Hiding from the Nazi

Hiding from the Nazi
Written by: David A. Alder
Illustrated by: Karen Ritz
Holiday House, 2000
30 pages
Historical Fiction

                Have you ever wonder exactly what happened during the Holocaust? We all know what happened from an adult’s perspective but we've rarely heard it from a child's. In Hiding from the Nazi we finally get to see what happened from a little Jewish girl named Lore Baer. Take a trip back in history and see what all happened in Lore's young life.
                Karen Ritz uses watercolor to illustrate this story. She uses a lot of dark, murky colors to tell the story through pictures.  I believe that because this is such a raw and emotional story she has to use those bland colors. I would much rather read this book to my fourth or fifth graders because I feel like at that age they would have a better comprehension of what happened back then.
                For Hiding from the Nazi I would do a history lesson to explain to my students what happened during the Holocaust and how it had an effect on our society.  I would also have my students write a narrative on what their perspective of what happened in Lore's life. For example, I would ask them each to take a minute after I read them the story and think about the events that happened in the story. Then I would have them write what they think happened in their own words. Lastly I would have my students do research about the Holocaust and compare and contrast it to the book.