The Champion of Children: The Story of Janusz Korczak
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In 1912, a well-known doctor and writer named Janusz Korczak designed an extraordinary orphanage for Jewish children in Warsaw, Poland. Believing that children were capable of governing themselves, he encouraged the orphans to elect a parliament, run a court, and put out their own weekly newspaper. Even when Korczak was forced to move the orphanage into the Warsaw Ghetto after Hitler's rise to power, and couldn't afford to buy food and medicine for his charges, he never lost sight of his ideals. Fully committed to giving his children as much love as possible during a terrifying time, Korczak refused to abandon them. In his most beautiful and heartfelt book to date, with evocative acrylic illustrations and spare, poignant prose, Tomek Bogacki tells the story of a courageous man who, during one of the grimmest moments in world history, dedicated his life's work-- and ultimately his life itself--to children.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0374341362
ISBN13:9780374341367
Release Date:September 2009
Publisher:Farrar Straus Giroux
Length:40 Pages
Weight:0.97 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 9.5" x 11.4"
Age Range:6 to 10 years
Grade Range:Grades 1 to 5
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