Hans Brinker (or The Silver Skates) by Mary Maples DodgeThe 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

” — Book Riot

3-7) --Kirkus "2/15/18"

With observant eyes and beautiful prose

She shows us how she was ultimately repaid with his love and devotion

is what excites her

“The ride from book to comic can be bumpy

from generation to generation

as an undergraduate at Florence University of the Arts

muted palette

Sophie lives in the city

and the Pushcart Prize Anthology

pulling the elements together into a concise