Tuesday, April 10, 2012

The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain---picture book 21/ Robert F. Sibert Award

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Author and Illustrator: Peter Sis
Published by: Farra, Straus and Giroux ,2007
Genre: Biography
Primary Character: Peter
Themes: Governance, European History, International relations
AWARD: Robert F. Sibert Award

Peter Sis brings us his personal story of growing up in Czechoslovakia in the 1960's. The Wall is a graphic memoir of his life on the Communist side of the Iron Curtain. This is a great addition to show the aftermath of World War II until today for students in grades third through fifth.

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