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The Children's War: Jars of Hope: How One Woman Helped Save 2,500 Children During the Holocaust by Jennifer Roy, illustrated by Meg Owenson
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And Other Interesting Bits. Wednesday, August 12, 2015. Jars of Hope: How One Woman Helped Save 2,500 Children During the Holocaust by Jennifer Roy, illustrated by Meg Owenson. In her book, Jars of Hope. Jennifer Roy takes the reader back to the childhood of Irena Sendler to understand why she would be willing to risk her own life years later to help the Jewish children in the Warsaw Ghetto after the Nazis so many people into such a small, unsanitary living space. While Roy's words tell about those dark ...
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The Children's War: Picture Books
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And Other Interesting Bits. Versions listed are the versions I used). Bear on the Homefront. By Stephanie Innes and Harry Endrulat. Pajama Press, 2014, 32 pages. The Cats of Krasinski Square. Scholastic, 2004, 32 pages. Coming On Home Soon. Penguin, 2004, 32 pages. Scholastic, 2009, 32 pages. Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear. Little,Brown, 2015, 56 pages. Grandpa's Third Drawer: Unlocking Holocaust Memories. By Judy Tal Kopelman. Jewish Publication Society, 2014, 32 pages.
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MSC Art | Books: Sleepover with Beatrice and Bear | Delivering The Final Art
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014. Sleepover with Beatrice and Bear Delivering The Final Art. And so it arrives, one of the best days of the whole book publishing process, especially for illustrators - delivery of the final art! Since I live close to New York City, I get to deliver the art in person: what a treat - I get to see my editor Nancy Paulsen and art director Cecilia Yung and visit the Penguin building in Lower Manhattan. I remember when I did it for the first time with Little Dog Lost. November is Pictu...
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The Children's War: Chapter Books
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And Other Interesting Bits. Versions listed are the versions I read). Danger in the Darkest Hour (Magic Tree House Super Edition #1). By Mary Pope Osborne. Random House, 2015, 192 pages. I Survived #9: I Survived the Nazi Invasion, 1944. Scholastic, 2014, 112 pages. I Survived #4: I Survived the Bombing of Pearl Harbor, 1941. Scholastic, 2011, 112 pages. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson. By Bette Bao Lord. Harper Collins, 1986, 176 pages. A Time to be Brave. By Joan Betty Stuchner. Please keep...
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The Children's War: The Boy on the Wooden Box by Leon Leyson
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And Other Interesting Bits. Thursday, November 21, 2013. The Boy on the Wooden Box by Leon Leyson. The family was relatively safe because of his father's job working for Oskar Schindler, even as the Nazis put even more restrictions on Jews. Because of his age, Leib didn't have to wear a yellow star yet and could even pass for Aryan. But eventually it was decided that only 15, 000 Jews would be allowed to remain in Krakow and they were forced into the newly created overcrowded ghetto. After the war, Leib ...
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The Children's War: Five Children on the Western Front by Kate Saunders
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And Other Interesting Bits. Friday, July 24, 2015. Five Children on the Western Front by Kate Saunders. Back in 1902, E. Nesbit wrote a book called Five Children and It. About five brothers and sisters: Cyril, 10 and called Squirrel; Anthea, 8 and called Panther; Robert or Bobs, 6; Jane, 4; Hilary, the baby called the Lamb because his first word was Baa. Nesbit wrote two sequels to Five Children and It. One in 1904 called The Phoenix and the Carpet. And one in 1906 called The Story of the Amulet. There a...
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The Children's War: and Other Interesting Bits
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And Other Interesting Bits. And Other Interesting Bits. 28: Lucy of the Sea Rangers. By FOH. Nash. 27: I Go by Sea, I Go by Land. 26: N or M? 25: The Quest of the Missing Map. 23: Biggles Defies the Swastika. By Captain W.E. Johns. 22: The Long Way Home. 20: Kitty Carter, Canteen Girl. By Ruby Lorraine Radford. 18: Book Care Advice fom the Girl's Own Annual (1941). 17: The Chalet School Goes to It. By Elinor M. Brent-Dyer. 16: Dave Dawson at Dunkirk. By Robert Sydney Bowen. 15: Enil and the Detectives.
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Peter Hare | Bank Street Library Blog
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Bank Street Library Blog. 610 W 112th St. New York, NY 10025-1898. View all posts by Peter Hare. August 8, 2016. The PlumX widget is being added to EBSCO’s Discovery Service (EDS) sometime in August 2016. On the library’s website, EDS is accessed through the Search Everything button on the Library’s homepage. This visual widget presents data based on the following …. Read more ›. Mental Measurements Yearbooks: 2016 Update. July 11, 2016. Read more ›. Tagged with: Mental Measurements. May 18, 2016. The Wo...
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Andrew McLean Illustrator | Packing for the journey
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Packing for the journey. JANET MCLEAN – Gathering stories along the way. Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. Tag Archives: Andrew McLean Illustrator. August 4, 2015. Prompted by my daughter Alex to get blogging I’m going to publish my first post – Now! Before the clock strikes 12. Bob the Railway Dog. On Saturday 3 August we celebrated the launch of. Bob the Railway Dog. Bob the Railway Dog. Andrew and Corrine cutting the cake. Continue reading →. The brothers Rory Otto and Fraser. About ...
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