Today is Holocaust Remembrance Day and, as Marcia Vaughan noted in her guest post last week, books 
can be a good way to introduce young students to a very difficult topic. Today, with permission, we’re cross-posting educator Keith Schoch’s excellent annotated list of recommended picture books about the Holocaust, originally posted on March 3, 2013 at Teach With Picture Books:
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Picture books included in the above annotated book list:
I Never Saw Another Butterfly, by Hana Volavkova
Star of Fear, Star of Hope, by Jo Hoestlandt, illus. by Johanna Kang
The Yellow Star: The Legend of King Christian X of Denmark, by Carmen Agra Deedy, illus. by Henri Sorenson
The Cats in Krasinski Square, by Karen Hesse, illustrated by Wendy Watson
The Butterfly, by Patricia Polacco
Luba: The Angel of Bergen-Belsen, as told to Michelle R. McCann by Luba Trysznska-Frederick, illustrated by Ann Marshall
Rebekkah’s Journey, by Ann E. Burg, illustrated by Joel Iskowitz
My Secret Camera: Life in the Lodz Ghetto, photographs by Mendel Grossman, text by Frank Dabba
Smith
The Cat with the Yellow Star: Coming of Age in Terezin, by Susan Goldman Rubin with Ela Weissberger
Always Remember Me: How One Family Survived World War II, by Marisabina Russo
The Harmonica, by Tony Johnston, illustrated by Ron Mazellan
The Grand Mosque of Paris, by Karen Gray Ruelle and Deborah Durland DeSaix
Benno and the Night of Broken Glass, by Meg Wiviott, illustrated by Josee Bisaillon
Terrible Things: An Allegory of the Holocaust, by Eve Bunting, illustrated by Stephen Gammell
The Lily Cupboard: A Story of the Holocaust, by Shulamith Levey Oppenheim, illustrated by Ronald Himler
Erika’s Story, by Ruth Vander Zee, illustrated by Roberto Innocenti
Flowers on the Wall, written and illustrated by Miriam Nerlove
The Featherbed Journey, by Paula Kurzband Feder, illustrated by Stacey Schuett
A Hero and the Holocaust: The Story of Janusz Korczak and His
Children, by David A. Adler, illustrated by Bill Farnsworth
The Flag with Fifty-Six Stars: A Gift from the Survivors of Mauthausen, by Susan Goldman Rubin, with illustrations by Bill Farnsworth
Passage to Freedom: The Sugihara Story, by Ken Mochizuki, illustrated by Dom Lee
Irena’s Jars of Secrets, by Marcia Vaughn, illustrated by Ron Mazellan
Irena Sendler and the Children of the Warsaw Ghetto, by Susan Goldman Rubin, illustrated by Bill Farnsworth
Thanks to Keith Schoch for letting us share his comprehensive book list. Visit Keith Schoch’s excellent website, Teach With Picture Books, for more book lists, teacher’s guides, and curriculum tips.
