What are some good children's Holocaust books?

Answer 1

Since you mean children, I'll recommend some books that are appropriate for readers under sixth grade. These books have little to no sexual content, little violence, and minor to no profanity. One book for very young readers, (kindergarten) is Twenty and Ten by Claire Huchet Bishop. The Holocaust is a touchy subject. Think before you tell a first-grader what a gas chamber is. The ones with * are true stories.

• After the War by Carol Matas
• Behind The Bedroom Wall by Laura Williams
• The Boy Who Dared by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
• The Cat With The Yellow Star by Susan Goldman Rubin (Recommended for grades 2-5)
• Daniel's Story by Carol Matas
• Diary of A Young Girl by Anne Frank*
• Escape from Warsaw by Ian Serraillier
• Escape to the Forest: Based on a True Story of the Holocaust by Ruth Yaffe Radin (Recommended for grades 2-5)
• Friedrich by Hans Peter Richter
• I Am David by Anne Holm (Set in post-WWII)
• In My Enemy's House by Carol Matas
• Irena Sendler and the Children of the Warsaw Ghetto by Susan Goldman Rubin (picture book)
• Island on Bird Street by Uri Orlev
• Lisa's War by Carol matas
• Lily's Crossing by Patricia Reilly Giff (this Newbery is set in America 1944)
• The Night Crossing by Karen Ackerman
• Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
• Parallel Journey's by Eleanor H. Eyer
• The Resistance (Holocaust Library) by Deborah Bachrach*
• The Shadow Children by Steven Schnur
• Survivors: True Stories of Children in the Holocaust by Allan Zullo
• Ursula's Prism by Anna Block
• Waiting For Anya by Michael Morpurgo
• When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerr