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Posted: Aug 11 2008 at 12:32am | IP Logged Quote SuzanneG
...Sailed Into Town, by Arnold Lobel

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The story of this demanding, Dutch director-general, Peter Stuyvesant, who arrived in the village at the tip of Manhattan Island....."New Amsterdam" in 1647. Outraged at what he saw, he began taking steps for improvements.

I absolutely love the verse in this book. It's hysterical and very clever!

"All the houses in town are in need of repair,"
Peter shouted. "I loudly decree it!"
This whole dirty place is a total disgrace.
Good Dutchmen, we must beautify it!""

colonial history american dutch colony Amnerica Netherland New Amsterdam Cities Manhattan New York fur trade Indian progress governor leadership

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Posted: Aug 11 2008 at 6:25am | IP Logged Quote CrunchyMom
Isn't that a fun book? It is one I think I grabbed for free when a priest let our group take the books from the school library when his grade school was closed. My boys are still a little young to "get it," (historically) but the rhymes and things are engaging despite that.

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