Day on Skates: The Story of a Dutch Picnic - Hilda Van Stockum

60th anniversary reprint edition of a Newbery Honor book. A DAY ON SKATES: THE STORY OF A DUTCH PICNIC is back with its charming look at Dutch life - a glimpse both timeless in its insights & nostalgic in its portrayal of a time past. A new introduction by the author is added to the original foreword written by Edna St. Vincent Millay. Expert storyteller Hilda van Stockum went on to write & illustrate nearly twenty books for children between the years 1934 & 1976. A DAY ON SKATES is the first of the projected Hilda van Stockum Family Collection reprint library from Bethlehem Books. Young Evert & Afke have the best of school teachers; one who has the good Dutch sense to know that the first days of freeze on the canals are too precious to waste in a classroom. Teacher & class bundle up & don skates for a day's adventurous trip to the town of Snaek. Humor, new friends & good companionship make this journey into Holland's colorful past a treat indeed. The many line drawings & 7 full-color watercolors wonderfully extend the fun & authentic feel for Dutch life in the early part of this century. Sewn paper & hardcover available from Bethlehem Books, R1 Box 137A, Minto, ND 58261. Phone: 701-248-3866.Van Stockum, Hilda is the author of 'Day on Skates: The Story of a Dutch Picnic - Hilda Van Stockum' with ISBN 9781883937027 and ISBN 1883937027.