Miffy is celebrating her 60th birthday next year and ahead of this milestone, the rhyming texts of Bruna’s classic stories are being refreshed for a modern British audience by the award winning poet Tony Mitton.
We were offered some Miffy books to review and share with you, and it was only then that I realised that my kids had never experienced the joys of Miffy! Such a terrible mum! Her cute little face is pretty iconic, so I was keen to introduce Miffy to the children….
Miffy Goes Flying
Miffy’s uncle has come to visit and is going to take her on a trip. They fly up high and see the world from above.
Miffy in the Snow
It’s snowing and Miffy wants to go and play. She rides her sledge, skates on the frozen river and even makes a snowman. In the snow she finds a little bird who is too cold so Miffy helps him to build a little house to keep him warm.
Miffy’s Bicycle
Miffy’s only a little rabbit now, but she dreams of a time when she will be old enough to ride her very own bicycle. Join her as she dreams of all the adventures she will have…
Miffy at School
Join Miffy at school, where she learns to draw, write, read and sing. But Miffy’s favourite thing is when the teacher reads the class a story.
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.
The Miffy books are just lovely. As you can see below, pictured with Boo, they’re little hardback books, perfect for small hands to hold. They all rhyme, and share with us snippets of Miffy’s day to day life, adventures and her imagination. They can hold Boo’s attention, and she’s largely into chapter books now. They’re that bit too long for Little Man to sit still for, at just 2, but I can see these being classics that we’ll be enjoying frequently together in the coming months. He likes Miffy, shouting her name when he sees her now, so I’m sure we’ll soon be reading about her daily! The hardback books retail at £4.99 each.
We’ve spent a happy Miffy morning here today! As well as the gorgeous books, the kids and I have discovered the Miffy website, and had a good look and play around on there, where we then printed off a couple of Miffy pictures, too, that were fun to colour in….
It’s been a great start to half term! I do love exploring books and characters further with the kids, so this has had us chatting about that little rabbit all morning!
I now have a set of Miffy books available to give away to one of my readers. One lucky person will receive Miffy Goes Flying, Miffy at School and Miffy’s Bicycle. To be in with a chance of winning, let me know what you think of Miffy and enter using the rafflecopter below. Ends midnight 24th November 2014, open to UK entrants only, good luck!
What do you think of little Miffy?
Disclosure: We received Miffy books FOC for the purposes of writing this post.
I love them!, esp the colours/characters/design
I love the Miffy books mine were enraptured by them
How them, nice and simple with bright colours
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very cute and make me feel nostalgic
I love them – the illustrations are simple and appeal to little ones!
they are fandabidozy
Simple and easy for the little ones to enjoy
They look fantastic. Great colours. Very accessible. Pictures great and allow son to develop story telling.
Great little books for a child. My niece loves them .
our grand-kids absolutely love them
I love them they are bright colourful and engaging
I have loved Miffy since I was a little girl (a long time!!) and now my children love Miffy just as much. These books are adorable xx
brilliant books, liked reading them myself!!
My grandson loves them
Adorable!
They are great, very simple but fun.
Love Miffy and we had lots of Miffy books when we were younger
They look great, nice size for tiny hands
my grandson would love this
The look great! My eldest is obsessed with Miffy, she will love the website too.
We’ve never read them, but they look adorable!
I love the miffy books. I remember reading them when I was little! X
My children loved them, now I would like to read them to my grandsons
i use to have some of these when i was younger
My older two used to love watching Miffy and friends when they were younger. I would love these books to introduce Harry to Miffy x
Miffy is super cute! Haven’t read the books since I was tiny!
Oh I used to love Miffy when I was little, these bring back so many happy memories! These books look wonderful, I can’t wait to introduce R to Miffy x
My children loved them and now i’m hoping my grandchildren will too x
I love the Miffy books
We really love them. Simple pictures and bold colours make them perfect for younger children
they are great,bright and clourful and entertaining for the kids
we love miffy books and these ones look great!
They are classic childrens books.
Great books that have been around a long time! Bright colours, great learning to read books as well!
Really lovely stories and the sort that children will remember forever and want to bring out again and again.
Gorgeous and classic
they have great bright colours
I read these as a child and they are still lovely books for young children to read.
Great for early readers, my boys love them
Miffy books are great books for first readers
Miffy books are fun and classic for all ages!
love the Miffy books,remember reading them to my Daughter and look forward to reading them to my Grand daughter who is 2
I’ve never read them but have always been intrigued by them. my lil one would love them though as she is a huge fan of books and her bedtime stories 🙂
we love Miffy, we have the toys but not yet got the books.
We love the Miffy stories!
lovely stories for children
I love them – simple stories are the best
I remember loving Miffy books when I was small, I’m now 28 – and would love to share Miffy now with my own little boy! x
Love them, read them with my children and now reading them with the grandsons
I have loved Miffy books since I was young. The illustrations are simple, bold and clear to make out. The stories are not too long but not too short. I think my son would love these books- especially the school one 🙂 x
Miffy is the cutest!! Love the books xx
I love the colours my daughter loves the books 🙂
I love them! I loved Miffy as a child and would love to introduce her to my son Noah.
i love miffy books, i loved them as a child, my daughter loved them when she was a child and now she is reading them to my granddaughter
Lovely books!
We love Miffy! She has been a favourite with all my children.
very sweet and simple
Love the Miffy books, classic and simple and always a winner x
My Daughter loves them
I love them, these would be perfect for my grandson.
Love them, lovely and short for bedtime
we dont have any Miffy books but hoping to have a read soon 🙂
hi i love the miffy books they have stood the test of time and they are still going strong.
as they are suitable for both girls and boys they are a must have for both sexes x
we love miffy. my kids have mine from when i was little
I love the illustration and how they capture children’s imagination
My daughter’s loved Miffy books and now my granddaughter does too – they have an ageless appeal 🙂
they are so well illustrated it makes it fun for the kids to read x
I’ve always loved the miffy books, my girls would love to read them also!
I’ve always loved Miffy books…I loved them, my children loved them & now my grandchildren love them…..:D
I love Miffy! She’s the cutest 🙂
love them!
I love them, I remember reading them, such great memories.
They look really cute, my book mad 2 year old would love them!
They are fab
Beautiful books would love to share with my son
I really like them.
These are fab little books & I remember them was I was young!
Bright and colourful and not to mention very cute
I’ve always liked liked Miffy books.
I remember my gran use to read me these books everytime I visited her! I loved them as a child and I think Josh (my son) would definitely love them too. Even now I’m an adult I think miffy is sttiiilllll so cute !!!!
I adore miffy books, the illustrations and they remind me of my childhood so much
I’m looking forward to re-reading these books as I read them when I was tiny. I think my 19mth old son will adore them too 🙂
These books are great. My daughter would love them x
I love them, the cute little illustrations and the charming tales make them fab for little ones.
They re classic.
Love them 🙂
They look great!
I’ve never bought one but they look so adorable. I’d really like my son to have a go at reading them though!
I used to love Miffy and now my son does too 🙂
Nice simple story books – great stocking fillers xxx
They’re great
love them, these look fab 🙂
I love them!
I think they are lovely xx
They are brilliant, great giveaway, thank you
They look great! Lots of colours and good characters.
Love these books 🙂
They sound great – I know my daughter would love them!
They are good books
I too love the colours and we could spend hours with these books.
They look great ! My littlest loves Miffy 🙂
the bold, clear colours. These books are classics. 🙂
Always liked the Miffy books, nice simple stories
They look great with good stories!
Fab to read with our grandson
Love them so colourful
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I love Miffy as do all the children in my family so uncomplicated and sweet
I think they are great! I really like the colours and that they are nice and simple stories 🙂 xx
i loved them when I was little so would love them for my daughter
They are really lovely. I used to read them to my niece when she was little.
My kids love Miffy! We read the books all the time. The pictures are so sweet.
great series x
Love Miffy. We have some Miffy pictures in my daughters nursery so would love these books for her
Love them & reminds he of living in Holland. My five year old would enjoy these books so much 🙂
I like the retro look of the pictures
My kids love them
They’re classics. I love the simple graphics, bright colours and themes.
I love the design of them think there brill
they are super books for little ones
classic miffy-always wins 😀
lovely traditional books
They do take me back
so cute and classic 🙂
too cute ! !
I love them and my little girls will too 🙂
My daughter loves the miffy collection
I love Miffy and I think my little girl would love these books 🙂
lovely little books especially for little girls
very cute and make me feel nostalgic
Colourful and fun encourage learning the character is cute and appealing to toddlers
I am 33 and loved reading Miffy books when I was little, I still have the same books now and I read them with my 4 year old son Reece x x
My little one loves to read these (5 years). They are really cute and have lovely stories.
My son loves Miffy books and sleeps with a Miffy soft toy at night
Complete lovable character!
Oh my gosh, I remember Miffy! It’s so nice to see an old classic collection revived. I’d love to share them with ‘the next generation’.
Great learning tools
i love them!
My children loved them.
i love how simple they are. my son would love them!
I loved them as a child and my daughter and niece love them now. They are so bright and enchanting ! 🙂
I think that they look amazing – My daughter would love to have them to look at
They look great fun xx
I loved them when I was a child, I remember going to the library picking them out and now my children love them too. They are so iconic!
They are really good such a simple idea but so well done, really cute and great stories.
Ahhh I remember having those books when I was little!
A childrens classic that is still good today
They are great and have a simple ,classic format which does not date and children love.
I love these books and think my daughter would love them too
Great for little ones.
A classic my book obsessed 3 year old would adore!
I love them, great for getting kids reading
Grandchildren love them. I’m a bit worried that I’m the same age as Miffy but don’t look as good
They are so cute
aww Miffy takes me back to my own childhood – I’d love to win these x
We love Miffy!! Have a picture and some soft toys and love the look of the books 🙂
Miffy books bring childhood memories flooding back to me, so I have no hesitation in endorsing them for my children
i think its brilliant, the gorgeous bold colourings so it appeals to both male and female despite being a female lead. the stories always seemed simple and easy for little ones to get their head around. i remember them from when i was a kiddy too 🙂 very cute
I’ve never read them but would love to
It’s great that these are still around as I remember them from when I was little
loved them as a child and still do now
I love miffy books the illustrations are lovely too I loved them when I was little
Nice and simple but fun
I love Miffy books, I remember them from being a child myself
Great books, the children love them.
I’m a big Miffy fan. I used to borrow the books from the library when I was little in the early eighties, I still remember looking through the pages and being so enamored with the animation style. Miffy In The Snow was my favourite. Now it’s back in print I don’t just want to buy it for my nieces, I want a copy for myself too!
I love reading them and more importantly the children love to listen to them.
love the bright clours
Love miffy books they have such a vintage feel to them
my cousins little girl
They look like good fun and anything that encourages a love of reading is alright by me.
Miffy is super cute!
I love the Miffy books, suitable for boys and girls alike.
I used to read them to my children at bed time all the time, now I have my first grandchild on the way and look forward to doing the same for them.
Cute! Xx
My mumma used to read me Miffy books when I was a little girl so to continue them with my children would be amazing 🙂
Great books!
They look like great books
I adore Miffy … a pleasure to read and the illustrations are perfect for little people
Lovely and colourful!
Love them! I remember them from when I was younger.
lovely books 🙂
My little nieces from Canada love them!
love them
they look good
We’re Miffy obsessives – Jess’ second birthday was Miffy themed but we only have one of the books and loved it – the others look wonderful.
Love the Miffy books. I’ve always been a fan and would like to share that with my friends daughters
I Love them! My kids would love them x x
I have started to buy them for my grandchildren and they love them.
They are brilliant. Beautifully illustrated with lovely stories.
I love them, my husband does too…and our daughter’s favourite towel has Miffy on it!
They are classic childrens books.
They’re great, what more can i say!
Massive Miffy fan!
Miffy reminds me of being little and sitting on my mummys knee looking at the books
They look so bright and colourful! We’re loving bedtime stories with lots of colours just now.
My daughter would love these 🙂 xx
I’ve always loved Miffy – think the books are great
i love them 🙂