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Children's literature portal; The Secret Book of Gnomes is a [when?] series of books about gnomes written for children. They contain fictional stories and guides about how gnomes live in harmony with their environment, such as what a gnome has in his first aid kit and how a gnome's house is built.
Willibrord Joseph Huygen (23 June 1922 – 14 January 2009) was a Dutch book author. He is best known for the picture books on gnomes, illustrated by Rien Poortvliet. [1] [2] [3] Huygen was born in Amersfoort, the Netherlands. The seventh of ten children, his primary occupation was that of a physician. He was married and had five children.
The World of David the Gnome, originally titled David, el Gnomo and also known as David, the Gnome, is a Spanish animated television series based on The Secret Book of Gnomes, a series of children's books by Dutch author Wil Huygen and illustrator Rien Poortvliet. [1]
The book is written like a biology book, describing the habitat of the mythical creatures known as gnomes (Dutch: kabouter).In the book, Huygen and Poortvliet say they've spent at least twenty years observing them and call their study the "first work of consequence on the subject to be published since Wunderlich's bulky and dubious treatise De Hominibus Parvisimis appeared in 1580".
Squirrel is the gnomes' friend who accompanies them on their adventures in both books. Ben is an owl who provides the gnomes with mouse skins for clothing. Water Vole is the gnomes' neighbour who appears in both books. Bub'm is a rabbit whom the gnomes rescue from a snare in the first book. Also a general term for rabbits.
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They encounter a group of elves who have been robbed of important papers by a gnome. They chase the gnome and recover the papers, but the gnome himself escapes up a huge tree whose branches seem to reach into the clouds. This is the Faraway Tree. Against the elves' advice, the children climb the Faraway Tree.
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