New, topical and rediscovered from QuakerBooks


Hidden On The Mountain: Stories of Children Sheltered From the Nazis in Le Chambon


Deborah Durland Desaix, Karen Gray Ruelle Amazing book for 9 year olds and up. Looks at the famous French Village, Le Chambon, that sheltered and helped so many Jewish refugees in WW2. Told with diary extracts and black and white photos, maps and interviews of those helped and helping - almost all children- makes for a very moving and inspiring book that brings home the horrors of war and the holocaust in a way that shows a few brave ordinary people standing up for their what was right could make a difference. A large hardback tome, and cover seems prone to curl but a great book for school, Meeting Library or home.


Holiday House 2012 275 PP. Cloth $24.95


Rachel Carson And Her Book That Changed The World By Laurie Lawlor, Illustrated By Laura Beingessner


Once you are aware of the wonder and beauty of earth, you will want to learn about it, wrote Carson, the pioneering environmentalist and author of Silent Spring, the book that woke people up to the harmful impact humans are having on the planet.Rachel found many adventurous ways to study nature. She went diving to investigate coral reefs and tracked alligators through the Florida Everglades on a rumbling glades buggy. However, one of the bravest things she did was to write and publish Silent Spring, a book pointing out the dangerous effects of chemicals on the living world. Powerful men tried to stop publication of the book, but thankfully Rachel and her publishers persisted.


Holiday House 2012 32 PP. Cloth $16.95


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