{"id":3027,"date":"2014-10-31T18:11:50","date_gmt":"2014-10-31T18:11:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/?p=3027"},"modified":"2014-10-31T18:11:50","modified_gmt":"2014-10-31T18:11:50","slug":"creepy-buses-in-the-netherlands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/creepy-buses-in-the-netherlands\/","title":{"rendered":"Creepy Buses in the Netherlands"},"content":{"rendered":"

Halloween is the day of spoken<\/em> and heksen<\/em> and pompoenen<\/em> and skeletten<\/em>. Young and old dress up in een kostuum<\/em> and walk around their neighborhood asking for snoep<\/em>. I have great memories of Halloween throughout my life, and it is a day I really enjoy! Although in the Netherlands Halloween isn\u2019t as big as in the U.S., I decided to dedicate this post to Halloween with scary children\u2019s stories from the Netherlands.<\/p>\n

Paul van Loon, born in April 17, 1955, is a Dutch children\u2019s book writer. His style of writing combines scary stories with humor. In 2008, he was awarded the Orde van Oranje Nassau<\/em> for his contributions to the Dutch culture. He has published over 100 books and is very well known in the Netherlands.<\/p>\n

De Griezelbus<\/em> is a series of books by van Loon. The story takes place in Kinderboekenweek<\/em> and Group 7 of Tulip Elementary School is invited by the writer Onnoval to take to a ride in the Griezelbus<\/em>. Onnoval will read a few stories from his collection; these stories are about items in the bus as well as Onnoval himself. Little do the children know that they are in what will become the ride of their lives.<\/p>\n

In 2005, De Griezelbus<\/em> was made into a movie. I am including the movie trailer, but don\u2019t forget that the books are always better than the movie!<\/p>\n

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