Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates (Dover Juvenile Classics)
Set against a backdrop of frozen canals in a winter wonderland, the year's most exciting event in a little Dutch village is about to take place. But will Hans Brinker and his sister Gretel, with their hand-carved wooden skates, be able to compete against their well-trained young friends who own...
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Set against a backdrop of frozen canals in a winter wonderland, the year's most exciting event in a little Dutch village is about to take place. But will Hans Brinker and his sister Gretel, with their hand-carved wooden skates, be able to compete against their well-trained young friends who own fine steel blades?
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780486428420 (0486428427)
ASIN: 486428427
Publish date: February 28th 2003
Publisher: Dover Publications
Pages no: 288
Edition language: English
I read this as a kid. I still have the book, a hardcover from the 50s! Gray blue woth a rectangular picture of the twokids skating down the canals. This and A Dog of Flanders were how I pictured Holland. It was so strange to visit these places as an adult. In fact, A Dog of Flanders took place in B...
Holland. Winter. A skating competition. Brother and sister. Mystery. 8+. Enough said.
One of my favorite stories from childhood.
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