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The Champion of Children
The Story of Janusz Korczak
By Bogacki, Tomek
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-37434-136-7
- Publisher
- Foster Farrar
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on December 1, 2009
Gr 4-7 Korczak was a doctor, writer, and advocate for children's rights in pre-World War II Poland. He ran an orphanage for Jewish children and acted as a beloved father figure right up until he and the children perished together in Treblinka. Bogacki's picture-book biography is heartfelt and well researched. Howeve...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on January 1, 2010
During his Cold War childhood, Tomek Bogacki heard many stories of Janusz Korczak, inspiring him, years later, to research, write, and illustrate this haunting biography of Polish hero and author (Matt the First) Korczak. With simple, unadorned prose thoughtfully positioned within the soft acrylic illustrations that fill the pages, Bogacki gives a sense of Korczak's childhood and young adult years—paralleling the changing landscape of his life with that of Poland itself. A visionary and a tire...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Starred Review on January 1, 2009
With simple, unadorned prose thoughtfully positioned within the soft acrylic illustrations that fill the pages, Bogacki describes the ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
