Floor de Goede (b. 1980) is well known as the cartoonist Flo, and has been an illustrator of children’s books since 2008, when he made the first collection of comic-strip poems with Edward van de Vendel: Opa laat zijn tenen zien. He has collaborated with writer Edward van de Vendel on three other projects: the cheerful series about Sofie and her animal friends, a picture book about dinosaurs, and Heel heel heel vies boek, for beginning readers.
This form of poetry is still unique in the world: poems in the form of comic strips. And in this third collection of comic-strip poems, the two-man genre of poet Edward van de Vendel and illustrator Floor de Goede, the creators have refined and developed their skill.
In this book, an endearing bunch of losers of a beauty contest join forces. Ayla, Juultje, Tinker & Swing and Miep are disqualified from the contest because they are a zebra (striped), pony (too small), stallions (boy horses) and a seahorse (way too small). The five of them decide that this is not fair – and they fight back.
