| Memories
of Childhood: Six Centuries of Children’s Literature
at the de Grummond Collection
June - September 2000
Anne
Frank by Yona Zeldis McDonough, illustrated
by Malcah Zeldis; Henry Holt, 1997.
Anne
Frank: Beyond the Diary by Rud van der Rol;
Viking, 1993.
Summary:
Photographs, maps and illustrations accompany historical essays
and diary excerpts and interviews, providing an insight to
Anne Frank and the massive upheaval which tore apart her world.
Bearing
Witness: Stories of the Holocaust selected by
Hazel Rochman and Darlene Z. McCampbell; Orchard, 1995.
Summary:
Offers a multifaceted view of the Holocaust, from a child’s
bewilderment at having to wear a star and later go into hiding,
to the agony of the camps themselves. Two stories are by Elie
Wiesel.
Behind
the Bedroom Wall by Laura E. Williams, illustrated
by Nancy Goldstein; Milkweed editions, 1996.
Summary:
Thirteen-year old Korinna must decide whether to report her
parents to the Hitler youth group when she learns they are
hiding Jews in a secret space behind her bedroom wall.
The
Blaze Engulfs: January 1939 to December 1941
by Victoria Sherrow; Blackbirch Press, 1998. (Holocaust series,
Book 3)
Summary:
Explores the unique aspects and events in the period of the
Holocaust between January 1939 and December 1941. Uses a blend
of historical narrative and primary sources .
Children
of Bach by Eilis Dillon; Scribner’s, 1992.
Summary:
A Hungarian Jewish family of talented musicians escapes Nazi
persecution during World War II.
The
Children We Remember: Photographs from the Archives of Yad
Vashem, the Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance
Authority by Chana Byers Abells; Greenwillow,
1986.
Summary:
Text and photographs briefly describe the fate of Jewish children
after the Nazis began to control their lives.
David
and Jonathan by Cynthia Voight; Scholastic,
1992.
Summary:
The relationship between two close friends, Henry and Jonathan
changes when Jonathan’s cousin David, a victim of the
Holocaust, comes to live with Jonathan’s family.
The
Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank; Doubleday,
1967.
A
Firestorm Unleashed: January 1942 to June 1943
by Eleanor H. Ayer; Blackbirch Press, 1998. (Holocaust series,
Book 4)
Summary:
Explores the unique aspects and events in the period of the
Holocaust between January 1942 and June 1943. Uses a blend
of historical narrative and primary sources .
Forever
Outsiders: Jews and History from Ancient Times to August 1935
by Linda Jacobs Altman; Blackbirch Press, 1998. (Holocaust
series, Book 1)
From
the Ashes: June 1945 and After by Stephen D.
Chicoine and Eleanor H. Ayer; Blackbirch Press, 1998. (Holocaust
series, Book 6)
Summary: Discusses the fate of those Jews who escaped
annihilation by the Nazis, their further persecution and search
for a homeland in Palestine. Also discusses the hunt for war
criminals and more recent genocide in Bosnia, Rwanda and elsewhere.
The
Grey Striped Shirt: How Grandma and Grandpa Survived the Holocaust
by Livia Bitton-Jackson, illustrated by Jacqueline Jules;
Alef Design Group, 1994.
Hear
O Israel: A Story of the Warsaw Ghetto by Terry
Walton, illustrated by Lloyd Bloom; Atheneum, 1991.
A
Hidden Childhood, 1942-1945 by Frida Scheps
Weinstein; Hill and Wang, 1985.
The
Hidden Children by Howard Greenfield; Ticknor
& Fields, 1993.
Hiding
from the Nazis by David A. Adler, illustrated
by Karen Pitz; Holiday House, 1997.
Summary:
The true story of Lore Baer who as a four-year old Jewish
boy was placed with a Christian family in the Dutch farm country
to avoid persecution by the Nazis.
Hiding
to Survive: Stories of Jewish Children Rescued from the Holocaust
by Maxine B. Rosenberg; Clarion, 1994.
Summary:
First person accounts of fourteen Holocaust survivors who
as children were hidden from the Nazis by non-Jews.
Hilde
and Eli: Children of the Holocaust by David
A. Adler, illustrated by Karen Ritz; Holiday House, 1994.
The
Holocaust Heroes by David K. Fremon; Enslow
Publishers, 1998.
Summary:
Details the efforts of people who risked their own lives to
save thousands of Jews and others from Nazi persecution.
The
Holocaust Lady by Ruth Minsky Sender; Macmillan,
1992.
The
Holocaust Survivors by Tabatha Yeatts; Enslow
Publisher 1998.
Summary:
Discusses the experience of Holocaust survivors,
the trials of Nazi war criminals at Nuremberg, the establishment
of the state of Israel, and the efforts of the survivors to
begin new lives.
I
Have Lived a Thousand Years: Growing Up in the Holocaust
by Livia Bitton-Jackson; Simon & Schuster, 1997.
I
Never Saw Another Butterfly: Children’s Drawings and
Poems from Terezin Concentration Camp, 1942-1944
edited by Hana Volavkova; Schoken Books, 1978.
If
I Should Die Before I Wake by Han Nolan; Harcourt
Brace, 1994.
Summary:
As Hilary, a Neo-Nazi initiate, lies in a coma, she is transported
back in time to Poland at the onset of World War II, into
the life of a Jewish teenager.
Inferno:
July 1943 - April 1945 by Eleanor H. Ayer; Blackbirch
Press, 1998. (Holocaust series, Book 5)
Summary: Explores the unique aspects and events in
the period of the Holocaust between July 1943 and April 1945.
Uses a blend of historical narrative and primary sources .
Island
on Bird Street by Uri Orlev; Houghton Mifflin,
1984, c1983.
Summary:
During World War II, a Jewish boy is left on his own for months
in a ruined house in the Warsaw ghetto, where he must struggle
to stay alive.
Kinderlager:
An Oral History of Young Holocaust Survivors
edited by Milton J. Nieuwsma; Holiday House, 1998.
Summary:
Draws on interviews with three women who recount their experiences
as child survivors of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the Nazi death camp.
The
Man from the Other Side by Uri Orlev; Houghton
Mifflin, 1991.
The
Man’s Tie Miracle: A Chanukah Tale by
Steven Schnur, illustrated by Stephen T. Johnson; Morrow Junior
Books, 1995.
Summary:
On the last night of Chanukah, after hearing how an old man
lost his family in the Holocaust, a young boy makes a wish
that is carried to God as the menorah candles burn down.
Never
to Forget: The Jews of the Holocaust by Milton
Meltzer; Harper & Row, 1976.
A
Nightmare in History: The Holocaust, 1933-1945
by Miriam Chaikin; Clarion Books, 1987.
Summary:
Traces the history anti-Semitism from biblical times through
the twelve years of the Nazi era. Describes Hitler’s
plans to annihilate European Jews by focusing on the Warsaw
ghetto and the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camps. Also
discusses the continuing efforts to remember the horrors of
the Holocaust.
Nine
Spoons: A Chanukah Story by Marci Stillerman,
illustrated by Pesach Gerber; Hachai, 1998.
Summary:
A survivor of the Holocaust tells her grandchildren how they
gathered spoons to make a menorah for Hanukkah. Based on actual
events.
No
Child’s Play: Children in the Holocaust, Creativity
and Play by Yeduhit Inbar; Yad Vashem, 1996.
Summary:
A collection of children’s toys and artwork, collected
and displayed by the Yad Vashem Museum in Jerusalem.
No
Pretty Pictures: A Child of War by Anita Lobel;
Greenwillow Books, 1998.
Summary:
The author, an illustrator of children’s books, describes
her experiences as a Polish Jew during World War II and for
years in Sweden afterwards.
The
Number on My Grandfather’s Arm by David
A. Adler, illustrated with photographs by Rose Eichenbaum;
UACH Press, 1987.
Parallel
Journeys by Eleanor H. Ayer with Helen Waterford
and Alfons Heck; Atheneum, 1995.
Passage
to Freedom: the Sugihara Story by Ken Mochizuki,
illustrated by Dom Lee; Lee & Low, 1997.
Summary:
The true story of Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara who, with
the help of his family, saved thousands of Lithuanian Jews,
by hiding them in the family garage and issuing visas for
them to legally leave Lithuania and escape Nazi persecution.
Raoul
Wallenberg: Missing Diplomat by Anita Larsen;
Crestwood House, 1992.
Summary:
A biography of the Swedish diplomat who helped save thousands
of Hungarian Jews from the Nazis before mysteriously disappearing
when the Russians occupied Budapest.
Rescue:
The Story of How Gentiles Saved Jews in the Holocaust
by Milton Meltzer; Harper & Row, 1988.
Resource
Guide: A Comprehensive Listing of Media for Further Study
compiled by William L. Shulman; Blackbirch Press, 1998. (Holocaust
series, Book 8)
Summary:
Annotated list of books and other materials, including videos
and CD- Roms, that support study of the Holocaust.
Smoke
and Ashes: The Story of the Holocaust by Barbara
Rogasky; Holiday House, 1988.
Summary:
Examines the cause, events and legacies of the Holocaust which
resulted in the extermination of six million Jews.
Smoke
to Flame: September 1935 to December 1938 by
Victoria Sherrow; Blackbirch Press, 1998. (Holocaust series,
Book 2)
Summary:
Explores the unique aspects and events in the period of the
Holocaust between September 1935 and December 1938. Uses a
blend of historical narrative and primary sources .
Star
of Fear, Star of Hope by Jo Hoestlandt, illustrated
by Johanna Kang; Walker, 1995.
Summary:
Nine-year old Helen is confused by the disappearance of
her Jewish friend during the Nazi occupation of Paris.
Stolen
Years by Sara Zyskind; Lerner Publications,
1981.
The
Tattooed Torah by Marvell Ginsberg, illustrated
by Jo Gershman; UACH, 1983.
Tell
Them We Remember: The Story of the Holocaust with Images from
the United States Holocaust Museum by Susan
D. Bachrach; Little, Brown, 1994.
Thanks
to My Mother by Schoschana Rabinovici; Dial,
1998.
To
Life by Ruth Minsky Sender; Collier Macmillan,
1988.
Touch
Wood: A Girlhood in Occupied France by Renee
Roth-Hano; Four Winds Press, 1988.
Summary:
In this autobiographical novel set in Nazi-occupied France,
Renee, a young Jewish girl, and her family flee their home
in Alsace and live a precarious existence in Paris until Renee
and her sister escape to a convent in Normandy.
Tunes
for Bears to Dance to by Robert Cormier; Delacorte,
1992.
Summary:
Eleven-year old Henry escapes his family’s problems
by watching the woodcarving of Mr. Levine, an elderly Holocaust
survivor, but when Henry is manipulated into betraying his
friend, he comes to know true evil.
Two
Suns in the Sky by Miriam Bat-Ami; Front Street/Cricket
Books, 1999.
Summary:
A fifteen year old American girl meets a teenage boy, a Yugoslavian
Jewish refugee, living with his mother and sister in an American
refugee camp. The final year of World War II parallels through
their voices.
Upon
the Head of a Goat: A Childhood in Hungary, 1939-1944
by Aranka Siegal; Farrar, Strauss, Giroux, 1981.
Voices
and Visions: A Collection of Primary Sources
compiled by William L. Shulman; Blackbirch Press, 1998. (Holocaust
series, Book 7)
Summary:
A compilations of personal narratives of people who survived
the Holocaust.
We
Are Witnesses: Five Diaries of Teenagers Who Died in the Holocaust,
edited by Jacob Boas; Holt, 1995.
We
Remember the Holocaust by David A. Adler; Holt,
1995, c1989.
Witnesses
to a War: Eight True-life Stories of Nazi Persecution
by Michael Leapman; Viking, 1998.
Z
for Zachariah by Robert C. O’Brien; Atheneum,
1974.
Summary:
Seemingly the only person left alive in her valley following
a war, a young girl is relieved to see another person, until
she realizes he is a tyrant and she must escape.
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