Fiction for Young Readers

Adler, David. One Yellow Daffodil. Illustrated by Lloyd Bloom. San Diego : Gulliver Books, 1995. (32)p. $16. ISBN: 0-15-200537-4. Picture Book for grades 2-4. Two children help a survivor reconnect to his religious tradition when their family includes him in Chanukah celebrations. He introduces the youngsters to the Holocaust. The art is dark; text is polite and moving.

Ginsburg, Marvell & Martin Lemelman (Illustrator) The Tattooed Torah December 1983, $10.95, ISBN: 0807402524. A small Torah stolen and desecrated by Nazi soldiers in Czechoslovakia is eventually rescued and restored to people who appreciate it.

Hoestlandt, Jo. Star of Fear, Star of Hope. Illustrated by Johanna Kang. Translated from French. New York : Walker, 1995. (32)p. $15.95. ISBN: 0-8027-8373-2. Historical Fiction. Picture Book for grades 2 and up. A nine year old girl regrets an argument with her Jewish pal the night this friend disappears during the Holocaust. Set in Nazi controlled France, this age appropriate plot succeeds as a personal drama of loss and as a communal tragedy branding perpetrators and bystanders. Stylized, spare illustrations capture the 40's.

Schnur, Steven. The Tie Man's Miracle : A Chanukkah Tale. Illustrated by Stephen Johnson. New York : Morrow Junior Books, 1995. (32)p. $16. ISBN: 0-688-13463-7. Picture Book for K-3. A young boy hears about the Holocaust for the first time from a salesman who joins the family Chanukah. The old man recounts the power of the last night's candles; the boy makes a poignant wish for him. The art is realistic.

Fiction for Old Readers

 



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