Hans Brinker (or The Silver Skates) by Mary Maples Dodge gardening with children birds that give gifts and

birds that give gifts and birds that steal

the things to do

illustrated by Lois Ehlert

but useful and deserving of respect

her spirituality

Hans Brinker (or The Silver Skates) by Mary Maples Dodge gardening with children birds that give gifts andThe prize for winning the canal race is a pair of silver skates, but how can Hans or his sister, Gretel, hope to win skating with their handmade wooden skates? Since falling from a dike and hitting his head Hans' father has been unable to work, forcing Hans, Gretel, and their mother to find ways to pay the bills. With barely enough to go around there isn't much left over for fancy skates, but when Hans saves up enough for his own pair and a chance to