Title The wheel on the school / by Meindert DeJong ; pictures by Maurice Sendak

Edition First British edition Published London : Lutterworth Press, 1956

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MELB SPCBC	819 Dejong Mei/Wot		LIB USE ONLY

Description 298 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm Summary A group of Dutch school children wishes to entice back the storks which used to roost on the roof, and although the search for a nesting wheel is difficult, the children persevere until they succeed Notes Awarded the Newbery Medal for 1955 First published: New York : Harper, 1954 Audience For children Notes Newbery Medal, 1955 Subject School children -- Netherlands -- Juvenile fiction. Storks -- Juvenile fiction. Storks -- Netherlands -- Juvenile fiction. Superstition -- Juvenile fiction. SUBJECT Netherlands -- Social life and customs http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh89000652 -- Juvenile fiction. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001687 Genre/Form Fiction. Author Sendak, Maurice. LC no. cvx00103502 ISBN 0718809742

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