Today, Miffy celebrates her 65th birthday. Dick Bruna, his wife and their young son had been at seaside during a holiday when they witnessed a little rabbit (konijntje in Dutch) playing in the sand dunes. Later on, the little rabbit made its way into the bedtime story Bruna told his son. That day was 21st …
Famous Five will always be synonym of summer reading to me. There is a very good reason for that. As a child, I had always resisted them, and was always more interested in other series published in the same publisher, which were dominating the market at the time. In fact, I was more of a Carolyn Keene kind …
