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Let the Celebrations Begin: A Story of Hope for the Liberation
Let the Celebrations Begin: A Story of Hope for the Liberation
Reviewed by: Jan Hamilton - Little Dolphin School, Scarborough, Southern Maine Library District
Review Date: November 5, 2014
Review
The women of a concentration camp are planning a party to celebrate what they believe will be there release in the near future. As they scrounge for buttons and scraps of fabric to make toys for the children their horrible existence is revealed.
The first reading through of "Let the celebration begin" melts the heart as the eyes fill with tears. It isn't until this book has been read a second time that the illustrations can be totally appreciated. Both story and illustration are strong in this amazing historic fiction picture book.
Wild and Vivas have made this sad historic story into an important and lovely book that needs to be shared. This belongs in public libraries and would be welcome in history classrooms for all grades.
Overall Book Score: excellent
About the Book
Author:
Wild, Margaret
Illustrator: Vivas, Julie
Illustration Quality: excellent
Publisher: Candlewick Press (other previous release)
Book Type: picture book fiction
Genre: historical fiction
Audience: grades k-3, all ages
Binding Type: reinforced trade binding
Binding Quality: good
ISBN: 9780763670139
Price: 16.95