Frog Picture Books
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Frog is a picture book
character created by Max Velthuijs
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The first Frog title was published in 1989, enititled Frog In Love, by Klaus Flugge at Andersen Press
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In the Netherlands
Frog is known as Kikker and he has become a well known and loved character. In Britain
Frog Is A Hero was included in the National Curriculum.
Max received the prestigious Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 2004 for the illustrations of his own Frog books.
When Max Velthuijs
died in January 2005, Carmen Diana Dearden said: ‘like in Frog and the Birdsong, “all his life he sang beautifully for us,” and he will always sing his lovely songs through his books.’
Picture book
A picture book combines visual and verbal narratives in a book format, most often aimed at young children. The images in picture books use a range of media such as oil paints, acrylics, watercolor and pencil.Two of the earliest books with something like the format picture books still retain now...
character created by Max Velthuijs
Max Velthuijs
Max Velthuijs was a Dutch painter, illustrator and author. He was one of the most famous children's illustrators in the Netherlands. In 2004 he received the Hans Christian Andersen Award for illustrators....
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The first Frog title was published in 1989, enititled Frog In Love, by Klaus Flugge at Andersen Press
Andersen Press
Andersen Press is a British book publishing company. It was founded in 1976 by Klaus Flugge, and was named after Hans Christian Andersen. Random House has a holding in the company and has a strong association with Andersen....
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In the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
Frog is known as Kikker and he has become a well known and loved character. In Britain
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
Frog Is A Hero was included in the National Curriculum.
Max received the prestigious Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 2004 for the illustrations of his own Frog books.
When Max Velthuijs
Max Velthuijs
Max Velthuijs was a Dutch painter, illustrator and author. He was one of the most famous children's illustrators in the Netherlands. In 2004 he received the Hans Christian Andersen Award for illustrators....
died in January 2005, Carmen Diana Dearden said: ‘like in Frog and the Birdsong, “all his life he sang beautifully for us,” and he will always sing his lovely songs through his books.’
External links
- Frog page at Andersen PressAndersen PressAndersen Press is a British book publishing company. It was founded in 1976 by Klaus Flugge, and was named after Hans Christian Andersen. Random House has a holding in the company and has a strong association with Andersen....