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'We were still going to read The Green Hand!' How an 8-year-old suddenly cured of gaming

A Quattro Mani's pop-up reviewer Afke Bohle took up the challenge of reading a book with her eldest son. After the first volume in Susan van 't Hullenaar's De Groene Hand series, the second soon followed. And what was her surprise: now the wait for part three is actually too long....
Mijn jongste zoon is dol op boeken, maar voor mijn oudste van 8 is de ideale wereld er een waarin je onbeperkt mag gamen, woont in je eigen gebouwde Minecrafthuis en ’s avonds met het bord op schoot alle Starwar...

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A Quattro Mani

Photographer Marc Brester and journalist Vivian de Gier can read and write with each other - literally. As partners in crime, they travel the world for various media, for reviews of the finest literature and personal interviews with the writers who matter. Ahead of the troops and beyond the delusion of the day.View Author posts

A Quattro Mani's pop-up reviewer Afke Bohle took up the challenge of reading a book with her eldest son. After the first volume in Susan van 't Hullenaar's De Groene Hand series, the second soon followed. And what was her surprise: now the wait for part three is actually too long....
Mijn jongste zoon is dol op boeken, maar voor mijn oudste van 8 is de ideale wereld er een waarin je onbeperkt mag gamen, woont in je eigen gebouwde Minecrafthuis en ’s avonds met het bord op schoot alle Starwar...

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