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Selma Noort

Selma Noort (b. 1960) has been a children’s writer for more than forty years and has written over 120 books in various genres for children of all ages. Her books have been published abroad, including in Germany and Denmark, and have won many awards. Eilandheimwee and Mag ik even je spook lenen? both won Zilveren Griffels. She won the prestigious Thea Beckman Prize for the best historical children’s book for De zee kwam door de brievenbus. In another recent title, Koningskind (2020, 12+), which was nominated for the Woutertje Pieterse Prize, she told the Biblical story of King Solomon from a surprising new perspective.

Geen gewone ketting

Geen gewone ketting

(Leopold, 1995, 39 pagina's)

Janna’s mother is in hospital. Daddy goes to visit her twice daily but Janna isn’t allowed to go with him. Mummy looks very sick and sometimes she can’t stop crying and she doesn’t want to confront her little girl with these things. Janna feels shut out and decides to change the situation herself. She strings together a colourful bead necklace that will make her mummy beautiful and happy and then sets out for the hospital. But before she can find her mother’s room the necklace breaks and most of the beads roll away and are lost.

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Mag ik je spook even lenen?

Mag ik je spook even lenen?

(Leopold, 2002, 89 pagina's)

May I Borrow Your Ghost? is the third book about the brothers Sil (10) and Geerten (9) and their little sister Mare (5), children who are as often naughty, rude and jealous as well as withdrawn, brave and immensely loyal. Selma Noort wrote the books because she saw a need for a children’s book about three children from a single family. Not only are the stories ‘a slice of (family) life,’ but they’re also so lively and fast-paced that from the very first page events seem to unfold as in a film.

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Koningskind

Koningskind

(Leopold, 2020, 264 pagina's)

For King Solomon’s Daughter, Selma Noort has revisited the Old Testament story about the wise King Solomon, who was asked to make a judgement in a case of two women who both claimed to be the mother of the same baby – whereupon Solomon ordered that the child should be cut in two.

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Het kleine huis bij de rivier

Het kleine huis bij de rivier

(Leopold, 2021, 208 pagina's)

Yussuf’s family live next door to one another in a number of houses by the river. His tough grandma is the centre of the family, along with her brother, who is mainly interested in his pigeons, and her son and daughter, each with a partner and child. They all get along well, and life is calm and peaceful in the shade of a pear tree.

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