Bibi Dumon Tak

Bibi Dumon Tak (born December 21, 1964 in Rotterdam , Netherlands ) is a Dutch writer who primarily writes for children and young people.

Life

Tak grew up with many animals: two turtles, a cat, fish, horses, a pony and a dachshund. It was therefore obvious that she would like to become a veterinarian or ornithologist when she wrote her first bird book at the age of eleven. Her passion for animals always comes through in her books. After graduating from high school , she studied Dutch literature at the University of Utrecht .

In 2001 Tak's first book Het koeienboek was published, followed by other children's books. In 2007 her book Rotjongens was published in the Netherlands . Het leven in de jeugdgevangenis , in which conversations with juvenile prisoners are described.

Honors and prizes

• 2002: Zilveren stylus for Het koeienboek
• 2004: Zilveren stylus for Camera loopt ... actie!
• 2007: Zilveren stylus for Bibi's bijzondere beestenboek
• 2009: Bulletin Youth & Literature , Owl of the Month September, for cuckoo, octopus, cockroach. The animal book with a difference
• 2010: Zilveren stylus for Fiet wil rennen
• 2010: Audio book best list , children's and youth audio book of the year, for cuckoo, octopus, cockroach. The animal audio book with a difference
• 2011: German audio book award , best children's audio book , for cuckoo, octopus, cockroach. The animal audio book with a difference
• 2011: German Record Critics' Award for Cuckoo, Octopus, Cockroach. The animal audio book with a difference
• 2012: Golden pen for winter animals
• 2018: Theo Thijssenprijs
• 2018: Lynx of the month October for Tak's big bird show

bibliography

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• Het koeienboek. 2001.
• Camera loops ... actie!
• Bezem. 2005.
• Round trip om de wereld. 2005.
• Small enough: Op bezoek with Tine van Buul . Querido, Amsterdam 2006.
• Laika tussen de sterren. 2006.
• Bibi's bijzondere beestenboek. Querido, Amsterdam 2006, ISBN 90-451-0344-3 .
  • German: cuckoo, octopus, cockroach . Ars Ed, Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-8458-0803-1 .
• Red jongens. Het leven in de jeugdgevangenis. 2007.
• Soldaat Wojtek, de ware geschiedenis van Wojtek, a beer in het Poolse Leger. Ill. Philip Hopman. Querido, Amsterdam 2008.
• Oologsdieren / print 1: Over boodschappers, bommendragers en troosthonden. Singel Uitgevers, Amsterdam 2009, ISBN 978-90-25363994 .
• Latino king. 2010.
• Fiet wil run. 2010.
• Winter animals. Querido, Amsterdam 2010, ISBN 978-90-451-1223-7 .
  • German: polar bear, elk and owl. Bloomsbury children's and youth books, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-8270-5487-6 .
  • as an audio book: polar bear, elk and owl. Oetinger Media, Hamburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-8373-0597-5 .
• Mikis, de ezeljongen. Ill. Philip Hopman. Querido, Amsterdam 2011.
  • German by Maike Blatnik: Mikis, the donkey boy. Gerstenberg Verlag, Hildesheim 2014, ISBN 978-3-8369-5721-2 .
• Bibi's dodgewone dierenboek . Querido, Amsterdam 2013.
  • German by Maike Blatnik: Mosquito, mouse and mole: the most normal animals in the world , illustrations by Fleur van der Weel . Hanser, Munich 2016, ISBN 978-3-446-25080-2 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Bibi Dumon Tak in the catalog of the German National Library
• The author's biography in Dutch
• Interview in Dutch