) by Philip Hopman ★ 64 pages ★ Published in September 2009

Published by Em. Querido’s Uitgeverij B.V. ★ www.queridokind.nlwww.philiphopman.nl

At first there was nothing. Wolf and Rabbit drove through that nothing in their red sports car. Then they discovered a little person, Addy. They kept him in a cage with a treadmill inside it, but he wasn’t very happy there. Then Wolf and Rabbit found another little person, Evie. Addy and Evie seemed much happier now they were together. And then you came along!

The talented duo of Daan Remmerts de Vries and illustrator Philip Hopman have combined their powers of creativity for this special version of the story of the Creation, in which the photographic reality slowly wins against the imaginary power of the illustrations.

‘Daan Remmerts de Vries is one of the best authors in the Netherlands’

nrc handelsblad

d A A n r e M M e r t s d e V r i e s A n d P h i l i P h o P M A n

Before you were there

P I C T U R E B O O K

★ An exquisitely designed picture book

★ Inventive variation on the story of the Creation

★ Unique combination of illustrations and photographs

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Daan Remmerts de Vries is

the award-winning author of the children’s

books Little God and The Witch of the North

Wind.

Philip Hopman is held in high esteem both

nationally as internationally, and his work has

won such awards as the Silver Pencil and the

Flag and Streamer.

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The Foundation for the Production

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Querido was founded in 1915, and has been publishing children’s

books since 1971, specializing in picture books, quality fiction and

poetry for all age groups.

Please contact us if you would like to receive a reading copy or have

any other questions. For more information about our children’s books

you can visit www.queridochildrensbooks.com.

★

Previous titles published into French, Korean and Spanish

★

Original title De zomerzot ★ 4 years and up ★ Full colour illustrations ★ 40 pagesPublished in June 2009 ★ Published by Em. Querido’s Uitgeverij B.V.

www.queridokind.nlAndré Sollie won the tri-

annual Flemish Culture Prize

for his picture book A Riddle for

Rosie and a Golden Pencil for

Waiting for Sailor. He is the city

poet of Genk.

A little boy is bored one suffocatingly hot summer day. He folds a paper hat. And then a bird. In the mean time he fantasizes about the mysterious Summerfool. ‘Is he big and

strong?’ The boy waits for the Summerfool to arrive but slowly becomes a little scared. ‘Maybe the Summerfool is

a horse. A bear or a dragon. And maybe he is a thief’ Suddenly dark clouds gather above the garden. When the first raindrops start to fall, the garden gate finally opens… There he is!

Using bright colours and exuberant forms André Sollie tells an exciting and moving summer story about figments of the imagination that seem to become reality.

A n d r É s o l l i eThe summerfoolThe thin line between imagination and reality

P I C T U R E B O O K

★ By award-winning author and illustrator André Sollie


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★ Colourful and cheerful picture book

On The summerfool:

‘Surprising and original use of images and words.’

de groene amsterdammer

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For illustrated children’s books

there’s a special subsidy that covers

a proportion of the costs of the

production, the promotion and the

distribution.

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Mr Finney often sits and philosophizes on the bottom branch of his favourite tree, together with his best friend Snail. But their peaceful little life is changed by the arrival of Pinky Pepper; a bright pink little being which preferably ‘glimps’ across the world at high speed. She shows Mr Finney all kinds of images of things they have never seen before: from big cities and oceans to rain forests and polar caps and a mysterious flag.Mr. Finney has innumerous questions about the world, but Pinky Pepper disappears before he gets a chance to ask them. The only way to find the answers is to go on a journey himself.

With Mr Finney, the authors create an entirely new character in both words and images. The authors look at the world through children’s eyes, asking profound questions about how we treat our planet. The story captures the imagination, drawing young readers into the funny, exciting, and unexpected experiences of Mr Finney, and humorously confronting adults with the absurdity of the world that they have created.

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Original title: Mr Finney en de wereld op zijn kop ★ 96 pages

Full colour illustrations by Sieb Posthuma ★ to be published October 2009 by Em. Querido’s Uitgeverij B.V. ★ www.queridokind.nl ★ www.mrfinney.nl

★ First read aloud book written by Laurentien van Oranje

★ With beautiful illustrations by Sieb Posthuma, winner of the Golden Brush 2009

★ Children’s book project inspired by sustainability and climate change

★

Full English translation available

★

Laurentien van Oranje has been involved in many reading

and literacy projects for children and adults in the Net her lands.

She founded the Reading & Writing Foundation which devotes

itself to the prevention and pushing back of illiteracy. UNESCO

has named her their Special Ambassador for Literacy.

Sieb Posthuma is one of the most authorative illustrators and

children’s book authors in the Netherlands. His work has

appeared in several countries and has been awarded many

different prizes, among which this year’s Golden Brush.

l A u r e n t i e n V A n o r A n J e & s i e b P o s t h u M A

Mr. Finney and the World Turned Upside-down

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Original title: Jubelientje krijgt jonkies ★ 96 pages ★ Full colour illustrations by Philip Hopman ★ Published in August 2009 by Em. Querido’s Uitgeverij B.V.

www.queridokind.nl ★ hanshagen.nl ★ philiphopman.nl

★

Previous titles have been published in Chinese, German,

Japanese, Spanish and Swedish

★

Hans Hagen wrote the

Children’s Book Week Gift in

2008. He has been joining forces

with Philip Hopman for many

years. Together they have made

several Jubelina books, and titles

like Sold (Dutch Critic’s Prize)

and The dance of the drummers

(Golden Pencil).

A friend has to go into hospital, so her dog comes to stay with Grandma. Jubelina is very excited about it, because Woopy is having puppies! In the night of the delivery Jubelina and Grandma drag matrasses into the kitchen. They sleep next to the dog basket on the floor until Woopy wakes them up: the puppies are coming!Jubelina has wild ideas. She wants to play with the pups and run with them and show them to everyone. But in the first weeks the puppies are still blind. Three seem healthy, but what about Squeak?

★ The latest part of the succesful Jubelina-series

★ More than 350.000 copies have been sold of the Jubelina-books

6 Y E A R S A N D U P / 8 Y E A R S A N D U P

h A n s h A G e n & P h i l i P h o P M A nJubelina has puppies

The press on Jubelina:

‘The cheerfulness and glee burst from the pages.’ dagblad van

het noorden

‘She’s bright, funny, endearingly precocious and heart-warmingly

candid.’ pzc

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Original title: Wiplala / Wiplala weer ★ 112 pages (per title) ★ Full colour illustrations by Philip

Hopman ★ First published in 1957 / 1962 ★ New editions published in 2008 / 2009 ★ Published by

Em. Querido’s Uitgeverij B.V.★ www.queridokind.nl ★ www.annie-mg.com ★ www.philiphopman.nl

★

Rights sold: Chinese (Beijing Science and Technology Press), German (Boje Ver-lag), Estonian (Eesti Raamat), Korean (Papier Publishing) and Lithuanian (Lietus)

★

Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Russian, Spanish and Swedish translations of Wiplala are

available on request★

‘A book which will be devoured by young

children.’ utrechts nieuwsblad

‘Festive reprint with impressive

illustrations from the grand master

Philip Hopman. […] magnifi cent pictures.’

de volkskrant

A n n i e M . G . s C h M i d t

He’s just a little chap. Not a pixie, but a wiplala. And that’s his name too: Wiplala. Sent away by his own people, he ends up with a ‘big’ family. And there he messes up everything. With Wiplala the Blom family experiences the most incredible adventures.

Wiplala

Wiplala tries to help the Blom family but it doens’t always turns out the right way. This has a lot of unexpected (and very funny) consequences.

Wiplala again

6 Y E A R S A N D U P / 8 Y E A R S A N D U P

★ Restyled, with new exuberant full colour illustrations by Philip Hopman

★ Wiplala awarded as Children’s Book of the Year

★ Two classic books by ‘The Real Queen of Holland’

In 1988 Annie M.G. Schmidt (1911-1995)

was awarded the Hans Christian Andersen

Prize. It was given to her by Astrid Lindgren.

Philip Hopman (1961) has illustrated more

than a hundred and fi fty books, among which

were the Children’s Book Week Gift of 2004,

2006 and 2008.

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When Fieke wakes up and crawls out of her tent, there is nothing left in the place where her parents had been camping until just yesterday, except for a faded yellow area of grass. Have they forgotten her?

Fieke devises a plan to help remind her parents of her existance. She meets the Dutch boy Jantwan and slowly a special friendship developes between them. Together they have all kinds of adventures.

When they go to the village to report the disappearance of Fieke’s parents, they land in the middle of the preparations for the village fair. They hide away in a huge cake with the intention of becoming famous… That way Fieke’s parents won’t be able to ignore her anymore!

★ An astonishing debut!

★ ‘Charming, written with great skill and humour. A very promising author.’ TROUW

Original title: Geel gras ★ 104 pages ★ Published in June 2009 by Querido Children’s Books ★ www.queridokind.nlSimon van der Geest (1978)

writes plays, stories and poems,

especially for children. Yellow

Grass is a special debut by a very

talented new Querido-author.

‘A cheerful and goofy summer story. [...] Simon van der Geest brings

his characters to life in a brilliant and special manner. His sentences

are beautiful and his sense of humour is highy enjoyable. [...] A great

promise for the future.’ kidsweek

s i M o n V A n d e r G e e s tYellow Grass

1 0 Y E A R S A N D U P

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The press on Watson:

‘Her use of lanuage is always clear as day, the story is open to all children. The

thing that makes her work so unique, is its unexpected profundity: simple

sentences sometimes suddenly acquire a great emotional depth.’ trouw

★ A wonderful story by an award-winning author

★ Intelligent, thoughtfull and humorous

★ A nice read for boys and girls

Martha Heesen has written

many beautiful books, for which

she has received three Silver

Pencils and a Golden Owl.

★

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Previous titles have been translated into Albanian, French,

German and Italian

★

Original title: Mijn broer, de nieuwe en ik ★ 128 pages ★ Published in August 2009 by Em. Querido’s Uitgeverij B.V. ★ www.queridokind.nl

Ten-year-old Toon and his older brother Jan are raised in a family which regularly takes care of foster children. Everytime a new child is taken into the family the bal-ance has to be restored. Jan plays the tough guy and tries to stay ahead of the foster children. But it is Toon who in a special way wins their trust every time.

Every foster child has it’s own secrets. Rufus has a ghost friend who sticks up for him. Gerrit is a kid with a spooky gift. When Abigail looks at you you don’t know where to look. Just when the family is about to go on holiday - just the four of them for once - suddenly some guy called Arend has to come along. Will it still be a proper holiday?

M A r t h A h e e s e n My Brother, the New Guy and I


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★

Previous titles have been published in German and Korean

★

★ Previous title awarded the Flag and Streamer by the Pencil Jury

★ Special combination of fantasy and psychology

★ Second part in a series of books filled with humor and magic

Original title: Bernie King in een donkere spiegel ★ 220 pagesPublished in October 2009 by Em. Querido’s Uitgeverij B.V. ★ www.queridokind.nlDaan Remmerts de Vries

‘like no other creates literature

in children’s books.’ (NRC

Handelsblad). In 2003 he received

the Golden Pencil for Little God,

in 2005 he received the Silver

Pencil for The witch of the

Northern Wind. He also published

Who is Libby Skibner?

The press on Bernie King and the Magical Circles:

By far the funniest youth book of the year. The black sense of humour and the

joy in narration truly jump out at you. You enjoy yourself, the way you enjoy

Roald Dahl.’ kidsweek

‘Smoothly written, fabulous dialogue and poignant descriptions. Thrilling

and with a spectacular ending.’ nieuwsblad van het noorden

Once again mysterious and sinister events are taking place in the village where Bernie lives. A red-haired monster roams across the fi elds and not only attacks cows and sheep, but even a human. A plague of insects strikes the village, followed by a permanent and suffocating stench. Has the end of times arrived?Bernie, Tessa and Jane are the only people who seem to under-stand what’s happening, thanks to the General Introduction to

Magic, the conjuring book left by the Zwellengrebel. Bernie starts to get a strong suspicion that he could be the cause of all the disasters which are threatening to destroy the village…

d A A n r e M M e r t s d e V r i e s Bernie King in a Dark Mirror

★ ‘Daan Remmerts de Vries is one of the best authors in the Netherlands. Bernie King and the Magical Circles is very funny.’ NRC HANDELSBLAD


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Francine Oomen is currently

the most succesful writer of

children’s books in The Nether-

lands. Her books have been

awarded with many prizes and

have sold more than 1.6 million

copies.

★

Rights under option: German

★

Original title: Hoe overleef ik als keukenprins(es)? ★ 96 pages ★ Full colour illustrations by Annet Schaap and others ★ Published in September 2009

by Em. Querido’s Uitgeverij B.V. ★ www.queridokind.nl ★ www.hoeoverleefik.nl

Would you like to amaze your family, your friends (and yourself!) with a delicious apple pie, the crispiest pizza ever, or a fantabulous dessert? Would you like to spruce up your boring-peanut butter sandwhich-brown-bag lunch? Would you like to eat less meat (or even become a total veggiehead) but are your parents giving you a hard time? Maybe you secretly wish you were a queen or king of the kitchen, but you don’t even know how to fry an egg? Then this is the cookbook for you. Filled with loads of tasty and easy recipes and handy food tips, so you no longer need to wonder whether a chickpea squeaks or what the numbers on your egg mean.

F r A n C i n e o o M e nHow to Survive as a Queen (or King) of the Kitchen

★ Part of the succesful How to survive...-series

★ Original cook book

★ Recipes, food facts and survival tips


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★ Exciting adventure story for young readers

Karlijn Stoffels has received

much appreciation for her

fairytale like books Heartsinger

(published by Arthur A. Levine,

USA) and Foead and the Flying

Bath Mat. Her fi rst two books in

the series of the Black Dog Gang

were highly successful.

Original title: De ontvoerde prins ★ 148 pages ★ Published in August 2009 by Em. Querido’s Uitgeverij B.V. ★ www.queridokind.nl ★ www.karlijnstoffels.com

The Black Dog Gang organize a puzzle trip for the other kids from the boarding school. The trip goes really well, until they find out that Moerad has disap-peared. Everything points in the direction of a kid-napping. The police won’t do anything, so the gang start up their own investigation. Nearby Moerad’s bike they find a button. It is the start of a trail which leads to the boarding school’s cook. Is Cook involved in the kidnapping?

‘A traditionally enthralling story.’ kidsweek

‘beautiful, funny and thrilling at the same time. [...] Many thrillers

have been written. In all of those books the bad guys are caught. But

this book is different somehow. And that is due to the friendship

between the four children, which is described in such a winderful

manner.’ dolf verroen, leesfeest.nl

k A r l i J n s t o F F e l sThe Kidnapped Prince


★ The Black Dog Gang part 3…

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★ Impressive collection of ‘animal stories’

★ A mondern classic

★

Rights under option: Germany, Italy, UK

Previous titles have been translated into 20 languages

★

Original title: Iedereen was er ★ 384 pages ★ Black and white illustrations by Mance Post ★ Published in September 2009 by Em. Querido’s Uitgeverij B.V.

www.queridokind.nl

‘Tellegen’s animal stories are extremely suitable for giving as a present to a

friend and as food for thought in times of spiritual distress.’

de volkskrant

A second collection of animal stories by awardwinning author Toon Tellegen, which contains 15 new stories.

With new black and white illustrations by Mance Post.

In 2009 two books by Toon Tellegen were published in the UK by Boxer Books: The Squirrel’s Birthday and

Other Parties and Letters to Anyone and Everyone.

The first collection, Maybe they knew everything, was published in 1995. 150.000 copies have been sold.

t o o n t e l l e G e n They Were All There


Toon Tellegen is one of the most awarded

and most frequently translated Dutch

authors of children’s books.

Mance Post has illustrated for many authors

over the past fi fty years, but is most famous for

her illustrations in the books by Toon Tellegen.

In 2007 she received the Max Velthuijs-Award,

a triannual oeuvre prize.

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★

Previous titles were published in English, French,

German and Italian.

★

Original title: Sigi & Julia ★ 216 pages ★ Black and white illustrations by Patrick Storms ★ Published in October by Em. Querido’s Uitgeverij B.V.

www.queridokind.nl ★ www.jansimoen.comJan Simoen has been writing

about Sigi for more than ten

years. He was awarded a Book

Cub for I am fi ne and a Golden

Kiss for Bad (published in French

by Le Rouergue and in German

by Ravensburger).

‘Bullseye. Sigi springs to life right from the very fi rst pages. Simoen’s Sigi

even sometimes acquires the air of Caulfi eld from Salinger’s inaccessible

The Catcher in the Rye. And a comparison of that caliber carries some

weight!’ de morgen

‘Hilarious, and wonderfully recognizable.’ pluizuit

‘Oh, Sigi, I love him!’ e-zine stripelmagazine

Sigi’s school is preparing for a rendition of Romeo and

Julia. According to Sigi his girlfriend-to-be Heidelinde will most certainly be given the part of Julia. There isn’t a prettier girl in the whole school. So he will just have to try out for that other starring role. There is no way he could take the risk that someone else might be kissing Julia on stage!

J A n s i M o e n Sigi & Julia


★ The hilarious adventures of a self-absorbed pre-teen.

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a proportion of the costs of the

production, the promotion and the

distribution.

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Querido | Fall 2009

★ Spectacular BMX-stunts that make you hold your breath

★ Exciting read for boys

Original title: Airtime ★ 160 pages ★ Published in June 2009 by Em. Querido’s Uitgeverij B.V. ★ www.queridokind.nl ★ www.marcvanvelzen.nlMarc van Velzen is a lawyer

and once started an amateur

American footballclub,

The Amsterdam Crusaders, which

became European Champions.

In 2008 his debut Juggle was

published.

‘A deliciously readable feel-good book’ kidsweek

‘A smoothly written, riveting story fi lled with contempory language and

dialogue. It presents a realistic peak into the world of teenagers searching for

their place within a group of peers. After Juggle Van Velzen has once again

succeeded in writing an utterly compelling youth book.’ nbd biblion

Sebastian has moved house and still needs to find his place at the new school. He regularly gets picked on by Jort, the most popular boy and the leader of the class, who has forbidden everyone to hang out with Sebastian. In an effort to prove himself, Sebastian dares Jort to a duel. He propos-es a BMX competition between the two of them, in which they will have to perform spectacular stunts on the roof of an old tram depot. Sebastian can’t wait until it’s ‘air time’. But once he gets started, he realizes that the stunts they’ve thought up are life-threateningly dangerous. And that the bet could end disastrously for the less experienced Jort…

M A r C V A n V e l Z e nAir Time


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★ The gripping story of a young ballerina

Original title: Als niemand kijkt ★ 128 pages ★ Published in September 2009 by Em. Querido’s Uitgeverij B.V. ★ www.queridokind.nl

★

Rights under option: Brazil, Canada (World English), Catalan,

France, Germany, Japan, Korean, Norway, Poland and Slovenia

★

Marjolijn Hof received much

praise for the way she evoked

emotions with only a very few

words in her fi rst book A small

chance (2006), which was

awarded the Golden Owl and the

Golden Pencil. This is her fourth

book.

Marjolijn Hof ’s debut A small chance has been translated into ten languages

and is nominated for the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis. The German press:

‘With A Small Chance Marjolijn Hof has written a small literary gem.’ die

zeit - luchs des monats

‘Marjolijn Hof has written a splendid, realistic, warm-hearted, wonderful and

extraordinarily candid book.’ suddeutsche zeitung

‘Astounding [...] extremely impressive [...]’ literaturen

When she is five years old, Julia has her first ballet lesson. Now she is eighteen, and is training to be a professional ballet dancer. It takes a lot of stamina. Especially the lessons by Galina are difficult. It looks like Julia can’t do anything right in her eyes. Galina says that Julia has no passion. And then Julia starts to question everything. Why is she dancing? Who is she dancing for? Is she a dancer when nobody is looking? Marjolijn Hof wrote this book based on Iris’ experiences as a young ballet dancer.

M A r J o l i J n h o F / i r i s k u i J P e r s When nobody is looking


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Querido | Fall 2009

★ Part 2 will be published in 2010

★ Fantasy as you’ve never read before

★ Long awaited second book of the author of The Dream Merchant

Isabel Hoving’s debut, The Dream

Merchant, was very well received

by readers and critics. It was

awarded the Golden Kiss, and

over 20.000 copies have been

sold. It was also published in

German, Italian, Japanese and

English.

Original title: Het verbond van de bliksems ★ 384 pages ★ Published in November 2009 by Em. Querido’s Uitgeverij B.V. ★ www.queridokind.nl

★

Rights under option: Germany, Italy, Japan, UK (World English)

★

The press on The Dream Merchant:

‘Better than Harry Potter [...] compelling, thrilling, pleasantly complicated,

credible, heart-warming and fi lle dwith fantasy and humour. A sensational

debut by a true storyteller.’ de volkskrant

It is the start of the 21st century, Middle America. Fire and water demons are battling over the future of the earth. The water demons are winning. To prevent the warming of the earth, they decide to force a new ice age to come about. But one of the fire demons worries so much about the cata-strophic effects this will have on nature, that he rebels. He creates three Lightning Beams, three children with god-like powers, who will grow up to be unbeatable, demonic allies. Unfortunately his experiment only partially succeeds. Two of his three Lightning Beams are hopelessly lost. One of them is 15-year old Wik, who’s adopted by an Amsterdam family. Will this insecure, sprite of a girl, play a major role in the demonic struggle for the fate of the earth?

i s A b e l h o V i n G The Lightening Alliance


Querido



Singel 262

1016 AC Amsterdam

The Netherlands

[email protected]

or


Rights Manager

[email protected]

Phone: +31 20 55 11 262

Fax: +31 20 55 11 227

Translation grants





costs.







www.nlpvf.nl.




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1017 AW Amsterdam

The Netherlands


Phone: +31 20 620 62 61

Fax: +31 20 620 71 79







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