Grade 6-9– Korczak, a Polish doctor who developed two children’s homes (under Polish law at the time, Jewish and Christian children could not be housed together) where he introduced innovative methods of pediatric care, both physical and psychological. Despite offers to help him escape the Holocaust, he chose to remain with his children, and all were killed at Treblinka. There is little fictionalizing in this absorbing biography; most information is drawn from Korczak’s own writings. Photographs throughout show Korczak, the orphans, and the homes. A bibliography lists four of Korczak’s works that are available in English, and there is a good index. A well-written biography of a hero who deserves to be remembered. –Ruth Shire, Mount Vernon Public Library, N.Y.
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