De wonderlijke avonturen van Alfred J. Kwak

De wonderlijke avonturen van Alfred J. Kwak
Children's book series
FrontBackSpineSpine back The first six books and the sleeve they came in, released in 1990
Written by	Herman van Veen
Artwork by	Hans Bacher Harald Siepermann
Cover design by	Teo van Gerwen
Typesetting and layout	M & P Tekst bv. Weert
Publisher	Uitgeverij van Reemst M & P bv (re-releases by Memphis Belle)
Language	Dutch
Release date	1989
Binding method	Hardcover

Not to be confused with De wonderlijke avonturen van Alfred J. Kwak: het grote voorleesboek or De wonderlijke avonturen van de eend Alfred Jodocus Kwak: Goedemorgen.

"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 to be given away with Persil products in 1991 and to accomodate for the smaller format the story text on the pages was halved. 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

The first six books of this series were released in 1989 in close proximity to their respective episode airdate on Dutch television, definitely predating episodes 5 and 6 and likely predating the first four episodes as well. As the books used animation cels from the animated serie, this was the first glimpse to the public as to how the show would look. The following year the rest was released, likely in two, but possibly more, batches, until in 1991 the final book came out.

The books feature unique cover artwork by Harald Siepermann and Hans Bacher. Daan Jippes helped ink the first six covers, uncredited. Every book contains text in big font size on the left handside and pictures taken from animation cels from the animated series. These cels were mostly from the episodes that the book covers, but every now and again there will be one out of order or taken from another episode to fill in gaps.

Many of the books are based on a single episode or on a single story covering up to two episodes. For the first two books of this series the text for De wonderlijke avonturen van de eend Alfred Jodocus Kwak: Goedemorgen was used and altered to fit the format. The books faithfully covers all the episodes of the animated series up until episode 13 where the books jump ahead with De nachtmerrie to episodes 20 and 21 after which it jumps back to episode 17, skipping episodes 14, 15 and 16 and thus also the first half of the arc in which Alfred Jodocus Kwak and Henk de Mol travel to the South Pole to find whales to save the herrings. Because of this change, Vrienden uit de ruimte is taken from it's broader story context and presented as a stand-alone book. The next book, De inktvis picks up the storyline originally started in the episode Vissen in troebel water. De inktvis does retain the story beat of Alfred giving the cuttlefish the space food Henk and he had received from the space ducks in Vrienden uit de ruimte, slightly linking those two stories together after all. Notably, the book skip the entire Nationale Kraaienpartij arc and afterwards goes into episode 26 with De lieve sneeuwman.

An ad as seen in de Volkskrant in 19-10-1991 on page 16.

From the episodes of season 2 of the animated series, only episodes 41 and 42 were adapted into De draak.

In 1989 the broadcast service the VARA compiled the first three books and the second three books and released them as exclusives through the VARA's magazine, only available through transferring money to them; ƒ 24,95 per book, or ƒ 49,90 for both. Later on in 1990 there was also the release of a collector's sleeve re-release collecting the first 6 books for a reduced price. Also in 1990, the first two books find another re-release, but in a reduced size, causing the story to be even more abridged, given away with a Persil container of 1.25 kilo or 1.5 liter. For this release the original cover art by Siepermann, Bacher and Jippes was replaced by cels from the episodes.

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
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 books related to this series in order of release.

Cover art	Title	Episodes covered	Release Date	ISBN	Pages	Price	Notes
	De zeven eieren (lit. The seven eggs)	1. De eieren (lit. "1. The eggs")	1989	ISBN13-9789035901056 ISBN10-9035901053	28	TBD
	Achter tralies (lit. Behind bars)	2. Het verjaardagsfeestje (lit. "2. The birthday party")	1989	ISBN13-9789035901063 ISBN10-9035901061	28	TBD
	Het kroonjuweel (lit. The crown jewel)	3. Het kroonjuweel (lit. "3. The crown jewel")	1989	ISBN13-9789035901087 ISBN10-9035901088	28	TBD
	Op school (lit. In school)	4. Op school (lit. "4. In school")	1989	ISBN13-9789035901094 ISBN10-9035901096	28	TBD
	Krab de kat (lit. Krab the cat)	5. De kater (lit. "5. The tomcat")	1989	ISBN13-9789035901124 ISBN10-9035901126	28	TBD
	De Olympiade (lit. The Olympiad)	6. De olympiade (lit. "6. The olympiad")	1989	ISBN13-9789035901131 ISBN10-9035901134	28	TBD
	De zeven eieren - Achter tralies - Het kroonjuweel (lit. The seven eggs - Behind bars - The crown jewel)	1. De eieren (lit. "1. The eggs") 2. Het verjaardagsfeestje (lit. "2. The birthday party") 3. Het kroonjuweel (lit. "3. The crown jewel")	1989	No ISBN available	90	ƒ 24,95
	Op school - Krab de Kat - De olympiade (lit. The seven eggs - Behind bars - The crown jewel)	4. Op school (lit. "4. In school") 5. De kater (lit. "5. The tomcat") 6. De olympiade (lit. "6. The olympiad")	1989	No ISBN available	90	ƒ 24,95
	De zeeverkenners (lit. The sea scouts)	7. De zeeverkenners (lit. "7. The sea scouts") 8. De spion (lit. "8. The spy")	1990	ISBN13-9789035905382 ISBN10-9035905385	28	TBD
	De heilige tulband (lit. The sacred turban)	9. De geest in de fles (lit. "9. The genie in the bottle") 10. De heilige tulband (lit. "10. The sacred turban")	1990	ISBN13-9789035905399 ISBN10-9035905393	28	TBD
	Het circus (lit. The circus)	11. Het circus (lit. "11. The circus")	1990	ISBN13-9789035905405 ISBN10-9035905407	28	TBD
	De witte koningin (lit. The white queen)	12. Het schaakspel (lit. "12. The chess game") 13. De witte koningin (lit. "13. The white queen")	1990	ISBN13-9789035905405 ISBN10-9035905407	28	TBD
	De nachtmerrie (lit. The nightmare)	20. De nachtmerrie (lit. "20. The nightmare") 21. De bijen (lit. "21. The bees")	1990	ISBN13-9789035905474 ISBN10-9035905474	28	TBD
	Vrienden uit de ruimte (lit. Friends from outer space)	17. Vrienden vanuit de ruimte (lit. "17. Friends from outer space")	1990	ISBN13-9789035905481 ISBN10-9035905482	28	TBD
	De inktvis (lit. The cuttlefish)	18. De poolster (lit. "18. The North Star")	1990	ISBN13-9789035905498 ISBN10-9035905490	28	TBD
	De walvis (lit. The whale)	19. De walvis (lit. "19. The whale")	1990	ISBN13-9789035905504 ISBN10-9035905504	28	TBD
	De lieve sneeuwman (lit. The kind snowman)	26. De lieve sneeuwman (lit. "26. The kind snowman")	1990	ISBN13-9789035905511 ISBN10-9035905512	28	TBD
	Collector sleeve re-release with books 1 through 6	1. De eieren (lit. "1. The eggs") 2. Het verjaardagsfeestje (lit. "2. The birthday party") 3. Het kroonjuweel (lit. "3. The crown jewel") 4. Op school (lit. "4. In school") 5. De kater (lit. "5. The tomcat") 6. De olympiade (lit. "6. The olympiad")	1990	Not applicable	168	ƒ 10,-
	De zeven eieren (mini) (lit. The seven eggs (mini))	1. De eieren (lit. "1. The eggs")	1991	ISBN13-9789035905931 ISBN10-9035905938	32	Free
File:Achter Tralies Cover (mini).jpg	Achter tralies (mini) (lit. Behind bars (mini))	2. Het verjaardagsfeestje (lit. "2. The birthday party")	1991	ISBN13-9789035906105 ISBN10-9035906101	28	Free
	De draak (lit. The dragon)	41. De vulkaan (lit. "41. The volcano") 42. De draak (lit. "42. The dragon")	1991	ISBN13-9789035905566 ISBN10-9035905563	28	TBD