BLOG VIEWS | 40K – Top Posts

Hilda van Stockum (1908-2006)

This blog is about  the life, family, art and writing of Hilda van Stockum. 

It has just passed 40,000 page views.

Thank you for reading. Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and Best Wishes for 2017.

Below are the ten most-viewed posts during the last month.

PATSY AND THE PUP | "My Favorite Book," says Hachi...
Mar 31, 2016, 4 comments
HILDA VAN STOCKUM | Nov. 1–10th Anniversary of Her...
Oct 30, 2016
BRAM VAN STOCKUM | Expedition 1902-03
May 8, 2016
WW2 BOOKS | HvS Classic Jumps to #6 from #11 on Go...
Dec 23, 2015
HILDA VAN STOCKUM | Links to Relatives
Jun 7, 2016, 1 comment
KIN | Boissevain Reunion, April 16-17, 2016, Amste...
Oct 8, 2015
ART | HvS Collections, Exhibits, Sales (Updated No...
Oct 25, 2015
HvS | Eleven Poems
Oct 2, 2016, 1 comment
HvS | RHA Exhibitions, 1990-2000
Sep 16, 2016
BOISSEVAIN | Gens 0-6 (Updated July 1, 2016)
Mar 30, 2016

HvS | Nov. 1–10th Anniversary of Her Death

Spike, 1909-1994 (L) and Hilda van Stockum
Marlin, 1908-2006. Photo taken in NJ in 1971.

Nov. 1–Hilda van Stockum died this day, All Saints Day, in 2006. This is the 10th anniversary of her death, and it was celebrated with the issue of a new (2016) edition of her 1975 book The Borrowed House, originally published by Farrar Straus.

The family HvS Remembrances post has recently been updated

Here are some of HvS's many obituaries and appreciations:

USA
New York Times, Nov. 4, 2006, New York Sun, Nov. 3, 2006, Children's Literature Network, Bethlehem Books, Publishers Weekly, Horn Book, Ana Braga-Henebry's Journal, Love2Learn Mom, Top Ten Sources - Children's Media, Hiram Library, Karen Edmisten Blog, Mailgate.
CANADA Toronto Globe and Mail, Nov. 2, 2006, National Post, Nov. 9, 2006.
IRELAND Irish Times, Nov. 18, 2006.
UK Books for Keeps, Jan. 2007, Berkhamsted Gazette, Nov. 8, 2006, World People's Blog, Achockoblog (Achuka).  

Reissued in 2016.

NETHERLANDS (in Dutch) Het Parool (Amsterdam, WWII Underground Resistance Newspaper), Nov. 9, 2006, Leesplein. 
GERMANY (in German) German-Language Wikipedia.  
KENYA Daily Nation, Nairobi, Nov. 14, 2006, p. 38. 
NEW ZEALAND Dorothy Neal White Newsletter. 

Related Posts: HvS English-Language Wikipedia Entry . HvS Dutch-Language Wikipedia Entry . Her brother Willem . European Pilgrimage 1954-55 . New Purple House Press Edition of The Borrowed House . Remembrances by Her Family (Updated to 2016)