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Kar-Ben, 2010. 1st Paperback Edition Printing Unknown. Soft cover. As New/No Jacket Issued. Josee Bisaillon color illustrations. CONDITION: What makes this book AS NEW? very light edge wear front spine edge. Not bad, but there. Otherwise, UNREAD 2010 Kar-Ben paperback, first paperback edition, no printing given, HOWEVER, there is some reason that this might be a 2021 7th printing. Cryptic numbers. Beautiful color illustrations by Josee Bisaillon. CONTENT: Benno was the neighborhood's favorite cat. During the week, he napped in a sunny corner of Mitzi Stein's dress shop and begged scrapped from Moshe the butcher. But one night in Berlin, the Nazis changed everything. Life would never be the same. This cat's-eye view introduces the Holocaust to children in a gentle way that can open discussion of this period. "What truly distinguishes this book is the striking multimedia artwork composed of paper, fabric, and drawn images in hues of olive, brown, and red. Interesting… Read More

Scholastic Pess, 2005. 1st Edition 5th Printing. Hardcover. As New/New. Wendy Watson color illustrations. CONDITION: WHAT makes this book "As New" - blank bookplate inside front cover. That's it; that's all. UNREAD/ AS NEW 2004 Scholastic Press hardcover (pictorial boards) & dust jacket, first edition, 1st printing. Stark color illustrations by Wendy Watson. Excellent Historical Note on the Warrsaw Ghetto of WW II. CONTENT: Set in Warsaw in 1942, this picture book brings to life a little-known incident of Jewish resistance. A young girl who has escaped the Ghetto lives with her older sister who, with friends, plans to smuggle food to those still there. Somehow the Gestapo has heard of the plan and has designs of its own - dogs to sniff out the bundles of food arriving with the resisters on a train. With quick thinking, the friends gather all of the cats living in Krasinski Square into baskets and head for the station. Just as the train pulls in, the felines are let… Read More

Scholastic, 2012. 1st Paperback Edition 2nd Printing. Soft cover. As New/No Jacket Issued. B&W era photos + color drawings. CONDITION: What makes this "as new"? - pale short diagonal crease bottom corner front cover panel. UNREAD, but not quite perfect, 2012 Scholastic paperback, first edition, second printing. B&W era photos plus color drawings. CONTENT: Between 1941 and 1945, the small town of Terezín, Czechoslovakia, was a transit camp for thousands of Jewish people. It was a Nazi "show" camp, where inmates were forced to use their artistic talents to fool the world about the truth of gas chambers and horrific living conditions for imprisoned Jews. Here is their story, told through the firsthand accounts and artwork of those who were there. Back matter includes a time line, a glossary, sources, and an index. grade 7+.