De wonderlijke avonturen van Alfred J. Kwak

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De wonderlijke avonturen van Alfred J. Kwak
Children's book series

The first six books and the sleeve they came in, released in 1990

Written byHerman van Veen
Artwork byHans Bacher
Harald Siepermann
Cover design byTeo van Gerwen
Typesetting and layoutM & P Tekst bv. Weert
PublisherUitgeverij van Reemst
M & P bv (re-releases by Memphis Belle)

LanguageDutch
Release date1989
Number of pages28 (omnibusses: 90)
Binding methodHardcover

"De wonderlijke avonturen van Alfred J. Kwak" (lit. 'The wonderous adventures of Alfred J. Kwak') is a series of Dutch children's books, each based on one or two episodes of the animated series released in the Netherlands between 1989 and 1991 in 2 batches. The first two books were also released as mini books in Belgium in 1991 and to accomodate for the smaller format the story text on the pages was halved.[1] For the first two books of this series the text for De wonderlijke avonturen van de eend Alfred Jodocus Kwak: Goedemorgen was used. These books are accompanied with cels from the production.

The book De wonderlijke avonturen van Alfred J. Kwak: het grote voorleesboek, released in 2010, is not officially part of this series.

Production

Main staff list

© 1989-1991 Harlekijn/Van Veen/Bacher & Siepermann
Exclusive license given by Benelux Licensing Group/Telecable
© 1989-1991 text songs Harlekijn Holland bv
For this release © 1989-1991 Uitgeverij M & P bv
Postbus 566, 6000 AL Weert

Cover design: Teo van Gerwen
Cover illustration: Hans Bacher, Harald Siepermann and Daan Jippes[note 1]
Text: Herman van Veen with illustrations by Hans Bacher and Harald Siepermann
Typesetting and layout: M & P Tekst bv, Weert

Printed in Italy by Gruppo Editoriale Fabbri S.pA., Milan

Releases

All the releases in this series.

1989

1990

1991

TV episodes covered

Every book covers either 1 or 2 episodes of the animated series:
De zeven eieren

1 De eieren

Achter tralies
2 Het verjaardagsfeestje

Het kroonjuweel
3 Het kroonjuweel

Op school
4 Op school

Krab de kat
5 De kater

De Olympiade
6 De Olympiade

De zeeverkenners
7 De zeeverkenners
8 De spion

De heilige tulband
9 De geest in de fles
10 De heilige tulband

Het circus
11 Het circus

De witte koningin

12 Het schaakspel
13 De witte koningin

De nachtmerrie
20 De nachtmerrie
21 De bijen

Vrienden uit de ruimte
17 Vrienden vanuit de ruimte

De inktvis
18 De poolster

De walvis
19 De walvis

De lieve sneeuwman
26 De lieve sneeuwman

De draak
41 De vulkaan
42 De draak

Notes

  1. Uncredited. Likely Daan Jippes was responsible for the inking several book cover artworks. Jippes is confirmed to have inked 3 of the cover images of this series, so it is likely he helped with all of them. Hans Bacher (5 November 2010). "Hans Bacher's Weblog". one1more2time3.wordpress.com.

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