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Dikkie Dik is a Dutch series of children's picture books, starring the eponymous orange tomcat Dikkie Dik. The books are drawn by author Jet Boeke, and feature short, concise texts by Arthur van Norden. The series started in 1978 as part of the Dutch version of the children's TV show Sesame Street , but soon the stories appeared in bookstores.
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On Sesame Street the stories were read aloud by Piet Hendriks, with recurring characters like Tommie, Pino or Troel listening. In the early 1980s the stories in Sesame Street were told by Rudy Kuhn, with some children as an audience, and in 1985 Frank Groothof took over.
In 2000 Boeke received the Kiekeboekprijs for her book Waar is Dikkie Dik?, as the best book for toddlers of the year.
In 2024 Joost Van Den Bosch directed a film called Dikkie Dik en de Verdwenen Knuffel (Tummy Tom and the Lost Teddy Bear). In the film, Tummy Tom discovers that his favorite cuddle toy named Bear is missing, but his friend Cat Mouse is there to help, because Tummy Tom can't sleep without Bear.
