Tag Archives: Philip Hopman

Hoorah for Mikis and the Donkey!

By Laura | Published: February 14, 2015
Mikis and the Donkey, written by Bibi Dumon Tak and illustrated by Philip Hopman (and translated by me), won this year’s American Library Association’s Mildred L. Batchelder Award for translated children’s books. Many congratulations to Eerdmans Books for Young Readers and to all involved in creating this great book!
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Mikis and the Donkey

By Laura | Published: November 27, 2014
Eerdman Books for Young Readers recently published my translation of Bibi Dumon Tak’s Mikis and the Donkey, beautifully illustrated by Philip Hopman. It’s a lovely little gem of a book about a young boy who teaches his grandfather to take good care of the family’s donkey. The story’s warm and fun and its message about […]
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A Celebration of Soldier Bear

By Laura | Published: June 10, 2012
Thanks very much to my friends Mina Witteman and Rachelle Meyer of the Dutch chapter of the SCBWI for organising a celebration of Soldier Bear, which recently won the Mildred L. Batchelder Award for “the most outstanding children’s book originally published in a language other than English in a country other than the United States, […]
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