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Windmills and wooden shoes

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The narrative follows Dutch siblings Jan and Katrina and their friends as they carry out everyday life in a small Dutch community: chores like milking cows, churning butter, selling milk; play and games; visits to windmills and barges; cultural details such as wooden shoes, storks' nests, blue-and-white dishes, dikes and canals; seasonal events including sleigh rides, St. Nicholas and Christmas; songs and simple illustrated scenes intended for classroom use. Episodes are short and episodic, combining practical descriptions of customs and landscape with domestic scenes to familiarize young readers with Holland's rhythms and material culture.

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Title: Windmills and wooden shoes

Author: Maude M. Grant

Illustrator: Bess Bruce Cleaveland

Release date: January 20, 2019 [eBook #58732]

Language: English

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Because the chapters are relatively short, the illustrations have been placed to best suit the chapter sizes.

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