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Children and Youth Books


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There are many resources available for instructing children and young adults about the Holocuast. The following is a list of just a few of the books available.

Adler, Daivid a. A Picture Book of Anne Frank. New York: Holiday House, 1993.

Bitton-Jackson, Livia. I Have Lived A Thousand Years: Growing Up in the Holocaust. New York: Scholastic, 1997.

Denes, Magda. Castles Burining: A Child's Life in War. New York: Touchstone, 1997.

Frank, Anne. Anne Frank's Tales From the Secret Annex. New York: Bantam Books, 1983.

Frank, Anne. Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl. New York: Doubleday, 1971.

Gies, Miep. Anne Frank Remembered: The Story of the Woman Who Helped to Hide the Frank Family. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1987.

Hautzig, Esther. The Endless Steppe. New York: Harper Collins, 1968.

Innocenti, Roberto. Rose Blanche. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1996.

Langer, Lawrence L. Holocaust Testimonies: The Ruins of Memory. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1991.

Lietner, Isabella. The Big Lie. New York: Scholastic, 1992.

Lindwer, WIlly. The Last Seven Months of Anne Frank. New York: Doubleday, 1991.

Lowry, Lois. Number the Stars. New York: Bantam Doubleday, 1989.

Meltzer, Milton. Rescue: The Story of How Gentiles Saved Jews in the Holocaust. New York: Harper Collins, 1988.

Orgel, Doris. The Devil in Vienna. New York: Puffin, 1978.

Perl, Lila and Blumenthal Lazan, Marion. Four Perfect Pebbles: A Holocaust Story. New York: Greenwillow Books, 1996.

Reiss, Johanna. The Journey Back. New York: Harper Collins, 1976.

Schur, Maxine Rose. Hannah Szenes: A Song of Light. Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society, 1991.

Vos, Jda. Anna Is Still Here. New York: Scholastic, 1986.

Wiesel, Elie. Night. New York: Avon, 1972.

Yolen, Jane. The Devil's Arithmetic. New York. Puffin, 1988.

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