Toby Belfer Learns about Heroes and Martyrs
Title | Toby Belfer Learns about Heroes and Martyrs PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | Pelican Publishing |
Pages | 136 |
Release | |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 9781455613168 |
Toby learns the true meaning of heroism in light of the Holocaust. Toby Belfer, now a fifth grader, returns for another adventure in this middle reader. While on a trip to Israel, Toby and her friend Donna visit Yad Vashem, the Holocaust History Museum. Here they learn about the Righteous Gentiles, great Christian men and women who sacrificed their safety and lives to help Jews during World War II. From the secret hiding places of Corrie ten Boom and the factories of Oskar Schindler to the Paper Clip Project undertaken by a group of extraordinary students in Whitwell, Tennessee, the girls are taken on an emotional, educational journey through history.
The Writers Directory
Title | The Writers Directory PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 608 |
Release | 2013 |
Genre | Authors, American |
ISBN |
The Publishers Weekly
Title | The Publishers Weekly PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 688 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | American literature |
ISBN |
Mr. Okra Sells Fresh Fruits and Vegetables
Title | Mr. Okra Sells Fresh Fruits and Vegetables PDF eBook |
Author | Lashon Daley |
Publisher | Pelican Publishing |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2016-01-26 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 9781455621125 |
Up and down the streets of New Orleans, Mr. Okra drives his brightly painted truck. All over the city, you can hear his call: "I got oranges and bananas! I got tomatoes, cucumbers, and avocadoes!" His fresh, healthy fruits and vegetables are as colorful as Mardi Gras floats, as green as the St. Charles Streetcar, and as different as the animals at the Audubon Zoo. Taste and tour New Orleans in this colorful story.
The Oklahoma Land Run
Title | The Oklahoma Land Run PDF eBook |
Author | Una Belle Townsend |
Publisher | Pelican Publishing |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2008-12 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 9781589805668 |
Nine-year-old Jesse convinces his injured father to let him drive the wagon during the 1889 Oklahoma Land Rush.
My Grandmother Lives in a Shotgun House
Title | My Grandmother Lives in a Shotgun House PDF eBook |
Author | Daisy Harrison |
Publisher | Pel |
Pages | 32 |
Release | 2018 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 9781455623020 |
Illustrations and simple, rhyming text celebrate the history and culture of New Orleans as seen by a seven-year-old, his brother, and their grandmother, who lives in a shotgun house.
Luboml
Title | Luboml PDF eBook |
Author | Berl Kagan |
Publisher | KTAV Publishing House, Inc. |
Pages | 454 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780881255805 |
The story of the former Polish-Jewish community (shtetl) of Luboml, Wołyń, Poland. Its Jewish population of some 4,000, dating back to the 14th century, was exterminated by the occupying German forces and local collaborators in October, 1942. Luboml was formerly known as Lyuboml, Volhynia, Russia and later Lyuboml, Volyns'ka, Ukraine. It was also know by its Yiddish name: Libivne.