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Holiday House (1997), Edition: 1st, Hardcover, 32 pages
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The true story of Lore Baer who as a four-year-old Jewish child was placed with a Christian family in the Dutch farm country to avoid persecution by the Nazis.
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LibraryThing member cmullenix
This book is about a little girl named Lore who is born just as WWII starts and Nazi Germany is in control. Out of fear for their daughter, Lore's parents give her to a Christian family to keep her safe. During that time she is shuffled around and hidden trying to keep away from the Nazi's. She
This is a great book. The illustrations were awesome with great detail to convey the emotions that the characters were feeling. This book recounts the true life story of Lore Baer during the Nazi's rein. My class really enjoyed the book. It sparked great discussions and debates among the children.
At the start of the lesson I would place a yellow star on the sleeve of my jacket. I would explain to the children that if I were living in the time of Lore Baer and was Jewish that I would have to place a yellow star on all of my clothes before being seen in public. On a sheet of paper, in a giant star, I would have the children write down adjectives that describe tha characters as I read the book aloud. After the completion of the story we would make a master list of adjectives and then work on an acrostic writing.
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forms a close bond with the families 20 year old daughter. After two years her parents come back to get her, only now, Lore does not want to go with them. It takes time for her to trust her parents again and she lived a long and happy life.This is a great book. The illustrations were awesome with great detail to convey the emotions that the characters were feeling. This book recounts the true life story of Lore Baer during the Nazi's rein. My class really enjoyed the book. It sparked great discussions and debates among the children.
At the start of the lesson I would place a yellow star on the sleeve of my jacket. I would explain to the children that if I were living in the time of Lore Baer and was Jewish that I would have to place a yellow star on all of my clothes before being seen in public. On a sheet of paper, in a giant star, I would have the children write down adjectives that describe tha characters as I read the book aloud. After the completion of the story we would make a master list of adjectives and then work on an acrostic writing.
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LibraryThing member CasieBelaire
I have never heard this story before. All of my reading I have done on WWII this child's account of surviving the holocaust was on the top of my list. When the Nazis invaded Amsterdam the Baer family knew they had to protect themselves. Ernest and Edith Baer had to give their daughter, Lore, to
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another family so that she would be protected from the Nazis. This 4 year old girl didn't know why she was being given away. She stayed with a family in the countryside of nearby Oosterblokker where her parents Edith and Ernest hid from the Nazis. Lore stayed with the Schouten family for 2 years until the war was over. When V-E day came Lore's parents came back for her, but she was scared of them because she didn't know why they had left her. She thought the country was her home. After getting to know her parents again they eventually moved to the United States. Edith scared of loosing her daughter again, made Lore promise to wave to her during lunchtime at school. Even though it took many years, Lore was able to trust her parents again. I would definitely use this book in my class to share with students a child's perspective of surviving the holocaust and having to learn to trust and love her parents again. Show Less
ISBN
0823416666 / 9780823416660