The Wheel on the School
Why do the storks no longer come to the little Dutch fishing village of Shora to nest? It was Lina, one of the six schoolchildren who first asked the question, and she set the others to wondering. And sometimes when you begin to wonder, you begin to make things happen. So the children set out to...
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Why do the storks no longer come to the little Dutch fishing village of Shora to nest? It was Lina, one of the six schoolchildren who first asked the question, and she set the others to wondering. And sometimes when you begin to wonder, you begin to make things happen. So the children set out to bring the storks back to Shora. The force of their vision put the whole village to work until at last the dream began to come true. Winner, 1955 Newbery MedalNotable Children's Books of 1940–1970 (ALA)1963 Lewis Carroll Shelf Award
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780064400213 (0064400212)
ASIN: 64400212
Publish date: April 5th 1972
Publisher: HarperCollins
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Childrens,
Classics,
Academic,
School,
Realistic Fiction,
Juvenile,
Historical Fiction,
Middle Grade,
Animals,
Chapter Books
Very charming story that read much like a fairytale. There weren't any surprises but the heartwarming bits came thick and fast. If I have a complaint, it's that the names are so similar it was hard to keep track: 2 Jans, a Jana, a Janus, and a Janka for instance. And in one family, Lena the mom, Lin...
Gundula and Katri got me thinking of children's books that I read in Swedish. I adored this. I read it in Swedish while I was leaning the language. Actually it is a Dutch author. The book was a envelope sized yellow hardcover with an oval picture on the front. The cover got destroyed, but I still ha...
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