Oskar and the Eight Blessings

Winner of the 2015 National Jewish Book Award for Children's Literature A young immigrant from Nazi Germany...
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Author: Tanya Simon
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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Oskar and the Eight Blessings by Simon, Tanya

Oskar and the Eight Blessings

Dhs. 108.57

Oskar and the Eight Blessings

Dhs. 108.57
Author: Tanya Simon
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

Winner of the 2015 National Jewish Book Award for Children's Literature

A young immigrant from Nazi Germany recieves small acts of kindness while exploring New York City in this heartwarming, timeless picture book, Oskar and the Eight Blessings.

A refugee seeking sanctuary from the horrors of Kristallnacht, Oskar arrives by ship in New York City with only a photograph and an address for an aunt he has never met. It is both the seventh day of Hanukkah and Christmas Eve, 1938. As Oskar walks the length of Manhattan, from the Battery to his new home in the north of the city, he passes experiences the city's many holiday sights, and encounters it various residents. Each offers Oskar a small act of kindness, welcoming him to the city and helping him on his way to a new life in the new world.

Richard and Tanya Simon's text matched with Mark Siegel's elegant illustrations makes for a wonderfully heartfelt read.

Author: Tanya Simon, Richard Simon
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
Published: 09/08/2015
Pages: 40
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 10.90h x 8.70w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9781596439498
Audience: Ages 4-8

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 2.9
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 176661 / Oskar and the Eight Blessings


Award: National Jewish Book Award - Winner


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 09/01/2015
Booklist 09/15/2015 pg. 69
Publishers Weekly 09/14/2015
School Library Journal 10/01/2015 pg. 69
Horn Book Magazine 11/01/2015 pg. 60
PW Children's Starred Reviews 12/02/2015 pg. 62
New York Times Book Review 12/06/2015 pg. 33

About the Author

Richard Simon and Tanya Simon are a husband-and-wife writing team. Richard is chair of the language department at an independent school and is co-author of a successful off-Broadway play. Tanya is co-author of the children's novel Zora and Me, winner of a Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award for New Talent. They live in Westchester, New York. Oskar and the Eight Blessings is their first picture book.

Mark Siegel has illustrated a number of picture books, including the Texas Bluebonnet winner Seadogs with Lisa Wheeler and the Siebert Honor book To Dance, with his wife, Siena Cherson Siegel. He wrote and illustrated the New York Times bestselling graphic novel Sailor Twain, Or the Mermaid in the Hudson. He lives in New York with his family.

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