Sunday 27 November 2011

The prettiest book

A couple of weeks ago it was my mums birthday and I bought her a book, 'Tikken tegen de maan'. Before I wrapped it, I read it myself and I found out how amazing this book is. I knew I had to show you because I'm sure most of you will love it, so I quickly took some pictures.

It is a collection of Dutch and Flemish poetry for children selected by Joke van Leeuwen (Dutch author, illustrator and performer). The poems are written by (relatively) well-known poets, and great on their own, but what I love about this book is that the publisher has asked starting talented -but not so well known- Dutch and Belgium illustrators to illustrate this book. When I see a book like this I'm so glad there are still small independent publishers like Ons Erfdeel.



Each spread is definitely worth framing, and there are 50! Needless to say, I had a hard time, giving this beauty away...



7 comments:

Saskia said...

Thanks for the tip! My guess: Sint Nic will bring this to our house pretty soon! ;)
xoxox

maarnietvangrijs said...

Dank je voor je bezoek aan mijn blog, leuk, want nu heb ik jouw blog ook ontdekt! Ik ga nog even verder struinen, zie allemaal mooie boeken en interieurplaatjes voorbij komen.....

Karen. said...

Ziet er een heel schoon boek uit.. mm :) goede tip!

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Really a extreme beautiful book!

Kyra said...

Wat een mooi boek! Echt een goeie tip, bedankt...

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The poetry are published by (relatively) well-known romantics, and excellent on their own, but what I really like about this publication is that the creator has requested beginning skilled -but not so well known- Nederlander and The country illustrators to show you this publication.

Donatella Crippa said...

Fantastic book! I live in the UK, do you know where I can buy it?
Thanks