Miffy en el Museo

Nijntje #19

by Dick Bruna

Miffy convinces her parents to take her to an art gallery. It is very exciting, Miffy sees paintings, a mobile and even a stone statue. At the end of the day Miffy decides she wants to be an artist when she's grown up. Award-winning UK poet, Tony Mitton, has worked closely with Dick Bruna's Dutch publisher to create new translations for the classic Miffy stories that are true to the books' original voice, and yet have a contemporary feel to the language that makes them appealing to the modern young audience. The translations beautifully convey the warmth and friendliness of the original Dutch whilst maintaining a style that is inimitably Miffy.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Art

24 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 1997

About the author

Hendrik Magdalenus Bruna was een Nederlandse grafisch vormgever, tekenaar en schrijver van kinderboeken. Hij werd wereldberoemd met zijn kinderboekjes over nijntje.

Reviews

[Hilary · Rating 4 out of 5]

In this Miffy adventure the rabbit family goes to a modern art museum. They see mobiles, paintings and sculptures and even a famous children's author/illustrator! Miffy is inspired by her visist and has decided what she wants to be when she grows up.

[Manny · Rating 4 out of 5]

Visiting the Tate Modern the other day, we went round Meschac Gaba's installation, which does a better than average job of messing with your mind. One of the many clever ideas is that the library and the gift shop have been made integral parts of the exhibit. Alas, most of the stuff in the gift shop is no longer for sale; apparently it was originally, but people kept buying it. The library contains a bizarre collection, including many children's books in Dutch. (Gaba's wife is from Holland).

I spent a few minutes reading this charming little story in rhymed verse. Guessing rather a lot of the words - my Dutch is really basic - I followed Nijntje, a young rabbit, as he first persuades his parents that he is so old enough to go to the contemporary art exhibition and then argues with them about the various works on display.

"I know what I'm going to do when I grow up!" he says when they get home. "I'm going to be a contemporary artist too!"

I believe it's a series: one more of these, and I could easily become a Nijntje fan.

[Helen Cooley · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very sweet

[Crystal · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read is one while at the Rijksmuseum. It's a fun look at a museum visit.

[Thijs Werkman · Rating 4 out of 5]

Leuk dat de kunstwerken die in het museum waar Nijntje naar toe gaat passen bij de tekenstijl van Dick Bruna. De kunstwerken zijn geïnspireerd op O.a. Mondriaan en Yves Klein.

Een leuk boekje waar veel te zien is met korte begrijpbare teksten voor peuters.

[Hattie · Rating 4 out of 5]

A thoughtful foray through art interpretation through the eyes of a young rabbit.
1 star deducted for unrealistic representation of children’s behaviour - Miffy was far too well behaved and should have had at least one tantrum.
Also I’m concerned about Mr Rabbit’s parenting skills - he initially suggested going to the art gallery without Miffy, presumably leaving her alone in the warren. A bit neglectful.

[Belinda Vlasbaard · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 sterren - Nederlandse hardcover

Recensie volgt later.

[pitchoun']

En train de faire un exposé sur Miffy, la fac finira jamais de me surprendre

[neve · Rating 5 out of 5]

so simple yet so deep. i love you miffy

[Žahra Hamzeh · Rating 4 out of 5]

تو این دنیای پر از چارچوب و کلیشه، خوندن این کتاب برای بچه‌های کوچیک که هنوز ذهنشون بسته نشده، می‌تونه برای زندگی آینده‌شون خیلی راهگشا باشه. ضمن اینکه بچه‌ها رو خیلی ابتدایی با مفهوم هنر و گالری و اهمیت اون آشنا می‌کنه

[Geraldine · Rating 5 out of 5]

Bought this at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam at the Dick Bruna exhibition. We grew up with the Afrikaans translation of the Miffy books from the local library but cannot remember Miffy's Afrikaans name...

[Gertrude Carrington · Rating 3 out of 5]

Probably the most important book I've read yet this year

[Gijs Grob · Rating 3 out of 5]

De Japanse editie van 'Nijntje in het museum' (Usako-chan bijutsukan e iku) is enkel in hiragana geschreven, wat betekent dat ik alles kan voorlezen (spoiler alert: de Japanse Nijntje alias Usako rijmt niet). Maar mijn jaar kennis Japans is niet toereikend genoeg om alles goed te kunnen vertalen. Woordenschat en grammaticale kennis schieten dan toch tekort. Dick Bruna onderwijl brengt hommages aan Piet Mondriaan en Henri Matisse in zijn immer charmante tekeningen.

[Dimei · Rating 5 out of 5]

so cute and lovely museum art! the dutch version has all lowercase letters which i prefer for the cuteness. meanwhile the english version has capitalization and punctuation which is definitely not as cute and much less poetic as well

[Cosmogyral (Gav) · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was feeling nostalgic for the Miffy books after buying myself a Miffy coin purse, and this one is top-tier. Lots of variety in art forms, and a nice approach of introducing small children to art appreciation by thinking about how colors and shapes are used.

[Wsclai · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nijntje is visiting the museum with her parents. Bruna's books may look very simple but there have been a lot of work and originality in them.

[معصومه توکلی · Rating 3 out of 5]

عنوان ترجمه فارسی: خرگوش کوچولو در گالری

[Ruth · Rating 3 out of 5]

Leuk boekje van Nijntje over het museum. Ik heb het voor gelezen aan kleuters tijdens een kunst thema. Het geeft 'informatie' over wat er gebeurt in een museum.

[Tomomi · Rating 4 out of 5]

I like the colors!

[Freek · Rating 4 out of 5]

Still waiting for the day Miffy is an artist too !!

[Lori Coyle · Rating 5 out of 5]

Bought in Holland. Great baby book with pictures as miffy explores art in a gallery. Short hardback.

[Jacob W. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Goede voorbereiding voor een echt bezoek

[Kayleigh · Rating 4 out of 5]

I grew up with reading Nijntje books and this one is so cute. I got this one at a museum

[Conny · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nederlands: Nijntje in het museum, drie exemplaren

[Beau Manglass · Rating 4 out of 5]

(Miffy at the Museum)

[ej · Rating 3 out of 5]

light 3/5 hard to rank lmao

[Emily · Rating 3 out of 5]

I suspect this is better in the original rhymes.

[CasiDee · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 — I’ll read (and love) any children’s book about art.

[Tarredion · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5 Miffy är så EXTREMT gullig men den svenska översättningen funkade inte den här gången :x

[Novell · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ik lees graag de boekjes van Nijntje! Vooral de herkenbare stukjes vind ik nu leuk, zoals de appel :)