| Survivors: True Stories of Children in the Holocaust
| Gripping and inspiring, these true stories of bravery, terror, and hope chronicle nine different children's experiences during the Holocaust.These are the true-life accounts of nine Jewish boys and girls whose lives spiraled into danger and fear as the Holocaust overtook Europe. In a time of great horror, these children each found a way to make it through the nightmare of war. Some made daring escapes into the unknown, others disguised their true identities, and many witnessed unimaginable horro...More
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| Four Perfect Pebbles:: A Holocaust Story
| "By the time WWII ended in Europe, the Blumenthal family--Marion, her brother Albert, and their parents--had lived in a succession of refugee, transit, and prison camps for more than six years, not only surviving but staying together....This gripping memoir is written in spare, powerful prose that vividly depicts the endless degradation and humiliation suffered by the Holocaust's innocent victims, as well as the unending horror of life in the camps. It's also an ennobling account of the triumph ...More
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| Rose Blanche
| This internationally acclaimed story of childhood-amid-war is told with remarkable depth and detail through Robert Innocenti's award-winning text and artwork. Each illustration tells not only Rose Blanche's story, but a timeless story of innocence, selflessness, and compassion in the midst of ignorance and destruction. Full-color illustrations.
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| Goodnight Sh'ma (Very First Board Books)
| A Jewish child gets ready for bed and says the traditional "Sh'ma" prayer in this beautiful board book with rhyming text. Charming illustrations by award-winning Melanie Hall.
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| Hana's Suitcase
| In March 2000, a suitcase arrived at a children's Holocaust education center in Tokyo, Japan. Hana Brady was written on the outside. Children who saw the suitcase on display were full of questions and the director decided to find the answers.
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| Passover: Celebrating Now, Remembering Then
| The National Jewish Book Award finalists for Hanukkah Haiku return with Passover: Celebrating Now, Remembering Then, a celebration of Passover's past and present, its meanings, its history, and its traditions. Karla Gudeon's folk-inspired artwork serves as a gorgeous backdrop for this fresh look at Passover. Harriet Ziefert seamlessly weaves elements of a contemporary seder with the biblical stories from which the rituals evolved. An ideal gift for Passover gatherings, this inspired book embrace...More
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| Children's Illustrated Jewish Bible
| In this fully revised edition of DK's classic Children's Illustrated Jewish Bible, more than 70 of the greatest stories from the Bible are retold for young readers. All-new text by Jewish authors Laaren Brown and Lenny Hort tells the stories of the Creation, Noah's Ark, Abraham and Sarah, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, the Exodus, the Ten Commandments, Samson, Ruth and Naomi, Solomon, Daniel, and many, many more. Lavish illustrations by Eric Thomas add to the rich experience, while maps plus glowing fu...More
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| The Queen Who Saved Her People
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| Six Million Paper Clips: The Making of a Children's Holocaust Memorial
| FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. To understand the enormity of the Holocaust, students in Whitwell, Tennessee, a town without Jews, began collecting paper clips, one for each victim of the Nazis.
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| Illuminated Haggadah
| Reflecting its Talmudic ancestry, this illuminated Haggadah contains Jewish stories and traditions, and is also a prayerbook made for use. It tells the story of release from persecution and slavery into freedom and a new life. It is as relevant today as when it was written, over 2000 years ago. The Exodux of the Children of Israel from Egypt is a pivotal event in the Bible, celebrated today in books, plays and films. Each year, during the festival of Passover, Jewish families gather to remember ...More
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| Thank You, God!: A Jewish Child's Book of Prayers (Shabbat)
| A first prayer boo for young children with 21 traditional Jewish prayers in simple Hebrew, English translation, and tranliteration. Blessings for a new day, the bounty of our food, Sabbath and holiday rituals, life and health, comfort and forgiveness. With lyrical watercolors. National Jewish Book Awards Honor Book.
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| No Pretty Pictures: A Child of War (National Book Award Finalist)
| Anita Lobel was barely five years old when World War II began and the Nazis burst into her home in Krakow, Poland, changing her life forever. She spent the days of her childood in hiding with her brother and their nanny in the countryside, in the ghetto, then finally in a convent when the Nazis caught up with her and she was imprisoned in a succession of concentration camps until the end of the war. Sent by the Red Cross to recuperate in Sweden, Anita slowly blossomed as she discovered books and...More
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| The Story of Esther: A Purim Tale
| Told for many thousands of years, Esther's story is still thrilling as well as inspiring. The Purim story is full of drama. It brings together a mighty king, a jealous scoundrel, and a wise uncle. However, at its center is a clever heroine who was so beautiful she was known as the Morning Star. It is only because of Queen Esther's cunning and courage that evil was brought to justice and many lives were saved.
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| A Family Haggadah
| Summary:0About the Author:•0Author: Shoshana SilbermanIllustrator: Katherine Janus KahnPublisher:Kar-Ben PublishingPublished Date:03/01/2011Format:PaperbackISBN:0761352104#of pages:#N/A
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| Because Nothing Looks Like God
| With the help of Because Nothing Looks Like God you can encourage children to develop their own personal relationship with God. Remember, whatever children say about God is true for them. There are no wrong answers. What is God like?Mixing sparks of curiosity and spiritual imagination, this wondrous book lights children's creativity and shows how God is with us everyday in every way.In this, their first collaborative book, husband-and-wife team Lawrence and Karen Kushner combine their expertise ...More
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| Emma's Poem: The Voice of the Statue of Liberty (Jane Addams Award Book (Awards))
| Give me your tired, your poorYour huddled masses yearning to breathe free...Who wrote these words? And why? In 1883, Emma Lazarus, deeply moved by an influx of immigrants from Eastern Europe, wrote a sonnet that was to give voice to the Statue of Liberty. Originally a gift from France to celebrate our shared national struggles for liberty, the Statue, thanks to Emma's poem, slowly came to shape our hearts, defining us as a nation that welcomes and gives refuge to those who come to our sho...More
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| We Remember the Holocaust
| We Remember the Holocaust chronicles the Holocaust in the voices of those who survived it. They tell us about Jewish life in Europe before the 1930s and about the violence of Hitler's rise to power. They describe the humiliations of Nazi rule, the struggle to keep families together, the fight for survival in the ghettos, the ultimate horror of the concentration camps.With its moving first-person voices and original photographs from private collections, We Remember the Holocaust is ...More
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| Around the World in One Shabbat: Jewish People Celebrate the Sabbath Together
| * Beginning in an old Jerusalem market Friday morning, shopping for foods to make Shabbat meals special * Lighting Shabbat candles with a family in Turkey * Singing zemirot with relatives at Shabbat dinner in Russia * Making Kiddush as a congregation in the United States * Parading the Torah scrolls at Shabbat morning services in a synagogue in Germany From Israel to Thailand, from Australia to Canada, and from Ethiopia to Argentina, you and your children are invited to share the dive...More
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| Celebrate: A Book of Jewish Holidays (Reading Railroad)
| From Hanukkah and Passover to the lesser-known Tu Bishvat, here is a warm andinformative overview of all the Jewish holidays with stories that explain whythey are celebrated and how customs evolved. Full color.
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| A Day of Pleasure: Stories of a Boy Growing Up in Warsaw
| An ALA Notable Book. A Day of Pleasure is the winner of the 1970 National Book Award for Children's Books.
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