From the inside of dust jacket "The reader will find it hard to forget the Verhagen family - ten-year-old Joris, his older brother Dirk Jan, their parents, little Trixie - snug in their windmill home, 'The Watchman,' during the dark days of the German Occupation of Holland. For four years the war had been going on, and Joris could hardly remember what life had been like before. Now he and Dirk Jan live for, and find, a chance to help the patriots of the Dutch Underground. In this srong and authentice story, Hilda van Stockum brings to life the Holland of World War II - the heroism, dangers, chortages, cruelties, the love that warmed and strengthened families like the Verhagens."

Winged Watchman

Children's Books

Stockum, Hilda Van

Literature & Fiction

Farrar. Straus & Giroux

A beautifully illustrated book for the Holidays about Kersti, a mischievous little girl who is always misbehaving, much to the dismay of her six older sisters and parents. As St. Nicholas Day approaches, Kersti worries that she won't receive any gifts and sets out on an adventure. First published in 1940, this new edition has been abridged and adapted by the author's family to make it more accessible to young readers today.

Kersti and Saint Nicholas

Genre Fiction

Boissevain Books

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