Mick and Mandy (Take Care)

Seriously, i like to hunt and became obsessed with the duo Annie M. G. Schmidt and Fiep Westendorp´s works. Its not easy to find their books though! So far i have never had luck to find their works in the bookstore´s (unless you are in the Netherlands).

Mick and Mandy is the one of the three english versions of Jip en Janneke (Dutch). The other two are Jip and Janneke and Bob and Jilly. While Mick & Mandy and Jip & Janneke published with Fiep´s illustrations, Bob & Jilly using different illustration which i personally don't like! Why didn't they keep the original illustration?..

Take Care Mick and Mandy

I got this book from one of the online marketplace and got a very good deal (happy!!). It was published by Odhams Press Limited in 1961.

Top: Jip and Janneke
Bottom: Mick and Mandy

If you notice, the drawing between the two are slightly different in size. I think the old drawing of Jip en Janneke (Mick and Mandy) is taller. I read on Fiep Westendorp biography, that from the year 1977 - 1984 she made all of Jip and Janneke stories with a new drawing.

I like the new drawings much better. I think they are cuter :-*