Region: Poland

Materials from Poland

Irena’s Jars Of Secrets

By Book Importer | Published: January 18, 2012

Irena Sendler, born to a Polish Catholic family, was raised to respect people of all backgrounds and to help those in need.  She became a social worker; and after the German army occupied Poland during World War II, Irena knew she had to help the sick and the starving Jews who were imprisoned in the [...]

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The Auslander

By Book Importer | Published: December 12, 2011

When Peter’s parents are killed, he is sent to an orphanage in Warsaw, Poland. But Peter is Volksdeutscher-of German blood. With his blond hair and blue eyes, he looks just like the boy on the Hitler Youth poster. The Nazis decide he is racially valuable. Indeed, a prominent German family is pleased to adopt such [...]

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The Holocaust

By Book Importer | Published: November 21, 2011

Great Escapes presents gripping accounts of narrow escapes to iluminate historical events from a distinct, personal perspective from a Holocaust survivor.
 

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The Mermaid of Warsaw

By Book Importer | Published: September 28, 2011

Enchanting, wicked and often very funny, Poland’s folk tales are one of the great treasures of Central Europe. Crowned by the story of The Mermaid of Warsaw, the eight colourful tales in this collection include Skarbnik’s Second Breakfast, set deep in the Wieliczka salt mines, The Turnip-Counter from Karkonosze and The Copper Coin of Wineta, [...]

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I Am Fifteen-And I Don’t Want To Die

By Book Importer | Published: June 28, 2011

Christine is only fifteen, and she’s caught in the middle of a war-torn city.  Huddled in the cold, dark cellar of their bombed-out apartment building, Christine and her family listen in fear as the battle rages over their heads.  They must get out of the city–but where will they go and how will they escape?  [...]

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My First Garden

By Book Importer | Published: June 27, 2011

Inspired by hearing that a garden used to grow in the yard in front of his house, a boy recreates it with loving care.

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The Story Of A Blue Bird

By Book Importer | Published: June 27, 2011

A baby bird discovers the joy of flying despite his initial fears.

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Cat And Mouse In The Night

By Book Importer | Published: June 27, 2011

Their inattentiveness strands a little mouse and a little cat in the meadow after dark, where their fear turns into a wonderful discovery, in a fable that confronts children’s fear of the dark.

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Cat And Mouse In The Rain

By Book Importer | Published: June 27, 2011

Despite the warnings of their sisters and brothers, a little mouse and a little cat enjoy playing in the rain with a frog.

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Irena Sendler and the Children of the Warsaw Ghetto

By Book Importer | Published: May 5, 2011

This is the only biography for children about the remarkable Holocaust heroine Irena Sendler, who smuggled over 400 schildren out of the Warsaw Ghetto.

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