An auditorium of eager kids in Washington, Okla., were on the edge of their seats a few weeks ago as author Jennifer A. Nielsen told them about Lidia Durr Zakrzewski, a teenager who joined the ...

What she learned appears in her new book, “Last Witnesses: An Oral History of the Children of World War II.” An estimated 26 million to 27 million others, mostly civilians, many of them ...

"My Lost Freedom," is an autobiographical account of his experience as a child. George Takei, who portrayed Hikaru Sulu in the "Star Trek" series, details his experience growing up in Japanese ...

As Baker begins what he describes as his "fifth career" as a children's author, he hopes to share ... the U.S. Marine Corps and serving in World War II. He also worked as an ensign and director ...

Scholastic wanted to license her 2022 children's book Love in the Library. The deal would draw a wider audience to her book — a love story set in a World War II incarceration camp for Japanese ...

Here’s a list of 10 recent children’s picture books that feature characters – some real ... A gifted young Jewish pianist finds a way to cultivate her talent amid the devastation of World War II. A ...

Scholastic, one of the country’s leading children’s book publishers, is asking agents for more World War II fiction, even as the rest of the kids’ fiction market stagnates. At its book fairs ...

An auditorium of eager kids in Washington ... a teenager who joined the Polish resistance during World War II. She served as the real-life model for the young heroine in Nielsen’s 2024 novel ...