Book Detail
No Pretty Pictures: A Child of War |
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Publication Information |
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| Author: Lobel, Anita | Illustrator: |
| Title: No Pretty Pictures: A Child of War | Date: 1998 |
| Publisher: Greenwillow Books | City: New York |
| ISBN, paperback: 0-688-15935-4 | ISBN, hardback: |
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| ABE/ABLE: Yes | ESOL: |
| Family: Yes | Young Adult: Yes |
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| Book Type(s): biography and autobiography, nonfiction, true story, memoirs/reminiscences | |
HSE Descriptor(s): language arts - reading| social studies |
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| A touching recounting of a Jewish child's survival in Nazi Poland. Hidden with her Catholic nanny, Anita and her younger brother are hidden for years but are eventually caught and imprisoned. After freedom, they are both sent to a sanatorium for tuberculosis' still struggling about their faith and reuniting with their parents and beloved nanny. Through a child's eyes, the value of life, faith and family are told while sharing the nightmare of war. | |
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| This could easily be used to compare and contrast freedoms and lives then and now. Historically, can create a timeline of author's childhood with illustrations and letters addressed to her during different crisis. | |
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 DR-TA: Directed Reading Thinking Activityhttp://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/dr_ta.pdf |
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K-W-L Instruction Strategy http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/k_w_l.pdf |
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Problem and Solution Outline and Text Frame http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/prob_solution.pdf |
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Venn Diagrams http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/venn_diagrams.pdf |
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Unsent Letters http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/unsent_letters.pdf |
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