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Gnomes by wil huygen6/19/2023 ![]() ![]() Huygen died on 14 January 2009 in Bilthoven. In the second book ( De oproep der Kabouters) both Huygen and Poortvliet make appearances themselves in both the story and the illustrations as they get contacted by the gnomes because of the Gnomes book they have written together. It was on top of the bestseller list of the New York Times for over a year (as a book on folklore, it was categorized as non-fiction). The first book in his picture book series is Gnomes (published in 1977, and originally known as Leven en werken van de Kabouter in Dutch). The seventh of ten children, his primary occupation was that of a physician. This item: The Complete Gnomes by Wil Huygen Hardcover 172.33 240.00 Customers who viewed this item also viewed Product details Publisher : Harry N Abrams Inc First Edition (January 1, 1994) Language : English ISBN-10 : 0810931958 ISBN-13 : 978-0810931954 Item Weight : 4. Huygen was born in Amersfoort, the Netherlands. He is best known for the picture books on gnomes, illustrated by Rien Poortvliet. ![]() Willibrord Joseph Huygen (23 June 1922 – 14 January 2009) was a Dutch book author. ![]()
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