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The Complete MAUS

Owl Books — Sat, 25 Feb 2023 10:55:51 +0000

The first and only graphic novel to win the Pulitzer Prize, MAUS is a brutally moving work of art about a Holocaust survivor — and the son who survives him ‘The first masterpiece in comic book history’ The New Yorker Maus tells the story of Vladek Spiegelman, a Jewish survivor of Hitler’s Europe, and his son, a cartoonist coming to terms with his father’s story. Approaching the unspeakable through the diminutive (the Nazis are cats, the Jews mice), Vladek’s harrowing story of survival is woven into the author’s account of his tortured relationship with his aging father. Against the backdrop of guilt brought by survival, they stage a normal life of small arguments and unhappy visits, studying the bloody pawprints of history and tracking its meaning for those who come next.

HAILED AS THE GREATEST GRAPHIC NOVEL OF ALL TIME, THIS COMBINED, DEFINITIVE EDITION INCLUDES MAUS I: A SURVIVOR’S TALE AND MAUS II.

‘The most affecting and successful narrative ever done about the Holocaust’ Wall Street Journal

‘A brutally moving work of art’ Boston Globe

‘No summary can do justice to Spiegelman’s narrative skill’ Adam Gopnik

‘Like all great stories, it tells us more about ourselves than we could ever suspect’ Philip Pullman

‘A capital-G Genius’ Michael Chabon

The Once Series : 01 : Once

Owl Books — Thu, 02 Feb 2023 00:00:29 +0000

My name is Felix. This is my story. Felix has been living in an orphanage for three years and eight months when the men in armbands arrive to burn the books.

Going on the run in search of his parents, Felix soon learns that Poland in 1942 is not a safe place for Jewish boys. But can his gift for storytelling keep him one step ahead of the Nazis and help him find his parents?After all, everybody deserves to have something good in their life at least once. ‘Morris Gleitzman has a rare gift for writing very funny stories and an even rarer gift of wrapping very serious stories inside them’ – GuardianOnce is the first in a series of novels about Felix and his family.

The sequels – Then, After, Soon, Maybe and Now – are also available from Puffin.

Fritz and Kurt

Owl Books — Thu, 19 Jan 2023 00:00:12 +0000

“Extraordinarily touching” – The Jewish Chronicle

When everything is taken away from you, love and courage are all you have left. In 1938, the Nazis come to Vienna. They hate anyone who is different, especially Jewish people.

Fritz and Kurt’s family are Jewish, and that puts them in terrible danger. Fritz, along with his father, is taken to a Nazi prison camp, a terrible place, full of fear. When his father is sent to a certain death, Fritz can’t face losing his beloved Papa.

He chooses to go with him and fight for survival. Meanwhile, Kurt must go on a frightening journey, all alone, to seek safety on the far side of the world. In this extraordinary true story, Fritz and Kurt must face unimaginable hardships, and the two brothers wonder if they will ever return home.

A Guide for Parents, Guardians and Teachers

Tomi : Tomi Reichental’s Holocaust Story

Owl Books — Fri, 02 Oct 2020 02:05:00 +0000

'At the age of six I began to fear for the future. ... By the age of nine I was on the run for my life. ... By the time I was ten I had seen all there was to see. 'An accessible and honest account of the Holocaust that reminds us of the dangers of racism and intolerance, providing lessons that are relevant today. A true story of heroism during this painful horrific time in history. Tomi Reichental grew up in a small village, with friendly neighbours and a big, happy family. But things began to change, and Tomi was told he couldn't play with some of the local children any more. Then the police started to take away friends and family. Life changed completely when he was sent a thousand kilometres away, with all the other local Jews, to the terrifying Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. The Nazis killed millions of people, simply because of their race or religion. Tomi tells his story so that such a horrific thing won't happen again.

ISBN: 9781847179753 PubDate: 10 Sep 2018 Pages: 176

We Had to Be Brave: Escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport

Owl Books — Fri, 02 Oct 2020 01:52:26 +0000

Sibert Honor author, Deborah Hopkinson, illuminates the true stories of Jewish children who fled Nazi Germany, risking everything to escape to safety on the Kindertransport. Ruth David was growing up in a small village in Germany when Adolf Hitler rose to power in the 1930s. Under the Nazi Party, Jewish families like Ruth's experienced rising anti-Semitic restrictions and attacks. Just going to school became dangerous. By November 1938, anti-Semitism erupted into Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass, and unleashed a wave of violence and forced arrests. Days later, desperate volunteers sprang into action to organise the Kindertransport, a rescue effort to bring Jewish children to England. Young people like Ruth David had to say goodbye to their families, unsure if they'd ever be reunited. Miles from home, the Kindertransport refugees entered unrecognisable lives, where food, clothes - and, for many of them, language and religion - were startlingly new. Meanwhile, the onset of war and the Holocaust visited unimaginable horrors on loved ones left behind. Somehow, these rescued children had to learn to look forward, to hope. Through the moving and often heart-wrenching personal accounts of Kindertransport survivors, critically acclaimed and award-winning author Deborah Hopkinson paints the timely and devastating story of how the rise of Hitler and the Nazis tore apart the lives of so many families and what they were forced to give up in order to save these children.

ISBN: 9780702304897 PubDate: 3 Sep 2020 Pages: 368 Also available in audiobook:

The Once Series : 02 : Then

Owl Books — Mon, 10 Jun 2019 10:14:03 +0000

In Then – Morris Gleitzman’s heartbreaking children’s novel set during the Nazi occupation of Poland during the Second World War – Jewish orphan Felix and his best friend Zelda have been captured and are on the way to a concentration camp, unless they manage to escape . . .

A little hope goes a long way. I had a plan for me and Zelda. Pretend to be someone else.

Find new parents, be safe forever. Then the Nazis came. My name is Felix.

This is my story. Then is the second in a series of children’s novels by Morris Gleitzman that began with Once about Felix, a Jewish orphan caught in the middle of the Holocaust. The other books in the sequence, Once, Then, After, Soon, Maybe and Now are also available from Puffin.

The Once Series : 03 : Now

Owl Books — Mon, 10 Jun 2019 10:13:59 +0000

Now is the sixth shocking, funny and heartbreaking book in Morris Gleitzman’s Second World War series. Sometimes facing the past is the bravest act of all… ONCE I didn’t know about my grandfather Felix’s scary childhood.

THENI found out what the Nazis did to his best friend Zelda. NOWI understand why Felix does the things he does. At least he’s got me.

My name is Zelda too. This is our story. Now is the sixth in a series of children’s novels about Felix, a Jewish orphan caught in the middle of the Holocaust, from Australian author Morris Gleitzman.

The other books in the sequence, Once, Then, After, Soon and Maybe are also available from Puffin.

The Once Series : 04 : After

Owl Books — Mon, 10 Jun 2019 10:12:41 +0000

After is the third shocking, funny and heartbreaking book in Morris Gleitzman’s Second World War series. After The Nazis took my parents I was scared After They killed my best friend I was angry After They ruined my thirteenth birthday I was determined to get to the forest, to join forces with Gabriek and Yuli, to be a family, to defeat the Nazis after all’Haunting . .

. dangerous and desperate, but also full of courage and hope’ – Guardian’You will laugh . .

. prepare for shock and tears’ – Sunday TimesAfter is the third in a series of children’s novels about Felix, a Jewish orphan caught in the middle of the Holocaust, from Australian author Morris Gleitzman – author of Bumface and Two Weeks with the Queen. The other books in the series, Once, Then, After, Soon, Maybe and Now are also available from Puffin.

The Once Series : 05 : Soon

Owl Books — Mon, 10 Jun 2019 10:11:17 +0000

Soon is the 4th powerfully moving addition to Morris Gleitzman’s bestselling Second World War series about Felix and Zelda. The war has officially ended, but the streets are still a battleground – for food, for shelter, for protection. Felix is in hiding to stay safe, but has been left holding the baby – literally.

Felix vows protect the infant, just as a few incredible people saved him from the Holocaust. This immensely affecting story will move readers of all ages and will be welcomed by the many Holocaust educators who use Once and the sequels with upper primary and lower secondary children. The other books in the sequence, Once, Then, After, Soon, Maybe and Now are also available from Puffin.

The Once Series : 06 : Maybe

Owl Books — Mon, 10 Jun 2019 10:10:16 +0000

It’s 1946. The war is over and Europe lies in ruins. Fourteen year old Felix dreams of finding happiness elsewhere.

When he’s offered the chance to go to Australia, he seizes the opportunity. So does someone very dear to him, even though she wasn’t actually invited. Felix and Anya have high hopes for a new life in Australia, but before they can accept the love and friendship of their new land they must confront the murderous urge for revenge that still hangs over them.

Felix knows he hasn’t faced anything like this before. He may not survive, but he’s hoping he will. Maybe.

This powerfully moving addition to Morris Gleitzman’s bestselling series takes place in 1945, following directly on from the story told in Soon. This intensely affecting story will move readers of all ages. It will be welcomed by the many Holocaust educators who use Once and the sequels to teach upper primary and lower secondary children and embraced by any reader who loves passionate, moving and brilliant stories.