The Wheel on the School
Dutch schoolgirl Lina's composition about storks began the children's campaign to bring storks back to their village.
Dutch schoolgirl Lina's composition about storks began the children's campaign to bring storks back to their village.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780060215859 (0060215852)
Publish date: October 20th 1954
Publisher: HarperCollins
Pages no: 298
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...