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The Children's War: Jars of Hope: How One Woman Helped Save 2,500 Children During the Holocaust by Jennifer Roy, illustrated by Meg Owenson
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And Other Interesting Bits. Wednesday, August 12, 2015. Jars of Hope: How One Woman Helped Save 2,500 Children During the Holocaust by Jennifer Roy, illustrated by Meg Owenson. In her book, Jars of Hope. Jennifer Roy takes the reader back to the childhood of Irena Sendler to understand why she would be willing to risk her own life years later to help the Jewish children in the Warsaw Ghetto after the Nazis so many people into such a small, unsanitary living space. While Roy's words tell about those dark ...
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The Children's War: Picture Books
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And Other Interesting Bits. Versions listed are the versions I used). Bear on the Homefront. By Stephanie Innes and Harry Endrulat. Pajama Press, 2014, 32 pages. The Cats of Krasinski Square. Scholastic, 2004, 32 pages. Coming On Home Soon. Penguin, 2004, 32 pages. Scholastic, 2009, 32 pages. Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear. Little,Brown, 2015, 56 pages. Grandpa's Third Drawer: Unlocking Holocaust Memories. By Judy Tal Kopelman. Jewish Publication Society, 2014, 32 pages.
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Critical Race Theory | #literacies chat
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Join us on the 1st Thursday of each month at 9:00 PM ET. Suggest a Topic or Host. Next #literacies Chat 9PM ET. June 2nd, 2015. July 7, 2014. This month, we will consider Critical Race Theory. On Thursday (7/10) 8 PM EST:. Join us on Twitter. As we begin this conversation via our #literacies chat! If you are new to #literacies chat, more info on how to get involved is available here. 1 How are people conceptualizing CRT? 3 How does CRT help broaden the literacies that can students enact? If you are new t...
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Day Forty Nine of SURE | Emma abler
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Reading for a Reason. Day Forty Nine of SURE. August 6, 2015. Today, I finished reading The Letter for the King. By Tonke Dragt. I am now working on writing an annotation for the book. Tomorrow, I will be meeting with Professor Ward for our last official day of SURE. Reading for a Reason,. August 6, 2015. Day Forty Eight of SURE. Day Fifty of SURE/ Last day of SURE →. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public).
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February 2015
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Book of the Week Winners. How do we pick a "Book of the Week"? Want to work with us? More things we do! Friday, February 27, 2015. Enter the astonishing world of Oksa Pollock by Anne Plichota and Cendrine Wolf - Published by Pushkin Children's Books. So who is Oksa Pollock? Oksa Pollock - The Last Hope (Book 1). We join Oksa on the day of her birth, as her family wonder if old prophecies will be fulfilled. Oksa's future is uncertain, but with the aid of her shape-shifting father Pavel, her amazing gr...
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Pirates in Pyjamas by Caroline Crowe and Tom Knight (Little Tiger Press)
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Book of the Week Winners. How do we pick a "Book of the Week"? Want to work with us? More things we do! Monday, August 10, 2015. Pirates in Pyjamas by Caroline Crowe and Tom Knight (Little Tiger Press). Snuggling down for the night? You'll still have time for a perfect piratical story in "Pirates in Pyjamas". It's almost time for bed, and your little ones are snuggled up in pyjamas. What's the best type of nautical yarn to lull them off to sleep? A rollicking pirate yarn of course! Spammers, dont even go...
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The Children's War: Chapter Books
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And Other Interesting Bits. Versions listed are the versions I read). Danger in the Darkest Hour (Magic Tree House Super Edition #1). By Mary Pope Osborne. Random House, 2015, 192 pages. I Survived #9: I Survived the Nazi Invasion, 1944. Scholastic, 2014, 112 pages. I Survived #4: I Survived the Bombing of Pearl Harbor, 1941. Scholastic, 2011, 112 pages. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson. By Bette Bao Lord. Harper Collins, 1986, 176 pages. A Time to be Brave. By Joan Betty Stuchner. Please keep...
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The Children's War: The Boy on the Wooden Box by Leon Leyson
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And Other Interesting Bits. Thursday, November 21, 2013. The Boy on the Wooden Box by Leon Leyson. The family was relatively safe because of his father's job working for Oskar Schindler, even as the Nazis put even more restrictions on Jews. Because of his age, Leib didn't have to wear a yellow star yet and could even pass for Aryan. But eventually it was decided that only 15, 000 Jews would be allowed to remain in Krakow and they were forced into the newly created overcrowded ghetto. After the war, Leib ...
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The Children's War: Five Children on the Western Front by Kate Saunders
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And Other Interesting Bits. Friday, July 24, 2015. Five Children on the Western Front by Kate Saunders. Back in 1902, E. Nesbit wrote a book called Five Children and It. About five brothers and sisters: Cyril, 10 and called Squirrel; Anthea, 8 and called Panther; Robert or Bobs, 6; Jane, 4; Hilary, the baby called the Lamb because his first word was Baa. Nesbit wrote two sequels to Five Children and It. One in 1904 called The Phoenix and the Carpet. And one in 1906 called The Story of the Amulet. There a...
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The Children's War: and Other Interesting Bits
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And Other Interesting Bits. And Other Interesting Bits. 28: Lucy of the Sea Rangers. By FOH. Nash. 27: I Go by Sea, I Go by Land. 26: N or M? 25: The Quest of the Missing Map. 23: Biggles Defies the Swastika. By Captain W.E. Johns. 22: The Long Way Home. 20: Kitty Carter, Canteen Girl. By Ruby Lorraine Radford. 18: Book Care Advice fom the Girl's Own Annual (1941). 17: The Chalet School Goes to It. By Elinor M. Brent-Dyer. 16: Dave Dawson at Dunkirk. By Robert Sydney Bowen. 15: Enil and the Detectives.
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