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petite histoire d amour
Een meisje kijkt naar de boten die voorbij trekken; op een dag komt er een man langs op wie ze op slag verliefd wordt. Ze bouwt een huisje voor twee boven de zee en een vlot waarmee ze wegvaart. Prentenboek met sfeervolle illustraties in kleur. Vanaf ca. 7 jaar.
- GenresChildrens
64 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1995
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About the author
Marit Törnqvist
43 books25 followersMarit Törnqvist is a Swedish-Dutch illustrator and author. She is the two-time recipient of the Dutch Zilveren Griffel award and was shortlisted for the Hans Christian Andersen Award. She is best known for her illustrations of Astrid Lindgren's books.
Törnqvist was born in 1964, in Sweden, to the author-illustrator Rita Törnqvist-Verschuur and Egil Törnqvist, a professor and academic literary critic. At the age of five, she moved to the Netherlands with her family, where she still lives today.
From 1982 to 1987 Törnqvist went to the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam. In 1989, she illustrated her first book The Christmas Carp , a collaboration with her mother.
At the same time Törnqvist applied in Sweden as an illustrator for Astrid Lindgren's work. She went on to work closely with Lindgren, providing illustrations for several of her books.
In 1995, Törnqvist wrote and illustrated the book A Little Love Story , which was awarded the Dutch literary prize the Zilveren Griffel in 1996. She won the Zilveren Griffel again in 2018, for Het gelukkige eiland , which also won the Boekenpauw. In 2016, she was shortlisted for the Hans Christian Andersen Award. She has been nominated for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award almost every year since 2010.
Törnqvist is married and has two daughters.
Törnqvist was born in 1964, in Sweden, to the author-illustrator Rita Törnqvist-Verschuur and Egil Törnqvist, a professor and academic literary critic. At the age of five, she moved to the Netherlands with her family, where she still lives today.
From 1982 to 1987 Törnqvist went to the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam. In 1989, she illustrated her first book The Christmas Carp , a collaboration with her mother.
At the same time Törnqvist applied in Sweden as an illustrator for Astrid Lindgren's work. She went on to work closely with Lindgren, providing illustrations for several of her books.
In 1995, Törnqvist wrote and illustrated the book A Little Love Story , which was awarded the Dutch literary prize the Zilveren Griffel in 1996. She won the Zilveren Griffel again in 2018, for Het gelukkige eiland , which also won the Boekenpauw. In 2016, she was shortlisted for the Hans Christian Andersen Award. She has been nominated for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award almost every year since 2010.
Törnqvist is married and has two daughters.
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Displaying 1 - 13 of 13 reviews
March 17, 2024
Het verlangen naar een horizon, naar een lach, naar iemand waarmee je iets wil opbouwen.
Dit is een klein verhaal over liefde maar één met een groot thema. Geweldige illustraties en weinig maar erg mooie woorden. Voor kinderen vanaf 9 jaar, om voor te lezen en samen te lezen.
Dit is een klein verhaal over liefde maar één met een groot thema. Geweldige illustraties en weinig maar erg mooie woorden. Voor kinderen vanaf 9 jaar, om voor te lezen en samen te lezen.
March 18, 2018
Lieflijk verhaaltje over de liefde, met prachtige tekeningen!
February 6, 2019
Prachtig minimalisme!
March 10, 2019
Klein verhaal over liefde met grote gevoelens en prachtige prenten.
February 11, 2020
Zo simpel, zo zoet, zo diep.
November 8, 2024
Prachtig.
Marit ik hou van jou
Marit ik hou van jou
May 2, 2025
Mooie tekst, mooie illustraties.
November 17, 2013
There's a girl sitting on a pole in the sea.
Sitting there day and night, through wind and bad weather. This is how 'Klein verhaal over liefde' (Small Story About Love) starts. The story tells itself mostly through her exquisite drawings. It's a tale about waiting and loving and taking a leap of faith. And it's very much for adults too.
Sitting there day and night, through wind and bad weather. This is how 'Klein verhaal over liefde' (Small Story About Love) starts. The story tells itself mostly through her exquisite drawings. It's a tale about waiting and loving and taking a leap of faith. And it's very much for adults too.
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January 16, 2016A beautiful work. Not really wordless, but it stretch that way.
in form it presents a small paragraph on two open pages, just this paragraph. and then several pages that represent this paragraph.
it seems to move from loneliness to loneliness from hope to hope.
love. or some longing for another.
a horizon. a smile.
rebuilds and hopes and . loses. and. maybe.
in form it presents a small paragraph on two open pages, just this paragraph. and then several pages that represent this paragraph.
it seems to move from loneliness to loneliness from hope to hope.
love. or some longing for another.
a horizon. a smile.
rebuilds and hopes and . loses. and. maybe.
January 7, 2014
Mooi tekeningen, goede boodschap. Als je wat wil, moet je er voor gaan, niet afwachten.
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