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Benno And The Night Of Broken Glass (2010)

by Meg Wiviott(Favorite Author)

3.9 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0822599295 (ISBN13: 9780822599296)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Kar-Ben Publishing

review 1: The Holocaust is a difficult subject to explain to children,and this book does a great job by describing the Night of Broken Glass through the experiences of neighborhood cat Benno. Supported with collage illustrations that are bold, yet not too graphic, Benno and the Night of Broken Glass is a wonderful story to introduce themes of the Holocaust. It also includes additional resources and more information in the afterword.
review 2: It has always seemed that cats are the ultimate people watcher. Benno is a cat that belongs to everyone and no one. He is the community cat in a half Jewish neighborhood just before the start of the Holocaust. Benno goes from living a life of love, affection, free milk and ear scratches, to a life without many of his friends. Be... morenno recalls the terror he and the people he loves felt during the night of broken glass - Kristallnacht. Benno sees people being taken away, glass windows being broken, shops being raided. What seems to be most shocking to Benno is that life goes on. After that night, life continues. Though things will never be quite the same. less

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