![]() ![]() (I have only listed a few YA books, but if you have a teenager, encourage them to read Maus by Art Spiegelman, the Pulitzer prize-winning, critically acclaimed graphic novel. Ten-year-old Manami did not realize how peaceful her familys life on Bainbridge Island was until the day it all changed. Here are important children’s books about the Holocaust and World War II that will teach children more about this dark period in history. We need to keep these stories alive so we always remember and never, ever repeat this kind of horrible genocide again. How did this happen? And how can we make sure this never happens again. It’s estimated that over 6 million Jews were killed in concentration camps during the Holocaust. Ten-year-old Manami did not realize how peaceful her family's life on Bainbridge Island was until the day it all changed. Not to mention, we need to remember that the horrors were perpetuated by regular people who become villains and monsters, turning on neighbors to follow a dangerous, hateful leader named Adolf Hilter. Paper Wishes Lois Sepahban 4.05 3,132 ratings779 reviews A moving debut novel about a girl whose family is relocated to a Japanese internment camp during World War IIand the dog she has to leave behind. ![]() ![]() ![]() If we don’t understand the Holocaust and the genocide, we are doomed to repeat it. In order not to repeat the past, we must understand it. Children’s books about the Holocaust and World War II help kids understand the past through historical fiction and nonfiction stories because they immerse readers in the experiences of people who lived through it, whether fiction books or nonfiction books. ![]()
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