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> > On 4/19/06, Susan M. Davis <susan.davis@browardschools.com> wrote: > > > I going to do a unit on the Holocaust with the 5th grade next year. I'd > > like some recommendations of good fiction and nonfiction books that will > > > > support it at this level. > > Susan, I tried to send this just to you but tit was rejected by the Broward mail server . > I just finished the *Flag with Fifty-Six Stars: a Gift from the Survivors > of Mauthausen* by Susan Goldman Rubin. It is a nonfiction picture book > with a wonderful story. It has a bibliography, an index, an afterword, and > beautiful artwork. > Other picture books on Holocaust I would recommend are: > > *Passage to Freedom, the Sugihara Story* by Ken Mochizuki tells the story > of Japanese diplomat in Lithuania who is provided visas to the Jewish > residents in order to save them from the concentration camps. > *Fireflies in the Dark: the Story of Friedl Dick* by Susan Goldman Rubin > is about an art teacher who encourages the children of Therensienstadt > concentration camp to express themselves through art. Some of the pictures > survived. > *The Cats of Krasinsky Square* by Karen Hesse has two sisters who have > escaped from the Warsaw ghetto devising a plan to keep food intended for the > ghetto from being intercepted by the Gestapo. > > I have 2 books on Anne Frank that really bring the child to life through > extensive family pictures. They are: > *Anne Frank in the world* by the Anne Frank House (2001) > *Anne Frank: Beyond the Diary* (1995) by Rol > Another photographic resource would be *My Secret Camera: A photographic record the Lodz Ghetto* (2000) by Smith offers another record of the Holocaust. > > > Before I started this response I saw another post with several other > worthwhile titles. Good luck with the lesson. I am sure you will find many > resources appropriate for the Fifth Grader. > > > -- > > Sharon Lawler, Librarian > > Randolph Elementary > > Universal City TX 78148 > > 210-357-2353 > > smclawler@gmail.com > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- Please note: All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. You can prevent most e-mail filters from deleting LM_NET postings by adding LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU to your e-mail address book. To change your LM_NET status, e-mail to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * Allow for confirmation. * LM_NET Help & Information: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ * LM_NET Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ * EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://elann.biglist.com/sub/ * LM_NET Supporters: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ven.html --------------------------------------------------------------------