"Young Marianne is one of the lucky ones. She has escaped on one of the first kindertransporte organized to take Jewish children out of Germany to safety in Britain. At first Marianne is desperate. She does not speak English, she is not welcome in her sponsors’ home, and, most of...
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Presents simple stage adaptations, suitable for school use, of eight stories by Canadian author Robert N. Munsch, along with staging suggestions and ideas for easily obtainable sets, props, and costumes.
Collects three novels about Marianne Kohn and Sophie Mandel, two young Jewish girls living in Berlin in 1938, who meet on a train during the first Kindertransport that will take them to safety in England, where they grow up away from home during World War II.
"Millie's family is tight-knit and loving, despite the hardships brought by the Great Depression. Her parents had been Home Children and her father is able to eke out a living as a blacksmith in their small town. When Millie's mother announces that she is going to have a baby, ...
Sophie Mandel was only seven when she was sent to London from Germany. She has lived with a friend of her parents who she calls Aunt Em. Now the war is over and fourteen-year-old Sophie is faced with a terrible dilemma. Where does she belong?
Thirteen-year-old Katie sees the shadow of an old-fashioned girl holding a flower on her bedroom wall. The girl shares her life with Katie, reaching across the years to a time when British orphans were sent to Canada as Home Children.
In this second collection of plays based on the stories of Robert Munsch, experienced playwright Irene N. Watts has adapted eight more of his best-loved tales for the stage, classroom or backyard! Complemented by the fun and familiar artwork of long-time Munsch collaborator Micha...
Millie's is a small family - just a mother, a father, a small brother, Hamish, and her. Both her parents had been orphaned (and were introduced in Watts' novel Flower ), but the family they created was tight-knit and loving. When Millie's mother announces that she is pregnant, i...
Young Marianne is one of the lucky ones. She has escaped on one of the first kindertransporte organized to take Jewish children out of Germany to safety in Britain. At first Marianne is desperate. She does not speak English, she is not welcome in her sponsors' home, and, most ...