Jumping Penguins & Crying Crocodiles
Jesse Goossens & Marije Tolman
Trim size: : 24,4 x 29 cm | 104 pages
Superb illustrations and plenty of humour in this delightful book on little-known animal facts.
If a camel gets angry, he will vomit green gastric juice all over you.
A sloth moves so slowly that green algae grows in his fur.
Even a blind chameleon takes on the colour of its surroundings.
Bologna Ragazzi Award-winner Marije Tolman, creator of The Tree House and The Island, illustrates in her distinctive style the curious, funny, bizarre, unbelievable, disgusting and weird facts about all kinds of different animals. The animal facts are straightforward nonfiction, while Marije Tolman’s illustrations are pure fantasy, creating a combination that is sure to engage young readers.
After reading and looking at Jumping Penguins, a visit to the zoo will never be the same again.
A flamingo can only eat with its head upside down.
A penguin is able to jump 1.8 meter high.
Even a blind chameleon takes on the colour of its surroundings.
Rights sold:
Turkey
Germany
Spanish Worldwide
Nepal
English Worldwide
Denmark
France
Korea
Rights sold:
Turkey
Germany
Spanish Worldwide
Nepal
English Worldwide
Denmark
France
Korea
Jumping Penguins & Crying Crocodiles
Picture books
Quotes from the press
‘It’s a book of few, but well-chosen words (supplied by Jesse Goossens), delivering surprising factoids on each animal’s double-page spread … [The] illustrations are delightful, humorous but transcendent; it feels as though somewhere, there might just be a corner of the world where these things take place. The book is a complete work of art, with a cover that stands alone so well that Tolman decided to forgo putting the book’s title, or her name, on it (that information can be found on the spine of the book).
Tolman has merged the possible with the impossible, letting her imagination serve as inspiration … a magical book that children and parents will delight in reading.’
– Foreword
Awards
A Best Picture Book of 2015 (Miscellaneous category) The Huffington Post
About the author
Jesse Goossens (1969) is co-publisher and editor at Lemniscaat, but first and foremost a writer. Her work includes travel novels, works on theatre, a young adult novel, several interview collections on topics of social justice, and books about weird fun facts.
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About the illustrator
Marije Tolman (1976) graduated in Graphic and Typographic Design at the Royal Academy of Arts in The Hague. She studied Illustration and design at the Edinburgh College of Art in Scotland. The daughter of an artist, Marije has an inbred eye for colour, for beauty, for subtlety. She knows how to paint the delicate detail without losing the overall perspective.
