Difference between revisions of "Main Page"

From History Book By Book
Jump to navigation Jump to search
(24 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown)
Line 101: Line 101:
  
 
|-
 
|-
! <h2 id="mp-otd-h2" style="margin:0; background:#cedff2; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #a3b0bf; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Featured Weekly Book Suggestion - 6/7/2021</h2>
+
! <h2 id="mp-otd-h2" style="margin:0; background:#cedff2; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #a3b0bf; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Featured Weekly Book Suggestion - 10/25/2021</h2>
 
|-
 
|-
 
|style="color:#000;"| <div id="mp-otd">
 
|style="color:#000;"| <div id="mp-otd">
 +
 
{| class="infobox bordered" style="font-size:95%; width:25em;"
 
{| class="infobox bordered" style="font-size:95%; width:25em;"
 
! style="font-size:120%; background:lightblue; text-align:center; padding:5px 0;" | Modern Age
 
! style="font-size:120%; background:lightblue; text-align:center; padding:5px 0;" | Modern Age
 
|-
 
|-
| style="padding:15px;" | [[File:WhenWorldOurs.jpg|250px]]<br>
+
| style="padding:15px;" | [[File:ElDeafo.jpg|250px]]<br>
'''[[When the World Was Ours]]'''<br>
+
'''El Deafo'''<br>
'''Author:''' Kessler, Liz<br>
+
'''Author:''' Bell, Cece<br>
'''[https://amzn.to/3fEMnnS Buy at Amazon] | [https://bookshop.org/a/15682/9781534499652 BookShop.org]<br><br>'''
+
'''[https://amzn.to/3mrHu3t Buy at Amazon] | [https://bookshop.org/a/15682/9781419712173 BookShop.org]<br><br>'''
 
'''Time Period:''' Modern Age <br>
 
'''Time Period:''' Modern Age <br>
'''Time Frame:''' [[Time Frame::1936-1945]] \<br>
+
'''Time Frame:''' 1970<br>
'''Geographic Area:''' North America <br>
+
'''Geographic Area:''' North America<br>
'''Country:''' Austria<br>
+
'''Country:''' United States<br>
'''Topics:''' [[World War II Booklist|WWII]], [[Holocaust Booklist|Holocaust]] <br>
+
'''Topics:''' American Life, Disabilities<br>
'''Genre:''' Fiction<br>
+
'''Genre:''' Non Fiction, Biography <br>
'''Reading Age:''' Upper Middle Grade, Young Adult<br>
+
'''Reading Age:''' Middle Grade, Upper Middle Grade<br>
'''Format:''' Novel<br>
+
'''Format:''' Graphic Novel<br>
'''Published:''' 2021
 
 
|}
 
|}
  
'''''[[World History|World History]]''' > [[Modern Age Booklist|Modern Age]] > [[World War II Booklist|WWII]]''
+
'''''[[American History|American History]]''' > [[Modern Age Booklist|Modern Age]] > 1970s''
  
From the New York Times bestselling author of the Emily Windsnap series, Liz Kessler, comes a poignant and harrowing story of three young friends whose fates are intertwined during the devastation of the Holocaust—based on a true story.
+
The beloved #1 New York Times bestselling and Newbery Honor winning graphic novel memoir from Cece Bell
 
+
Three friends. One memory.
+
Starting at a new school is scary, especially with a giant hearing aid strapped to your chest! At her old school, everyone in Cece’s class was deaf. Here, she’s different. She’s sure the kids are staring at the Phonic Ear, the powerful aid that will help her hear her teacher. Too bad it also seems certain to repel potential friends.
Vienna. 1936.
+
 
+
Then Cece makes a startling discovery. With the Phonic Ear she can hear her teacher not just in the classroom but anywhere her teacher is in the school—in the hallway... in the teacher’s lounge... in the bathroom! This is power. Maybe even superpower! Cece is on her way to becoming El Deafo, Listener for All. But the funny thing about being a superhero is that it’s just another way of feeling different... and lonely. Can Cece channel her powers into finding the thing she wants most, a true friend?
Three young friends—Leo, Elsa, and Max—spend a perfect day together, unaware that around them Europe is descending into a growing darkness and that they will soon be cruelly ripped apart from one another. With their lives taking them across Europe—to Germany, England, Prague, and Poland—will they ever find their way back to one another? Will they want to?
 
 
 
Inspired by a true story, When the World Was Ours is an extraordinary novel that is as powerful as it is heartbreaking and that shows how the bonds of love, family, and friendship allow glimmers of hope to flourish, even in the most hopeless of times.
 
  
 
==Emily's Review==
 
==Emily's Review==
Gosh. This book was just so good. It's up there in my top World War 2/Holocaust books.
+
My daughter and I read this together (she read it to me for independent reading) and we both loved it. She said this is her new favorite book and has already started it over.
 
 
In When the World Was Ours, we follow three children, Leo, Elsa, and Max, throughout the course of the war. The story opens when they are 9 years old, celebrating one of their birthdays with a magical day on the town. The three are best friends, inseparable. But Leo and Elsa are Jewish, and as Europe falls under Hitler's sway, the three take different paths.
 
 
 
This book completely broke my heart. I expected sadness, knowing that it was a book about the Holocaust and Nazi Germany, but it still was a gut punch. I appreciate that the author based one of the storylines on her own family's history.
 
 
 
These kinds of books are so important. I think it is easy to imagine that World War 2 is ancient history and that we live in a much more enlightened society. But, particularly Max's storyline shows that under the right (or rather, wrong) conditions, any one of us could turn our backs on a group of people who have been othered the way Jews, Roma, LGBTQ, and anyone different was during the 1930s and 40s. Never again means never again for anyone.
 
 
 
This is definitely making it into my top reads of 2021.
 
  
 +
This is a memoir about the author's childhood and growing up deaf, told in graphic novel format. The illustrations are adorable, and the story is fun and sweet. I love books that allow me to see the world from a different perspective. Cece copes with being the only deaf kid in her class by inventing a superhero identity - El Deafo. She sees her phonic ear hearing aid as a super power! This story does a fantastic job of showing kids that differences can be a superpower and that we shouldn't treat people who are different from us as if they aren't capable of doing things. I highly recommend picking this up!
  
 
==Other Similar Books==
 
==Other Similar Books==
Other suggestions on the subject of the '''World War II (Nazi Germany}'''.
+
Other suggestions on the subject of the '''American Life'''.
  
{{#ask: [[Category:Books]] [[Topic::WWII]][[WWIIcat::NaziGermany]]
+
{{#ask: [[Category:Books]][[Topic::American Life]]
 
  | ?Author = by
 
  | ?Author = by
 
  | ?Reading Age =
 
  | ?Reading Age =
Line 154: Line 144:
 
  | format=ul
 
  | format=ul
 
}}
 
}}
</div>
+
 
|}
 
 
|}<!--
 
|}<!--
  

Revision as of 09:25, 25 October 2021

History book by book logo.jpg
Welcome to History Book By Book,
Reading your way through history... one book at a time...

> We are currently recommending a total of (1,058) books, divided into (65) specific booklists on this website.

First Time Here? Check Out: Frequently Asked Questions | How Do I Use History Book By Book (HBBB)?

General Outline

Prehistory Booklist (4,500,000,000-6000 BCE)

  • Stone Age (2,600,000-3300 BCE)

Early Civilization Booklist (6000-3000 BCE)

  • Ancient China (6000-220 CE)
  • Mesopotamian Civilization (3500–500 BCE)
  • Indus Valley Civilization (3300–1900 BCE)
  • Bronze Age (3300-1200 BCE)
  • Ancient Egypt (3100-30 BCE)

Classical Age Booklist (3000 BCE-400 CE)

Early Medieval Booklist (400–699 CE)

High Middle Ages Booklist (700-1399 CE)

  • Vikings (790–1100)
  • Aztec Civilization (1345–1521)

Renaissance Booklist (1400-1599 CE)

Enlightenment Booklist (1600-1699 CE)

Age of Revolutions Booklist (1700-1839 CE)

Industrial Age Booklist (1840-1899 CE)

Modern Age Booklist (1900 CE - present)


See also: American History | African American History | Indigenous American History | Jewish History


List of All Booklists

Other Booklists

Why is HBBB a thing?

I am a list maker. I love organizing booklists, to-do lists, checklists of all kinds. I spend a great deal of my time researching books for my job and I’ve often found it frustrating that there isn’t one reliable resource where I can find an organized timeline of literature. So I’ve created one. I’ve set out to create a resource that will guide you on a literary adventure through history.

You can find books here on just about every time period or historical topic and for any age level. I’ve done my best to research and vet each title to ensure that this list is filled with living books. I’ve noted content warnings when necessary and my daughters and I have reviewed many of the titles recommended. This has been and will continue to be a labor of love, as we continue to build this website and update these book suggestions. I hope you find it helpful!

Thanks and Happy Reading, Emily

Emily's Favorites

History book by book.jpg

Most Recently Published Book Suggestions (2021)

Featured Weekly Book Suggestion - 10/25/2021

Modern Age
ElDeafo.jpg

El Deafo
Author: Bell, Cece
Buy at Amazon | BookShop.org

Time Period: Modern Age
Time Frame: 1970
Geographic Area: North America
Country: United States
Topics: American Life, Disabilities
Genre: Non Fiction, Biography
Reading Age: Middle Grade, Upper Middle Grade
Format: Graphic Novel

American History > Modern Age > 1970s

The beloved #1 New York Times bestselling and Newbery Honor winning graphic novel memoir from Cece Bell

Starting at a new school is scary, especially with a giant hearing aid strapped to your chest! At her old school, everyone in Cece’s class was deaf. Here, she’s different. She’s sure the kids are staring at the Phonic Ear, the powerful aid that will help her hear her teacher. Too bad it also seems certain to repel potential friends.

Then Cece makes a startling discovery. With the Phonic Ear she can hear her teacher not just in the classroom but anywhere her teacher is in the school—in the hallway... in the teacher’s lounge... in the bathroom! This is power. Maybe even superpower! Cece is on her way to becoming El Deafo, Listener for All. But the funny thing about being a superhero is that it’s just another way of feeling different... and lonely. Can Cece channel her powers into finding the thing she wants most, a true friend?

Emily's Review

My daughter and I read this together (she read it to me for independent reading) and we both loved it. She said this is her new favorite book and has already started it over.

This is a memoir about the author's childhood and growing up deaf, told in graphic novel format. The illustrations are adorable, and the story is fun and sweet. I love books that allow me to see the world from a different perspective. Cece copes with being the only deaf kid in her class by inventing a superhero identity - El Deafo. She sees her phonic ear hearing aid as a super power! This story does a fantastic job of showing kids that differences can be a superpower and that we shouldn't treat people who are different from us as if they aren't capable of doing things. I highly recommend picking this up!

Other Similar Books

Other suggestions on the subject of the American Life.

What's New:

Books. Lots of Books.

Other Links: