Hilda van Stockum

Dear Hilda Von Stockum's children,
I've recently discovered your mother's books through Audible and LOVE them. I am so sorry to hear of her passing; though she seems to have led a happy long life.

I am 58yo and suffer from chronic pain and PTSD. Because of this I mostly listen to children's books; it makes me feel safe and allows the child's mind within me to still wander freely and happily. I love the Mitchell's series and leave them on a continuous loop throughout the...

I am glad to have found this site. I read The Winged Watchman in the 1960s, as a child, and learned far more about the history of World War II, and about Dutch culture, than I learned from formal lessons in school. When a professor here in the Bay Area published a book about the hidden Jewish children of the Netherlands during the occupation. I immediately remembered little Trixie who was raised as Joris' and Dirk Jan's sister. and I have never forgotten Joris' parents and Father Kobus, who...

I Love You

What an absolutely beautiful woman Hilda van Stockum was. Your descriptions, especially Olga's brought tears of gratitude, joy, and conviction to my eyes. I want to be like her. It is true--we are living letters of God, and she is truly a beautiful one.
Thanks be to God.

I first read The Borrowed House when I was eleven years old, and I could not get the story or the characters out of my mind. A few years after I wanted to read it again, and was horrified to find out that it was out of print and no one knew where to find it. I spoke to everyone I knew about this wonderful book until one day a lady from my church came to my house with it in her hand. She had found it in a library in a neighboring town and checked it out for me. I was so happy to be able to...

I first read King Oberon's Forest as a young girl. Fifty-some years later, I still love it and will be sharing it with my grandson as soon as he's old enough. I had no idea how many other wonderful books Ms. van Stockum had written! Suffice it to say I plan to read them all. The magic of her writing is truly timeless - What a wonderful gift she leaves behind.

Hilda van Stockum was my favorite author for years as a child; I read and reread her works. The Winged Watchman was a special favorite, although I loved the children of Bantry Bay and the Mitchell family as well. I've always thought Andries was an underappreciated novel! Her illustrations and her writing were both magical. In about 1966, when I was about 9 years old, I wrote her a fan letter; and, to my amazement, she sent me a Christmas card, of a snowman, drawn by her, of course. How...

To you all, my very belated condolences. I'm prompted to write having just opened the copy of "Penengro" inscribed to my mother Olga by Hilda (with a charming little cartoon of a skater). When I opened the book out fell a flier for the exhibition of "Paintings by the Family Marlin" at the van der Straeten Galleries (NYC) I guess around 1973? I still have a number of (much-treasured) sketches and one or two small paintings of Hilda's given to my mother (a sculptor), and saw by a quite...