The illustrations are of old masters paintings. The setting is in a small town that has a beautiful wind mill and a dyke that holds back the water. Peter is a small boy who has a large way of getting into trouble. When Peter asked his mother to avoid Sunday morning church service so he could visit and read to a blind man, Mr. Schuyler, who lives five miles up the canal. She gave him a lunch and a pie for Mr. Schuyler.

Barely out of his mother's sight, Peter ate the pie. He didn't like the lunch, so he killed and had a fire to grill the squirrel. Peter discovered a small leak in the dyke. Knowing even a small leak can cause a big problem, he wrapped a handkerchief around his finger to stop the leaking. Finally, it the night, the water was stopped.

Now Peter needed help getting home. Along came the most wicked man of the small town. Captain Blauvelt went back to town and gathered a group of men to help. Peter was now known as a hero, rather than a trouble maker. ( )

This book is about a boy who prevents a flood from hitting his village. It took such courage and bravery to pull this off! ( )

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Incredible paintings byThomas Locker make this book a wonderful delight for eyes. He uses the style of the old Dutch masters, appropriate, I think for this legend of the hole in the dike and boy who held back the sea. ( )

this book is about a boy who saves his entire village from a flood. he got the courage and bravery to do what he needed to help

ages-3-5
sources- pierce county library