Hi! I’m Claudia Jong, a children’s book author living in The Hague, Netherlands.
Most of my books are published by the Belgian publishing house De Eenhoorn (The Unicorn).
Foreign rights info here, or contact Sarah Claeys at Booketlist.
My latest book is De jongen die verdween in een game, illustrated by Leen Huysmans.
Info in English, pdf: The boy who disappeared into a game.
A 10+ novel (141 pages, not 80 as indicated in the pdf), published in September 2024 and reprinted in February 2025.
De wind en wij (The wind and we), an ageless and timeless picturebook I made with illustrator Kristof Devos.
First published in 2020, reissued in 2024.
Info in English, click here.
Rights sold: French, published by Alice in October 2023: Le vent et nous
Als ik er ben (When I am here), a picturebook illustrated by Lies Schroeyen.
Info in English, click here.
Published in February 2024.
Rights sold: Portuguese (Brazil)
In june 2023 Querido published Wonderpaard (Wonderhorse), a book to read aloud to young children (4+) and for beginner readers (7+).
The quirky and colourful illustrations of Ruth De Jaeger show the diversity of children and teachers in a primary school.
Info in Dutch here, foreign rights contact here.
Fee (Felice) dreams of having a best friend. One day she takes her miniature horse, Mini, to class, thinking it will help her. But hiding a horse in a school full of noisy children and teachers isn’t a good idea. Mini gets scared and runs away! But she’s a miraculous little horse…
