Miffy

Miffy is a cartoon character in the form of a small girl rabbit drawn by Dick Bruna. Her original Dutch name is Nijntje (pr. nein-che) which stems from a toddler's pronunciation of the word "konijntje" meaning "little rabbit".

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She was created in 1955, after Dick Bruna had been telling his one-year-old son Sierk stories about a little rabbit they had seen earlier in the dunes, while on holiday.

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The first Miffy book was Miffy at the Seaside.

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Miffy is drawn in a very minimalist style, requiring only a few lines and one or two primary colours. In a sense, it reminds one of Herg?'s ligne claire.

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The Miffy books each contain sixteen pages of story. Each page has one illustration and four lines of verse.

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The books are printed in small format. Dick Bruna says he considers it important that his audience feels that his books are there for them, not for their parents.

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Miffy has been appearing on TV since 2003.

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Many think that Miffy is Japanese, because the line style is also used in Hello Kitty and her friends. However, Miffy is a Dutch character.

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