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| 1. |  | Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History from Pantheon Price: $10.17 Customer Review:  i was one of the few among my peers who had never read one of the Maus books. When i finally got around to it, i was blown away by its excellence. This is a masterpiece (and i do not use the term lightly). Do yourself a favor and don't miss it. |
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| 2. |  | Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began (Maus) from Pantheon Price: $10.17 Customer Review:  I must say that I find this work hard to properly describe in terms of how I feel about it. I think that it was a fascinating look at one man's experience in the Holocaust, but an equally important aspect is Art's interaction with his father during their conversations. This seems like an honest... |
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| 3. |  | Certain Girls: A Novel from Atria Price: $17.79 Customer Review:  What happened the she smart witted, funny Cannie we loved from Good in Bed? When I finished reading Good in Bed, I couldn't wait to see what life was like for Cannie... but I didn't feel like I was reading about the same character. This book by itself was a good enough book, but it did not... |
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| 4. |  | The Complete Maus: A Survivor's Tale from Pantheon Price: $23.10 Customer Review: The Holocaust hangs over western society in the second half of the twentieth century. One man said that poetry was impossible after Auschwitz, but great artists in numerous mediums have dedicated themselves ot proving this wrong. The great crime has provided a great canvas for stories of humanity in... |
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| 5. |  | The Blessing of a Skinned Knee: Using Jewish Teachings to Raise Self-Reliant Children from Penguin (Non-Classics) Price: $10.20 Customer Review: Child rearing is tough work, as tough or tougher now than ever. Mogul, a psychologist, sought to find a different, healthy approach to managing children and parenthood. She came to Judaism's traditional ways. For much of the book, the theme is simple: given three thousand years of parenthood, what... |
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| 6. |  | My Grandfathers Blessings : Stories of Strength, Refuge, and Belonging from Riverhead Trade Price: $10.20 Customer Review: Real life wisdom for living life in balance and with heart. Rachel tells her stories openly, with compassion and great warmth. I have given this book to friends and family and carry its lessons in my own life. A lovely read, not at all preachy. Each chapter is worth savoring. |
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| 7. |  | I Have Lived A Thousand Years: Growing Up In The Holocaust from Simon Pulse Price: $5.99 Customer Review: I have just started reading more accounts of World War II and really enjoyed this survivor story. It is a big account in a small package. It is not about the gory details, but more about the emotions behind them. Thoroughly enjoyed it. |
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| 8. |  | A History of the Holocaust (Single Title Social Studies) from Franklin Watts Price: $12.21 Customer Review: This review is based on the 1982 edition. This book traces the Holocaust from early anti-Jewish teachings, the emergence of racial anti-Semitism, the rise of Nazi ideology, the decision to murder the Jews, the implementation of the Holocaust, rescue attempts, Jewish resistance, theological and... |
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| 9. |  | Milkweed (Readers Circle) from Laurel Leaf Price: $6.99 Customer Review: In this book, the Nazi invasion of Poland is seen through the eyes of a small homeless vagabond of a child, a child who is both too naive to understand properly what is going on around him, yet also more street-smart and much better at surviving the hard life than the adults around him. I found... |
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| 10. |  | All-of-a-kind Family from Yearling Price: $5.99 Customer Review:  I nearly fell asleep while reading this book. It only gets more than 1 star from me because of the somewhat predictable plot twist at the end. |
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| 11. |  | Survivors: True Stories of Children in the Holocaust from Scholastic Paperbacks Price: $4.99 Customer Review: It is a good book, the stories are cruel, but not so detailed. Kids need to know about what happened, and this is a good way, but definitely not for kids under sixth grade. |
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| 12. |  | Lost in Translation: A Life in a New Language from Penguin (Non-Classics) Price: $10.20 Customer Review: this was one of the best books i've ever read. it was packed with profound insights. the writing itself is just beautiful. |
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| 13. |  | The Adventures of Hershel of Ostropol from Holiday House Price: $7.95 Customer Review: I read from this book often to my pre-schoolers. Yes, it takes effort to explain and question them until they understand the plot of each story. But they love them so much we repeat each tale many times, until at the end of the school year, they are telling Hershel stories to me! The kid's... |
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| 14. |  | The Cage from Simon Pulse Price: $6.99 Customer Review: I did not purchase this book on Amazon, but I had to write a review anyway. I got my copy of The Cage on a trip to the Holocaust museum with my family, when I was in the 5th grade. On the drive back, I did nothing but read this book. Since then (I'm now 19) I've re-read it so many times that it's... |
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| 15. |  | I Never Saw Another Butterfly from Schocken Price: $12.58 Customer Review: Only three of the poets and authors whose work is represented in this volume survived the Nazi Holocaust. These works, however, are no more dead than the wings of butterflies mounted in a natural history museum. They fly: They give the children voices for all time---not just the authors... |
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| 16. |  | Children of the Flames: Dr. Josef Mengele and the Untold Story of the Twins of Auschwitz from Penguin (Non-Classics) Price: $10.88 Customer Review: Where's the real info, the real description of Mengele's experiments, even a picture of the man??!! Not in this book. Let's get some things straight here: German Nazi scientists were extremely well trained, meticulous, and the creme of the creme for most of the 20th century. Mengele was no... |
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| 17. |  | Still Alive: A Holocaust Girlhood Remembered (The Helen Rose Scheuer Jewish Women's Series) from The Feminist Press at CUNY Price: $10.85 Customer Review:  I found this book extremely tedious, poorly edited, full of boring speculations and philosophical self centerdness. Am shocked at myself being able to say this about any survivor, but there you have it. I kept thinking, "OK, now when are you going to get on with the actual story", before realizing... |
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| 18. |  | Terrible Things: An Allegory of the Holocaust from Jewish Publication Society of America Price: $6.95 Customer Review: This book is an excellent book for readers of all ages. Children that are too young for studying the Holocaust will gain much understanding from this book. This book was recently used in a high school classroom studying the Holocaust and students responded very well. The simple story and beautiful... |
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| 19. |  | Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow from Scholastic Nonfiction Price: $13.57 Customer Review: I cannot say enough about how impressed I was by this book. For students in Jr High and up, this is an incredible resource on teenage life in Nazi Germany. This book will bring WWII to life for them in a dramatic and immediate way. The book follows many different "normal" teens through these... |
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| 20. |  | Parallel Journeys from Aladdin Price: $5.99 Customer Review: Although this was a book about great sorrow and despair, the strength of the human spirit shines through in the heart and mind of Helen Waterford. What was also astounding was the thoughts and emotions of Alfons Heck. What a horrific time--more than the mind can comprehend...and what a truly amazing... |
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| 21. |  | The Mascot: Unraveling the Mystery of My Jewish Father's Nazi Boyhood from Viking Adult Price: $6.99 Customer Review: There are many stories to come out of World War II, both told and untold, this is surely one of the most remarkable. It is a tale of survival but not without cost. As a five-year-old boy Alex Kurzem saw his mother and father as well as neighbors shot by the Nazis. For some inexplicable... |
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| 22. |  | Thank You, God!: A Jewish Child's Book of Prayers (Shabbat) from Kar-Ben Publishing Price: $6.95 Customer Review: Thank You, God!: A Jewish Child's Book of Prayers (Shabbat) I purchased this book for my daughter when she was around 3 years old and she woke up every morning and went to bed every evening with the book - she just loved it. She is now in college and wanted to bring the book with her as a memory... |
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| 23. |  | Engineer Ari and the Rosh Hashanah Ride (High Holidays) from Kar-Ben Pub Price: $7.95 | |
| 24. |  | It Could Always Be Worse: A Yiddish Folk Tale from Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) Price: $5.95 Customer Review: My mother has read my this book sence I was 3 years old. I couldn't understand it when I was small, but the beautiful pictures of water colors brought it to life for me. As a got older a started to understand that it was about a poor man who lived in a small cabin and goes to the rabbi for help. The... |
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| 25. |  | Night; with Connections from Holt Rinehart and Winston Price: $19.85 Customer Review: Wow...every page is like a sock in the gut, and like many memoirs full of twisted events, I find myself hoping it isn't true. But what's most remarkable is Wiesel's legacy, how he survived and lived to tell about it as a respected intellectual (this isn't a part of the story). Historically relevant,... |
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| 26. |  | A Mezuzah on the Door (Jewish Identity) from Kar-Ben Publishing Price: $7.95 Customer Review: Excellent for reading with children, booktalking, storytelling and clear concise information in a contemporary format. Highly recommended. |
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| 27. |  | Celebrate: A Book of Jewish Holidays from Grosset & Dunlap Price: $3.99 Customer Review: This book was a great introduction to Jewish holidays for my 3-year old. I have been introducing her to the basics of the major holidays as they come along over the past year, but the sweet, simple explanations and pictures in this book help her remember and begin to understand. |
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| 28. |  | Noah's Ark (Picture Yearling Book) from Dragonfly Books Price: $7.99 Customer Review: This is one of my all time favorite picture books for all ages. Peter Spiers beautiful illustrations need no words to tell this story. The possibilities for interacting with a child are endless as you wander through the familiar and find the surprising! My granddaughter is 2 years old and loves... |
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| 29. |  | The Latke Who Couldn't Stop Screaming: A Christmas Story from McSweeney's Price: $9.95 Customer Review: I immediately bought one for each member of my family. My son, who is too young to really understand the humor, loved yelling "ahhhhh!" along with the story each time. Great book-great message. |
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| 30. |  | In God's Name from Jewish Lights Publishing Price: $11.55 Customer Review: Anyone with a child should buy this book. Anyone without a child should also buy this book! I've used this book in a number of situations and first came across it at a retreat for those young Franciscans Friars in Religious Formation. It launched a wonderful discussion on our images of God. It... |
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