A pond full of ink
This delightfully humorous collection of poems offers children and the young at heart a refreshing, inventive look at the world from the well-known Dutch author, Annie Schmidt. Ordinary events and places become extraordinary adventures full of imagination.
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English Dutch |
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Grand Rapids, MI :
Eerdmans Books for Young Readers,
[2014]
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| Summary: | This delightfully humorous collection of poems offers children and the young at heart a refreshing, inventive look at the world from the well-known Dutch author, Annie Schmidt. Ordinary events and places become extraordinary adventures full of imagination. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 27 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780802854339 0802854338 |
| Author Notes: | Sieb Posthuma (1960-2014) was an award-winning Dutch illustrator, writer, and theater designer. The first English-language edition of A Pond Full of Ink was named as one of the best books of 2014 by the Globe and Mail , the Boston Globe , and by the American Booksellers Association. Sieb's other books include What Ollie Saw (Levine Querido) and Where Is Rusty? (Gecko Press). David Colmer is an Australian writer and translator of Dutch- and Flemish-language literature. He has translated over seventy books throughout his career, including I'll Root for You (Eerdmans) and Little Fox (Levine Querido). His translations have won several prestigious awards, such as the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize. David lives in Amsterdam. Follow him on Twitter @david_colmer. |
