children's book
'Bartholomeus and his animal friends', edited in Holland by Nijgh&VanDitmar The Hague. Contact is appreciated with NO obligations, just to answer simple questions, thanks.
dated 1960 until 1960
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Bartholomeus
1960Bartholomeus is a children's book written by Hubertine Heijermans, illustrated with her pendrawings. Editor Nijgh&VanDitmar.
Playing hide-and-seek
1960Wulf and Misti play hide-and-seek in the forest.
'Perro' and ' Hannibal'
1960Wise parrot 'Perro' tells tortoise Hannibal all he needs to know, before he starts hibernating and will sleep when it is Christmas.
Cat and dog
1960A boy often plays with his dog and cat. The parrot 'Perro' gives advice, but Turky walks away. He has a Christmas trauma and is not playful. Hannibal the tortoise is sweet, but sleeps a lot. Hubertine Heijermans made 80 pen drawings to illustrate the events.
Wulf is digging
1960Wulf digs a hole, hoping to find his bone or catch the stranger who lately ran away with it.
Woollen slipper
1960A woollen slipper serves as house for the mouse. He has TV and just did his washing, now drying outside. What more can a mouse want.
Fridge
1960Misti opens his fridge and cheese packages risk falling out with other snacks for mice.
Turky
1960'Turky' very unhappy towards Christmas leaves in a hurry.
On skis
1960'Turky' walks on skis, towards Christmas anything is possible.
'Perro' the Parrot
1960'Perro' the Parrot receives piles of presents for his birthday.
Cupboard of a bed
1960Next to the bed of mouse 'Misti' lots of presents pile up.... he decides to be ill a bit longer.
Giant Mouse
1960Mouse Misti sees a GIANT MOUSE...
Christmas.tree
1960Wulf finds a bone under the decorated tree and thinking it is his Christmas present starts eating it.. but it is a claw of Turky who is in hiding.
Turky the turkey
1960A frightened and scorched 'Turky' is looking in a mirror.
Parrot gives advice
1960Perro advices Turky to write a simple WARNING on his board, as nothing is written now.
Hannibal
1960Hannibal the tortoise still walks quietly, as the bad news is not known yet.
Cat Eveline
1960The wind lifts the umbrella into the air with cat Eveline hanging on.
Mouse with lasso
1960Mouse 'Misti' takes his lasso just in case he would meet a hostile ennemy, and indeed discovers strange imprints in the snow.
Mouse leaves his house
1960Mouse Misti gets out in the dark and has taken a salt box with him, because it's superstition that you can keep an Ennemi at bay, who might even fall in the hole Wulf has been digging that afternooon. But in the dark he took the pepper box, and anything might happen to Misti now, after this big mistake.
Misti is ill
1960Misti is ill for a long time, but he receives lot's of presents to console him.