Books with author Marije Tolman

If a camel gets angry, he will throw up green gastric juice over you.A sloth moves so slowly that green algae grows in his fur.Even a blind chameleon takes the color of its surroundings.Bologna Ragazzi Award winner Marije Tolman, creator of The Tree House and The Island, illustrates in her distinctive style curious, funny, bizarre, unbelievable, disgusting and weird facts about fifty different animals. The animal facts are straightforward nonfiction, Marije Tolman's illustrations are pure fantasy, creating a combination that is sure to engage readers.After reading and watching Jumping penguins and laughing hyenas a visit to the zoo will never be the same.A flamingo can only eat with its head upside down.A penguin is able to jump six feet high.If you wanted to see as sharply as an owl, you would need eyes as big as grapefruits.

Pure picture-book magic. A polar bear rides a whale to a tree rising out of the water. At the top of the tree is a tree house. He’s joined by a brown bear in a boat. The bears find that the tree house is the perfect place to read. When the water recedes, they are joined by flamingos, panda bears, and other animals that come by land and air. The tree house is a place of wonder, where a brown bear catches snowflakes in a butterfly net.

A wordless picture book, done beautifully by the father-and-daughter team Marije and Ronald Tolman, portrays a wonderful story of a polar bear that swims to he tree house and is later followed by a brown bear in a boat. They discover that it is a great place to read and spend time. When the water recedes, they are joined by a flock of flamingoes, panda bears, a rhinoceros that shakes the treehouse, and other animals who come to join by land an air. An inspiring book for both children and adults who might just want to create their own story.

A new wordless picture book that renders you speechless.The award-winning father& daughter team, Marije and Ronald Tolman, conquered the world with their fairy-tale like pictures of The Tree House. Now, this golden team again creates a world without words with a polar bear's dreamy journey along awe-inspiring islands and colourful animal friends.