Hans BrinkerOR THE SILVER SKATESReading editionChapter navigation50 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…OR THE SILVER SKATESPrefaceA LETTER FROM HOLLANDHans and GretelHollandThe Silver SkatesHans and Gretel Find a FriendShadows in the HomeSunbeamsHans Has His WayIntroducing Jacob Poot and His CousinThe Festival of Saint NicholasWhat the Boys Saw and Did in AmsterdamBig Manias and Little OdditiesOn the Way to HaarlemA CatastropheHansHomesHaarlem—The Boys Hear VoicesThe Man With Four HeadsFriends in NeedOn the CanalJacob Poot Changes the PlanMynheer Kleef and His Bill of FareThe Red Lion Becomes DangerousBefore the CourtThe Beleaguered CitiesLeydenThe Palace in the WoodThe Merchant Prince and the Sister-PrincessThrough the HagueA Day of RestHomeward BoundBoys and GirlsThe CrisisGretel and HildaThe AwakeningBones and TonguesA New AlarmThe Father’s ReturnThe Thousand GuildersGlimpsesLooking For WorkThe Mysterious WatchA DiscoveryThe RaceJoy in the CottageMysterious Disappearance of Thomas HiggsBroad SunshineConclusionBeginning of this editionNext chapter →PrefaceAll chapters and sections (50)OR THE SILVER SKATESPrefaceA LETTER FROM HOLLANDHans and GretelHollandThe Silver SkatesHans and Gretel Find a FriendShadows in the HomeSunbeamsHans Has His WayIntroducing Jacob Poot and His CousinThe Festival of Saint NicholasWhat the Boys Saw and Did in AmsterdamBig Manias and Little OdditiesOn the Way to HaarlemA CatastropheHansHomesHaarlem—The Boys Hear VoicesThe Man With Four HeadsFriends in NeedOn the CanalJacob Poot Changes the PlanMynheer Kleef and His Bill of FareThe Red Lion Becomes DangerousBefore the CourtThe Beleaguered CitiesLeydenThe Palace in the WoodThe Merchant Prince and the Sister-PrincessThrough the HagueA Day of RestHomeward BoundBoys and GirlsThe CrisisGretel and HildaThe AwakeningBones and TonguesA New AlarmThe Father’s ReturnThe Thousand GuildersGlimpsesLooking For WorkThe Mysterious WatchA DiscoveryThe RaceJoy in the CottageMysterious Disappearance of Thomas HiggsBroad SunshineConclusionBy Mary Mapes DodgePreface →