A Day on Skates: The Story of a Dutch Picnic is a children's novel by Hilda van Stockum. The novel, illustrated by the author, was first published in 1934 and was a Newbery Honor recipient in 1935. The foreword is by Edna St. Vincent Millay. When winter finally brings snow and ice to their Frisian village, nine-year-old twins Evert and Afke and their classmates are delighted when their teacher announces that the class is going on an all-day ice skating picnic. A public domain online edition of A Day on Skates: The Story of a Dutch Picnic, a 1935 Newbery Honor Book, is available at A Celebration of Women Writers. See also Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates References External links Online edition of Day on Skates 1934 American novels American children's novels Newbery Honor-winning works Novels set in the Netherlands 1934 children's books