A Day on Skates
Introduction '''''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''