The Tree of Life - How a Holocaust Sapling Inspired the World

During World War Two, in the concentration camp Terezin, a group of Jewish children and their devoted teacher planted and nurtured a smuggled-in sapling. Over time fewer and fewer children were left to care for the little tree, but those who remained kept lovingly sharing their water with it. When the war finally ended and the prisoners were freed, the sapling had grown into a strong five-foot-tall maple. Nearly eighty years later the tree's 600 descendants around the world are thriving, including one that was planted at New York City's Museum of Jewish Heritage in 2021. Students will continue to care for it for generations to come, and the world will remember the brave teacher and children who never gave up nurturing a brighter future.

About the author

Elisa Boxer; illustrated by Alianna Rozentsveig

Product details

• Authors: Elisa Boxer, Alianna Rozentsveig
• Assisted by: Alianna Rozentsveig (Illustration)
• Publisher: Random House N.Y.
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 5 to 9
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.01.2024
• EAN: 9780593617120
• ISBN: 978-0-593-61712-0
• Dimensions: 225 mm x 292 mm x 8 mm
• Weight: 400 g
• Illustrations: FULL-COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > History, politics; Education and learning > Schoolbooks, general education schools; History & the past: general interest (Children's / Teenage), JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Historical, JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / Holocaust, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Religion / Judaism, 1933–1945 (National Socialist period), Children’s / Teenage general interest: History and the past, Relating to Jewish people and groups, Educational: Religious studies: Judaism, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Judaism