A Day on Skates
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| Author | Hilda van Stockum |
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Publication date | January 1, 1934 |
| Awards | Newbery Honor (1935) |
A Day on Skates: The Story of a Dutch Picnic is a children's novel by Hilda van Stockum. The novel, illustrated by the author, was first published in 1934 and was a Newbery Honor recipient in 1935.[1] The foreword is by Edna St. Vincent Millay.
When winter finally brings snow and ice to their Frisian village, nine-year-old twins Evert and Afke and their classmates are delighted when their teacher announces that the class is going on an all-day ice skating picnic.
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[edit]- ^ "Newbery Medal and Honor Books, 1922-Present". American Library Association. Retrieved 2009-12-30.
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