Het Zakmes

Het Zakmes is a children's novel by Dutch writer Sjoerd Kuyper. It was first published in 1981.^[1] The novel is about a young boy called Mees who has difficulty returning a penknife to his friend in another town.

The 1992 film based on the novel, The Pocket-knife, won several awards including the Golden Calf.^[2] A television series based on the book won an International Emmy Award for children's programming in 1993.^[3]

References[]

^ Het Zakmes at WorldCat
^ Golden Calf winners earlier editions
^ International Emmy Awards – Previous Winners Archived 2017-10-19 at the Wayback Machine. Translated as The Penknife

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[1] Het Zakmes at WorldCat

[2] Golden Calf winners earlier editions

[3] International Emmy Awards – Previous Winners Archived 2017-10-19 at the Wayback Machine. Translated as The Penknife

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