Showing posts with label Germany. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Germany. Show all posts
Thursday, January 11, 2024

The Wall Between Us by Dan Smith

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Anja and Monika are best friends. They live in Berlin and it only takes a few steps to cross the street to see each other ... until!  The ye...
Tuesday, December 6, 2022

Waiting for the Storks by Katrina Nannestad

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"Then he takes a smaller tool, like a ruler with little sliding bits, and measures my ears  and ear holes and earlobes, the thickness o...
Wednesday, November 4, 2020

The Lady with the Books by Kathy Stinson illustrated by Marie Lafrance

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The full title of this book is:  The Lady with the Books: A story inspired by the Remarkable Work of Jella Lepman "The Lady with Books ...
Saturday, October 10, 2020

We are Wolves by Katrina Nannestad

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As the end of World War II looms the Red Army are marching in to East Prussia. Liesl, Otto, Mia, Mama, Oma and Opa watch as Papa puts on a u...
Monday, December 9, 2019

Emil and the Detectives by Erich Kastner

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"Finally he had an idea. He found a pin in the lapel of his jacket, stuck it through the three bills, then through the envelope, and...
Thursday, February 21, 2019

A Great Escape by Felice Arena

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The setting for A Great Escape is Berlin during the cold war just as the wall is going up and East and West are divided. The story begin...
Sunday, September 4, 2011

An elephant in the garden by Michael Morpurgo

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A few weeks ago a parent walking past me mentioned she was trying to buy a book for her son called An elephant in the garden . I had not hea...