Baseball Saved Us by Ken Mochizuki and illustrated by Dom Lee is a wonderful picture book for younger readers to introduce them to a part of American history, particularly the relocation of Japanese Americans from their homes to internment camps after the attack on Pearl Harbor in World War II.
“Shorty” was thus nicknamed because he [...]
Passage to Freedom, The Sugihara Story by Ken Mochizuki and illustrated by Dom Lee is not only a wonderful book but it’s based on a wonderful true story that I’m going to say is safe to believe that many people don’t know. As we learn from the author interview that I conducted with Ken Mochizuki [...]
Great Joy by Kate DiCamillo and illustrated by Bagram Ibatoulline is a very simple Christmas story. Set during World War II, times are hard for everybody. Even Frances’ father is not at home, he’s serving his country. Frances likes to watch an organ grinder and a monkey from her window as he plays to passerby’s. [...]
Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay is one of those books that just makes you shudder, it is so heartbreaking. In this fictionalized account, on July 16, 1942, the French police arrest more than 13,000 Jewish men, women and children in the middle of the night. Thinking that because they were in the hands of [...]
Journey to Topaz by Yoshicku Uchida was recommended to me by Becky at Becky’s Book Reviews when I asked for an author with the last name beginning with U. I knew right away that this was the book for me and I almost feel like I’m come full circle this year on the topic of [...]
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