'Pareltje' (Little Pearl) is inspired by the adorable sanderlings that run up and down the waves along the tideline in search of food. The story is about a sandpiper who finds a beautiful pearl inside a giant mussel.

With this story, we wanted to encourage children to eat mussels too, because you never know! You might even find a pearl!

Read the story of 'Pareltje' below,

written by Kiki Swinkels, illustrated by Karen Wullings.