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Oskar and the Eight Blessings

By Tanya Simon, Richard Simon
Illustrators Illustrated by Mark Siegel Edition

Hardcover edition

Publisher Macmillan Imprint Roaring Brook ISBN

9781596439498

Awards and Honors Booklist 2015 Top 10 Books for Youth, Religion and Spirituality
Booklist Best Picture Books of 2015
2015 National Jewish Book Award Winner, Children’s Literature
2016 Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, K–2
2015 Cybils Awards Nomination, Fiction Picture Books
Children’s Book Committee Bank Street College of Education Best Children’s Books of 2016, Holidays

Oskar and the Eight Blessings

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Violence: War/Harsh Realities of War

New York City, 1938: On the seventh night of Hanukkah—also Christmas Eve—Oskar, a refugee from Nazi Germany, experiences proof of his father’s last words to him: “even in bad times, people can be good.” Author’s note. Glossary. “In Oskar’s Footsteps” map of 1938 Manhattan. Full-color illustrations.
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