We choose award-winning author Klaas Verplancke who mashes everyday objects and words together in ways that are guaranteed to make kids laugh and think. A man named René floats through the world of his dreams and imagination, fulfilling his desire to become a painter—of apples and hats, apple hats, apple-these and apple-thats. In his paintings, leaves are lips, baguettes are noses, the right side is never up, and the upside is never down.
