White Ravens’98/The Netherlands(Dutch)/66057
Dros, Imme (text)
Geelen, Harrie (illus.)
Dit is het huis bij de kromme boom
(This is the house near the bent tree)
Amsterdam: Querido, 1997. [30pp]
ISBN 90-214-6044-0
Moving house - Lost/Found - Siblings
When the first-person narrator’s little sister is born, his family’s house is
just too small. They move into the house of the deceased grandmother,
taking 
all their belongings except the boy’s little duck in the bathtub. His great
sadness disappears when 
the mailman brings the toy after all. This simple, recognizable tale about
loss and restoration, told with a cumulative, rhymed text, is accompanied
by magnificent illustrations using thick black outlines and warm pastel
colors which radiate a gentle, touching atmosphere. (4+)

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