Bang mannetje wins Kinderboekwinkelprijs
The Association of Co-operating Children’s Bookshops has awarded the Kinderboekwinkelprijs (Children’s Bookshop Prize) to the picture book entitled Bang mannetje (‘Scaredy Cat’) by Mathilde Stein (text) and Mies van Hout (illustrations). The scaredy cat in the picture book is fearful of everything. Not only is he afraid of ghosts under his bed but he is also frightened of being ridiculed or of saying something if someone jumps the queue in the shop. In the hope that it can help him become less afraid, he sets out for the Enchanted Tree. To get there he has to go through a forest full of real danger, such as a dragon and a witch.
With the Kinderboekwinkelprijs, the staff members of the children’s bookshops reward the books that have, unjustly in their opinion, not been honoured in other contests such as the Griffels and Penselen. The prize has been assigned annually since 1993.
