"One day I woke up from a dream. I dreamt about the characters in the story and I immediately knew I needed to write this book. This ode to friendship. We can all use a good friend in this day and age." - Daphne Deckers

★ Rights sold: Simplified Chinese, Korean, German language!
★ Beautiful story with a deeper layer, unlocking the Power of Simplicity and Emotion.
★ With 60+ unique illustrations, distilling profound messages into concise, heartwarming tales.
★ Inspiring gift book for children and grown ups.
★ This hybrid book will be suitable for both kids as well as adults, in the same way Charley Mackesy’s "The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse" and James Norbury’s "Big panda and tiny dragon appeal to a large crowd".
★ Full English sample translation available.

In this book, a very lonely boy is looking to make friendships, he comes to know another boy and together they start ‘making´ friends: out of sand, out of leaves, wood and even stone, but none of the friends seems to have an everlasting existance. While working on the friends, the boys themselves obviously become friends.

In this inspiring gift book Daphne Deckers brings an ode to friendship. Artist Joey Holthaus brings the magical world of Lev and Levi to live in sensitive but powerful art work. We believe the story in Making friends is universal. The impressive drawings by Joey Holthaus have an international touch. The title is very translatable in different languages, without losing the double layer: Faire des amis, Freunden machen, Vrienden maken, etcetera.

【Author】 DAPHNE DECKERS (1968)
is a Dutch television presenter, a columnist in Dutch newspapers, occasional actress as well as a writer of more than twenty books (1,3 million copies sold). On 21 May 2010 she won the Lifetime Achievement Award for her extensive modelling career at the Dutch Model Awards in Amsterdam. She is also an ambassador for the Nationaal Fonds Kinderhulp.

Deckers began her career as a model, and later took up acting. In 1997 she appeared in the James Bond movie Tomorrow Never Dies and co-presented the first series of Big Brother. She now writes children's books and books about family life and related subjects.
In 1989 she started her career at RTL-Véronique, where she eventually became the host of Holland's Next Top Model, which she took over after the second season from Yfke Sturm.

In 1993 Deckers wrote columns for Veronicablad. Not long after she was asked to write a weekly column for a newspaper in Limburg and later also for Viva, De Telegraaf and Reader's Digest.

Deckers has published two books, which have earned her the name as [Example Mother]. In 2003 her book "De geboorte van een gezin" was nominated for the NS Publiekprijs. Not only does Deckers write about upbringing, but she also writes children's books. Her second children's novel was adapted into a play in 2007. In 2012 she wrote her first romance novel, Alles is zoals het zou moeten zijn. This novel was adapted to film in 2020. The film Life as It Should Be became the third highest-grossing Dutch film of 2020.


【Illustrator】JOEY HOLTHAUS (1979)
is an accomplished image artist in Interior & Design, Graphic Design & Advertisement for his company Haus of Joey. He draws new images with his creative mind on walls, windows and on paper. Joey sees every project as a beautiful canvas to work on. With his botanical art, his smooth & fashionable style and with his many years of experience.

Whether it concerns small private assignments or a dedication for bigger companies, Joey takes a mission beyond accomplishment with his experience, talent and enthusiasm. Since the start of Haus of Joey in 2011 clients come from myriad places, business cultures, and disciplines. Even within this diverse mix of assignments Joey retains a distinct personality and mode of illustration that resonate with the wishes of his client. As an image artist he is your mind translator. From research of the product, brand or company to the concepts of representation to the final overall images. In every step he will be your analyzer, consulter, presenter, mapper and the right artist to translate your mind.