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Brundibar
Contributor(s): Kushner, Tony (Author), Sendak, Maurice (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0786809043     ISBN-13: 9780786809042
Publisher: Hyperion Books for Children
OUR PRICE:   $22.49  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: November 2003
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Annotation: Based on a Czech opera for children that was performed 55 times by the children of the Terezin Nazi concentration camp, this tale of two children bullied by a bellowing hurdy-gurdy grinder is now told in this storybook. Illustrations.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Family - Siblings
- Juvenile Fiction | Legends, Myths, Fables - General
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - Europe
Dewey: E
LCCN: 2001099819
Lexile Measure: 570
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 11" W x 8.6" (1.35 lbs) 56 pages
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 75973
Reading Level: 3.4   Interest Level: Lower Grades   Point Value: 0.5
 
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.
Publisher Description:
From the legendary imagination of Maurice Sendak--creator of beloved classic Where the Wild Things Are--comes a classic tale of children cleverly overcoming a bully, retold by the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tony Kushner.

Brundibar is based on a 1938 Czech opera for children that was performed fifty-five times by the children of Terezin, the Nazi concentration camp. When Aninku and Pepicek discover one morning that their mother is sick, they rush to town for milk to make her better. Their attempt to earn money by singing is thwarted by a bullying, bellowing hurdy-gurdy grinder, Brundibar, who tyrannizes the town square and chases all other street musicians away. Befriended by three intelligent talking animals and three hundred helpful schoolkids, brother and sister sing for the money to buy the milk, defeat the bully, and triumphantly return home.

"An ambitious picture book that succeeds both as a simple children's story and as a compelling statement against tyranny." --School Library Journal