Collects three novels about Marianne Kohn and Sophie Mandel, two young Jewish girls living in Berlin in 1938, who meet on a train during the first Kindertransport that will take them to safety in England, where they grow up away from home during World War II.
A graphic novel account of a young Jewish girl's struggle to find peace in wartime Britain after she escapes from Nazi Germany, based on the author's own childhood experiences.
Collects the stories of Marianne Kohn and Sophie Mandel, following their journey from Germany on the Kindertransport to England, and their new lives there.
The townspeople are afraid of the tiny baby girl who drifted to shore in a wooden boat, but she is taken in and loved by a grandfatherly old fisherman until the time comes for her to fulfill her destiny as fish princess.
ten short plays and activities for your classroom : with rehearsal strategies to accompany multicultural stories from around the world
Watts, Irene N
1990
Presents ten plays, each with related activities, for use in elementary classrooms, based on the folktales and legends from countries around the world.
Presents retellings of two stories by Scottish preacher and teacher George MacDonald, including "The Light Princess," the story of a princess cursed to live without gravity, and "Little Daylight," the tale of a princess doomed to wax and wane with the moon.
A grandmother tells her granddaughter how her family rabbi told her the story of Queen Esther from the Bible in 1939 during the Nazi occupation of Austria and how that story may have helped the rabbi to escape when the soldiers came for him.
Plans for giving eleven theme parties, including Halloween, winter, animals, and detectives, with suggestions for invitations, food, games, videos, and read-aloud books.
