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Golem

Golem


by David Wisniewski | Lee Salsberry

  • LITERATURE
  • 1996
  • HARD COVER
  • 32 PAGES
  • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)

A retelling of a Jewish legend, set in Prague in the 16th century, a dark time for the city's Jewish residents. A rabbi builds a clay giant to protect his people from persecution; the golem, in this version, speaks with a child's simplicity. The remarkable paper-cutout illustrations brilliantly evoke the Prague of old. Ages 7-10. (CZH38, $17.00)

Marie Antoinette, Princess of Versailles (Austria-Hungary, 1769)

Marie Antoinette, Princess of Versailles (Austria-Hungary, 1769)


by Kathryn Lasky

  • LITERATURE
  • 2000
  • HARD COVER
  • 238 PAGES
  • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)

The ill-fated future queen of France records life at the Habsburg palace in Austria in this novel-in-diary-format, written by the reliably excellent children's author Kathryn Lasky. For ages 9-12. (FRN342, $10.99)

The Good Master

The Good Master


by Kate Seredy

  • LITERATURE
  • 1986
  • PAPER
  • 196 PAGES
  • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)

First published in the 1930s, this novel tells of two cousins who ride horses across the Hungarian plains, encountering shepherds and gypsies en route. It's all marvelously evocative of the folk customs and lifestyles of old Hungary. Ages 9-12. (HGR25, $5.99)

The Singing Tree

The Singing Tree


by Kate Seredy

  • LITERATURE
  • 1990
  • PAPER
  • 247 PAGES
  • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)

The sequel to "The Good Master," in which cousins Jancsi and Kate are now older -- and Hungary (and all of 1914 Europe) are on the brink of war. (HGR26, $6.99)

The Trumpeter of Krakow

The Trumpeter of Krakow


by Eric Philbrook Kelly | Janina Domanska

  • LITERATURE
  • 1992
  • PAPER
  • 208 PAGES
  • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)

A children's story about a young boy in medieval Krakow. (PLD12, $5.99)

The White Stag

The White Stag


by Kate Seredy

  • LITERATURE
  • 1979
  • PAPER
  • 96 PAGES
  • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)

Kate Seredy drew on oral traditions and folklore for this gripping novella about the Huns' and Magyars' fifth-century migration from Asia to Central Europe. It won her a Newbery Medal in 1938. Ages 9 to 12. (HGR27, $4.99)

The Star of Kazan

The Star of Kazan


by Eva Ibbotson | Kevin Hawkes

  • LITERATURE
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 404 PAGES
  • YOUNG ADULTS

A delightful young adult adventure that twists and turns through fin-de-siecle Vienna. Annika, a foundling taken in by a household of eccentric professors and kind hearted servants, is enchanted by the spectacle of Vienna and the simple pleasures of domestic chores. Her life is turned upside-down when her aristocratic mother unexpectedly reappears in her life and sweeps her off to live in a castle in Germany. (CEU24, $8.99)

Upon the Head of the Goat, A Childhood in Hungary, 1939-1944

Upon the Head of the Goat, A Childhood in Hungary, 1939-1944


by Aranka Siegal

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 224 PAGES
  • YOUNG ADULTS

This spare memoir of a Jewish girlhood in a German-occupied Hungarian town won its author a Newbery Honor citation. Its serious subject and introspective tone are recommended for sophisticated young adults. (HGR24, $7.99)

The Three Golden Keys


by Peter Sis

  • LITERATURE
  • 2001
  • HARD COVER
  • 64 PAGES
  • FAMILY

In this visually entrancing picture book, Sis meets the Golem, Hanus the Clockmaker and other characters from his childhood in Prague, both imagined and real. Both adults and children will delight in Sis's magical illustrations. (CZH39, $24.99)

 

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