Meindert De Jong
(1906 - 1991)
Meindert De Jong (March 4, 1906 – July 16, 1991), sometimes spelled de Jong, or DeJong or Dejong was a Dutch-born American writer of children’s books. He won the international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1962 for his contributions as a children’s writer.
Bibliography
Bells of the Harbor (1941)
Heavy fog on New Year's Eve and if Dirk had not heard the cry of Jan's cat, all the men from the wrecked Norwegian ship might have drowned. Dirk and Jan share many adventures on land, preparing to become fishermen, but first they must overcome the vow Dirk's mother made that no son of hers would ever go to sea.
The Big Goose and the Little White Duck (1963)
A boy buys a big goose and the goose’s friend, a little duck, as pets for his mother, but grandfather wants goose for dinner.
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Collier’s Junior Classics Volume 4 (1962)
Eighteen stories set in different countries.
Marie McSwigan
L. M. Montgomery
Johanna Spyri
Edith Unnerstad
Hilda van Stockum
Et al
Maurice Sendak
Louis Slobodkin
Kurt Wiese
Et al
Dirk’s Dog, Bello (1939)
A little Dutch boy helps rescue a Great Dane washed up on the dike of his village. But the large dog eats so much that he becomes a problem that only the whole village can solve.
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The Wheel on the School (1954)
Overcoming many obstacles, a group of children work together with their Dutch village to bring the storks back.