Dikkie Dik is a Dutch series of children's picture books, starring the eponymous red tomcat Dikkie Dik. The books are drawn by author Jet Boeke, and feature short, concise texts by Arthur van Norden. The series started in 1978 as part of the Dutch version of the children's TV show Sesame Street, but soon the stories appeared in book stores. On Sesame Street the stories were read aloud by Piet Hendriks, with recurring characters like Tommie, Pino or Troel listening. In the early 1980s the stories in Sesame Street were told by Rudy Kuhn, with some children as an audience, and in 1985 Frank Groothof took over. In 2000 Boeke received the Kiekeboekprijs for her book Waar is Dikkie Dik?, as the best book for toddlers of the year. Issues 1991 - Dikkie Dik gaat buiten spelen. 1998 - Het blauwe blokboekje 1998 - Het groene blokboekje 1998 - Dikkie Dik Voorleesboek 2 1998 - Dikkie Dik naar het strand 1998 - Het rode blokboekje 1999 - Het gele blokboekje 1999 - Het geblokte blokboekje 1999 - Het roze blokboekje 1999 - Het witte blokboekje 1999 - Het oranje blokboekje 1999 - Het dikkerdandikke avonturenboek 2000 - De ballon 2001 - Dikkie Dik gaat in bad 2003 - Dikkie Dik jarig! 2004 - Dikkie Dik Kiekeboekje 2005 - Het vier verhalen boek 2005 - Dikkie Dik viert Sinterklaas 2005 - Dikkie Dik viert Kerstmis 2006 - Dikkie Dik telt voor tien 2007 - Welterusten Dikkie Dik 2008 - Het dikke verjaardagsboek 2008 - Dikkie Dik knisperboekje 2010 - Puzzelboek Dikkie Dik viert feest 2011 - Het dubbeldikke voorleesboek van Dikkie Dik Satire The theatershow Sex of the Dutch theater group De Vliegende Panters contains a persiflage on Dikkie Dik (in fact it's a parody of the narrator of Surinamese origin Rudy Kuhn, who read in the program Sesame Street from Dikkie Dik in the eighties), in which he stole a car radio and put a shot. The theatershow Sex was performed in 1996. At that time Rudy Kuhn hadn't been on Sesame Street for 10 years. Dutch children's books Books about cats Characters in children's literature Literary characters introduced in 1978