The King’s Frog Legs and Other Fairy Tales
‘Normal, normal – what is normal?’ replies the fairy when the king asks if he’s going to have a normal child. This is perhaps the key sentence of this sparkling book of fairy tales. Because there’s room for everyone in Janneke Schotveld’s fifteen long stories. Roles are reversed, and there’s no lack of diversity in the words or the pictures: from a lesbian princess to an enchanted headscarf and a black prince who is rescued from his tower by a brave lady knight.
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Author
Janneke Schotveld
Age category
7+
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A collection that should not be missing from any classroom or home.
Friesch Dagblad
A captivating mixture of contemporary and classic, new and familiar.
Trouw
Janneke Schotveld
Janneke Schotveld (1974) has been a children’s writer since 2007, making her breakthrough with the series Superjuffie. Her modern fairy tales De kikkerbilletjes van de koning, Het kattenmannetje and Avonturen van de dappere ridster have won over many young hearts. For young readers, she wrote Rotkat, Hanna en Hamza and Zepie.
Her first book aimed at teenagers, Zusje, about a girl from a deeply religious family, was published in the Slash series (Querido) based on true stories about remarkable young people.