Tales Told in Holland | 
panThis book was published in 1916, so I was really hoping to like it as an antique treasure. Unfortunately the storytelling wandered confusingly. Many of the illustrations were supposed to be “kid versions” of famous Dutch paintings. Why not have the original paintings? Sexist and racist materials in some that doesn‘t surprise me, really, but does annoy me. The stories didn‘t draw me in enough. It was a mix of folk tales and historical retellings.
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