Pietje Bell

{{Short description|Book series by Chris van Abkoude}}

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| name = Pietje Bell

| image = Image:Pietje Bell.PNG

| image_caption = Pietje Bell, drawn by Jan Rinke in Chris van Abkoude's 1914 novel {{lang|nl|Pietje Bell of de lotgevallen van een ondeugenden jongen}}

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| author = Chris van Abkoude

| title_orig = Pietje Bell boeken

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| country = Netherlands

| genre = Children's literature

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| media_type = Print, audiobook

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Pietje Bell is a series of children's books written by the Dutch author Chris van Abkoude.{{Cite web |url=http://www.kb.nl/themas/kinderboeken-en-strips/klassieke-kinderboeken/pietje-bell |title=Pietje Bell | Koninklijke Bibliotheek |access-date=2015-07-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141223220055/http://www.kb.nl/themas/kinderboeken-en-strips/klassieke-kinderboeken/pietje-bell |archive-date=2014-12-23 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://www.oudejeugdboeken.nl/klassiekers/abcoude|title=Kruimeltje, Pietje Bell, Hollandsche jongens, (Christiaan van Abkoude)|publisher=}}

The story has been adapted to film twice. Once, in 1964, as De Avonturen van Pietje Bell, by Henk van der Linden and again in 2002 and 2003 by Maria Peters. {{citation needed|date=January 2022}}

In 2003, Ruud Bos adapted the novel into a musical called Pietje Bell de Musical.

Dick Matena also adapted the novel into a comic book album.{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/m/matena.htm|title=Dick Matena|publisher=}}