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Oskar and the Eight Blessings
Publisher:
Macmillan USA
| Author:
Tanya Simon, Richard Simon, Mark Siegel
| Language:
English
| Format:
Hardback
Publisher:
Macmillan USA
Author:
Tanya Simon, Richard Simon, Mark Siegel
Language:
English
Format:
Hardback
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As he walks the length of Manhattan, a young refugee from Nazi Germany recieves eight small acts of kindness in this heartwarming, timeless picture book.
A refugee from the horrors of Kristallnacht, Oskar arrives by ship in New York City with only a photograph and an address for an aunt he has never met. It is both the seventh day of Hanukkah and Christmas Eve, 1938. As Oskar walks the length of Manhattan, from the Battery to his new home in the north of the city, he passes the sights of the city at holiday time, and encounters the city’s people. Each offers Oskar a small act of kindness, welcoming him to the city and helping him on his way to a new life in the new world.
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As he walks the length of Manhattan, a young refugee from Nazi Germany recieves eight small acts of kindness in this heartwarming, timeless picture book.
A refugee from the horrors of Kristallnacht, Oskar arrives by ship in New York City with only a photograph and an address for an aunt he has never met. It is both the seventh day of Hanukkah and Christmas Eve, 1938. As Oskar walks the length of Manhattan, from the Battery to his new home in the north of the city, he passes the sights of the city at holiday time, and encounters the city’s people. Each offers Oskar a small act of kindness, welcoming him to the city and helping him on his way to a new life in the new world.
About Author
Richard Simon and Tanya Simon are a husband-and-wife writing team. Richard is chair of the language department at an independent school and is co-author of a successful off-Broadway play. Tanya is co-author of the children's novel Zora and Me, winner of a Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award for New Talent. They live in Westchester, New York. This is their first picture book.
Mark Siegel has illustrated a number of picture books, including the Texas Bluebonnet winner Seadogs with Lisa Wheeler and the Siebert Honor book To Dance, with his wife, Siena Cherson Siegel. He wrote and illustrated the New York Times bestselling graphic novel Sailor Twain, Or the Mermaid in the Hudson. He lives in New York with his family.
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