Miffy Exhibition in Scotland
January 4, 2007 by Lei
Filed under Children's Books
Miffy’s coming to town for her 50th birthday! That is, if you’re in Edinburgh, Scotland. The National Library of Scotland will be showing Miffy memorabilia – drawings, sketches, prints and other artwork created by Dick Bruna. The exhibition will run from March 30 to June 3.
In 1955, Miffy was “born”, during a family holiday as a the result of Bruna watching his son with a toy rabbit and memories of pet rabbits he’d had as a boy.
Over the years, Miffy changed a little, but since 1963, she has remained the same throughout the books Bruna has written.
Aimed at two to six-year-olds, each book follows a very exact pattern – 12 illustrations on the right hand pages, with four-line poems on the left.
To me, Miffy is the liberated version of Hello Kitty because she actually has a mouth! Or is that her nose? And if it IS her mouth, why is it an X? So many questions and uncertainty.
You can catch Miffy before she goes traveling at the V&A Museum of Childhood in London, which I did not know existed but will be sure to take my son on his next school holiday.
Scotsman.com, January 4, 2007
Tags: miffy, children, kids, childrens books, book, dick bruna, rabbits, hello kitty, scotland, london
I had no idea that Miffy was so old! I think that MenopausalMiffy is still enchanting
Noreen: Hi! Miffy is so adorable and has revamped herself over her 50 years. I suppose we all would do well to follow her lead.