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A selection of the donated books and works from the Koninklijke Bibliotheek, National Library of the Netherlands

Children's books

  • Hello Tommies by Johan Fruytier. - [S.l.] : S.J.P. Bakker, [ca. 1945].
    A bilingual (Dutch-English) educational book teaching how to learn Dutch for the Canadian soldiers and how Dutch people can learn English.
  • De Wonderboom het sprookje der bevrijding by To Hölscher; illustrations by Hetty Kluytmans.
    's-Gravenhage ; Batavia : G.B. van Goor. Zonen's uitgeversmaatschappij, 1947.
    The Miracle Tree is a fairy tale about the liberation of the Netherlands, where a magic tree grows maple leaves.
  • De Kleine Parade. Text and illustrations by Rein van Looy
    This picture book depicts children playing with Canadian soldiers. Rein van Looy became a celebrated children's book illustrator.

Guide books, history, commemorative publications

  • All about Amsterdam, a guide book for Canadian soldiers in the Netherlands, the illustrations are by Mart Kemper who illustrated the picture book Hi Ha Canada.
  • Canadeezen bouwen bruggen : de geschiedenis van het Tweede Bataljon der "Royal Canadian Engineers", 1940-1945 / uit het Engelsch vert. door J. Wagenaar. - Zutphen : Ruys, 1945.
    A publication on bridges built by the Royal Canadian Engineers Second Battalion.
  • Bevrijders als vaders, twintig intervieuws met kinderen van Canadese bevrijders by Kate Simms. - Anima, 2000.
    Liberators as fathers, twenty interviews with children of Canadian liberators.
  • De bevrijding van Groningen by W.K.J.J. van Ommen Kloeke ; met een voorw.
    van P.J. van Winter en E.J. Werkman. - Assen : Van Gorcum, 1945.
    A description of the liberation of the city of Groningen with two removable maps of the Canadian advance.

Collection of songs, posters and postcards

  • Trees heeft een Canadees.
    A collection of songs including the very popular "Trees has her Canadian".
  • De Vliegende Hollander 10 mei 1945 - Duitschland capituleert. Reprint 1970.
    A reprint of the capitulation of Germany in The Netherlnads signed by B. L. Montgomery, Field Marsh