The King of Children
Title | The King of Children PDF eBook |
Author | Betty Jean Lifton |
Publisher | Macmillan |
Pages | 436 |
Release | 1997-04-15 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9780312155605 |
As stirring as "Schindler's List", this classic biography focuses on the first advocate of children's rights--the man known as the savior of hundreds of orphans in the Warsaw Ghetto. A "New York Times" Notable Book. photos.
Loving Every Child
Title | Loving Every Child PDF eBook |
Author | Janusz Korczak |
Publisher | Algonquin Books |
Pages | 97 |
Release | 2016-05-31 |
Genre | Family & Relationships |
ISBN | 1565127684 |
“Korczak’s words resonate across the years and have amazing modern-day relevance.”—Jim Harding, director of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children Born in Poland in 1878, educator, physician, and legendary child advocate Janusz Korczak believed that simply understanding children is the key to being able to take care of them. It’s a basic premise too often overlooked. This collection of one hundred quotations and passages from Korczak’s writings provides valuable advice on how to take care of, respect, and love every child. In an inviting gift-book format, this is a heartfelt and helpful reminder of who we were as children and who we might become as parents.
Ghetto Diary
Title | Ghetto Diary PDF eBook |
Author | Janusz Korczak |
Publisher | Yale University Press |
Pages | 168 |
Release | 2003-01-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780300097429 |
Reprint. Originally published: New York: Holocaust Library, c1978.
The Champion of Children
Title | The Champion of Children PDF eBook |
Author | Tomasz Bogacki |
Publisher | Macmillan |
Pages | 45 |
Release | 2009-09 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 0374341362 |
Presents the story of Janusz Korczak, a writer and doctor who established an orphanage for Jewish children in 1912 and who, together with his orphans, was sent by the Nazis to the Treblinka extermination camp in 1942.
Mister Doctor
Title | Mister Doctor PDF eBook |
Author | Irène Cohen-Janca |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2015 |
Genre | Children's books |
ISBN | 9781554517152 |
November 1940. A circus parade walks through the streets of Warsaw, waving a flag and singing. They are 160 Jewish children, forced by the Nazis to leave their beloved orphanage. It's a sad occasion, but led by Doctor Korczak, their inspirational director, the children are defiantly joyful.
Janusz Korczak's Children
Title | Janusz Korczak's Children PDF eBook |
Author | Gloria Spielman |
Publisher | Kar-Ben Publishing ™ |
Pages | 42 |
Release | 2014-01-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 1512490229 |
In the years between WWI and WWII, young Henryk Goldszmidt dreamed of creating a better world for children. As an adult, using the pen name Janusz Korczak, he became a writer, doctor, and an enlightened leader in the field of education, unaware to what use his skills were destined to be put. Dr. Korczak established a Jewish orphanage in Warsaw where he introduced the world to his progressive ideas in child development and children’s rights. When the Nazis occupy Warsaw, the orphanage is moved to the ghetto, and when the 200 children in his care are deported, Dr. Korczak famously refuses to be saved, marching with his charges to the train that will take them to their deaths. This biography of Janusz Korczak is a chapter book for elementary school readers and has full color illustrations
The Good Doctor of Warsaw
Title | The Good Doctor of Warsaw PDF eBook |
Author | Elisabeth Gifford |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 352 |
Release | 2021-01-05 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1643136372 |
Set in the ghettos of wartime Warsaw, this is a sweeping, poignant, and heartbreaking novel inspired by the true story of one doctor who was determined to protect two hundred Jewish orphans from extermination. Deeply in love and about to marry, students Misha and Sophia flee a Warsaw under Nazi occupation for a chance at freedom. Forced to return to the Warsaw ghetto, they help Misha's mentor, Dr Janusz Korczak, care for the two hundred children in his orphanage. As Korczak struggles to uphold the rights of even the smallest child in the face of unimaginable conditions, he becomes a beacon of hope for the thousands who live behind the walls. As the noose tightens around the ghetto, Misha and Sophia are torn from one another, forcing them to face their worst fears alone. They can only hope to find each other again one day . . . Meanwhile, refusing to leave the children unprotected, Korczak must confront a terrible darkness.