Church & Synagogue Libraries
"This is an excellent book for sensitizing young people of any denomination to recognize injustice."
Book Description
In this unique introduction to the Holocaust, Eve Bunting encourages young children to stand up for what they think is right, without waiting for others to join them.
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Little Rabbit learns the value of sticking together as the Terrible Things carry away the creatures of the forest clearing.
Terrible Things: An Allegory of the Holocaust ANNOTATION
In this allegory, the author's reaction to the Holocaust, the animals of the forest are carried away, one type after another, by the Terrible Things, not realizing that if perhaps they would all stick together and not look the other way, such terrible things might not happen.
FROM THE CRITICS
Children's Literature - Susie Wilde
If you are planning to introduce the Holocaust to children, picture books make a good beginning. The most comforting books are those that hold some kind of hope. This book is an allegory of the holocaust, where a small questioning rabbit witnesses one animal after another being taken from his peaceful forest.
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