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The Secret Book of Gnomes was a series of books designed for children. They contained stories and a guide to how Gnome
Gnome

A gnome is a mythical creature characterized by its extremely small size and wiktionary:subterranean lifestyle. The word gnome is derived from the New Latin gnomus....
s lived in harmony with their environment, such as what a Gnome has in their first aid kit and how a Gnome's house is built. They were written by the Dutch author Wil Huygen
Wil Huygen

Wil Huygen , was a Netherlands book author. He is best known for the picture books on gnomes, illustrated by Rien Poortvliet.Huygen, a painter in his own right, was born in Amersfoort, Holland....
 and illustrator Rien Poortvliet
Rien Poortvliet

Rien Poortvliet was a Netherlands drawing and Painting.Born in Schiedam, he was best known for his of animals and for "The Secret Book of Gnomes" in the famous series of books published by Harry N....
, though they claimed that it was written by a Gnome called David. Those authors also created another series about Gnomes entitled The Gnomes.






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The Secret Book of Gnomes was a series of books designed for children. They contained stories and a guide to how Gnome
Gnome

A gnome is a mythical creature characterized by its extremely small size and wiktionary:subterranean lifestyle. The word gnome is derived from the New Latin gnomus....
s lived in harmony with their environment, such as what a Gnome has in their first aid kit and how a Gnome's house is built. They were written by the Dutch author Wil Huygen
Wil Huygen

Wil Huygen , was a Netherlands book author. He is best known for the picture books on gnomes, illustrated by Rien Poortvliet.Huygen, a painter in his own right, was born in Amersfoort, Holland....
 and illustrator Rien Poortvliet
Rien Poortvliet

Rien Poortvliet was a Netherlands drawing and Painting.Born in Schiedam, he was best known for his of animals and for "The Secret Book of Gnomes" in the famous series of books published by Harry N....
, though they claimed that it was written by a Gnome called David. Those authors also created another series about Gnomes entitled The Gnomes. They later were used as a basis for the television shows David the Gnome and Wisdom of the Gnomes
Wisdom of the Gnomes

Wisdom of the Gnomes is an animated series produced by Spanish company BRB Internacional about Gnomes. It was a follow on series to the series David the Gnome....
 by BRB Internacional
BRB Internacional

BRB Internacional is a Spanish animation studio which is best known for producing 1980s cartoon hits such as Around the World with Willy Fog, Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds and The World of David the Gnome....
.