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Göteborg 2027

Where Is Kitty Cat?

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Marijke Klompmaker

With a beautifully bold and meandering style, Klompmaker uses pencil, brush and collage to build higgledy-piggledy themed houses with undulating walls. The protagonist, Nova, looks for Polle the cat in the homes of crooks and construction workers, inventors and astronauts, mythical creatures and fictional characters. Every packed picture has its own colour palette, so the cheerful chaos remains a united whole. For anyone who thinks they’ve seen it all, there are additional things to search for at the back of the book.30 pages

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There are look-and-find books and there are special look-and-find books. This one falls into the second category

Yorick Goldewijk

Albatros is as weird and wonderful as it is merciless, asking tough yet pertinent questions about war, guilt and blame, the meaning of being human while launching a heartfelt plea for the power of gentleness.

Goldewijk’s ambitious project, showcasing his unique voice, is proof he means business. [...] Goldewijk conjures a new magic in children’s literature.

Goldewijk set the bar high with this book, but he’s truly outdone himself. He shrewdly investigates complex human emotions such as blame and hate on the one hand and forgiveness and kindness on the other. [...] A heartfelt tribute to humanity.

A dazzling tribute to the power of imagination. [...] Alienating yet utterly bewitching.

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A captivating and exciting YA book. An awe-inspiring page-turner packed with emotion.

Sophie Mulder

Albatros

It’s a rather odd sort of feeling, starting the day as a human while everyone around you is an animal. In Albatross, Yorick Goldewijk goes on a bold thought experiment to find out what would happen if everyone – bar just one soul – woke up as an animal.

Albatross

Mohana van den Kroonenberg

Fairy tales don’t exist. Neither do gnomes. But they do if you believe in them. That, in a nutshell, is Peer’s message. Captivating in its ambiguity, Peer is a fantastic introduction to the power of fiction.

Peer is a tribute to the power of imagination and friendship, enhanced by Karst-Janneke Rogaar’s fabulously rustic illustrations. You can almost hear the leaves rustling in the forest of pen and brushstrokes.

Clever and amusing story for younger readers.

Lucienne van der Leije

Peer

For six long weeks, Kai must stay with his aunt who lives in a frightening forest. How will he cope? A chance encounter with gnome Peer marks the beginning of an unforgettable summer. An original and gripping story for young readers about an unlikely friendship and the boundary between imagination and reality.

Pear

Annet Schaap

Children’s books are either pleasant or exciting or moving. Schaap’s duo of voluminous read-aloud novels showcases her mastery of all three at the same time. Krekel is a phenomenal story and has to be one of 2025’s best books for kids and their parents alike.

Schaap’s talent for storytelling is bewitching. Her imagination is boundless, her style is flawless.

Mermaids, pirates and fierce fights for freedom combine in a fast-paced fairytale.

Following the multi-award-winning debut Lampie, expectations were high for Annet Schaap’s second novel. The wait has been worth it; Krekel is off the scale. Overwhelming and moving. A gem of a book.

Every reader will be enchanted by this all-ages fairy tale.

Krekel

After an eight-year break, Annet Schaap returns with her long-awaited second book set in the world of Lampie: her multi-award-winning debut from 2017 that quickly earned the title of classic. A moving and imaginative story; a fairy tale for all ages.

Cricket

Marc ter Horst

Karst-Janneke Rogaar

Dit wil je lezen! is as entertaining as it is educational, written by an author who doesn’t patronise young readers.

Dit wil je lezen! is a playful, fast-paced book about an original and relevant topic.

Marvellously absurd story containing legions of original language.

Uta Matten

Dit wil je lezen!

Order now! Stay back! You don’t want to miss this! Any sign Stan’s father sees, he takes literally. And it’s starting to become a problem: he can’t stop ordering products online, and he stands so far from the till at the supermarket that he never gets served. 
Something’s got to give. Stan comes up with an ingenious solution.

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Waar is Polle Poes?

The idea behind Marijke Klompmaker’s first solo picture book is a simple one: the cat has gone missing – and the reader is invited to help search various houses in the neighbourhood. But the way the idea is developed is surprising and original.

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