Hilda Van Stockum

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Pegeen
Bethlehem Books, 1996
ISBN 978-1-883937-20-1
Viking Press, 1941

When her grandmother dies, orphaned Pegeen finds a temporary home with the O'Sullivan family and dreads the inevitable day when she must go to live with her uncle in America.

Companion volume to Cottage at Bantry Bay.

Pegeen

Kersti and St. Nicholas
Viking Press, 1940

Kersti, the seventh and naughtiest daughter of the van Disselens, influences even Saint Nicholas and his faithful helper Pieterbass into leaving gifts for the bad children on the Saint's birthday.

Kersti and Saint Nicholas

Francie on the Run
Bethlehem Books, 1997
ISBN 978-1-883937-13-3
Viking Press, 1939

Dutch storyteller Hilda Van Stockum called Francie O'Sullivan her favorite character. He's a spunky little Irish boy with the qualities of Jack the Giant Killer and the boy David. Homesick for his family at Bantry Bay, Francie decides to leave the hospital where he is being treated for his lame foot and walk home even though he's not altogether sure of how to get there.

Companion volume to Cottage at Bantry Bay.

Francie on the Run

Cottage at Bantry Bay
Bethlehem Books, 1995
ISBN 978-1-883937-06-5
Viking Press, 1938

Chronicles the adventures of the four O'Sullivan children living with their family in the south of Ireland by the shores of Bantry Bay.

A Day on Skates: the Story of a Dutch Picnic
Ignatius Press (60th Anniversary edition)
ISBN 978-1-883937-02-7
Harper & Brothers, 1934

The story of a day in Holland when the water freezes and there is ice on the canals.

Awards
1935 Newbery Honor

Day on Skates

Books Illustrated by Hilda van Stockum

Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates
by Mary Mapes Dodge
Collins + World, 1975

A Dutch brother and sister work toward two goals—finding the doctor who can restore their father’s memory and winning the competition for the silver skates.

Hans Briker or the Silver Skates

Bells of Leyden Sing
by Catherine Caty Colbentz
Longmans, Green, 1944

A story of the Pilgrims, set in Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts.

Bells of Leyden Sing

Tilio: a Boy of Papua
by Rudolf Voorhoeve
Lippincott, 1937

A story of a young boy in Papua, New Guinea.

Tilio: a Boy of Papua

Strijd Voor een Molen
by Jan Den Tex
Publisher and publication date unknown

Strijd Voor een Molen

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