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International Holocaust Memorial Day.
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International Holocaust Memorial Day.
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To commemorate the International Holocaust Memorial Day, January 27, CanLit for LittleCanadians has compiled a list of picture books, novels, young adult fiction, and non-fiction that focus on the victimization of millions of people during World War II. This second book list includes only non-fiction related to the Holocaust. As stated in the previous book list, let us support this very simple but profound intent:
Never again
Non-fiction
Faces of Courage: Young Heroes of World War II
Written by Sally M. Rogow
Granville Island Publishing
162 pp.
Ages 11-15
2003
Resistance
Faye the Freedom Fighter
Written by Sharon Jennings
Second Story Press
200 pp.
Ages 9-15
2011
Poland, resistance
Hana's Suitcase
Written by Karen Levine
Second Story Press
120 pp.
Ages 9-12
2002
Terezin, Auschwitz, Holocaust education, Hana Brady
Hana's Suitcase Anniversary Album (A Holocaust Remembrance Series for Young Readers)
Written by Karen Levine
Second Story Press
176 pp.
Ages 9-13
2012
Hiding Edith: A True Story (A Holocaust Remembrance Series for Young Readers)
Written by Kathy Kacer
Second Story Press
151 pp.
Ages 9-11
2006
Escape, France
Rescuing the Children: The Story of the Kindertransport
Written by Deborah Hodge
Tundra Books
64 pages
Ages 10+
2012
Kindertransport, rescue
To Hope and Back: The Journey of the St. Louis (A Holocaust Remembrance Series for Young Readers)
Written by Kathy Kacer
Second Story Press
204 pp.
Ages 9-13
2011
Refugees
The Underground Reporters (A Holocaust Remembrance Series for Young Readers)
Written by Kathy Kacer
Second Story Press
155 pp.
Ages 9-13
2004
Czech Republic, underground newspapers, ghettos
What is the Pink Triangle?
Written by Ken Setterington
Second Story Press
196 pp.
April, 2013
Persecution
Whispers from the Camps
Written by Kathy Kacer and Sharon E. MacKay
Puffin Canada
151 pp.
Ages 10-15
2009
Narratives, survivors
Whispers from the Ghettos
Written by Kathy Kacer and Sharon E. MacKay
Puffin Canada
134 pp.
Ages 11+
2009
Narratives, survivors living in Canada, ghettos
Whispers in Hiding
Written by Kathy Kacer and Sharon E. MacKay
Puffin Canada
173 pp.
Ages 11+
2009
Narratives, survivors living in Canada
During World War II, the Nazis persecuted and killed millions of people belonging to groups they deemed inferior or dangerous. Six million victims of the Holocaust were Jews and an additional eleven million victims were Poles, Russians, Ukrainians, Romas, the mentally and physically disabled, homosexuals and transexuals, and religious dissidents.
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:
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
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 Régine 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.
