Oskar and the Eight Blessings

Kids, Fiction, Historical, Teen, General Fiction
Cover of the book Oskar and the Eight Blessings by Tanya Simon, Richard Simon, Roaring Brook Press
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Author: Tanya Simon, Richard Simon ISBN: 9781626725584
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press Publication: September 8, 2015
Imprint: Roaring Brook Press Language: English
Author: Tanya Simon, Richard Simon
ISBN: 9781626725584
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
Publication: September 8, 2015
Imprint: Roaring Brook Press
Language: English

Winner of the 2015 National Jewish Book Award for Children's Literature

A refugee seeking sanctuary from the horrors of Kristallnacht, Oskar arrives by ship in New York City with only a photograph and an address for an aunt he has never met. It is both the seventh day of Hanukkah and Christmas Eve, 1938. As Oskar walks the length of Manhattan, from the Battery to his new home in the north of the city, he passes experiences the city's many holiday sights, and encounters it various residents. Each offers Oskar a small act of kindness, welcoming him to the city and helping him on his way to a new life in the new world. This is a heartwarming, timeless picture book.

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Winner of the 2015 National Jewish Book Award for Children's Literature

A refugee seeking sanctuary from the horrors of Kristallnacht, Oskar arrives by ship in New York City with only a photograph and an address for an aunt he has never met. It is both the seventh day of Hanukkah and Christmas Eve, 1938. As Oskar walks the length of Manhattan, from the Battery to his new home in the north of the city, he passes experiences the city's many holiday sights, and encounters it various residents. Each offers Oskar a small act of kindness, welcoming him to the city and helping him on his way to a new life in the new world. This is a heartwarming, timeless picture book.

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