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DK Life Stories: Florence Nightingale
Kitson Jazynka - DK Children
Format: Hardcover
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In this kids' biography, discover the fascinating story of Florence Nightingale, who cared for British soldiers during wartime as the "Lady of the Lamp" and changed the field of nursing.Florence Nightingale was a pioneer of nursing at a time when women were discouraged from... |
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DK Life Stories: Helen Keller
Libby Romero - DK Children
Format: Hardcover
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In this kids' biography, discover the inspiring story of Helen Keller, who overcame the odds by learning to understand and communicate with the world.Helen Keller lost her sight and hearing due to an early childhood illness and spent the first six years of her life unable to interact... |
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The Faithful Spy: Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Plot to Kill Hitler
John Hendrix - Amulet Books
Format: Hardcover
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Interweaving handwritten text and art in his signature style, John Hendrix tells the fascinating story of Dietrich Bonhoeffer and his fight against the oppression of the German people during World War II. Bonhoeffer was a German Lutheran pastor and theologian who was shocked to watch the German... |
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His Name Was Raoul Wallenberg
Louise W. Borden - HMH Books for Young Readers; None edition
Format: Hardcover
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An amazing and inspirational World War II story about how one man saved the lives of many. Raoul Wallenbergs name may not be a universally familiar one, but the impact he had is immeasurable. Wallenberg was a Swedish humanitarian who worked in Budapest during World War II to rescue Jews... |
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Irena's Children: Young Readers Edition
Tilar J Mazzeo - Margaret K. McElderry Books
Format: Hardcover
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From New York Times bestselling author Tilar Mazzeo comes the extraordinary and long forgotten story of Irena Sendler - the "female Oskar Schindler" - who took staggering risks to save 2,500 children from death and deportation in Nazi-occupied Poland during World War II - now adapted... |
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Who Was Louis Braille?
Margaret Frith - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback
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Louis Braille certainly wasn't your average teenager. Blind from the age of four, he was only fifteen when in 1824 he invented a reading system that converted printed words into columns of raised dots. Through touch, Braille opened the world of books to the sightless, and almost two hundred... |
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Candy Bomber
Michael O. Tunnell - Charlesbridge; New edition
Format: Hardcover
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After World War II the United States and Britain airlifted food and supplies into Russian-blockaded West Berlin. US Air Force Lieutenant Gail S. Halvorsen knew the children of the city were suffering. To lift their spirits, he began dropping chocolate and gum by parachute.Michael O. Tunnell... |
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DK Life Stories: Anne Frank
Stephen Krensky - DK Children
Format: Hardcover
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In this kids' biography, discover the incredible story of Anne Frank, the courageous young writer who hid from the Nazis during World War II.Anne Frank's diary is read by children and adults worldwide. It tells two stories: one of an extraordinary young girl living in hiding during... |
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