BLUM, BERNARD

I Was Born in a Siberian Prison

Gaithersburg, MD: Flower Valley Press, 1997. First Edition. Softcover. ISBN: 1886388067. Pages are clean and tight; this is a NEW book. Published in 1997. In 1897 Mordecai Goldberg, the son of a Jewish grocer, was arrested on trumped up charges of counterfeiting and sent to Siberia. His wife and baby girl accompanied him. While there they had another child, Niutka, the mother of the author. Afterwards, Mordecai managed to escape, eventually emigrating to Israel and starting a new life, while his first family remained in Siberia, facing extraordinary hardships and exceptional kindnessess. Niutka wrote down this story, which is presented by her son, Bernard Blum. ; 6 1/4 x 9 1/4; 77 pages; Cover has some edge wear and bumping/shallow creasing of corners.. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 6630

Catalogue: Jewish Women

Keywords: 1886388067 Biography; Judaism; Jewish American History; Jewish History; Jewish Women; Russian History; Siberia; Anti-Semitism; Zionism; Women/Womens' History Cultural History European History Geography Biography/Memoirs/Journals Judaism/Jewish History/Jew

CARMI, GIORA

And Shira Imagined

Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society, 1988. First Edition. First Printing; Hardcover. ISBN: 082760288X. Illustrated by Giora Carmi. Date of publication is 1988, Gregorian calendar, and 5748 in the Jewish calendar. Cover is tan colored with black lettering on spine. Oblong shaped. Pages are clean and tight. This is a NEW book. Full page sized color and b/w original drawings by the author. Stated FIRST EDITION." Shira and her parents were visiting Israel. They went first to Tel Aviv. 'Imagine, this city appeared like a miracle out of the sand, ' her mother said. And Shira imagined....all the stuffed animals from her bedroom back in America joined her in her imagination...Wherever the family went, Shira imagined. And when she imagined, her animal friends accompanied her....Black-and-white drawings of Israeli sites contrast with full-color images of Shira's thoughts. Giora Carmi's captivating art and simple, direct text encourage further comparisons of reality and fantasy in this charming picture book". Carmi is also well know for his drawings in periodicals and magazines as well as children's books...Lovely, lively, charmingly illustrated tale of a young girl, her imagination, and an ancient land and culture. Oversized, 3#. ; Color & B/W Illustrations; 12 x 10 1/4; Unpaginated, 32 pages; Cover has light shelfwear and bumping. Front endpaper has some creasing. DJ has shelf wear, rubbing/scuffing, light creasing and bumping; in a mylar cover.. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 9187

Catalogue: Jewish Women

Keywords: 082760288x Israel; Travel; Juvenile Literature; Art; Artists; Picture Books; Giora Carmi; Illustrations; Illustrators;

MCDONOUGH, YONA ZELDIS

Anne Frank

New York: Henry Holt & Co, 1997. First Edition. Pictorial Cover. ISBN: 080504924X. Illustrated by Malcah Zeldis. Nonpaginated. Cover is glazed boards with slight bumping. End papers are yellow. Pages are clean and tight; this is a NEW book. Illustrated by the author's mother, the internationally known folk artist, Malcah Zeldis, who has paintings hanging in many US and foreign museums. Every page has a brilliantly colored illustration, really bringing the text to life. This is the internationally renowned story of Anne Frank, and her family, who hid in a building annex in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, from 1942-1944, before being betrayed to the Nazis and shipped off to concentration camps, where Anne and her sister Margot died of typhus, Anne was just 15 years old. Her father Otto was the only one of the eight from the Annex who survived the war. Anne wrote in a diary she had recieved on her 13th birthday, chronicling the everyday life of hiding in the annex, with her family and then four others, always afraid of betrayal and discovery. At the same time she was a typical young girl, with a young girl's hopes and dreams, of which she writes, and pictures of movies stars pasted on the walls. A version suitable for younger children, which while accurate, is not horrifying in its retelling, but honest and thoughtful. ; Color Illustrations; 4to, 9 1/4 x 11; 30 pages; Slight bumping on book. DJ has faint, half circle stain on bottom of front; light rubbing/scuffing; in a mylar cover.. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 5716

Catalogue: Jewish Women

Keywords: 080504924x Anne Frank; Judaism; Holocaust; Amsterdam; the Net Anne Frank; Judaism; Holocaust; Amsterdam; the Net Judaism; Holocaust; World War Ii; European History; Amsterdam; Genocide; Anti-Semitism; Juvenile Women/Womens' History Cultural History Europe