Bibliograph

The champion of children, the story of Janusz Korczak, Tomek Bogacki

Type

Label

The champion of children, the story of Janusz Korczak, Tomek Bogacki

Language

eng

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The champion of children

Oclc number

225852373

Responsibility statement

Tomek Bogacki

Sub title

the story of Janusz Korczak

Summary

In 1912, a well-known doctor and writer named Janusz Korczak designed an extraordinary orphanage for Jewish children in Warsaw, Poland. Believing that children were capable of governing themselves, he encouraged the orphans to elect a parliament, run a court, and put out their own weekly newspaper. Even when Korczak was forced to move the orphanage into the Warsaw Ghetto after Hitler's rise to power, and couldn't afford to buy food and medicine for his charges, he never lost sight of his ideals. Fully committed to giving his children as much love as possible during a terrifying time, Korczak refused to abandon them. In his most beautiful and heartfelt book to date, Tomek Bogacki tells the story of a courageous man who, during one of the grimmest moments in world history, dedicated his life's work, and ultimately his life itself, to children

Target audience

juvenile

resource.variantTitle

Story of Janusz Korczak

Creator