Koos Meinderts

Koos Meinderts (b. 1953) has written more than fifty books, including picture books like 'De vuurtoren' (The Lighthouse), poetry collections like 'Het regent zonlicht' (It’s Raining Sunlight) and two novels for young adults: 'Lang zal ze leven' (Long May She Live) and 'De zee zien' (To See the Sea), which won the Flemish Boekenleeuw award.

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About the Author

His books are usually illustrated by his wife, Annette Fienieg. Meinderts has also written musicals and many song lyrics. Books by Meinderts have been translated into Afrikaans, Chinese, Danish, German, English, French, Kurdish, Norwegian, Spanish, Swedish and Japanese.

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Zebedeus and the Game of Goose

Koos Meinderts is not a writer of absolute truths, preferring instead to support the right to daydream. The humble bear Zebedeus is a perfect example of a Meinderts character. Zebedeus hesitates, wavers, hums and haws. One day, he receives a surprise in the post, a parcel containing a board game, the Game of Goose. ‘You can’t win, but you can’t lose either. All you can do is play,’ says Wisse, the mysterious sender, in his accompanying letter. The game is a metaphor for life and Zebedeus plays it as well as he can. Along the way, he has philosophical conversations with the characters he meets — conversations about freedom and choosing your own path, about longing for home and longing for faraway.

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