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Wheel on the School

Meindert Dejong (1954), 312 pages
Illustrated by Maurice Sendak
Audience: 4th Grade - 6th Grade
Category: Classic, Fiction
The schoolchildren in the Dutch fishing village of Shora wonder why storks no longer nest there. They work together to place a wagon wheel on the school roof so the birds will have a safe place to build nests, and in the process, the whole village comes together in a new way. This gentle story is a bit slow to get started, but as it progresses, life in a small fishing village comes alive.
Awards won: John Newbery Medal
Reviewed by: msp
Date read: 2/24/2011
ISBN-10: 0060215852
ISBN-13: 9780060215859