Tales Told in Holland
by Olive Beaupre Miller Editor, Maud & Miska Petersham Illustrator
This book was designed to reveal in a way most interesting to the child all sides of Dutch life - Dutch history, Dutch art, Dutch Literature, Dutch geography, Dutch customs, and, withal, the Dutchman's sense of humor, his love of cleanliness and thrift, his sturdy independence and the character of his fancies. The collection stories in this book are richly illustrated on every page and compile legends and folk tales from all different parts of the Netherlands.
Additional Details
- Resource Type
- Book
- Print Status
- Out of Print
- Stories
- 45
- Pages
- 190
- Suggested Grades
- Early Years - 5th
- Geographical Setting
- Netherlands
- Publisher
- The Book House for Children, Chicago
- Copyright
- 1950
- Written
- 1926
Stories
- 1 Altchen and Berend-John (A tale from the province of Overyssel) page 7
- 2 The Mermaid of Edam ( A Tale from the province of North Holland) page 17
- 3 Ten, Ten's the House (poem) page 23
- 4 The Lady of Stavoren (A tale from the Province of Friesland) page 24
- 5 The Domine of Urk (poem) page 30
- 6 Klumperty and his Wifie (poem) page 31
- 7 The Courtship of Hilbert and Japiky (A tale from the Province of Drente) page 32
- 8 A Wind Mill (poem) page 40
- 9 It's Raining, It's Gaining (poem) page 41
- 10 Abel Stok's Difficult Task (A tale told from the Province of Groningen) page 42
- 11 Aunty Luce (poem) page 46
- 12 The Giants and the Dwarfs (a tale told from the Province of Gelderland) page 47
- 13 Bim, Bam, Beggs (poem) page 55
- 14 Hansy Knipperdollety (poem) page 56
- 15 I Crossed the River Maas, Laridaas (poem) page 57
- 16 The Cat's Cup of Vlarrdingen (a tale from the Province of South Holland) page 58
- 17 Narr-a-narr-a-nart (poem) page 63
- 18 Zacharius and his Sister (poem) page 64
- 19 Jakie, Stand Still (poem) page 65
- 20 Hans Hannekemaier in Middleburg (a tale of the Province of Zeeland) page 66
- 21 Hans Hannekemaier in Hindeloopen, page 73
- 22 Amsterdam, that Great Big Town (poem) page 75
- 23 Mother, may I go out? (poem) page 76
- 24 Black Wilhelmine (poem) page 77
- 25 The Wise Men of Kampen, page 78
- 26 Lady, will you Forbid your Little Boy? (poem) page 85
- 27 The Dutch Puppet Show, page 86
- 28 The St. Nicholas Legend, page 88
- 29 The Stork (poem) page 92
- 30 Little, Little Laddykin, page 93
- 31 The Charlemagne Saga of Sittard (a tale from the Province of Limburg) page 94
- 32 The Basilisk of Utrecht (a tale from the Province of Utrecht) page 98
- 33 The Story of Lady Jacqueline, page 102
- 34 The Glorious, Joyous and Heroic Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel, page 112
- 35 The Capture of Breda (a tale from the Province of North Brabant) page 144
- 36 In the Hague there Lives a Count (poem) page 148
- 37 The Escape of Hugo de Groot, page 149
- 38 Great Days in Holland -Franz Hals (painter 1580-1666) page 152
- 39 Great Days in Holland -Jan Steen (philosopher 1626-1679) page 159
- 40 Great Days in Holland -Rembrandt Van Ryn (painter 1606-1669) page 1562
- 41 Great Days in Holland -Gerard Dou (painter 1613--1675) page 167
- 42 Lazy-Goody Land (poem) Page 168
- 43 Mynheer de Witt (poem) page 170
- 44 The Black Tulip (a tale from the novel by Alexander Dumas) page 171
- 45 The Little Man in the Dog-Cart (a tale from the Province of Gelderland) page 187
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