| Description |
1 online resource. |
| Contents |
Title; Contents; Preface; A Letter from Holland; Hans and Gretel; Holland; The Silver Skates; Hans and Gretel Find a Friend; Shadows in the Home; Sunbeams; Hans Has His Way; Introducing Jacob Poot and His Cousin; The Festival of Saint Nicholas; What the Boys Saw and Did in Amsterdam; Big Manias and Little Oddities; On the Way to Haarlem; A Catastrophe; Hans; Homes; HaarlemThe Boys Hear Voices; The Man With Four Heads; Friends in Need; On the Canal; Jacob Poot Changes the Plan; Mynheer Kleef and His Bill of Fare; The Red Lion Becomes Dangerous; Before the Court; The Beleaguered Cities; Leyden. |
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The Palace in the Wood; The Merchant Prince and the Sister-Princess; Through the Hague; A Day of Rest; Homeward Bound; Boys and Girls; The Crisis; Gretel and Hilda; The Awakening; Bones and Tongues; A New Alarm; The Father's Return; The Thousand Guilders; Glimpses; Looking For Work; The Fairy Godmother; The Mysterious Watch; A Discovery; The Race; Joy in the Cottage; Mysterious Disappearance of Thomas Higgs; Broad Sunshine; Conclusion; Endnotes. |
| Summary |
Originally published in 1865, this classic has been adopted into the canon of children's literature. In the tale, young protagonist Hans Brinker wants more than anything to win a local speed-skating race -- and to get his hands on the beautiful silver skates awarded to the winner. Faced with a series of tragedies and tribulations, Hans makes sacrifices for the benefit of those around him and inspires others to virtue in the process. A must-read for fans of Aesop's Fables ... |
| Note |
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (OverDrive viewed, June 13, 2012). |
| Subject |
Brothers and sisters -- Juvenile fiction.
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Skating -- Juvenile fiction.
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Netherlands -- Juvenile fiction.
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Brothers and sisters -- Fiiction.
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Ice skating -- Fiction.
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Netherlands -- Fiction. |
| Genre |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
OverDrive, Inc.
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| ISBN |
9781620123140 ODE (electronic bk.) |
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1620123142 ODE (electronic bk.) |
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