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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.

The friendship of a little red hen and a homeless dog who appoints himself her protector ‘is treated by the author with delicacy and strength in lovely and lucid prose.’ —C."A moving story, full of suspense." —H.

Siebren could hardly believe it - here he was walking with his grandfather all the way to Aunt Hinka's - in the dark too! Now he and Grandpa had reached the marsh. It was alive with ten hundred thousand fireflies darting in the night and frogs booming at them. But Grandpa said it was dangerous, too - they had to keep on the path - when SPLASH Grandpa fell in! Aunt Hinka came to the rescue in her little boat just in time! Oh, what a menacing and magical journey it was from Peppermint Street.

Tien Pao and piglet he names "Glory-of-the-Republic" after baby sister "Beauty-of-the-Republic" drift free in storm downriver back to Japanese territory. Following tiny mountain trails back to parents, he meets American aviator. Guerillas sneak them free. Based on real story of boy adopted by squadron of sixty flyers in bunkhouse.

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.

Книга американского писателя, уроженца Голландии о жизни ребят в голландской деревне начала XX века.