Bart Moeyaert – 40 years a writer

7+ Children’s book

The latest gem by ALMA winner

Bart Moeyaert

There’s a good reason why Morris’s grandma’s dog is called Houdini: the creature is an escape artist. Morris has to go up the mountain near his grandma’s house to look for the dog. But just as he sets off on the journey home, carrying Houdini in his arms, snow starts tumbling from the sky. Up on the mountain, the north wind cuts through him. Then, to make matters worse, Houdini does what she likes to do best – she runs away again. At first, Morris has no idea what to do.

But then someone else emerges from the white expanse – a boy with a big mouth and, at his side, a giant ram.

• a glowing adventure story about a boy, a runaway dog and lots and lots of snow

• with colour illustrations by Sebastiaan Van Doninck

12+ Children’s fiction

Moeyaert’s debut – a success for 40 years

• anniversary edition of Bart Moeyaert’s debut novel

• for readers of 12 and up

• won the Children’s Jury Prize

Translated into German, Japanese, Hungarian and Catalonian

English translation available Rights sold: German (Hanser Verlag), Italian (Sinnos), Swedish (Lilla Piratforlaget), Slovenian (KUD Sodobnost) Rights under option: Spanish (Mexico), Bulgarian, Estonian, Croatian, Latvian, Norwegian, Serbian, Simplified Chinese, Complex Chinese

Published October 2022

Hardback | 17 x 20 cm | 64 pages

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Published February 2023

Paperback | 13.5 x 21.5 cm | 192 pag.

QUERIDO CHILDREN’S BOOKS

6+/8+ Children’s book

Puck Koper Water Is for Fish

A first story and picture book by a major new talent

Kaat lives on a fishing boat, along with six sailors who are tough but really nice. She’s very happy there, even though she does have one big wish: she wants to learn how to swim. The men think that’s a silly idea. Because water is for fish. But Kaat doesn’t give up that easily.

Puck Koper is one of the most promising young illustrators in the Netherlands. Her debut, Where Is Your

Sister?, won the Opera Prima Bologna Ragazzi Prize 2020 and was shortlisted for the 2020 Klaus Flugge Prize. She has also received a prestigious Fiep Westendorp incentive award.

Published February 2023 Hardback | 17 x 23 cm | 96 pages

• a story and pictures to fall in love with

• by an award-winning young artist

• to read aloud (6+) or to read independently (8+)

English sample available

Yvonne Jagtenberg Hopper’s House

Famous

Yvonne Jagtenberg pays tribute to her favourite artists. And she does so in an original way: by taking a look inside their homes. What were their lives like? Who did they live there with? What did they love? And which works of art did they make there?

Come and look inside the houses of Morandi, Van Gogh and many more great artists.

QUERIDO CHILDREN’S BOOKS

‘An exciting and thought-provoking world to explore’ – de Volkskrant ‘An original and distinctive publication bursting with personal commitment and the need to create.’ – pluizuit.be

Published September 2022

Hardback | 24 x 28 cm | 56 pages