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Linde Faas

    Der Junge und der Wal
    De jongen en de walvis
    Irgendwo im Schnee
    King Lion's Feast
    The Boy and the Whale
    Come with Me
    • 2020

      A delightful story about a majestic friendship. There was a boy who liked to spend all his time alone. But one day he fell asleep... In dreamlike images, Linde Faas tells the story of a chance meeting between a boy and a giant whale. The encounter makes the boy realise how wonderful it is to have: Someone to play with Someone to explore with Someone to be in awe of... to have a friend. A lovely moving picture book that makes one long to read it over and over again... and to have a friend like the whale.

      The Boy and the Whale
    • 2019

      Linde Faas, a virtuoso of humorous drawing, surprises, amazes and enchants her readers with her picture book debut Come with Me.A girl enters the bedroom of a boy carrying a balloon, drawing paper and pencils. Did he just wake up? Is he having a lazy day? Is he ill? You can make up your own story in this wordless picture book.Let your imagination guide you while the children are whirled around the world – by the big balloon and their fantasy – past tropical birds and winter landscapes full of penguins, and from a colourful underwater world to a vibrant green jungle, until it is time to return home.A book that will inspire thousands of about reality and fantasy, about adventures and friendship, about the magic of drawing – the possibilities are endless.

      Come with Me
    • 2018

      Who has stolen the treat from the very top of King Lion's birthday cake? Tarantula has made a delicious birthday cake for King Lion - from meat! On top, he places an extra - tender joint of beef, but t he moment Tarantula turns his back , the treat disappears. Who is the beef thief? Tarantula sets off to find out. He looks inside the mouths of all the animals going to the king's party. He finds Gorilla tasting banana soup, Hornbill drinking fig - pip punch and Bat testing crunchy beetle snacks, but he doesn't discover the surprising beef thief until the party is just about to start. Marlies Verhelst 's story is full of pace and humour. Chi ldren will relish the dishes the animals prepare for the feast. Linde Faas' illustrations are full of a sketchy energy and capture the cheeky character of each animal.

      King Lion's Feast