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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.
Jan and Katrina are Dutch children. They live in a little blue house.
Their house is near a big, brown windmill.
The roof of their house is made of red tile.
Near the chimney is a big stork’s nest.
It is made of sticks and straw.
Jan and Katrina like to watch the storks.
They are glad when the little storks peep out of the nest.