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Jella Lepman and her library of dreams : the woman who rescued a generation of children and founded the world's largest children's library / Katherine Paterson ; illustrated by Sally Deng.

By: Contributor(s): Publisher: San Francisco : Handprint Books, an imprint of Chronicle Books, [2025]Description: 104 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781452182629 :
  • 1452182620 :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 028.5/5 B 23
  • 920.2
LOC classification:
  • Z720.L46 P38 2025
Summary: Jella Lepman was a woman who stood her ground, challenged convention, and worked fiercely to transform her biggest dreams into reality. In 1945, when Jella was tasked with what seemed like an insurmountable challenge-to create a haven of imagination and joy for the children of a Germany scarred by war-she turned to a steadfast companion: books. As a Jewish woman who had fled from the Nazis, Jella was determined to restore a sense of childhood to the young people who had only known conflict and violence. Despite constant obstacles, Jella persevered, and with the help of publishers and children from around the world, she amassed an extraordinary collection of 4,000 children's books in pursuit of her mission to promote peace. The roving literary collection would eventually find a home as the International Youth Library in Munich, now with over 600,000 items, the largest collection of children's books and materials in the world.
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Jella Lepman was a woman who stood her ground, challenged convention, and worked fiercely to transform her biggest dreams into reality. In 1945, when Jella was tasked with what seemed like an insurmountable challenge-to create a haven of imagination and joy for the children of a Germany scarred by war-she turned to a steadfast companion: books. As a Jewish woman who had fled from the Nazis, Jella was determined to restore a sense of childhood to the young people who had only known conflict and violence. Despite constant obstacles, Jella persevered, and with the help of publishers and children from around the world, she amassed an extraordinary collection of 4,000 children's books in pursuit of her mission to promote peace. The roving literary collection would eventually find a home as the International Youth Library in Munich, now with over 600,000 items, the largest collection of children's books and materials in the world.

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