The other children have bikes and drive together to the place where the sailing yacht of the Queen will pass by.

In Israel, the series Children's Everywhere, which also includes Dirk Lives in Holland, was a great success, thanks to the translations of the poet Leah Goldberg.

[1] In 2014, Israeli director Dvorit Shargal shot a 50-minute documentary titled Where Is Elle Kari and What Happened to Noriko-san?.

In it, Astrid Lindgren recalls her visit to Holland, where she created the book together with Anna Riwkin.

Bjornen Sobel believes that the book gives an insight into the Netherlands and the lifestyle of the people in the 1950s.