Pietje Bell gaat vliegen by Chris van Abkoude
Pietje discovers the new world of aviation. A visit to the aerodrome leads to friendships, mischief and, in time, the chance to take to the sky himself.
Chris van Abkoude was a Dutch schoolteacher and writer of children's books. He is best known for two classics of Dutch youth literature, Pietje Bell and Kruimeltje, both set among the working people of Rotterdam. His cheerful, mischievous heroes made him one of the most popular children's writers of the early twentieth century.
Pietje discovers the new world of aviation. A visit to the aerodrome leads to friendships, mischief and, in time, the chance to take to the sky himself.
As the title warns, Pietje Bell is at it again, back up to all his old tricks. The pranks return with the same energy and the same good nature behind them.
Pietje is back in his own world, and a fresh round of pranks and escapades soon follows. The familiar streets, friends and grumbling neighbours are all waiting for him.
When the great steamer leaves Rotterdam harbour bound for New York, Pietje crosses the ocean to make his way in America. He travels as a young reporter, sending home accounts of all the scrapes he lands in along the way.
Pietje takes up conjuring and magic tricks, and the sleight of hand leads to a fresh round of pranks, surprises and happy confusion.
Pietje is grown up with a family of his own, and his sons turn out to be chips off the old block who get up to the very same kind of mischief.
Pietje grows into his rascally older-boy years, his vlegeljaren, with bolder schemes and bigger escapades while keeping the same loyal, fair-minded streak.
The first book introduces Pietje Bell, the cheeky young son of a Rotterdam shoemaker, his family and his world of endless pranks, and the founding of his boys' gang the Zwarte Hand.