Children's Book Suriname Trade

A children's book in which readers learn that Surinamese cheat, voluntarily drive dogs and become slaves voluntarily, was removed from the market. The publisher Kluitman did it after photos of the book sparked outrage this weekend.

Suriname, here we come! by the writer Sanne de Bakker, is intended for ten-year-old readers. The book is advertised on the back cover as a "travel diary, country guide, album and story" and announces "fun facts about Suriname" on the cover. "Do you know that it is very normal in Suriname to become strange?" Is one of the facts. "Most men in Suriname have at least one" outer woman "and preferably several."

According to another fact, the slaves had a better life: "You had accommodation, food and you were treated fairly well." In addition, the book reports that roads in Suriname are littered with dead dogs and " some people deliberately attack the dogs to see how the dogs will then slip. "

On social networks, photos of the book have awakened this weekend. . The publisher Kluitman has removed the book from the sale. The public library of Amsterdam, where the controversial edition was found, removed the book from the collection

Suriname, here we are! appeared in 2012 for the first time with the publisher Pimento. According to De Bakker, the passage on cheating had already been removed from the new edition after an earlier controversy. The author apologized in a comment for the controversial quotes and said the book was meant to "promote the country".