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Champion of Children The Story of Janusz Korczak

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ISBN-10: 0374341362

ISBN-13: 9780374341367

Edition: 2008

Authors: Tomek Bogacki

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In 1912, a well-known doctor and writer named Janusz Korczak designed an extraordinary orphanage for Jewish children in Warsaw, Poland. Believing that children were capable of governing themselves, he encouraged the orphans to elect a parliament, run a court, and put out their own weekly newspaper. Even when Korczak was forced to move the orphanage into the Warsaw Ghetto after Hitler's rise to power, and couldn't afford to buy food and medicine for his charges, he never lost sight of his ideals. Fully committed to giving his children as much love as possible during a terrifying time, Korczak refused to abandon them.In his most beautiful and heartfelt book to date, with evocative acrylic…    
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Book details

List price: $17.99
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Publication date: 9/1/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 40
Size: 9.50" wide x 11.50" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English

Tomek Bogacki is an award-winning artist. Born and raised in Poland, he now lives in the U.S. He has written and/or illustrated over one dozen books for children, including Big Box for Ben and Small Medium Large, also published by Star Bright Books.