The Little Riders Author:Margaretha Shemin, Peter Spier (Illustrator) "Take care of the little riders," says Johanna's father to the eleven-year-old when he leaves her with his parents for an extended vacation in their Dutch village. And Johanna does. She loves the twelve metal figures on horseback who ride forth each hour from the clock on the ancient church tower. She would do anything to protect t... more »hem, anything. And one night she risks her life to prove it.
Set during the Second World War when the German army occupied Holland, The Little Riders is an exciting, moving adventure story, just right for reading aloud.« less
Story of Johanna who leaves her father to live with her grandparents in Holland during WWII. The story is about how the town preserved the special metal figures on their town church clock tower from the Nazi's. Very good story with a happy ending.