Hotel Zweefkees

Marieke takes to the skies with Hotel Zweefkees, a newly published Dutch children’s book that blends illustration, fairytale narrative, and music into a single reading experience.

Written by Kelly van Kempen and published in the Netherlands, the book follows Kalani, raised in a flying hotel that drifts between worlds, stages, and songs. Marieke’s illustrations combine intimacy and scale, giving the world of the flying hotel both weight and lightness

QR codes woven through the pages unlock original songs composed by Kelvin Allison, allowing image, text, and sound to move in step.

The result is a book that reads like a journey and plays like a performance, inviting young readers to listen as much as they look.