When his father runs off with his girlfriend and his distraught mother is admitted to an institution, thirteen-year-old Rits goes to live with his uncle and tries to make the best of his unusual circumstances.
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Materials from Netherlands
Will You Carry Me?
A toddler who’s too tired to walk but a little too big to be carried-add a parent who’s too tired to carry a toddler but not too tired to be creative, and the end result is a journey enjoyable for both of them.
Sparrows
Who knew that rats gladly eat sparrows? Or that dog poo in the street is a great place for a sparrow to find lunch? Or that sparrows like dust baths? Follow one family of sparrows to learn more about their life cycles.
Hans Brinker
The story of Hans Brinker is a true classic, but few still read the novel, which was written in the 1860s. This is a tale of a family sticking together through hardship, and of wishes granted just in the nick of time. The race to win the silver skates is well-known, but the mystery of the watch and the missing riches is equally enticing.
Who Was Anne Frank?
Illustrated biography about Anne Frank and her world.
Anne Frank, Beyond the Diary: A Photographic Remembrance
On Friday, June 12, Anne Frank woke up at six o’clock in the morning. It wasn’t much of a surprise that she was up so early. Today was her birthday. She was 13 years old. Anne received many presents but the most precious was one given her by her parents. It was a hardcover diary, bound in red and white–checkered cloth.
Tamar: A Novel of Espionage, Passion, and Betrayal
In England in 1995, fifteen-year-old Tamar, grief-stricken by the puzzling death of her beloved grandfather, slowly begins to uncover the secrets of his life in the Dutch resistance during the last year of the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands, and the climactic events that forever cast a shadow on his life and that of his family.
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Sam Is Never Scared
Sam feels fearless compared to Max who is afraid of climbing trees and watching scary movies, until Sam learns that everyone is afraid of something.
The Swan’s Child
After Josie’s soldier husband is killed in battle, the animals who inhabit her magical world help her cope with grief by locking away her sorrows.
The Moneylender’s Daughter
In 1637, Adam Windjammer, now 16 years old, confronts danger in the New World as he tries to restore his family’s fortune, while 14-year-old Jade Van Helson struggles in Amsterdam against her moneylender father’s decree that she marry a wealthy, elderly Englishman.