In 2005, the United Nations General Assembly designated January 27 as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. January 27 coincides with the liberation of the concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1945. To help enlighten young Canadian readers to the nature of the Holocaust, for the sole purpose of preventing such bigotry and hatred from ever occurring again, I offer two book lists to support the teaching of the tragedy of the Holocaust.
As we often note on Remembrance Day (November 11), let us support this very simple but profound intent:
Never again.
Picture Books
The Secret of the Village Fool
Written by Rebecca Upjohn
Illustrated by Renée Benoit
Second Story Press
32 pp.
Ages 8-10
2012
Poland, kindness, hiding, courage
Juvenile Fiction
After the War
Written by Carol Matas
Scholastic Canada
144 pp.
Ages 12-14
1996
Post-war migration
Clara's War (A Holocaust Remembrance Book for Young Readers)
Written by Kathy Kacer
Second Story Press
198 pp.
Ages 12-14
2001
Terezin
Daniel's Story
Written by Carol Matas
Scholastic Canada
144 pp.
Ages 9-12
1993
Germany, Poland, resistance
The Diary of Laura's Twin (A Holocaust Remembrance Book for Young Readers)
Written by Kathy Kacer
Second Story Press
202 pp.
Ages 11-14
2008
Poland, bat mitzvah, memories
Goodbye, Marianne: A Story of Growing Up in Nazi Germany
Written by Irene Watts
Tundra Books
105 pp.
Ages 9-12
1998
Berlin, Kindertransport, Hitler Youth
Goodbye, Marianne
Written by Irene N. Watts
Illustrated by Kathryn E. Shoemaker
Tundra Books
128 pp.
Ages 9-12
2008
Graphic novel, Berlin, Kindertransport, Hitler Youth
Greater than Angels
Written by Carol Matas
Scholastic Canada
144 pp.
Ages 11-14
1998
France, deportation, refugee camp
Guardian Angel House
Written by Kathy Clark
Second Story Press
228 pp.
Ages 10-14
2009
Budapest, refugees
Hero
Written by Martha Attema
Orca Book Publishers
131 pp.
Ages 7-10
2003
Netherlands, refugees
Honey Cake
Written by Joan Betty Stuchner
Illustrated by Cynthia Nugent
Tradewind Books
92 pp.
Ages 8-10
2007
Denmark, resistance, Underground
In My Enemy's House
Written by Carol Matas
Scholastic Canada
168 pp.
Ages 11-14
1999
Poland, disguise
The Night Spies (A Holocaust Remembrance Book for Young Readers)
Written by Kathy Kacer
Second Story Press
197 pp.
Ages 10-13
2003
Czechoslovakia, resistance
The Old Brown Suitcase: A Teenager's Story of War and Peace
Written by Lillian Boraks-Nemetz
Ben-Simon Publication
148 pp.
Ages 10-15
1994
Poland, post-war migration to Canada
The Orphan Rescue
Written by Anne Dublin
Illustrated by Qin Leng
Second Story Press
124 pp.
Ages 9-12
2010
Poland, orphans, factory work
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Pieces of the Past : The Holocaust Diary of Rose Rabinowitz, Winnipeg, Manitoba, 1948 (Dear Canada)
Written by Carol Matas
Scholastic Canada
168 pp.
Ages 9-12
Feb 01, 2013
Memories, refugees, Poland
Remember Me
Written by Irene Watts
Tundra Books
184 pp.
Ages 10-15
2000
Kindertransport, England
The Righteous Smuggler (A Holocaust Remembrance Book for Young Readers)
Written by Debbie Spring
Second Story Press
160 pp.
Ages 10-12
2005
Netherlands, deportation, smuggling, resistance
The Secret of Gabi's Dresser
Written by Kathy Kacer
Second Story Press
128 pp.
Ages 9-12
1999
Czechoslovakia, memories, hiding
Stolen Child
Written by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch
Scholastic Canada
154 pp.
Ages 8-12
2010
Ukrainians, Lebensborn, memories
Making Bombs for Hitler
Written by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch
Scholastic Canada
186 pp.
Ages 8-12
2012
Ukrainians, Ostarbeiter, persecution
Tell No One Who You Are: The Hidden Childhood of RĂ©gine Miller
Written by Walter Buchignami
Tundra Books
185 pp.
Ages 9-13
2008
Belgium
Turned Away: The World War 11 Diary of Devorah Bernstein, Winnipeg, Manitoba, 1941 (Dear Canada)
Written by Carol Matas
Scholastic Canada
199 pp.
Ages 10-14
2005
Escape, immigration to Canada
We Are Their Voice: Young People Respond to the Holocaust (A Holocaust Remembrance Book for Young Readers)
Edited by Kathy Kacer
Second Story Press
232 pp.
Ages 10-13
2012
Young Adult
Kanada
Written by Eva Wiseman
Tundra Books
264 pp.
Ages 13 +
2006
Auschwitz
My Canary Yellow Star
Written by Eva Wiseman
Tundra Books
232 pp.
Ages 14+
2001
Hungary, Raoul Wallenberg
Flames of the Tiger
Written by John Wilson
Kids Can Press
176 pp.
Ages 11-17
2003
Germany, Hitler Youth, propaganda
The Thought of High Windows
Written by Lynne Kositsky
Kids Can Press
175 pp.
Ages 11-14
2004
Germany, escape, Underground
A second book list for International Holocaust Memorial Day will be posted tomorrow.
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