Pebble
Publisher: Luitingh-Sijthoff
Awarded with a Silver Slate Pencil Award
Nominated for the Ludoq Award for Best Philosophical Book 2026
Included in the selection of the Dutch Foundation for Literature
For readers of Lampie and the Children of the Sea
With cover and full-colour endpapers by Sanne te Loo
Kat moves to her deceased uncle’s house on the outskirts of town. His house is a magical place. Among the rattling armour, mysterious statues, and stuffed animals, Kat finds a pebble. It’s gray and boring, but Kat slips it into her pocket and forgets about it. But suddenly, strange things start happening. In the tree in her garden, she finds an inventor; on her uncle’s grave, she finds a man playing the guitar; and a girl with no legs shares her deepest secret. The pebble seems to do things that a regular, boring pebble could never do…
Praise:
‘The world would be much better if everyone had their own pebble!’ — Jury of the Silver Slate Pencil Award
‘Pebble gives you the wonderful feeling that miracles really can happen’ — Trouw
‘A lovely story to completely get lost in’ — Kidsweek
