Annet Schaap
Krekel

“Loosely and openly inspired by Hans Christian Andersen’s fairytales, Annet Schaap demonstrates in Cricket a remarkable talent for addressing difficult subjects such as fear or death. […] Children are swept away by this story, which, while making use of some of the classic fairytale tropes such as the evil stepmother, the happy ending, the grand house, and the sea, reinvents the genre in a way that can appeal to a new generation of readers.”

Vera Michalski-Hoffmann, jury member