Dick Bruna is known internationally as the creator of Miffy, the ever simply designed rabbit that has delighted children in countless countries & languages over the last thirty years. What many do not know is that during the first thirty years of his design career Dick Bruna created more than 2000 book covers for his fathers Dutch publishing company A.W.Bruna & Zoon. These exceptionally clear and simply designed covers and their mascots became not only trade-marks of the publishing company but they became so iconical that they needed no words to convey messages intended for publicity.
This lavishly illustrated and well designed book presents for the first time a comprehensive catalogue of the book-cover designs and publicity pieces that Bruna created during his long career.