Third graders love Hans Brinker, or the Silver Skates—and reading it will open a whole new world to them as they study Holland. Holland has a special place in the development of our government as a temporary refuge for the Pilgrims, as a bulwark of religious toleration, and as one of the cultures that greatly impacted the United States through immigration and the formerly Dutch colonies of New York and New Jersey. Link the study of Dutch art and create special "Dutch Day” celebration described in The StoneBridge Art Guide.