Project Gutenberg 2021-07-23 Public domain in the USA. 85 Heijermans, Ida (Ida Sarah) 1866 1943 Wildschut, George 1883 1966 Wildschut, G. Wildschut, George‏ (George Petrus Wilhelmus) Zoo mooi als zonneschijn. Het Kaarsemannetje Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg "Zoo mooi als zonneschijn. Het Kaarsemannetje" by Ida Heijermans is a children's story written in the early 20th century. This tale weaves together fantasy and morality, exploring themes of love, loss, and the essence of true happiness through the eyes of its young protagonists. The initial narrative focuses on a blind king suffering from the heartache of not being able to see his beloved children, especially his youngest daughter, Wanda. The opening of the story introduces the blind king, who has returned home victorious from war, yet emotionally defeated by his inability to see. His dreams lead him to seek something "as beautiful as sunshine" to heal his blindness, prompting a quest among his children. Wanda expresses her determination to join her brothers in the search, defying her father’s protective instincts. In parallel, the tale of a young girl named Milly is also begun, who copes with loneliness and longing for familial love in the wake of her mother's death and her father's absence. The blend of these two narratives sets the stage for a poignant exploration of vision, both physical and emotional, through the quest for joy and connection. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 81.6 (6th grade). Easy to read. nl Children's stories, Dutch PZ Text Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 188652 2025-06-26T06:52:10.973436 text/html 156512 2024-10-18T15:07:28 text/html 2610703 2025-06-26T06:52:22.763395 application/epub+zip 2612139 2025-06-26T06:52:16.191454 application/epub+zip 124712 2025-06-26T06:52:12.878407 application/epub+zip 4342274 2025-06-26T06:52:26.322344 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 4322076 2025-06-26T06:52:19.552386 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 184424 2022-09-29T16:36:45.754587 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 110102 2025-06-26T06:52:09.886438 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 90165 2024-10-18T15:07:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16899 2025-06-26T06:52:26.491347 application/rdf+xml 17233 2025-06-26T06:52:12.972410 image/jpeg 2801 2025-06-26T06:52:12.926408 image/jpeg 2466425 2025-06-26T06:52:11.143427 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog nl.wikipedia nl.wikipedia