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Illustraties voor het boek Sprookjes van Deirdre

Chocolade eitjes, die een dag voor Pasen waren verdwenen. Zijn ze uiteindelijk terecht? Hoe gaat het in het sprookje van Dimphy? Krijgen we daarover vanmiddag in het Koffiehuys Ameland te horen? Of proeven?

Dat weet ik niet zeker, maar zeker is dat er vandaag om 15.00 weer een mooie presentatie van het boek Sprookjes van Deirdre is, deze keer in Nes, in het authentieke en gezellige Koffiehuys Ameland in het centrum van Nes. Opnieuw met prachtig voorgelezen stukken uit het boek door Ameland Vertel! en met betoverende live muziek door Kees Poulus. De originele schilderijtjes die ik als illustraties voor het boek heb gemaakt zijn er ook aanwezig. 

Van harte welkom!

Het boek Sprookjes van Deirdre is in beperkte oplage nu uitsluitend op Ameland te verkrijgen in de boekwinkel Enjoy Books, het museum Sorgdrager, in de Herberg de Zwaan en in Onder de Vuurtoren in Hollum en in het Koffiehuys Ameland in Nes.

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