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Author of the Month: Uri Shulevitz

Tue, 01/24/2012 - 22:03 | Virginia Johnson
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Uri Shulevitz

Picture book writer and illustrator Uri Shulevitz came into a world on the brink of a devastating war.  The son of son of Abraham and Szandla (Hermanstat) Shulevitz, Uri (pronounced oo-ree), he was only four years old when German bombs falling on Warsaw drove his Jewish family out of the city and into an eight-year period of travel in exile throughout Europe before finally settling in Paris in 1947, when Uri was twelve years old. 

A Long Walk to Water

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By Linda Sue Park

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When the Sudanese civil war reaches his village in 1985, eleven-year-old Salva becomes separated from his family and must walk with other Dinka tribe members through southern Sudan, Ethiopia, and Kenya in search of safe haven. Based on the life of Salva Dut, who, after emigrating to America in 1996, began a project to dig water wells in Sudan.

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Home of the Brave

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Katherine Applegate

Kek, an African refugee, is confronted by many strange things at the Minneapolis home of his aunt and cousin, as well as in his fifth grade classroom, and longs for his missing mother, but finds comfort in the company of a cow and her owner.

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How Many Days to America? A Thanksgiving Story

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By Eve Bunting

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The people set out in a rickety boat for America because they hoped they could have a better life. No, we're not talking about the Pilgrims on the Mayflower. These modern immigrants come from the Caribbean and arrive on Thanksgiving Day.

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Lily's Crossing

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By Patricia Reilly Giff

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During the summer of 1944, Lily and her new friend Albert cook up a plan to reunite with Lily's father and Albert's sister, both in Europe for the duration of the war.

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