Miffy is a fictional rabbit appearing in a series of picture books drawn and written by Dutch artist Dick Bruna. The original Dutch name, "nijntje", is a shortening of the diminutive konijntje, "little rabbit".
Miffy
Miffy statue at the Nijntjepleintje ('little nijntje square') in Utrecht, the Netherlands.
A picture book combines visual and verbal narratives in a book format, most often aimed at young children. With the narrative told primarily through text, they are distinct from comics, which do so primarily through sequential images.
Peter Rabbit with his family, from The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter, 1902
A board book
A reprint of the 1658 illustrated Orbis Pictus
Cover of Babes in the Wood, illustrated by Randolph Caldecott