The Yellow Star
Author: Carmen Agra Deedy
Illustrator: Henri Sorensen
Publisher: Peachtree Publishers in 2000
Pages: 32
Genre: Historical Fiction
Summary
The Yellow Star is about King Christian who is in Denmark at the time of World War II. In the book, the Nazis force the Jews to wear a yellow star. Even though this book is fictional it gives children an insight on what times were like in these days and a little piece of history that children need to be exposed to. This is a great book to incorporate in the classroom because so many upcoming generations of students do not have a clue what World War II even means and who the Nazis were.
Illustrations
Henri Sorensen is really a naturalistic artistic who makes all of his illustrations very life-like. His illustrations are not what readers are used to seeing in most picture books. He uses watercolor, oil, and pastels to create the naturalistic look in all of his books. His pictures tend to draw the reader in and make them feel as if they are in the story as they are reading it.
Content Area
This book could be used in third or fourth grade classrooms. It could be used to talk about real events that happened in history concerning World War II and the Nazis. The students could identify the theme of the story and what the overall main goal of the Nazis was in this point in history. It could also be used to involve the students in a writing assignment. The teacher could ask them to write how they would handle this point in time if they were a character in the book. This is a great book for elementary classrooms and could be used in several ways.
This would be a great book to use to teach about World War II and the Nazis. I love your idea to use it to teach a history lesson.
ReplyDeleteThis is a great way to make history of World War 2 come to life for children. It also helps them build empathy and recognize war as a real event that touched real people's lives as opposed to just words on a history book page.
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