[aisle] Holocaust Books

[Sara Bell]

I had something similar with a STEM theme. I responded and we received 50
titles at no cost.


On Thu, Mar 2, 2023 at 9:09 AM Lani Maldonado via AISLE <
aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> Hello hivemind...
>
> I received an email from a person named Ellen Murphy about free books. Has
> anyone else received this or gotten these books before?
>
> Info from email: 1 March, 2023
>
>
> Dear Librarian Ms. Maldonado,
>
>
> Please read and share with MIDDLE SCHOOL Social Studies, ELA, History
> teachers and librarians in your school or district who may be interested in
> this book and its subject.
>
>
>
> *With FREE SHIPPING we would like to donate the book* *Through Eva’s
> Eyes, *written and illustrated by Phoebe Unterman, to your classroom and
> library to enrich teaching and discussion of the Holocaust and other
> genocides. Phoebe interviewed and researched her grandmother’s survival of
> WWII (Eva’s parents also survived), and wrote the story for a middle school
> assignment. Her teacher encouraged her to submit it to a publisher’s
> Written and Illustrated By contest, and it was published when Phoebe was in
> high school. When the publisher retired we (her parents) purchased the
> books in order to donate to school districts who need resources but don’t
> necessarily have funding for new materials. The book has been for sale at
> the USHMM in Washington, DC, and other outlets, since its publication.
>
> Phoebe has graduated from college and works as a freelance podcast
> producer in Los Angeles. Her grandmother, Eva of the title, 90, lives in
> Tulsa, Oklahoma, where she has been active in Holocaust awareness and
> education since the 1970’s.
>
>
> *Free* *shipping *is made possible by a private grant available from the
> Eva Unterman Holocaust Education Fund in memory of Dawid Sierakowiak, based
> at the Jewish Federation of Tulsa, Oklahoma, and other donations. Books can
> be requested in any number, individually or in teaching sets. *Let me
> know how many books you would like when you respond, with your full
> confirmed mailing address. Note info about Teaching Guide below.*
>
>
> Please contact Ellen Murphy (Phoebe’s mom) for books or more information,
> at murphysister04 at gmail.com,  or call 913.831.2502  (Dependable answering
> machine)
>
>
> *BOOK REVIEW*
>
> Unterman, P. E. (2012). *Through Eva’s Eyes. *Kansas City: Landmark House
> (retired). Available from the author’s family by emailing
> murphysister04 at gmail.com or calling 913.831.2502.
>
> *(Grades 4-7)*
>
> Annotated by Karen Shawn.
>
> This true story about Eva Unterman was written and illustrated by Eva’s
> granddaughter Phoebe when she was 12. It is remarkable for its clear and
> engaging narrative; its attention to the details of Eva’s life before the
> Holocaust; and its vivid description of life in the Lodz Ghetto, including
> the aching hunger and freezing cold; and of the family’s deportation to
> Auschwitz and, later, to Stutthof, where her grandmother was murdered. The
> story follows Eva and her mother as they are taken to work in a munitions
> factory in Dresden, where they survive the city’s bombing. Forced to walk
> to Terezin, they survive; are liberated by the Russians; and, miraculously,
> are reunited with Eva’s father. An epilogue brings the family’s story up to
> date.
>
> This unusual and beautiful book is a gentle and careful introduction to
> one survivor’s story through the pen of a grandchild who listened
> carefully. Its childlike tone is authentic and the details, while not at
> all graphic, are precise and evocative. It may encourage other talented
> children to inquire about and perhaps to write their families’ Holocaust
> stories.
>
> Suggested Books from the Holocaust Educator’s Consortium
>
> Published in PRISM, Yeshiva University
>
> Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration
>
> Spring 2014
>
>
> *IN ADDITION:*  Winter, 2021-22
>
> The book has been added to the recommended books for children by the
> Jewish Book Council:
> https://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/books/reading-lists/holocaust-books-for-children
> ,
>
> for the way it walks young readers through difficult information, safely
> allowing them to relate to a child’s viewpoint when discussing tolerance,
> adversity, and prejudice.
>
>
> *Teaching Guide: *An Arizona teacher created a Teaching Guide to go with
> the book, to fit into AZ’s existing format, when she was asked to evaluate
> it for her state. She sent it to me to share. I put it into pdf form and
> can email it so you can print it. Like the book and shipping, it, too, is *FREE!
> Just ask and I will email you the pdf. *
> ReplyForward
> MAILMAN_MIMEDEFANG
> _______________________________________________
> AISLE mailing list
> AISLE at list.railslibraries.info
>
> For list archives and subscription options, visit:
> http://list.railslibraries.info/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/aisle
>
> To unsubscribe, send a message to:
> aisle-leave at list.railslibraries.info
>
> https://www.aisled.org/
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://list.railslibraries.info/pipermail/aisle/attachments/20230302/03b5dfc3/attachment.html>