engpunk77 's review for:

Irena Sendler and the Children of the Warsaw Ghetto by Susan Goldman Rubin

4.0

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What I "really liked" was the story rather than the book. I had never heard of Irena Sendler, and this was an impressive and empowering story of a righteous gentile who saved hundreds of children from certain death, even though she thinks this was not heroic but rather just "normal." Wow. She and her true story are amazing, and I feel blessed to have heard it, but I wouldn't say that the book itself was terrific. I don't even know to whom I'd recommend it other than have it in my classroom as a resource during the Anne Frank unit when some students are actually researching righteous gentiles. Not really a children's book; I find that the picture book method to tell this story is a little off. But I do recommend learning about Irena Sendler by any means; this would just be the simplest.