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If you could construct a pet monster, what would it be? A dog with two heads? A rabbit with spider legs? With Make a Pet Monster Your Way! young makers will use the makerspace tools to learn how to get inspired, problem-solve, and collaborate with others as they create their pet monster.

Tells Peter Feigl's story of running from the Nazis with his family and finally escaping to Switzerland.

"Caldecott Honoree and Sibert Medalist Peter S?s honors a man who saved hundreds of children from the Nazis. In 1938, twenty-nine-year-old Nicholas Winton saved the lives of almost 700 children trapped in Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia--a story he never told and that remained unknown until an unforgettable TV appearance in the 1980s reunited him with some of the children he saved. Czech-American artist, MacArthur Fellow, and Andersen Award winner Peter S?s dramatizes Winton's story in this distinctive and deeply personal picture book. He intertwines Nicky's efforts with the story of one of the children he saved--a young girl named Vera, whose family enlisted Nicky's aid when the Germans occupied their country. As the war passes and Vera grows up, she must find balance in her dual identities--one her birthright, the other her choice. Nicky & Vera is a masterful tribute to a humble man's courageous efforts to protect Europe's most vulnerable, and a timely portrayal of the hopes and fears of those forced to leave their homes and create new lives"--Provided by the publisher.

A true account of the attack and sinking of the passenger ship SS City of Benares, which was evacuating children from England during WWII.

"The stories of the children whose families were torn apart as a result of a failed attempt to assassinate Hitler in 1944"--.

"In March 1943, twenty-seven children began third grade in a strange new environment: the Topaz Relocation Center in Utah. Together with their teacher, Miss Yamauchi, these uprooted young Americans began keeping a classroom diary, with a different child illustrating each day's entry. Their full-color diary entries paint a vivid picture of daily life in an internment camp: schoolwork, sports, pets, holidays, health--and the mixed feelings of citizens who were loyal but distrusted"--Provided by publisher.

Collects "Last Airlift" and "One Step at a Time," that tell Tuyet's story of when she was an orphan in Vietnam during the war and airlifted with other orphans from Saigon to Canada, and recounts her life with her new family and her struggle with polio.

Text and photographs present the true accounts of children who were forced to live in Japanese American confinement camps.

"[Presents the story of Anne Frank's] extraordinary life and . . . the diary that would change the world"--Back cover.