Product Details
- An MVD Exclusive
- SKU: DS64069
- Format: DVD
- UPC: 9781666640694
- Street Date: 11/21/23
- PreBook Date: 10/17/23
- Label: Dreamscape Media »
- Genre: Animation (not Anime/Manga)
- Run Time: 34 mins
- Number of Discs: 1
- Audio: STEREO
- Year of Production: 2023
- Region Code: 0
- Box Lot: 30
- Territory: NORTH AMERICA
- Language: English
Cast & Crew
- Actors:
- Helen Laser
- Director: Andy T. Jones
- Producer: Andy T. Jones
- Producers: Andy T. Jones
Product Assets
Stars Of The Night: The Courageous Children Of The Czech Kindertransport
A sensitively told tale of survival and defiance in the face of tyranny
- List Price: $14.95
- Your Price: $14.95
- In Stock: 23
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This powerful story is told from the collective perspective of the children who were rescued from Czechoslovakia on the eve of World War II, as Hitler's campaign of hatred toward Jews and political dissidents took hold. The narrative starts in 1938 and follows the children as they journey to foster families in England for the duration of the war, return to Prague afterward in an unsuccessful search for their parents, and eventually connect with Nicholas Winton, a British former stockbroker who was instrumental in bringing them to safety. Winton and the Czech Kindertransport ultimately rescued 669 children from Nazi persecution.
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Sales Points
- Her work includes Ezra Jack Keats BookAward winner A Bowl Full of Peace and Sachiko: A Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Survivor's Story, which was longlisted for a National Book Award and received a Sibert Honor Award, and the Jane Addams Children's Book Award.
- She believes young readers want to know the truth about their world and how others find resilience and courage in difficult times.
- Award-winning author Caren Stelson teams up with acclaimed illustrator Selina Alko to sensitively tell this tale of survival and defiance in the face of tyranny.
- Caren Stelson is an award-winning author of nonfiction books that focus on war and peace themes.
Press Quotes
A necessary and inspirational book about a little-known light amid a dark period of history, this book should find a home in all libraries.
—School Library Journal
A not-to-be-missed, inspirational book about courage, heart, and the necessity of caring for others.
—Kirkus Review
Stelson employs a communal we to narrate this story of 669 primarily Jewish children of the Czech Kindertransport . . . Impressionistic acrylic, collage, and pencil art by Alko is embellished throughout with sparkling stars and round yellow orbs.
—Publishers Weekly
