Bøker av Uri Shulevitz

Winner of the SCBWI Golden Kite Award for Illustrated Books for Older ReadersA Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2020A New York Times Best Children's Book of 2020Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2020Booklist Best Books of 2020Horn Book Fanfare 2020 BooklistChicago Public Library Best of the Best 2020Jewish Journal Twenty of the Best 2020 (Non-Holiday) Jewish Books for KidsA National Jewish Book Award 2020 Finalist for Middle Grade FictionA 2021 Golden Dome Book Award Selection"Harrowing, engaging and utterly honest." -Elizabeth Wein, The New York Times Book Review"A captivating chronicle of eight turbulent years." -The Wall Street JournalFrom a beloved voice in children's literature comes this landmark memoir of hope amid harrowing times and an engaging and unusual Holocaust story.With backlist sales of over 2.3 million copies, Uri Shulevitz, one of Farrar, Straus and Giroux's most acclaimed picture-book creators, details the eight-year odyssey of how he and his Jewish family escaped the terrors of the Nazis by fleeing Warsaw for the Soviet Union in Chance.It was during those years, with threats at every turn, that the young Uri experienced his awakening as an artist, an experience that played a key role during this difficult time. By turns dreamlike and nightmarish, this heavily illustrated account of determination, courage, family loyalty, and the luck of coincidence is a true publishing event.

As snowflakes slowly come down, one by one, people in the city ignore them and only a boy and his dog think that the snowfall will amount to anything. A Caldecott Honor Book.

Having fled from war in their troubled homeland, a boy and his family are living in poverty in a strange country. Food is scarce, so when the boy's father brings home a map instead of bread for supper, at first the boy is furious. But when the map is hung on the wall, it floods their cheerless room with color. As the boy studies its every detail, he is transported to exotic places without ever leaving the room, and he eventually comes to realize that the map feeds him in a way that bread never could. The award-winning artist's most personal work to date is based on his childhood memories of World War II and features stunning illustrations that celebrate the power of imagination. An author's note includes a brief description of his family's experience, two of his early drawings, and the only surviving photograph of himself from that time.How I Learned Geography is a 2009 Caldecott Honor Book and a 2009 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.