Yvonne Jagtenberg
My Weird and Wonderful Uncle
Gerard’s uncle, Monsieur Hulot, looks after him and his dachshund Dali for a day.
Hulot’s creativity and playful imagination are a welcome contrast to Gerard’s strictly minimalist family home. An ode to Jacques Tati and his film Mon oncle (1958).
Original title
Mijn wonderlijke oom
Author
Yvonne Jagtenberg
Yvonne Jagtenberg (b. 1967) became known to pre-schoolers and their parents with her quirky and independent picture-book heroes Balotje and Herman, characters with a tough and infectious contrary nature. She trained as a teacher before going to study at the Hogeschool voor de Kunsten, an art school in Arnhem.