Pluk van de Petteflet

Pluk van de Petteflet
by Annie M.G. Schmidt and illustrated by Fiep Westendorp

In a small red crane truck Pluk, a little boy, drives through the city to find a new house to live.... in his search he meets all sorts of very interesting people and animals ... one day he arrives at the 'Petteflet' a high rise where he experiences all sorts of adventures ... the book is so much fun, Annie M.G. Schmidt is just the best in writing hilarious stories for children ... what also made the book so incredible for me were the fabulous detailed illustrations by Fiep Westendorp ... I can still look at them for hours and they make me so happy!

..Annie M.G. Schmidt..
..Fiep Westendorp..
..the book is available here..

Comments

[Neeltje]

Nice to read about my favourite book when i was a teacher. I canoot count how many times i read this to my class. I used to read upside-down so that the children could see the lovely pictures of Fiep Westendorp. The book is translated in English! The title is "Tow Tug Pluck".

http://www.annie-mg.com/huiskamer/about_fiep/page18.html/

[Neeltje]

I'm sorry, i made two mistakes! The English translation of "Pluk van de Petteflet" is "Tow Truck Pluck". And my suggestion about the book was translated in English was wrong....
There's made a movie i've never seen (director Ben Sombogaart), that may be very good, but you miss the illustrations of Fiep...