Our Little Dutch Cousin

A bride’s carriage rattles past—and sugar-plums rain onto the road. Pieter and Wilhelmina race after every last sweet in their wooden shoes.

In Holland, where canals run beside gardens and a bridge can be a garden gate, the twins’ days are full of family customs and small wonders. At home, polished copper gleams, the baby kicks in his carved cradle, and their mother prepares fine china for a visitor from Amsterdam. But Pieter and Wilhelmina are also looking forward to their American cousin Theodore’s visit: what will he make of their snug Dutch world, and what will they discover together?

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