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c2009, Primary, Holiday House Call No: B Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In 1958, in Linz, Austria, demonstrators interrupted a performance of The Diary of Anne Frank, claiming that Anne Frank never existed. Determined to prove otherwise, Simon Wiesenthal, a Holocaust survivor, set out to find the Gestapo officer who arrested the Franks years before.
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c2009., Juvenile, Holiday House Call No: 921 WIESEN THAL Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Because there were people who believed "The Diary of Anne Frank" was a hoax, renowned Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal set out to find incontrovertible proof that it was authentic.
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c2009., Primary, Holiday House Call No: B Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In 1958, in Linz, Austria, demonstrators interrupted a performance of The Diary of Anne Frank, claiming that Anne Frank never existed. Determined to prove otherwise, Simon Wiesenthal, a Holocaust survivor, set out to find the Gestapo officer who arrested the Franks years before.
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c2009., Juvenile, Holiday House Call No: B Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Traces the efforts of Simon Wiesenthal to locate the Gestapo officer who arrested the family of Anne Frank in order to prove that Anne's diary is real and not a hoax.
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c2009., Primary, Holiday House Call No: WWII NF WIE Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In 1958, in Linz, Austria, demonstrators interrupted a performance of The Diary of Anne Frank, claiming that Anne Frank never existed. Determined to prove otherwise, Simon Wiesenthal, a Holocaust survivor, set out to find the Gestapo officer who arrested the Franks years before.
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-- Brown versus Board of Education2016., Juvenile, Holiday House Call No: 344.73 RUBIN Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Chronicles the personal and political stories behind the "Brown v. Board of Education" Supreme Court case that ended school segregation. Discusses the work of the NAACP, the Supreme Court judges, children affected by the ruling, and persisting issues with diversity and segregation in schools today. Includes text of the Fourteenth Amendment and the Brown v. Board case as well as an index.
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c2006., Juvenile, Holiday House Call No: B Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Contains the author's first-hand account of her childhood experiences in the Terezin concentration camp during World War II. Includes photographs.
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-- Coming of age in Terezinc2006., Juvenile, Holiday House Call No: B WEISSBERGER Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: The author recounts her experiences in the Terezin concentration camp, detailing how, despite sickness and loss, the adults tried to make the children's lives bearable and she managed to forge lifelong friendships.
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2018., Juvenile, Abrams Books for Young Readers Call No: B CHANEL Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Award-winning author Susan Goldman Rubin introduces readers to the most well-known fashion designer in the world, Coco Chanel. Beginning with the difficult years Chanel spent in an orphanage, Goldman Rubin traces Coco's development as a designer and demonstrates how her determination to be independent helped her gain worldwide recognition. Coco Chanel focuses on the obstacles Chanel faced as a financially independent woman in an era when women were expected to marry; as well as her fierce competition with the Italian fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli; and some of her most memorable firsts for the fashion industry, including the little black dress, the quilted purse with gold chain, and the perfume Chanel No. 5. The book includes a bibliography, a list of where to see her work, and an index."--Provided by publisher.
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[2018]., Juvenile, Abrams Books for Young Readers Call No: HI-INT B CHA RUB Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Award-winning author Susan Goldman Rubin introduces readers to the most well-known fashion designer in the world, Coco Chanel. Beginning with the difficult years Chanel spent in an orphanage, Goldman Rubin traces Coco's development as a designer and demonstrates how her determination to be independent helped her gain worldwide recognition. Coco Chanel focuses on the obstacles Chanel faced as a financially independent woman in an era when women were expected to marry; as well as her fierce competition with the Italian fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli; and some of her most memorable firsts for the fashion industry, including the little black dress, the quilted purse with gold chain, and the perfume Chanel No. 5. The book includes a bibliography, a list of where to see her work, and an index."--Provided by publisher.
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2018., Pre-adolescent, Abrams Books for Young Readers Call No: 921 CHANEL Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Beginning with the difficult years Chanel spent in an orphanage, Goldman Rubin traces Coco's development as a designer and demonstrates how her determination to be independent helped her gain worldwide recognition"--Provided by publisher.
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-- Wayne Thiebaudc2007., Preschool, CHRONICLE BOOKS Call No: E RUB Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Uses simple text and examples of Wayne Thiebaud's art to teach young readers about counting and art.
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2002., H.N. Abrams Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Explores the life and work of the nineteenth-century French artist who devoted most of his artwork to the subject of ballet.
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2013., Pre-adolescent, Abrams Books for Young Readers Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A brief biography of Mexican artist Diego Rivera, who was best known for his public mural paintings depicting the culture and struggles of the Mexican working class.
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2013., Juvenile, Abrams Books for Young Readers Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: With a focus on the culture and struggles of the working classes, Diego Rivera created large, beautiful murals in public spaces in both Mexico and the United States. Includes notes about the history of Mexico as referenced in Rivera's artwork and about his artistic influences, as well as a list of places to view his work.
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2013, Juvenile, Abrams Books for Young Readers Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: With a focus on the culture and struggles of the working classes, Diego Rivera created large, beautiful murals in public spaces in both Mexico and the United States. Includes notes about the history of Mexico as referenced in Rivera's artwork and about his artistic influences, as well as a list of places to view his work.
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2007., Abrams Books for Young Readers Call No: ART NF ARTISTS HOPPER Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Profiles the life and works of American painter Edward Hopper that includes a collection of his paintings and sketches.
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c2000., Holiday House Call No: B Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Recounts how Friedl Dicker, a Jewish woman from Czechoslovakia, taught art to children at the Terezin Concentration Camp.
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c2000., Holiday House Call No: B Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Covers the years during which Friedl Dicker, a Jewish woman from Czechoslovakia, taught art to children at the Terezin Concentration Camp. Includes art created by teacher and students, excerpts from diaries, and interviews with camp survivors.
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2000., Juvenile, Holiday House Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: This book covers the years during which Friedl Dicker taught art to children at the Terezin Concentration Camp and includes art created by teacher and students, excerpts from diaries, and interviews with camp survivors.