Category: International
Author: Peter Sis
Publisher/Year: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux / 2007
Genre: Biography
Awards:
- Caldecott Honor Book (2007)
Summary: Peter Sis curtain in Prague. The book is full of his journals and drawings. he believed everything he was told and adults kept their opinions to themselves because the children were instructed to report on their families at school. As he grows up in Prague the cultures of the West reach him and he's influenced by things like Rock and Roll. He starts to embrace his creative side.
Comments: This is a very powerful book. Although it is appropriate for younger children they would not get much out of it other than Peter's younger years. You can read as much or as little as you want do to all the extra notes throughout the pages depending on the audience. It would be hard to understand without having some knowledge of communism and what the Cold War was about.
Classroom Application:
Age: 8-18 years old
This is a great biography for studying about the Cold War!
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