Holocaust: the events and their impact on real people
© 2007, DK Children. I read this book on a cross-country airplane trip. My first thought, of course, “Oy vey! Another Holocaust book, do we need another Holocaust book?” When I opened it up and began...
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© 2003, Greenwillow Books. Winner of the 2003 Sydney Taylor Book Award for Older Readers. What have we here? A ghost story? An account of demonic possession? Yet another Holocaust story? Actually,...
View ArticleHana’s Suitcase
Illustrated with Black and White photographs © 2003, Albert Whitman & Company. “Really, it’s a very ordinary-looking suitcase. A little tattered around the edges, but in good condition. It’s...
View ArticleOtto: The Autobiography of a Teddy Bear
illustrated by Tomi Ungerer © 2010, Phaidon Press Limited. Otto is a teddy bear that begins his life as a special birthday gift for David, a young German Jewish boy, becomes a trusted friend of the...
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