On Friday, June 12, Anne Frank woke up at six o’clock in the morning. It wasn’t much of a surprise that she was up so early. Today was her birthday. She was 13 years old. Anne received many presents but the most precious was one given her by her parents. It was a hardcover diary, bound in red and white–checkered cloth.
Holocaust
Hidden On The Mountain: Stories Of Children Sheltered From The Nazis In Le Chambon
As the Nazi Army invaded one European country after another at the onset of World War II, desperate Jewish families fled. Their lives were in danger, and many of them had nowhere to turn for help.
Child Of The Warsaw Ghetto
A story of the Warsaw Ghetto told through the eyes of Froim Baum who was born in Warsaw on April 15, 1936 and managed to survive until he was liberated at Dachau at the end of the war.
Anne Frank And The Children Of The Holocaust
The journey of the Franks after Anne’s diary stops and afterwards story of the millions of other children throughout Europe who faced Nazi persecution.
Surviving Hitler
Caught up in Hitler’s Final Solution to annihilate Europe’s Jews, 15-year-old Jack is torn from his family and thrown into the nightmarish world of the concentration camps. Jack forges friendships with other prisoners, and together they struggle to make it one more days.
The Mexican Revolution, 1910-1920
Presents a history of the struggle for political control in Mexico during the years 1910-1920, including biographical sketches of key personalities.
Where Is?
Left with Grandpa and Grandma, Noni wonders where Mom is and what she is doing, and when she returns she has to find Noni, who is hiding.
Hoang Anh: A Vietnamese-American Boy
In a photographic study of the immigrant experience in action today, a Vietnamese-American boy explains how he successfully lives astride two cultures, American and Vietnamese.
The Witch’s Face: A Mexican Tale
Don Aurelio falls in love with a witch who has a beautiful face but fails to heed her special instructions.
Naomi And The Secret Message
When Naomi and Mrs. Lumbago discover a mirror among the coins hidden by the late Mr. Lumbago, they notice that it changes the reflected image of the person looking into it, and find a cryptic message engraved on its back.