Holocaust Remembrance Series for Young Readers
This award-winning series proves that you can talk to young people about serious issues. It resonates with children from all cultures and all walks of life.
Books in the series
Guardian Angel House
Based on the true story of two sisters sheltered from the Nazis by a group of Catholic nuns during World War II.
Mama had always told twelve-year-old Susan that there was no safe place for a Jew...
The Diary of Laura's Twin
Winner of the 2008 National Jewish Book Award for Children's and YA Literature and the 2009 Canadian Jewish Book Award for Children's Literature!
A mysterious diary links modern-day Laura to ...
Hana's Suitcase on Stage
Since its publication in 2002, the story of Hana Brady, a little girl who wanted to become a teacher, has captured hearts and minds of schoolchildren and adults around the world. Since its 2006 ...
Hiding Edith
Winner of the 2009 Yad Vashem Award for Children's Holocaust Literature
The true story of Edith Schwalb, a young Jewish girl who was saved from the Nazis by the courage of the entire French v...
The Righteous Smuggler
During World War II, when Hendrik, the young son of a fisherman in Amsterdam, notices his Jewish friends being barred from school and ostracized by their other classmates, he is determined to stand...
The Underground Reporters
In Budejovice, a quiet village in the Czech Republic, laws and rules were introduced to restrict the freedom of Jewish people during the dark days of World War II. A small plot of land by the river...
Night Spies, The
Based on real events and real characters!
It is the middle of World War II, and Gabi and her mother have been lucky so far, eluding the grasp of Nazi soldiers who are sending Jewish people away ...
Hana's Suitcase
New edition with foreword by Nobel Peace Prize winner Desmond Tutu:
"How extraordinary that this humble suitcase has enabled children all over the world to learn through Hana's s...
Hana's Suitcase - Book and Audio CD
"Hana's Suitcase should be required reading." Quill and Quire
"Like the documentary, the book is a treasure for children and adults." The Toronto Star
In the spring o...
Clara's War
From the Silver Birch Award-winning author of The Secret of Gabi's Dresser.
It's a dangerous time for thirteen-year-old Clara and her family. They have just been imprisoned in Terezin (Terezinst...
The Secret of Gabi's Dresser
"An insightful, educational and deeply moving work of historical fiction guaranteed to impact readers of all ages." Canadian Jewish News
The heroine, Gabi, recounts how as a young Jewish...