Irena's Jars of Secrets
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| Rating | : | 4.54 (563 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1600604390 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 40 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-10-16 |
| Language | : | English |
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Motivated by her humanity and armed with compassion and a belief in human dignity, Irena Sendler proved to the world that an ordinary person can accomplish extraordinary deeds.. Irena Sendler, born in 1910 to a Polish Catholic family, was raised to respect all people, regardless of their race or religion. Hoping to reunite the families after the war, Irena kept secret lists of the children s identities, which were buried in jars under an apple tree. As an adult she became a social worker, and after the Germans occupied Poland du
Elke E. Coblens said Five Stars. Amazing story. "Irena's jars of secrets" according to M. Tanenbaum. Irena's Jars of Secrets is the second picture book to come out this year on Polish heroine Irena Sendler, a young social worker who rescued over 2,500 Jewish children from under the noses of the Nazi guards in the Warsaw Ghetto during World War II (earlier this year I reviewed Irena Sendler and the Children o. Irena Sendler, the woman who stood up to the Nazis Z Hayes I've always been interested in the Holocaust and have read widely on the subject as well as watched numerous documentaries, docu-dramas, and movies about the Shoah. It is a dark topic which requires appropriate material in introducing the subject to the younger generation , and luckily for younger readers, th
--Publishers WeeklyMazellan s dramatic oil paintings mostly in appropriate dark, somber grays and browns cover most of each spread, leaving a buff-colored strip to hold the succinctly written, yet descriptive, text that can be understood even by those who have little or no knowledge of World War II or the Holocaust. Mazellan s very dark, deeply shadowed oil paintings capture the unabated terror and sorrow. --School Library Journal . Powerful. A two-page recap that includes the impressive awards and honors bestowed upon Sendler is appended. Finding a w
She was inspired to write Irena s Jars of Secrets after reading Irena Sendler s obituary in 2008 and discovering more about her through the work of Life in a Jar: The Irena Sendler Project, an organization dedicated to bringing Irena Sendler s story to the world. Vaughan lives in Tacoma, Washington. MARCIA VAUGHAN has written numerous books for young readers, includi