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How can we educate young children about the Holocaust without scaring them? With simple stories told from the perspective of children who escaped. This collection of true first-person accounts brings to life the rescue of ten thousand children from Nazi-occupied territories to England in the late 1930's. Between December 1938 and September 1939, 10,000 children were rescued from Nazi-occupied countries and safely transported to England. This rescue mission was called the Kindertransport, and the remarkable experiences of these children are dramatically brought to life in this collection of true first-person accounts. The children's stories are divided among the book's seven chronological chapters: Life Under Hitler Kristallnacht Preparing to Leave The Journey Life in England The War Years After the War A brief historical introduction to each chapter sets the scene for the children's stories to follow Key vocabulary terms are highlighted and defined throughout the text The scrapbook-style design, complete with authentic archival photos, makes these true stories accessible to young readers An introductory letter and epilogue from the authors, real-life Kinder

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Now available in trade paper!Here''s a secret: God has deposited a gift inside of you. Acclaimed angel artist Anne Neilson wants to help you find yours as she shares her personal story of passion and purpose and how faith radiates from every canvas of her life. The Brushstrokes of Life will help you see there are no coincidences with God.Anne Neilson believes that each of us begins our life as a blank canvas: clean and fresh and ready to find texture in our experiences. Each trial, each joy, each heartache, and each hope leaves an explosion of color and sweeping brushstrokes that shape us. When we allow God to take over as the Master artist, we will find that He carefully adds dimension and highlights to create a beautiful masterpiece in us. Often, though, it''s hard to find the beauty when we are wading through mess.In this beautiful memoir, Anne shares personal stories about why her faith is so important to

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A simple story of Biblical times for young children, telling how a fisherman's son comes to see Jesus preach. This illustrated book weaves an enjoyable tale around an incident from the Bible with accurate background information.

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Cloudy Mountain by Anne Boyd is a piece for flute and piano inspired by a painting by the Hong Kong artist Fung Chin-Wan which bears the same title. Part of a series of three works for flute and piano - the other two being Bali Moods No. 1 and Red Sun, Chill Wind - to explore the varied characteristics of Balinese moods and modes.

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