Friso Henstra (1928–2013)
Author of Mighty Mizzling Mouse
Series
Works by Friso Henstra
Olidin 1 copy
Associated Works
The Practical Princess and Other Liberating Fairy Tales (1975) — Illustrator, some editions — 323 copies, 11 reviews
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 4, December 1975 — Illustrator — 5 copies
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 4, December 1973 — Illustrator — 5 copies
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 7, No. 12, August 1980 — Illustrator — 3 copies
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 8, No. 8, April 1981 — Illustrator — 3 copies
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 1, September 1976 — Illustrator — 2 copies
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 12, August 1975 — Illustrator — 2 copies
Het draaimolenpaard — some editions — 1 copy
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Henstra, Friso
- Birthdate
- 1928-09-02
- Date of death
- 2013-09-28
- Gender
- male
- Education
- Rijksacademie voor Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam (Drawing and sculpting)
- Occupations
- illustrator
sculptor - Awards and honors
- Biennale of Illustration Bratislava - Golden Apple (1969)
Gouden Penseel (1992) - Short biography
- Friso Henstra was a sculptor and book illustrator from the Netherlands. Born in Amsterdam in 1928, he was educated at Rijksacademie voor Beeldende Kunsten. After a fifteen-year career in sculpting, he began to develop as an illustrator and comic artist. His first work in this line was for such magazines as Madriil, Olidin and Kris-Kras. In 1968 Henstra began teaching at the Art Academy in Arnhem, where he worked for sixteen years. In that same year he illustrated De Koningskruistocht, the Dutch translation of American author Jay Williams' Tomorrow's Fire, and was invited to illustrate some of Wiliams' original American editions. His work on Williams' The Practical Princess was awarded the BIB (Biennale of Illustration Bratislava) 1969 Golden Apple. Many award-winning titles followed. Henstra began writing stories of his own in 1978, with Wait and See. He was awarded the prestigious Gouden Penseel award in 1992, for his work on Sylvia Hofsepian's Waarom Niet. Henstra died in 2013.
- Nationality
- Netherlands
- Birthplace
- Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Place of death
- Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Map Location
- Netherlands
Members
Reviews
I want to admit that I must be missing something, but goodness knows what. Mizzling's lady friend gets mad at our hero because the rabbit ate the house? The pictures are blah, totally unappealing. I see no facial expressions to help me understand any sort of nuance. The only cool think is the idea of sawing up a nice tight cabbage to get thick planks to make a sturdy structure that has a cream & red marble color. But of course that wouldn't work, as anyone who has ever cut up a cabbage show more knows. I really can't imagine what the redeeming value or appeal of this odd little book might be. show less
This is a wordless picture book about a mouse being chased around by a cat. It is fictional. The art is colored sketches. The whole book is pictures of a mouse being chased around town by a cat. There is no reading level because there are no words, but I think it would be a good book for kindergateners or first graders. This is just a fun book to look at so there is no curricular connection.
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Statistics
- Works
- 4
- Also by
- 39
- Members
- 32
- Popularity
- #430,837
- Rating
- 3.9
- Reviews
- 2
- ISBNs
- 5
- Favorited
- 1