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You will find a selection of our wide-ranging lists on this website. If you would like
more information about a specific title or author then please send an
e-mail to: rights@gottmer.nl. Our foreign rights agent Renée Ferment will gladly provide
you with all the information you need.
Renée Ferment
Tel. (dir.): +31 (0)23 541 1194
Visit us on the Bologna Book Fair 2012
Click here for our catalogus Bologna 2012.
You can find us on the Bologna Book Fair 2012 at Pad. 29 Stand D/28.
Hightlight of Bologna Book Fair 2012: Step Aside, I Am Not Your Grandma!
Step Aside, I Am Not Your Grandma! is a book of narrative poems about older people, who – and children tend to forget this – were once young as well and have a lifetime of experience behind them. Bette Westera portrays these people twice in a poem, in two different phases of life: first in the present and then as a child, young person or young adult. Glimpses into their lives when they were younger give the reader a deeper understanding of their lives now that their elderly.
The stories are told in the form of ‘fictitious narratives’: poems in a meter and rhyme scheme serving the feeling of each particular tale.
The book’s purpose is twofold. It tells funny, poignant and thought-provoking stories of special individuals at different stages of their lives. And it gives the reader a look at the length and breadth of life: everything you do and experience in a lifetime becomes part of you – determines who you are. Everything you do and have done matters.
The stories stand alone and can be read separately. The (implicit) connecting idea is the care centre, where everyone is looked after lovingly. From the onset of this project, illustrator Sylvia Weve was excited about depicting these seniors. Her unique style strengthens and deepens the portrayal of these older individuals.
This book is exceptional in its kind: it is the first Dutch book for children (age 9+) to focus on older people but then not in the typical grandparent role. Earlier collaborations by the Weve / Westera duo have been very successful. The Dutch Zilveren Griffel (Silver Slate Pencil) was awarded to Bette Westera in 2011 for Ik leer je liedjes van verlangen (Floating on a Cloud…The Marvellous Teachings & Tall Tales of Mr Mandrillus), while it was also among the few children’s book chosen for the Best Dutch Book Designs of 2010.
You can visit us on the Bologna Book Fair 2012 at Pad. 29 Stand D/28.
GOTTMER PUBLISHING GROUP EXPANDS BY PURCHASING THE
CHILDREN’S BOOKS DEPARTMENT OF NIEUW AMSTERDAM
Dear friends and colleagues,
picture books in The Netherlands and with strong lists in the fields of fiction and non
fiction for older children and YA, has recently spread out its wings by purchasing the
children’s books department of Nieuw Amsterdam. We feel that their beautiful list,
with many great fiction writers, is a perfect addition to ours.
the baby, toddler and picture books, Annelies Fontijne (formerly commissioning editor
at Nieuw Amsterdam) and Carine van Wijk, both responsible for non-fiction and fiction
for children of 6 years and up, and myself as publisher.
course we hope it will lead to an even more our fruitful cooperation with you.
Take a look at our Frankfurt Book Fair 2011 catalogus
Click here for the Lifestyle, Mind Body & Spirit, Nautical Books, Travel Guides catalogus.
Click here for the Children's & Juveniles catalogus.
Take a look at our prize winning books!!
Noëlle Smit, Rian Visser
Milja Praagman
Marjet Huiberts, Wendy Panders, (rap) Benaïssa