Nothing Happened
Mark Janssen
ISBN: 978-1-78807-011-9 | Binding: Hardback | Trim size: 24.5 x 29.7 cm | Extent: 40 pages | Age: 4+ | Price: £ 9.95
It is evening. Sarah and Nick are thinking about their
dull day. Nothing happened, really…
Well… Nick did stand on his hands, went for a swim and
sat around for a bit – and Sarah caught a glimpse of a
butterfly and went down a slide.
But this is where the magic of children’s imagination
emerges – dreamily illustrated by Mark Janssen. For the
handstand was made on the head of a tiger. Nick took a
rest on the nose of an enormous dragon and swam with
colourful fish. And Sarah slid down an elephant’s trunk
and saw the butterfly while she was standing among
some really cuddly bears.
With Sarah and Nick, you slip back into the world where
you also used to walk home with lions and sang higher
than the brightly coloured tropical birds.
A delightfully cheerful book that sparkles with fantasy
and erases all boundaries between dream and daily reality.
A must-have for every child – and for every parent
who remembers being one.
Reviews
‘Mark Janssen […] goes all-out in his first picture book.
You have to get happy looking at his sparkling and exciting fairytale worlds.’
– NRC Handelsblad
‘Gorgeous illustrations […] You immediately want to have these large animal portraits on your wall.’
– Trouw
‘An ode to children’s power of imagination, full of dreamy, colourful, wonderful illustrations.’
– J/M Ouders