Leopold is a

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publishing house focused on children's literature based in

Amsterdam, Netherlands Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the capital and most populous city of the Netherlands, with The Hague being the seat of government. It has a population of 907,976 within the city proper, 1,558,755 in the urban are ...

. Leopold was founded in 1923 by H. P. Leopold, owner of the magazine ''

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''.

History

Leopold published its first children's book ''

Java Ho! ''Java Ho!: The Adventures of Three Boys Amid Fire, Storm and Shipwreck'' (, ) is a Young adult fiction, juvenile fiction novel by Dutch author Johan Fabricius, first published in 1924. The book was the basis for a movie De Scheepsjongens van ...

'' (''De Scheepsjongens van Bontekoe'') by

Johan Fabricius Johan Johannes Fabricius (24 August 1899 – 21 June 1981), who published in English as Johan Wigmore Fabricius, was a Dutch writer, journalist and adventurer. Fabricius was born in Bandung, Java. He wrote approximately 60 books, among them ...

in 1924. In the years that followed Leopold published of many Dutch authors, including

Miep Diekmann Miep Diekmann (26 January 1925 – 9 July 2017) was a Dutch writer of children's literature. Early life Diekmann was born in 1925 in Assen. Her father worked in the military and as a result the family moved several times: Diekmann moved to Ka ...

Tonke Dragt Antonia "Tonke" Johanna Willemina Dragt (born 12 November 1930) is a Dutch writer and illustrator of children's literature. Her book '' De brief voor de Koning'' was chosen by CPNB as the best Dutch youth book of the latter half of the twentieth ...

(''

The Letter for the King ''The Letter for the King'' ( nl, De brief voor de koning, ) is a book by the Dutch writer Tonke Dragt, first published in 1962. A sequel, ''The Secrets of the Wild Wood'' ( nl, Geheim van het Wilde Woud), was published in 1965, and a collectio ...

''),

Dolf Verroen Dolf Verroen (born 20 November 1928) is a Dutch writer of children's literature. Career Early in his career, he worked for the newspaper ''Het Vrije Volk''. Verroen made his debut in 1955 with the poetry collection ''In los verband''. His fir ...

Burny Bos Bernard Gerrit (Burny) Bos (Haarlem, 8 April 1944) is a Dutch producer, scenarist and children's book writer. He also works as an actor in children's programmes on radio and T.V. Career Bos started working with the AVRO-radio. In 1975 he receiv ...

Paul van Loon Paul van Loon (born 17 April 1955) is a Dutch writer of children's literature. His best-known books are the series about ' and the series '. A musical and a movie have also been made of both. The series ' also became one of his best known works ...

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, Selma Noort, Lydia Rood, Rindert Kromhout, Maren Stoffels,

Gideon Samson Gideon Samson (born 17 February 1985) is a Dutch writer of children's literature. Career Samson made his debut as writer with the book ''Niks zeggen!''. He received the Vlag en Wimpel award for this book in 2008. In March 2009, he published t ...

, Diederiekje Bok and Hein Mevissen. The company has also published many children's picture books by many Dutch illustrators, including

Max Velthuijs Max Velthuijs (1923–2005) was a Dutch painter, illustrator and writer, one of the most famous children's illustrators in the Netherlands. In 2004 he received the Hans Christian Andersen Medal for his "lasting contribution to children's litera ...

Jan Jutte Jan Jutte (born 1 October 1953) is a Dutch illustrator of children's literature. He received the Gouden Penseel award several times for his work. Career Jutte made his debut as illustrator in 1983 with his illustrations in Annie M. G. Schmid ...

Yvonne Jagtenberg Yvonne is a female given name. It is the feminine form of Yvon, which is derived from the French name Yves and Yvette. It is from the French word ''iv'', meaning "yew" (or tree). Since yew wood was used for bows, Ivo may have been an occupation ...

Annemarie van Haeringen Annemarie van Haeringen (born 16 February 1959) is a Dutch illustrator. She won the Gouden Penseel award three times: in 1999, 2000 and 2005. She has illustrated books for numerous Dutch authors, including Tonke Dragt, Ted van Lieshout and B ...

Harmen van Straaten Harmen van Straaten (born 15 September 1958) is a Dutch author and illustrator. He has illustrated books by numerous Dutch and Belgian authors, including Carli Biessels, Bette Westera, Hilde Vandermeeren and Jaap ter Haar. In 2013, his book ...

and

Wouter van Reek Wouter is a Dutch masculine given name popular in the Netherlands and Belgium. It is the Dutch equivalent of the English name Walter and French name Gauthier, both of Germanic origin, meaning "ruler of the army", "army of the forest" or "bright ar ...

. In 1984, Leopold and

together with Alice van Romondt and Liesbet ten Houten helped found

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n publishing company Charuba.

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