Hello Miffy

米菲兔的形象於1955年誕生,迪克向一歲的兒子講述他們之前在沙丘上看到的小白兔的故事,構思出米菲兔。

第一本米菲兔的繪本叫做《Miffy在海邊》。米菲兔被賦予清爽的風格,只有一些線條和一兩種原色。事實上,它令人聯想到艾爾吉的白描繪畫風格(ligne claire)。

每本米菲兔的書都包括16頁的故事,每一頁都有一幅插圖和四句話,這些書以很小的開本出版。迪克要讓小讀者們知道這些兒童繪本是給他們的,而不是給他們家長的,他認為這很重要。

米菲兔自1992年開始出現在電視上。

Miffy was "born" in 1955. While on holiday in Egmond aan Zee, Dick Bruna would tell his eldest son, Sierk, bedtime stories about a little, white bunny, who scampered around the garden of their holiday home. 

In the early years, Miffy looked a bit like a fluffy toy with floppy ears, but from 1963 onwards, when the books were first published in square format, she became the Miffy we know today, gazing confidently at the reader with her little, black eyes. She has two pointy ears and little chubby cheeks.