On Writing

From the blog called Polishing Mud Balls EJ’s Thoughts (age 11): Is It Night or Day?, yes this is the title of one of the best books I have ever read. Basically, Edith, a Jewish German must move away from her home in Germany. She moves from her family to live in Chicago because of World War II. She has to learn English and try to fit in with Americans. ...

2010 Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Books Black Jack by Charles R. Smith Jr. Roaring Brook / ISBN: 9781596434738 / Hardcover/ $16.99 Clemente! by Willie Perdomo Henry Holt / ISBN: 9780805082241 / Hardcover/ $16.99 For Good Measure by Ken Robbins Roaring Brook / ISBN: 9781596433441 / Hardcover / $17.99 Is It Night or Day? by Fern Schumer Chapman FSG / ISBN: 9780374177447 / Hardcover / $17.99 Revolver by ...

The complete list of projects is available to download on the home page of this website: www.fernschumerchapman.com Here are the first four project ideas for teachers: * Edith Westerfeld is a child immigrant, a young girl whose parents sent her to the United States in 1938 in order to avoid the terrible persecution against Jews in Nazi Germany. Immigration is never an easy thing to do. Create a poster or ...

The Breman Jewish Heritage and Holocaust Museum in Atlanta, Georgia is one of the first to include information on the One Thousand Children. Here is some of the museum's content: Telegram that states that Charlotte Dreyfuss and Heinz (Henry) Birnbrey are in the United States and en route to Atlanta. Like the Kindertransport, the intent of the One Thousand Children effort was to help Jewish children leave Nazi occupied areas. ...

Posted: Thursday, December 9, 2010 3:33 pm Email Print By DREW AMO damo@wasecacountynews.com WASECA — During the 1930s, more than 1,200 Jewish children left their homes in Germany and Central Europe and were sent to live in the United States with relatives. They were leaving their homes and their parents for a place they had never been, the alternative was to risk a far worse fate in Nazi Germany. The ...

Virginia Beach Public Library Recommends blog "I liked the story line's simplicity and how it captured the emotional struggle of those affected by the Holocaust. Youth and teen readers should appreciate this book for its authentic and sincere depiction of the times during this tragic period in history. American Jewish World (August 20, 2010) "With vivid imagery, heart-wrenching emotion and potent first-person narration, Schumer Chapman tells her mother's unique Holocaust ...

Gross-Gerau, Germany GROSS-GERAU - Tenth grade pupils of the Martin-Buber School received copies of the book Mutterland (Motherland). The set for the whole class was donated by the German Association to Preserve Jewish History and Culture on a project day on inter-religious dialogue. Mutterland, whose author was named Illinois Author of the Year in 2004 for the work, tells the story of a Jewish girl, born and raised in Stockstadt, ...

The hardcover for Motherland was released in March of 2000. Happily, the book is still in print and readers and bloggers continue to review it online. Here is a recent review from Esmerelda's blog at http://esmereldasbookthing.blogspot.com/ Tuesday, November 30, 2010 Motherland by Fern Schumer Chapman At its heart, this book by a Holocaust survivor's daughter, is a love letter from daughter to mother. In 1990 Fern and her mother Edith, ...

by Barbara Bietz - Children's Book Reviews Several new novels written for older kids and teens have fascinating characters and compelling plots, involving significant events in history and contemporary issues facing society today. From the civil rights movement to immigrant children during WWII, to the effects of war on soldiers and their families, these novels will help teen readers think about their world in new ways. Is it Night or ...