Marjet Huiberts (b. 1960) wrote for the theatre and children’s television for years before entering the literary world with her light-hearted rhyming picture books. One title from her popular Aadje Piraatje-series about a little pirate has been translated into Chinese, and her book Mijn zusje heeft het kleinste huis has been published in Korea and Denmark.
(Gottmer, 2006, 48 pages)
Just imagine it happened to you: seven older sisters, all of them crazy about you. It may sound nice, but it isn’t. And that’s what Feodoor finds out in Feodoor heeft zeven zussen (Feodoor Has Seven Sisters).
(Gottmer, 2009, 128 pages)
So pirates are all thieving sea robbers, are they? According to writer Marjet Huiberts, the boat on which her protagonist, Aadje the Pirate, sails the seven seas is more of a care boat for the disabled.
(Gottmer, 2019, 26 pages)
The bright-blue monkey Ebbie needs a wash. ‘Do you want to go in the bath, Ebbie?’ the book says. ‘No, Ebbie does not want to go in the bath. The bath is too big.’ This clever dialogue form invites interaction between book, parent and toddler.
