Slapend kasteel #[nn]

Slapend Kasteel — the Dutch edition of Linda Medley's beloved fairy-tale series — opens here with a cover that perfectly captures its enchanting spirit: a timber-framed castle wall draped in ivy, where a horse, several drowsy figures in nightcaps, a gnome, and a dark-eyed observer are all crowded into the wooden beams, seemingly caught mid-slumber or peeking out in sleepy bewilderment. Medley's linework, both pencilled and inked by her own hand, brings a warm, storybook delicacy to every detail, from the curling vines to the characters' rumpled sleeping clothes. With an introduction by Jane Yolen and a Dutch adaptation by Arend Jan van Oudheusden, this 2009 Oog & Blik/De Bezige Bij release offers a charming entry point into the world of Castle Waiting for Dutch-language readers.