Little Sophie and Lanky Flop~1988~Els Pelgrom~The Tjong Khing~First American Edition~Many Illustrations~Fine Condition~Free Shipping

Little Sophie and Lanky Flop~1988~Els Pelgrom~The Tjong Khing~First American Edition~Many Illustrations~Fine Condition~Free Shipping.

This beautifully illustrated award winning children’s book is in fine condition. Slight shelf wear on the dust jacket. No markings or inscriptions. This rare find would make a great collectible gift. “Reminiscent of Hoffman’s The Nutcracker and the work of Russell Hoban...” from the dust cover.

Els Pelgrom (born 2 April 1934, Arnhem), pseudonym of Else Koch, is a Dutch writer of children’s literature. Pelgrom is the only author to have received the Gouden Griffel award three times.

Pelgrom made her debut as writer in 1962 with the book Het geheimzinnige bos. Her book De kinderen van het achtste woud (1977) is considered by many to be her true debut. For this book she received the Gouden Griffel award in 1978. The book was translated into English as The Winter When Time Was Frozen by Maryka and Raphael Rudnik who won the Mildred L. Batchelder Award in 1981 for this translation. The book was translated into German by Jutta Knust as Die Kinder vom Achten Wald which was awarded the Gustav-Heinemann-Friedenspreis für Kinder- und Jugendbücher in 1983.

Pelgrom’s books have been illustrated by various illustrators including Margriet Heymans, Peter van Straaten and Thé Tjong-Khing. Many of Pelgrom’s books have been translated into German by Mirjam Pressler and Hanni Ehlers. Some of her books have also been translated into English by Arnold Pomerans.

Thé Tjong-Khing (Chinese: 鄭宗瓊; born August 4, 1933) is a children’s book illustrator based in the Netherlands.

He was born in Purworedjo, Java to a large Chinese Indonesian family. As a child he was interested in the Tarzan comic strips of Edgar Rice Burroughs. Thé attended the Seni Rupa (arts) institute in Bandung. He came to the Netherlands in 1956 and started as a draftsman at the Toonder Studio’s, initially as a volunteer and later as an employee.

In addition to his work on Olivier B. Bommelstrip’s, he also contributed to the magazine Tina and created Arman & Ilva. In 1970 he was asked to provide illustration for Miep Diekmann’s children’s book. He became a freelance illustrator providing illustration to many children’s book authors such as van Guus Kuijer, Els Pelgrom, Sylvia Vanden Heede en Dolf Verroen.

Thé won the Gouden Penseel (Golden Brush) award three times, and in 2005 won the Woutertje Pieterse Prijs for his book Waar is de taart? (Where is the cake?), a picturebook without text. For this he also won the Zilveren Penseel and was nominated for the Deutsche Jugendliteraturpreis in 2007. In 2010 he won the Max Velthuijs-prijs (Max Velthuijs Prize). - from Wikipedia

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