Books by Toon Tellegen
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review 1: Lieve eekhoorn, mier, olifant, vuurvliegje, snoek, en alle andere dieren in het grote bos en ver daarbuiten, ik zal jullie missen. Een jaar lang lagen jullie naast mijn bed. Een zalig ritueel voor het slapengaan: een verhaaltje voor mezelf. In een onvergelijkbare schrijfstijl wee...
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review 1: A friend of mine recommended this book as one of Toon’s outstanding little books, which, in this case, I read in an excellent translation.(My Dutch just isn’t that great).There are nine stories in the book with the first one filling almost sixty pages while the others are just a ...
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review 1: As with "Letter's to Anyone and Everyone," this book is a gem. My 6 and 3 year old girls loved it, but it is more than a children's book. It is somber and philosophical and delightful. And the accompanying illustrations are perfect, which highlights the rich poetic imagery suc...
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review 1: We read both the Squirrel's Party book and the Letters to Anyone by Tellegen/Ahlberg. The illustrations! SO charming! I couldn't stop looking. The stories are quirky to our ears and we were pretty mystified at first. Many of the stories seem quite unresolved. But once we read a b...
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review 1: What a peculiar little book comprised of short story-like chapters. Tellegen's characters are lonely little animals that are desperate for friends and connection, so they write letters back and forth. The elephant asks the snail if they could dance on snail's house; the mole writ...
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review 1: Genoten van dit jeugdboekje!Een rasechte, volwaardige Tellegen!:)En een pleidooi voor die goeie, oude briefvorm.Ik heb er plots weer zin in!Zo'n brief met 'vertrouwd handschrift' in je bus.Waar je dagen op kon wachten...En tien keer kon herlezen!(misschien toch nog eens 'n keertj...