A vain mermaid tangled in a fisherman’s net, a boy who wanted more cheese, a princess with twenty petticoats and the kabouters who live among the church bells fill these stories from the Low Countries. Griffis, who knew both Holland and Japan, even sends a Japanese oni wandering into a Dutch cellar full of pickled herring and sauerkraut.
A charming window on Dutch folklore, windmills, dikes and all, pitched for children who like their magic with a sense of place. Download the free EPUB.