Leonie Kooiker Books

Leonie Kooiker's stories transport readers to worlds where trolls, peculiar earth spirits, and ethereal mist beings are encountered in the rolling hills and dense forests of her childhood landscape. Her later experiences by the Merwede river, where children learned to navigate water, fire, and mud, building rafts and cooking nettle soup over open fires, infuse her narratives with a sense of grounded adventure. Her books are a tapestry of the wild and the whimsical, the frightening and the thrilling, with a touch of tenderness. They explore the boundless possibilities of magic, presenting enchantments that feel remarkably plausible within the pages of a book.