Thursday, January 15, 2015

Hi, I am reading the Greatest Skating Race to our GR Montessori students grades 1 to 3 over a few weeks. History and adventure is mixed to create an exciting class.  Paul 


Greatest Skating Race: A World War II Story from the Netherlands


"You're a strong skater, Piet, and you have a quick mind. This is why I know you'll succeed in this important task. I wouldn't ask you to do this if I didn't know it could be done." In 1941 Piet, a young Dutch boy from Sluis, gets the assignment of a lifetime: He must skate along the frozen canals of the Netherlands and across the Belgian border, in order to guide two neig ...more

Hardcover, 48 pages
Published October 1st 2004 by Margaret K. McElderry Books 


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