with joy and a feeling of accomplishment. And when you ask me how I did it, I have to answer that question with a simple 'I do not know'." Jury president Jeffrey Garrett credited him with fables of human nobility, rather than Aesop's "foolishness, vanity, and meanness". "The stories of Kikker, or Frog, and his diverse group of friends are miniature morality plays for our age, demonstrating in framed vignettes—as if on a stage—that life can be hard but is in the end good, that there will be comfort: do not give up, do not lose faith, for you are stronger than you think, and you are not alone." See also Frog and the Birdsong References 1923 births 2005 deaths Dutch children's writers Dutch children's book illustrators Dutch illustrators Artists from The Hague Hans Christian Andersen Award for Illustration winners Dutch resistance members Gouden Griffel winners Gouden Penseel winners