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To start with there was Shora. Shora was a fishing village in Holland. It lay on the shore of the North Sea in Friesland, tight against the dike. May… - Meindert DeJong
" "To start with there was Shora. Shora was a fishing village in Holland. It lay on the shore of the North Sea in Friesland, tight against the dike. Maybe that was why it was called Shora. It had some houses and a church and tower. In five of those houses lived the six school children of Shora, so that is important. There were a few more houses, but in those houses lived no children— just old people. They were, well, just old people, so they weren't too important. There were more children, too, but young children, toddlers, not school children— so that is not so important either.
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About Meindert DeJong
Meindert DeJong (4 March 1906 - 16 July 1991) was an author of children's books, and a recipient of the Newbery Medal and Hans Christian Andersen Medal for his works.
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