About this item
Highlights
- Henrietta Szold took Queen Esther as a model and worked hard to save the Jewish people.
- 9-10 Years
- 11.1" x 9.1" Hardcover
- 40 Pages
- Juvenile Nonfiction, Social Activism & Volunteering
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About the Book
The story of how one Jewish woman changed history and created HadassahBook Synopsis
Henrietta Szold took Queen Esther as a model and worked hard to save the Jewish people. In 1912, she founded the Jewish women's social justice organization, Hadassah. Henrietta started Hadassah determined to offer emergency medical care to mothers and children in Palestine. When WWII broke out, she rescued Jewish children from the Holocaust, and broadened Hadassah's mission to include education, youth development, and women's rights. Hadassah offers free help to all who need it and continues its mission to this day.
Review Quotes
"A powerful introduction to a little known, very brave woman."--starred, Kirkus Reviews"
-- (7/15/2021 12:00:00 AM)"Churnin portrays the organizational skill and human kindness of her subject with love and admiration. She expands the main text with comprehensive back matter that includes additional historical information, facts about the Purim holiday and a timeline. Nayberg's stylized cubistic illustrations are striking and convey the human crises that called for a great woman's intervention."--Association of Jewish Libraries
-- (12/6/2021 12:00:00 AM)"Churnin's com-pre-hen-sive and inspir-ing text, paired with Nayberg's rich mul-ti-lay-ered, expres-sive, and art-ful mixed-media illus-tra-tions, bring to life this remark-able woman who was long over-due for a pic-ture book biog-ra-phy." -- Rachel Kamin, Jewish Book Council
-- (12/14/2021 12:00:00 AM)"Elegant, assured prose ('The air was thick with tears for lost loved ones'), accentuated by facts and data, will keep readers absorbed alongside Nayberg's engrossingly abstract, fluid illustrations, tinted in rich hues of blue-green and red. A moving biography of a lesser-known heroine."--starred, Publishers Weekly
-- (10/16/2021 12:00:00 AM)"Exceptionally informative, well organized, thoroughly 'kid friendly' in presentation, 'A Queen to the Rescue' is the highly recommended picture book biography of Henrietta Szold and especially and unreservedly recommended for . . . young readers ages 8-13."--Midwest Book Review
-- (9/16/2021 12:00:00 AM)"Readers will see the impact of Szold's work for immigrants, orphans, Jewish publications, and healthcare in Palestine as well as find themselves in awe of how one person can change the world."--Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle
-- (10/20/2021 12:00:00 AM)"Using concise but informative text, Churnin does an excellent job of introducing this dynamic woman in a picture book format . . . [while] Nayberg's modernist, expressionistic illustrations effectively capture Henrietta's powerful persona."--starred, School Library Journal
-- (12/3/2021 12:00:00 AM)