Guus Bosman

Reliving your childhood is one of the great things about being a parent. I rediscovered the joy of Annie MG Schmidt's songs and poems. She is a very popular author in the Netherlands and her works have become classics.

Many of her poems were put on music, and Sasha and I have now (re)learned two beautiful songs:

• Dikkertje Dap
• Stekelvarkentje Wiegelied

Jaap told me that he used to sing the latter song for me a lot, 34 years ago.