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BEST OF GERMANY
For Kids
Hitler Youth, Growing Up In Hitler's Shadow
• Susan Campbell Bartoletti
HISTORY •
2005 •
HARD COVER
• 176 PAGES
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
In this eye-opening, award-winning history for middle-schoolers Bartoletti shows the growth of Nazi power and the Hitler Youth movement through profiles of 12 individuals, including not only members of Hitler's Youth but also young dissidents and Jews. With period photographs. Geared for ages 9-12. As Bartoletti states in her preference, "Hitler counted on Germany's boys and girls." The book shows the allure and power of the movement.
(GER180, $21.99) |
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Kid's German Picture Dictionary
• Inc. Berlitz International
LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS •
2004 •
PAPER
• 128 PAGES
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
1000 words central to a child's everyday life -- animals, flowers, people, colors, numbers and activities -- teach even the youngest readers German. Each word is illustrated and accompanied by a phonetic transcription and phrase.
(GER128, $12.95) |
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When the Wall Came Down, The Berlin Wall and the Fall of Communism
• Serge Schmemann
HISTORY •
2007 •
PAPER
• 128 PAGES
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
An eyewitness account of the reunification of Germany and collapse of the Eastern Bloc by the Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times journalist. Geared for ages 9-12.
(GER179, $10.95) |
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Betsy and the Great World
• Maud Hart Lovelace
LITERATURE •
1996 •
PAPER
• 321 PAGES
• YOUNG ADULTS
• COMING IN
Irrepressible Betsy Ray -- would-be novelist and romantic idealist with two left feet -- is 21 years old and bound for Europe in this delightful installment in the "Betsy-Tacy" series. Beginning with a transatlantic voyage, her 1917 "grand tour" encompasses Madeira, Paris, Munich, Oberammergau, Venice and London. There's plenty of cultural detail and lots of trademark Betsy heartache, as well as some high drama at the outbreak of World War I. Ages 12 and up.
(EUR116, $6.95) |
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The Sound of Munich
• Suzanne Nelson
LITERATURE •
2006 •
PAPER
• 224 PAGES
• YOUNG ADULTS
Free-spirited 17-year-old Siena Bernstein heads for Munich for a semester abroad. Amid tough classes, skiing and other adventures, she also sets out on a quest to find and thank the man who helped smuggle her family across the Berlin Wall. The fifth book in the Students Across the Seven Seas series.
(GER184, $6.99) |
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The Star of Kazan
• 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. Ibbotson, a favorite writer for children, spent her early years in Vienna.
(CEU24, $8.99) |
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The Juniper Tree and Other Tales from Grimm
• Lore Segal
• Maurice Sendak
LITERATURE •
2003 •
HARD COVER
• 368 PAGES
• FAMILY
Sendak (who supplies the perfect black-and-white drawings) and Lore Segal present a marvelous collection of 27 haunting tales in this handsomely produced volume. It's a new edition of a revered classic (hard-bound with dust jacket and built-in bookmark), first published 30 years ago, distinguished by the choice of tales, sharp translation and, of course, Sendak's haunting illustrations.
(GER144, $28.00) |
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