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hywar's review against another edition
5.0
This is a great intro to the Holocaust book for young readers. It gives a very vague overview that leaves room for further research and conversation.
rachel_abby_reads's review against another edition
4.0
A fantastic introduction to the holocaust for elementary and early middle school readers.
And all books have a bibliography in the back for adults who want to go more indepth.
This is a great series.
And all books have a bibliography in the back for adults who want to go more indepth.
This is a great series.
thebookkeepers's review against another edition
4.0
The holocaust is a large topic to write in a short book, but this one did a fairly good job with it. Heavy emphasis given to Hitler’s biography and it included images in the back of the book. Some key people we’re barely given much detail thus my knocking a star. This series is always a favorite of mine to introduce new history topics to my kids
antlersantlers's review against another edition
4.0
I've paged through tons of the Who HQ books and this is the second one I've read. I was really impressed with how frankly it addressed the Holocaust but tailored to a younger reader. At several points it addresses Hitler's gradual rise to power, emphasizing that it wasn't sudden but calculated over a period of years. It also ends talking about the complacency of most of the German populace. Herman highlights some people who stood up against the Nazis, but talks about how most people didn't do that. They chose to watch the events happen and do nothing. It goes well with an ADL webinar I recently watched, Choices Matter: Complicity and Action during the Holocaust. I was definitely more impressed with this than I was the Stonewall one.
jennybeastie's review against another edition
4.0
Very well done, and a good audio book too. It's a very intense book, and I appreciated the forward that recommends kids turn to adults for discussion and support after reading it.
leenamong's review against another edition
5.0
Fantastic and important book, especially for people like me who only learned about WW2 briefly from textbooks. And had not encountered the word holocaust until the past few years.
It is a perfect overview of how this horrible history happened and really helps to understand the whole situation easily. Personally wanted to recommend this to my friends who lives far away from Europe and people who had been ignorant of this event.
It is a perfect overview of how this horrible history happened and really helps to understand the whole situation easily. Personally wanted to recommend this to my friends who lives far away from Europe and people who had been ignorant of this event.
ageilbookworm's review against another edition
5.0
This is a great introduction to the Holocaust for kids. It had a lot of great information. The Holocaust is not a happy topic clearly, as it was the mass murder of millions of people. But I also think it’s important to teach our kids about things so that history doesn’t repeat itself.
atlanticgiantpumpkin's review against another edition
5.0
This is a very tasteful yet honest way on how to inform children about the Holocaust. As non-biased as they usually are, they made sure to keep the same non-biased tone while not giving a trace of doubt that Hitler was any sort of decent man. You could tell the author was so badly wanting to throw vulgarity after vulgarity at him, just being shy of calling him a loser.
I thought this might have been a coincidence, but seeing as this book was published in 2017, the "Could Germany be great again? Yes!" line was a bit... on the nose. Don't get me wrong, I hate Trump as much as the next socialist, but this might keep some parents from letting their children from reading this book, and I feel that every child should, and then allow themselves to find their own parallels between the Hitler's Nazi Party and any other current political party and its leader.
This book went very into detail, showing how gradual the switch was from a mere strict leadership to utter racist totalitarianism. I also appreciated how they called Romanis "Roma people" rather than the g-word, and they didn't shy away from talking about homosexuals, which often get left out of the Holocaust conversation. They even went as far as to include two triangle-sporting men on the cover of the book.
After reading this book, I'd love to see books about topics that don't often get talked about in elementary and middle schools, such as the Stonewall Riots, Harvey Milk, the AIDS crisis, or other LGBT historical issues. I feel that WhoHQ would tastefully detail these stories. I am so thankful for this series.
I thought this might have been a coincidence, but seeing as this book was published in 2017, the "Could Germany be great again? Yes!" line was a bit... on the nose. Don't get me wrong, I hate Trump as much as the next socialist, but this might keep some parents from letting their children from reading this book, and I feel that every child should, and then allow themselves to find their own parallels between the Hitler's Nazi Party and any other current political party and its leader.
This book went very into detail, showing how gradual the switch was from a mere strict leadership to utter racist totalitarianism. I also appreciated how they called Romanis "Roma people" rather than the g-word, and they didn't shy away from talking about homosexuals, which often get left out of the Holocaust conversation. They even went as far as to include two triangle-sporting men on the cover of the book.
After reading this book, I'd love to see books about topics that don't often get talked about in elementary and middle schools, such as the Stonewall Riots, Harvey Milk, the AIDS crisis, or other LGBT historical issues. I feel that WhoHQ would tastefully detail these stories. I am so thankful for this series.
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