Book
One Day: A True Story of Survival in the Holocaust
- Published
- 2025
- Genre
- Biography
- Pages
- 40
Reading measures
- Suggested reading age
- ages 6–13
From an eminent storyteller, this powerful, simply told, beautifully illustrated picture book recounts a rare story of survival during the Holocaust. One day, a Hungarian-French Jew and his father were rounded up by Nazis and brought to a prison camp. One day, they tried to escape, and failed. One day, they tried to escape, and succeeded. In a true story that resonates with his own family legacy, Michael Rosen, one of today's most esteemed poets and authors of books for children, draws on the real-life account of Eugène Handschuh, who escaped with his father from a convoy headed from Nazi-occupied Paris to Auschwitz. At once honest, approachable, and speaking to the resilience of hope, One Day features sensitive illustrations by award-winning artist Benjamin Phillips, as well as a note from the author providing historical context.
Collections
ALSC Notables
ISBN
- ISBN-13
- 9781536238945
- ISBN-10
- 1536238945
Tags
ALSC NotablesBiographyFamily Life-FathersFranceHistory-HolocaustHistory-World War II EraNonfictionPeople-JewishPeople-Nazis