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New Releases by Rien Poortvliet

Rien Poortvliet is the author of Los gnomos (2025), Il segreto degli gnomi (2023), Das geheime Buch der Heinzelmännchen (2020), Dessins de chasse (2011), Skrzaty (2011).

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Los gnomos

release date: Apr 30, 2025
Los gnomos
LA GUÍA DEFINITIVA PARA CONOCER A LOS GNOMOS Y RECORDAR NUESTRA INFANCIA. Una enciclopedia creada tras más de veinte años de investigación en los que los autores han observado a estos seres y han documentado minuciosamente sus costumbres, su historia y sus secretos. El lector podrá descubrir la anatomía, el estilo de vida y los hábitos diarios de estas criaturas.

Il segreto degli gnomi

release date: Jan 01, 2023

Das geheime Buch der Heinzelmännchen

release date: Feb 28, 2020

Dessins de chasse

release date: Sep 06, 2011

A Gnome's Christmas

release date: Dec 01, 2004
A Gnome's Christmas
Featuring candid photographs of garden gnomes, this charming follow-up to the "The Secret Lives of Gnomes" offers detailed information about the various customs that gnomes hold during Christmastime. Full color.

Noah's Ark

release date: Feb 17, 2004
Noah's Ark
The author, a popular Dutch artist, presents paintings of Noah's ark and its animals, both on the ark and in their natural settings.

Auf der Jagd

release date: Jan 01, 2004

Gnome Songs

release date: Apr 01, 1998

Gnome Clock Book

release date: Feb 01, 1998
Gnome Clock Book
A clock with movable hands helps children learn to tell time.

A Gnome's Day

release date: Aug 01, 1997
A Gnome's Day
Learn how gnome families spend their day.

The Sandman

release date: Jan 01, 1996
The Sandman
The Sandman travels with his donkey Suzanne, visiting beings all over the world to bring them sleep.

Journey to the Ice Age

release date: Jan 01, 1994
Journey to the Ice Age
The acclaimed Dutch painter and illustrator of the enormously successful Gnomes takes readers back hundreds of thousands of years to the Ice Age. Through more than 220 pages of full-color illustrations and incisive text, Rien Poortvliet presents an up-close look at real and imaginary Ice Age animals.

The Farm Book

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release date: Jan 01, 1994

Daily Life in Holland in the Year 1566

release date: Sep 30, 1992
Daily Life in Holland in the Year 1566
The vivid illustrations of famed Dutch artist and naturalist Rien Poortvliet are admired all over the world. His warm and imaginative portrayals and stories of people, animals, or such fantastic creatures as gnomes are loved by readers of all generations. His countless fans will be enchanted by this intriguing new book, Daily Life in Holland in the Year 1566, And the Story of My Ancestor's Treasure Chest. To create this latest gem, Poortvliet found inspiration in the rich legacy of Dutch landscape and genre painting traditions and in his own Dutch heritage as well. He became intrigued by a document dating from the year 1566 that revealed the existence of an armoire owned by his distant ancestor, Jacob Jansz Poortvliet. That armoire led Rien Poortvliet to come upon something valuable indeed - a treasure trove of insights into the world of his ancestor. Characteristically evocative, the words and images in Daily Life in Holland are rich in detail and delicate in coloration, and perhaps the most beautiful of any of Poortvliet's works to date. In this fascinating saga, he recreates the lives of his forebears as they toiled and celebrated their way through daily existence. He does not conjure up a romantic vision of the past - the Dutch countryside was not all tulips and windmills! There were adversity and hard work, and we learn that 1566 was an extraordinary year in Holland, marked by famine and plague, great freezes, floods and droughts, comets and earthquakes, and an invasion by the Spanish as well. Poortvliet's colorful account unfolds before us to reveal how ordinary men, women, and children lived: what kinds of clothes they wore, what their houses were like, what they are and how theycooked. How did they celebrate Christmas? What did the people do for a living and what kind of money did they have? What did a girl's engagement ring look like? How many different kinds of swords and firearms did they have? Exploring his own roots, Poortvliet captures the beauty of everyday life and livelihood in turbulent sixteenth-century Holland. Rien Poortvliet is recognized as the greatest living Dutch artist. He first won acclaim in this country when Abram's Gnomes and Secrets of the Gnomes (text by Wil Huygen) became best-sellers. His other Abrams books - Dutch Treat, The Living Forest, The Farm Book, Dogs, The Book of the Sandman, In My Grandfather's House, and Noah's Ark - have also won a devoted following. His works are popular as well in Australian, Canadian, Danish, German, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Spanish, Swedish, and Yugoslavian editions.

De tresoor van Jacob Jansz Poortvliet

release date: Jan 01, 1991

The Book of the Sandman and the Alphabet of Sleep

release date: Jan 01, 1989
The Book of the Sandman and the Alphabet of Sleep
Two travelers discover the secrets of sleep from the Sandman himself. Includes a book-within-a-book with helpful hints for both sleepyheads and insomniacs.

La Crida Dels Gnoms

release date: Nov 01, 1987

Langs het tuinpad van mijn vaderen

release date: Jan 01, 1987

Dogs

Dogs
Presents illustrations of many varieties of dogs and includes brief information on their history, physical characteristics, behavior, and uses.

Noodlanding

Noodlanding
Wanneer de piloot van hun vliegtuigje een hartverlamming krijgt, beleeft een groepje jongens en meisjes onvermoede avonturen.

Gnomes with Animals

Gnomes with Animals
Pop-up pictures with movable parts and text depict the special caring relationship between gnomes and their animal friends.

Gnomes and Their Families

Gnomes and Their Families
Text and movable illustrations present the daily activities of gnome families as they work and play.
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