A couple of weeks ago, during my kids' first week home of e-learning for the remainder of the semester due to COVID-19, my youngest had an assignment to do on the book Number the Stars by Lois Lowry. The book was at school so we downloaded it from the local public library (public libraries are amazing and crucial to all communities) and used it for her assignment. I went ahead and read it that afternoon. A powerful book about the rise of Nazi Germany and the invasion of Germany into Denmark.
The story itself is fiction but takes the real events of the time into account. It describes the story of a non-Jewish family that helps Jews escape into neighboring Sweden. This book is a great tool to introduce elementary school children to World War II, Nazi Germany, discrimination against Jews, and the ways in which many people risked their lives to help others in need.
If you are an adult reading this post, I highly encourage you to read this book. Read it with your kids if they are reading it in school. Talk with your kids about the book and their thoughts after reading it. There's much quality discussion to be had from reading this book together.
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