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2) Dash
Author
Series
Dogs of World War II volume 2
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Formats
Description
When her family is forced into an internment camp, Mitsi Kashino is separated from her home, her classmates, and her beloved dog Dash; and as her family begins to come apart around her, Mitsi clings to her one connection to the outer world--the letters from the kindly neighbor who is caring for Dash.
Author
Language
English
Description
Hannah resents stories of her Jewish heritage and of the past until, when opening the door during a Passover Seder, she finds herself in Poland during World War II where she experiences the horrors of a concentration camp, and learns why she-- and we--need to remember the past.
Author
Series
Publisher
Carolrhoda Books
Pub. Date
2000.
Physical Desc
48 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 x 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Explores the experiences of Japanese American children who were moved with their families to relocation centers during World War II, looking at school, meals, sports, and other aspects of camp life.
5) Bluebird
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
"In 1946, Eva leaves behind the rubble of Berlin for the streets of New York City, stepping from the fiery aftermath of one war into another, far colder one, where power is more important than principles, and lies are more plentiful than the truth. Eva holds the key to a deadly secret: Project Bluebird -- a horrific experiment of the concentration camps, capable of tipping the balance of world power. Both the Americans and the Soviets want Bluebird,...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
384 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Language
English
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Description
For fourteen-year-old budding artist Minoru Ito, her two brothers, her friends, and the other members of the Japanese-American community in southern California, the three months since Pearl Harbor was attacked have become a waking nightmare. They have been attacked, spat on, and abused with no way to retaliate. Now things are about to get worse, their lives forever changed by the mass incarcerations in the relocation camps.
7) Brundibar
Author
Publisher
Michael di Capua Books/Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
First edition
Physical Desc
[51] pages : color illustrations ; 22 x 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
Aninku and Pepicek find their mother sick one morning, they need to buy her milk to make her better. The brother and sister go to town to make money by singing. But a hurdy-gurdy grinder, Brundibar, chases them away. They are helped by three talking animals and three hundred schoolchildren, to defeat the bully. Brundibar is based on a Czech opera for children that was performed fifty-five times by the children of Terezin, a Nazi concentration camp...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"As World War II raged, millions of young Jewish people were caught up in the horrors of the Nazis' Final Solution. Many readers know of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi state's genocidal campaign against European Jews and others of so-called "inferior" races. Yet so many of the individual stories remain buried in time. Of those who endured the Holocaust, some were caught by the Nazis and sent to concentration camps, some hid right under Hitler's nose, some...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
123 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Meet Renee and Herta, two sisters who faced the unimaginable -- together. This is their true story. As Jews living in 1940s Czechoslovakia, Renee, Herta, and their parents were in immediate danger when the Holocaust came to their door. As the only hearing person in her family, Renee had to alert her parents and sister whenever the sound of Nazi boots approached their home so they could hide. But soon their parents were tragically taken away, and...
Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
xvii, 299 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"On August 30, 1942--Zero Night--40 Allied officers staged the most audacious mass escape of World War II. Months of meticulous planning and secret training hung in the balance during three minutes of mayhem as the officers boldly stormed the huge double fences at Oflag Prison. Employing wooden ladders and bridges previously disguised as bookshelves, the highly coordinated effort succeeded and set 36 men free into the German countryside. Later known...
Author
Publisher
University of Oklahoma Press
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
x, 494 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"At the very heart of Texas mythology are the Texas Rangers. Until now most histories have justified their actions and vilified their opponents. But Anderson tells how the Texas government encouraged the rangers to annihilate Indian villages, including women and children, spreading terror so that the survivors and neighboring Native groups would want to leave. The policy succeeded: by the 1870s, Indians had been driven from central and western Texas....
Series
Publisher
Playaway Products, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 Launchpad tablet : digital, sound, color ; 20 x 13 cm + 1 USB cable and 1 AC power adapter (in case 22 x 16 cm).
Language
English
Description
"The goal of the Dynamic Thinking Module is to teach kids about making choices and evaluating the benefits and consequences of their actions on an individual and global basis. Topics in this module include problem-solving, logic and reasoning, decision-making, and critical thinking.
Robo Buddies was designed with preschoolers and children in mind to engage attention while learning independently. The challenge is to assemble a new friend for Bolt,...
Series
Publisher
Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 Launchpad tablet : digital, sound, color ; 20 x 13 cm + 1 USB cable and 1 AC power adapter (in case 22 x 16 cm).
Language
English
Description
"Kids will learn to sharpen their minds and develop their critical thinking skills as they complete math exercises, word games, puzzles, and more.
Introduce your child to 15 popular fruits. The app features four instructional sections including fruit school, fruit play, fruit show and prize page. By giving your child an opportunity to learn in a fun way, you will be helping him or her establish an early love of learning.
Match words to their corresponding...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
Revised edition.
Physical Desc
xxxi, 768 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
From the Publisher: What does it mean to be a Jew? How does one begin to answer so extensive a question? In this insightful and completely updated tome, esteemed rabbi and bestselling author Joseph Telushkin helps answer the question of what it means to be a Jew, in the largest sense. Widely recognized as one of the most respected and indispensable reference books on Jewish life, culture, tradition, and religion, Jewish Literacy covers every essential...
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