Chris van Abkoude [SEP] date of birth
Chris van Abkoude
Chris van Abkoude (6 November 1880, Rotterdam – 2 January 1960, Portland, Oregon) was a Dutch writer and novelist of mostly children's books. He wrote the "series of Pietje Bell novels" from 1914 to 1936 and many books in between. He moved to the United States in 1916 and wrote all the "Pietje Bell" books in the United States, except for the first one, which he wrote in 1914 in Rotterdam. In 1923 Van Abkoude wrote the novel "Kruimeltje"
Pietje Bell
The Pietje Bell series of novels (orig. Dutch: "Pietje Bell boeken") is a series of children's books written by the Dutch writer Chris van Abkoude. It's about a little boy who gets himself into trouble.
The story has been adapted to film twice. Once in 1964, as "De Avonturen van Pietje Bell", by Henk van der Linden and second in 2002 and 2003 by Maria Peters.
In 2003 Ruud Bos adapted the novel into a musical called "Pietje