Rescuing the Children
  • Published: 15 October 2012
  • ISBN: 9781770492561
  • Imprint: Tundra Books
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 64
  • RRP: $35.00

Rescuing the Children

The Story of the Kindertransport

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This important book includes real-life accounts from some of the almost 10,000 children rescued over 70 years ago through the Kindertransporte - trains that brought them from their homes and family at the beginning of WWII, to safety in Britain.

This important book tells the story of how ten thousand Jewish children were rescued out of Nazi Europe just before the outbreak of World War 2. They were saved by the Kindertransport — a rescue mission that transported the children (or Kinder) from Nazi-ruled countries to safety in Britain.

The book includes real-life accounts of the children and is illustrated with archival photographs, paintings of pre-war Nazi Germany by artist, Hans Jackson, and original art by the Kinder commemorating their rescue.
  • Published: 15 October 2012
  • ISBN: 9781770492561
  • Imprint: Tundra Books
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 64
  • RRP: $35.00
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About the author

Deborah Hodge

Tundra Author Deborah Hodge is the award-winning author of more than 20 books for children. They include picture books, Canadian history, and wildlife, science and nature books. Her recent title, Lily and the Mixed-up Letters, was chosen by IBBY as an Outstanding Book for Young People with Disabilities. Deborah also won the Information Book Award from the Children’s Literature Roundtable of Canada.

Before becoming an author, Deborah was a primary school teacher, then a curriculum writer, editor and instructional designer for the British Columbia Ministry of Education. Today, she works as a full-time writer and as a speaker at conferences and schools. She says, "Although I'm not teaching any more, I still feel like I'm talking to my students whenever I write a book. I love the challenge of trying to create something that young readers will find interesting."

Deborah lives in Vancouver, BC, with her husband and family.

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Praise for Rescuing the Children

Praise for LILY AND THE MIXED UP LETTERS

Nominated for the 2008-09 Chocolate Lily Award for Picture Book.
"The detailed watercolors infuse the story with genuine emotion... Children who struggle with their letters may identify with Lily and want to practice their own reading skills with this sweet picture book."
-School Library Journal

Praise for EMMA'S STORY

"A tender story about a little girl's adoption. Gentle text and beautiful illustrations help children learn the many ways in which families can be formed." - Canadian Children's Book News

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