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Adapted from a story that was first published in Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates by M.M. Dodge, this book retells the tale of the little boy whose resourcefulness and courage saved his country from being destroyed by the ocean.

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Norma Green

Norma Green

1925 - 2010
American
Norma Green, who has retold this story, is an editor and artist as well as an author, and has had many showings of her paintings in Connecticut and ... See more
Eric Carle

Eric Carle

1929 -
German American
Eric Carle has always been a fascinated observer of nature, and he shares this enthusiasm with his readers in many of his beloved picture books, fro... See more

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Reviews

Kirkus Reviews

The Hole in the Dike
Norma Green resurrects this story by Mary Mapes Dodge (who had never been to the Netherlands herself) because, in her words,...

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