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Genre/Form: | Picture books for children Picture books Juvenile books Maps Fiction Juvenile works Juvenile fiction |
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Named Person: | Uri Shulevitz; Uri Shulevitz; Uri Shulevitz; Uri Shulevitz; Uri Shulevitz |
Material Type: | Fiction, Primary school |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Uri Shulevitz |
ISBN: | 9780374334994 0374334994 9780329708870 0329708872 |
OCLC Number: | 123766698 |
Notes: | Art techniques used:watercolor and ink in a detailed folk like style. Includes one historic photograph. |
Awards: | Caldecott Honor Book, 2009 Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2009. Charlotte Zolotow Award Honor, 2009. |
Target Audience: | 660 |
Description: | 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm |
Responsibility: | Uri Shulevitz. |
More information: |
Abstract:
As he spends hours studying his father's world map, a young boy escapes the hunger and misery of refugee life. Based on the author's childhood in Kazakhstan, where he lived as a Polish refugee during World War II.
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A nice addition to any library.
I'm not sure who the audience for this book would be. You need to view this book first before you buy. Interesting book about how Shulevits fled Poland and how his life was of boredom and hunger. His father buys a map with what little money they had...
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I'm not sure who the audience for this book would be. You need to view this book first before you buy. Interesting book about how Shulevits fled Poland and how his life was of boredom and hunger. His father buys a map with what little money they had and a very small amount of bread. The map ends up being his savior for it takes his mind off of his hunger and boredom.
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