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AMSTERDAM, LUXEMBOURG & BRUSSELS
For Kids
Hans Brinker or The Silver Skates
• Mary Mapes Dodge
LITERATURE •
2002 •
PAPER
• 256 PAGES
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
The beloved 1865 children's book, exhaustive in its detail of daily life in 19th-century Holland. The impoverished Brinker children yearn for a pair of silver skates, but they must make do with skates of wood -- unless Hans can win the annual skating competition. It's a children's classic -- and the source of the famous tale of the boy who plugged a dike with his thumb. Ages 9-12
(NTH40, $17.95) |
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The Wheel on the School
• Meindert DeJong
• Maurice Sendak
LITERATURE •
1972 •
PAPER
• 298 PAGES
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
In this Newbery Award-winning book, the six school children of Shora, in the Netherlands, want the storks to come back to their village. DeJong draws a loving portrait of Holland in this inspiring novel, recommended for children ages 9-12.
(NTH27, $6.95) |
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Anne Frank Remembered
• Miep Gies
• Allison Leslie Gold
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •
1988 •
PAPER
• YOUNG ADULTS
A memoir of Anne, the Frank family and occupied Amsterdam by Miep Gies, who with her husband and colleagues hid and protected the Franks through much of World War II. It's an excellent view of the Franks' predicament from outside the annex's walls, and a highly recommended companion volume to the diary. Ages 12 to adult.
(NTH59, $14.00) |
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Hieronymus Bosch
• Gary Schwartz
ART & ARCHITECTURE •
1997 •
HARD COVER
• 92 PAGES
• YOUNG ADULTS
An Abrams "First Impressions" book, this young person's biography of the perennially intriguing painter Bosch includes a full-color gatefold reproduction of his "Garden of Earthly Delights." Little is known about Bosch's life, but the author fills the gaps with some surmises and much information about daily life in 15th-century Holland. Witth 55 illustrations (36 in color). Ages 11-15.
(NTH65, $19.95) |
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