On January 26, Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands attended the national breakfast reading event, which is the kick-off of the National Reading Days 2022, at the Integral Child Center the Duet in Uithoorn. During the event, the Princess read out a passage from 'But First I Caught a Monster' (Maar eerst ving ik een monster), which was elected as the Picture Book of the Year after a voting by a committee of librarians, booksellers and teachers.