In a Dutch village, six children strive to bring storks back, uniting their community in a heartfelt quest.
In a Dutch village, six children strive to bring storks back, uniting their community in a heartfelt quest.
Why do the storks no longer come to the little Dutch fishing village of Shora to nest? It was Lina, one of the six schoolchildren who first asked the question, and she set the others to wondering. And sometimes when you begin to wonder, you begin to make things happen. So the children set out to bring the storks back to Shora. The force of their vision put the whole village to work until at last the dream began to come true. Winner, 1955 Newbery Medal Notable Children's Books of 1940–1970 (ALA) ...
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