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Book

The tree of life : how a Holocaust sapling inspired the world

Call Number

  • J 940.5318 BOXE (CEN, EAS, OSH, POW, WSQ)

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Publication Information

New York : Rocky Pond Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2024.

Physical Description

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm

Audience

Grades: K-3.

Summary

"During World War Two, in the concentration camp Terezin, a group of Jewish children and their devoted teacher planted and nurtured a smuggled-in sapling. Over time fewer and fewer children were left to care for the little tree, but those who remained kept lovingly sharing their water with it. When the war finally ended and the prisoners were freed, the sapling had grown into a strong five-foot-tall maple. Nearly eighty years later the tree's 600 descendants around the world are thriving . . . including one that was planted at New York City's Museum of Jewish Heritage in 2021. Students will continue to care for it for generations to come, and the world will remember the brave teacher and children who never gave up nurturing a brighter future" --

Subjects

Added Authors

Alianna Rozentsveig