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The Kind Crocodile

Leo Timmers

Children's and Youth Literature
Age 0-4
Illustrated

Another Timmers hit
MappaLibri
One day, Crocodile decides to leave his pond and to head into the big wide world. That’s when he realises that quite a few of his friends are in trouble. ‘The Kind Crocodile’ is a light-hearted and funny cumulative tale about the unexpected power of teamwork.

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A Sea of Love

Pieter Gaudesaboos

Children's and Youth Literature
Age 0-4
Age 5-7
Illustrated

A sea of beauty. It’s difficult to imagine a more beautiful plea for love.
De Standaard
Penguin crosses the ocean to the house of his friend Bear. He wants to tell him a big secret, so big that it will change everything: he’s in love with Bear. Even the most hard-hearted of readers will be captivated by this love story for its humour and the playful, exceptional use of colour. ‘A Sea of Love’ shows that love is love, no matter who you are.

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Vasco the Soccer-Pig

Alain Verster
Edward van de Vendel

Children's and Youth Literature
Age 0-4
Age 5-7
Illustrated

Verster is a master at evoking atmosphere and longing.
JaapLeest
Five-year-old Matteo has the best day of his life when he gets a soccer ball and a pig for his birthday. For Vasco the pig, it’s also the best day of his life – it’s not even his birthday and he still gets Matteo. Edward van de Vendel beautifully describes the loving friendship between Vasco and Matteo, while Alain Verster adds another dimension to the story through his illustrations.

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Red

Jan De Kinder

Children's and Youth Literature
Age 0-4
Age 5-7
Illustrated

Thoughtful and beautifully illustrated
Kirkus Reviews
It starts almost imperceptibly, with something innocuous. Tommy is shy, he blushes easily. A little girl notices it, points to him and winks at Paul, the biggest bully of all. Jan de Kinder offers us a powerful story about strong children on the playground who don’t like bullying.

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Applesauce

Klaas Verplancke

Children's and Youth Literature
Age 0-4
Age 5-7
Illustrated

Finger-licking good!
Boekenleeuw jury
‘Applesauce’ is a refreshing complement to all the picture books in which dads are always heroes. Here you see a father as he really is: he often realises his role of superdad, but occasionally he can be found lazing on the sofa and sometimes he even changes to scary and grumpy, with thunder in his voice and lightening in his hands.

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Monster, Don’t Eat Me!

Carll Cneut
Carl Norac

Children's and Youth Literature
Age 0-4
Age 5-7
Illustrated

A feast for the eye
De Bond
Alex is a gluttonous little pig. ‘Don’t eat when we’re not eating’, his mother says. Alex is stopped by a monster who eyes him as a tasty morsel, whom he manages to distract with clever tricks. But every monster has a mother, and all mothers are more or less alike. A veritable feast for keen observers.

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Ricky

Guido Van Genechten

Children's and Youth Literature
Age 0-4
Illustrated

A rabbit family that you instantly adopt as your own
De Leeswelp
Ricky Rabbit is different from the other rabbits: his right ear droops, while his left ear stands straight up. Whatever he does, the other rabbits make fun of him. In the end, his humour earns him a place in the group as the entertainer.

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Elly Dark Blue

Lieve Baeten
Geert De Kockere

Children's and Youth Literature
Age 0-4
Illustrated

A timeless, enchanting and colourful love story
Pluizuit
Geert De Kockere’s poetic language and Lieve Baeten’s gorgeous illustrations lift this book above the average, as does its content: together with Elly Dark Blue, readers learn that there is more beyond a monochromatic world.

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Authors

Alain Verster
Carl Norac
Carll Cneut
Edward van de Vendel
Geert De Kockere
Guido Van Genechten
Jan De Kinder
Klaas Verplancke
Leo Timmers
Lieve Baeten
Pieter Gaudesaboos