CHILDREN’S BOOKS FALL 2021
ACTIVIT Y BOOK AGE 2+
PLAY AND LEARN WITH FIEP & SEARCH AND COUNT WITH FIEP Fiep Westendorp
Fun activities with Fiep!
Grab your pencil and get ready to play and learn with Fiep! Each game in these two books contains an educational challenge: children learn to look, search and compare. Meanwhile, they also learn about numbers and letters in an accessible way. The books are full of rhymes, mazes and puzzles, as well as exercises to develop motor skills for writing. There are lots of fun activities for every level! - Learning has never been so much fun! - Ideal for holidays and learning at home Generations of children have grown up with Fiep Westendorp’s illustrations. She’s the artist behind all kinds of iconic Dutch characters, including Jip and Janneke, the cats Pim and Pom, Tow-Truck Pluck and Scrumple. observeren • aanwijzen • vergelijken
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Zoek de verschillen GOED LEREN KIJKEN EN VERGELIJKEN
Kijk goed naar de twee plaatjes. Misschien denk je eerst wel dat ze hetzelfde zijn. Maar dat is niet zo! Kun jij de verschillen ontdekken?
Op de woonboot GOED LEREN KIJKEN EN ZOEKEN
Paperback, Colour illustrations 17 x 24 cm, 50 pages Now available
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PICT UR E B O OKS AGE 4+
WHEN CATERPILLAR BECAME A BUTTERFLY Djenné Fila, Bette Westera, Naomi Tieman
Poems and stories about insects in the garden A unique trio of read-aloud books about bugs
One early morning, while Caterpillar is wrapped in his cocoon waiting to transform into a butterfly, he meets Mayfly. She’s just started her first and last day of life and has no time to wait with him. When Butterfly finally emerges from his cocoon, he can’t wait to show Mayfly how beautiful he has become. But where’s she gone? Follow Butterfly on his quest through the garden—you’ll meet Earwig, see the world through the wondrous eyes of Little Beetle, and go on a ticklish adventure with Oak Processionary Caterpillar. — A playful collection of stories and rhymes — With enchanting illustrations by rising star Djenné Fila
Bette Westera writes stories, poems and songs, and her picture books are known to win prizes. Her work has been translated into many languages.
Naomi Tieman writes and translates books for children of all ages. Together with Bette Westera, she created the book I Would Never Do That, which was awarded a Flag & Pennant honourable mention.
Djenné Fila graduated cum laude from AKV | St. Joost in Breda and won the Boekieboekie StArt Award public prize. She previously illustrated The Firebird for Volt publishers.
Hardcover, Colour illustrations 19.5 x 26.5 cm, 64 pages. Now available
PICT UR E B O OK AGE 4+
LITTLE FOX AND THE QUIET WORLD Thysa Zevenbergen and Ru de Groen
A new adventure with the beloved Little Fox
One day, when Little Fox looks outside, she can’t believe her eyes. The whole world is covered in a blanket of white. At first, she and her friend Gijs have fun playing in the snow, but the flakes keep falling, and pretty soon they find themselves snowed into their fox hole. Luckily, it’s cosy inside and they have enough to eat, but they’re worried about their friends. Would Deer, Giraffe and Elephant be all right? In short poems, Ru de Groen tells the particularly timely and exciting story of two little foxes who bravely hibernate in their little den. — With hand-cut paper art by Thysa Zevenbergen — A philosophical picture book about longing and lonelines — More than 10,000 copies of Little Fox sold
Thysa Zevenbergen was born in The Netherlands but grew up in the United States and France. She debuted in 2019 with Little Fox looks for Everything & Nothing, which features her signature papercuts.
Ru de Groen is a novelist, who from 2004 to 2008, translated several children’s books. In 2019, he began writing for the Little Fox series.
Hardcover, Colour illustrations 24 x 24 cm, 48 pages November 2021
FICTIO N AGE 6+
AYDIN, THE TRUE STORY OF A BELUGA WHALE Olaf Koens and Mark Janssen
A read-aloud book about the true story of a beluga whale from Turkey
Sometimes a memory can follow you for life. A little boy becomes fascinated with whales after seeing a white beluga whale named Aydin on the news. Would he ever see a whale himself in the Dutch sea? Years later he comes face to face with a beluga whale on one of his many trips. His childhood memories come flooding back: whatever happened to the white beluga? The Turkish village where Aydin was last spotted is still under the spell of the mythical white whale. Everyone, from Kemal the fisherman to the mayor to a mysterious professor, has something to say about the almost magical and very true story of Aydin the beluga whale. — Olaf Koens takes the reader along on his quest for the mysterious beluga whale — Beautiful illustrations by Mark Janssen — Photographs of the real beluga whale at the end of the book
Olaf Koens is a writer and journalist. He lives in Istanbul and travels across the Middle East as a correspondent. Aydin is his first children’s book.
Mark Janssen graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Maastricht in 1997 and has worked as a full-time children’s book illustrator ever since. In 2016, he began creating his own picture books. MORE BOOKS BY MARK JANSSEN: SEE OUR SEPARATE LEAFLET
Hardcover, Colour illustrations 25 x 16.5 cm, 64 pages Now available
FICTIO N A G E 7+
SPEEDY SAM: THE KIDNAPPING OLAV MOL
The fourth part in the Speedy Sam series! 20.000 copies sold!
Thanks to his job at the new go-kart track, Sam has been learning all about the world of go-karting. He decides to enter the national go-karting competition only to find out that racing with the best of the best is not as easy as he thought. As the youngest of all the drivers, Sam has to work hard to make it onto the podium. During the last race weekend, Sam and his friend Carel are allowed to spend the night in Sam’s dad’s van. In the middle of the night, they’re jolted awake when the van starts moving. There are men in the front seat speaking a language they’ve never heard before. That’s when they know—they’ve been kidnapped!
Olav Mol is a commentator for Formula 1 races. He won the Theo Koomen Award for his commentary on Max Verstappen’s win in Barcelona. His Speedy Sam books are inspired by his grandchildren.
Renee Rienties works as a cartoonist and illustrator. In 2015, she graduated from the CIBAP and made her start in the world of comics and illustrations. Her inspirations include American comics and Japanese manga.
Will the boys be able to escape? And can Sam get to Italy in time to defend his Pizza Cup? — The fourth instalment in the successful Speedy Sam series — Easy reading — Discover the world of Formula 1
Hardcover, Black and white illustrations 13.5 x 21.5 cm, 180 pages December 2021
N O N-FICTIO N AGE 8+
SUSTAINABLE GARDENING FOR KIDS Anne Wieggers
From bee hotel to worm compost
There are all kinds of gardening books out there, but very few are written specifically for children. Sustainable Gardening for Kids is here to change that. In a fun, child-friendly way, author Anne Wieggers teaches young readers how they can get to work in the garden. The book includes all kinds of DIY projects and handy facts—like why gardening is so important for animals and insects or why hoeing is actually not such a good thing to do. Kids learn that they, too, can make a difference by saving water and planting a vegetable garden or building an insect hotel and making their own worm compost. — With colour photos and illustrations — Practical tips for little green thumbs
Anne Wieggers is a well-known advocate of sustainable gardening in the Netherlands. She designs, writes and teaches, and also works as editor-in-chief of Gardener’s World magazine. Above all, she’s an excellent gardener. Sustainable Gardening was published by Volt publishers last year, and it has since been reprinted three times. Illustrations Lotte Dijkstra
Paperback, Colour illustrations 17 x 24 cm, 160 pages Now available
FICTIO N AGE 9+
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS Tiny Fisscher and Juliette de Wit
A funny and exciting detective story with a surprising twist
London, autumn 1872. Phileas Fogg is an enigma. No one seems to know anything about him, except that he is very precise and has a lot of money. How he became rich is a mystery. One day, while playing cards at the gentlemen’s society, he bets his friends that he can travel around the world in 80 days. They call him crazy, but Phileas and his new French servant, Passepartout, set off immediately. They take very little with them, just some clothes and a sack of money. Police officer Fix is suspicious, so he decides to follow them... Could Phileas Fogg be the bank robber who recently robbed the Bank of England? — A new adaptation of a well-known tale, told by master storyteller Tiny Fisscher — Exciting and funny detective story to be read independently or aloud — Unique format – a classic that is part book, part graphic novel
Tiny Fisscher writes for all ages and in various genres. She has almost fifty books to her name, including six adaptations of famous classics. For Volt, she’s created successful adaptations of The Little Prince and Oliver Twist.
Juliette de Wit studied at the Rietveld Academy and was taught by Piet Klaasse and Thé Tjong-Khing. Since graduating, she has illustrated more than 450 books, including Orsippus and Mr Ollie’s Class for Volt.
Hardcover, Colour illustrations Original title: Le Tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours 15.5 x 22 cm, 144 pages, Now available
FICTIO N AGE 10+
ELIN Milouska Meulens and Sioejeng Tsao
A magical debut by Milouska Meulens
On an ordinary, boring Saturday, the doorbell rings at eleven-year-old Elin Salvador’s house. From that moment on, everything she loves is lost: her father leaves and her mother starts going mad. She even loses her bedroom. She’s never had any friends. Alone with her grief, she tries to bravely endure all the changes. Then she meets Bobby—a professional “cleaner-upper”—and her new classmate Zhimo. Together they fight the chaos and loneliness, and in doing so, they receive unwitting help from Elin’s shadow, Sombra.
Milouska Meulens was born in Curaçao, but dreams in Dutch. As a teenager, she sent stories to magazines and decided to become a journalist. She worked at Zembla, was The Mole, and until 2019 was a presenter on the NOS Kid’s News, Kids for Kids and Early Birds. Elin is her writing debut.
Sioejeng Tsao is an illustrator, activist and feminist. With her paintings and illustrations, she addresses issues such as racism, unequal treatment of the LGBTQIA+ community and climate change. She’s also illustrated for de Volkskrant, Het Parool, HIVOS and others.
Hardcover, Colour illustrations 13.5 x 20 cm, 240 pages October 2021