Children's Books

A Picture Book of Anne Frankby David A. AdlerIllustrated by: Karen RitzPaperback32 PagesAge Range: 6 and upGrade Level: 1 and up A chronicle of the life of Anne Frank, a young Jewish girl, who kept a diary during her family's attempts to hide from the...

A Sailor's Story Written and Illustrated by: Sam Glanzman Paperback 176 Pages 2015 Golden Age comic book legend Sam Glanzman draws upon his own World War II experiences in this outstanding graphic novel. Hailed by Eisner Award–winning Astro City...

Aftermath of World War II  by Elisabeth HerschbachPaperback48 PagesAugust 2022Age: 10-15 yearsGrade: 5-9 This book describes the immediate impacts and long-term changes brought about by World War II, from changes in borders and governments to...

Alice on the Island: A Pearl Harbor Survival StoryBy: Mayumi Shimose Poe (Author) and Matt Forsyth (Illustrator)Paperback112 Pages2019Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 0.5 x 7.5 inchesAge Range: 8-12 YearsGrade Level: 3-7 In 1941, thirteen-year-old Alice's days...

  AlliesBy: Alan Gratz HardcoverOctober 2019Grade Level: 4-7 336 PagesReading Level: 9-12 years A New York Times bestseller!Alan Gratz, bestselling author of Refugee, weaves a stunning array of voices and stories into an epic tale...

Andrew Higgins & The Boats That Landed Victory By: Nancy Rust and Carol Stubbs Illustrated By: Brock NicolHardcover32 Pages2020 Andrew Higgins built boats that could "crunch through driftwood, bounce over logs, climb a beach," and "wham up on a...

Behind the Bookcase: Miep Gies, Anne Frank, and the Hiding Place by Barbara Lowell (Author) and Valentina Toro (Illustrator)Paperback40 PagesSeptember 2020Ages: 7-11 YearsGrade: 2-5 Anne Frank’s diary is a gift to the world because of Miep Gies...

  Catherine's War By: Julia Billet (Author), Claire Fauvel (Illustrtor), Ivanka Hahnenberger (Translator)Paperback176 Pages2020Grade Level: 3-7Reading Level: 8-12 Years This middle grade graphic novel is an excellent choice for tween readers in...

Chester Nez and the Unbreakable Code: A Navajo Code Talker's Story by Joseph Bruchac (Author) and Liz Amini-Holmes (Illustrator)Paperback32 PagesMarch 7, 2024Ages: 7-10 YearsGrade: 1-5 A Junior Library Guild Selection April 20182018 Cybils Award...

Chester Nimitz and the Seaby Jane Sutcliffe (Author) Craig Kodera (Illustrator)Hardcover32 pagesAges: 7-10yearsGrade: K-3September, 2013 Celebrate the exciting life of a World War II naval hero! When Pearl Harbor was bombed, Pres. Franklin D...

Children in the Holocaust (Focus Readers: Children in History: Voyager Level)By: Samantha S. BellPaperback48 Pages2018 Age Range: 9-14 YearsGrade Level: 5-6 Presents true accounts of children who lived during the Holocaust. Personal narratives,...

The Children of Willesden Lane: A True Story of Hope and Survival During World War II (Yong Readers Edition) by Emil Sher (Adapter), Mona Golabek (Author), Lee Cohen (Author)Paperback224 PagesAges 8-12March 28, 2017A young...

The Courageous Six Triple Eight: The All-Black Female Batallion of World War II (Women Warriors of World War II) by Dr. Tyner, Artika R. (Author) and Cynthia Paul (Illustrator) Paperback32 PagesJuly 2022Age: 8-12Grades: 3-4 When the United States...

Curious GeorgeBy H.A. and Margret ReyHardback64 PagesReading Range: 4-7 years old This treasured classic is where it all began for the curious, loveable monkey. Special anniversary cover with foil and spot gloss make this edition a must-have for any...

D-Day Landings: The Story of the Allied Invasion By: Richard Platt Paperback 32 Pages Recommended Age Group: 8 and up How did the Allies plan and execute the most massive and daring invasion in military history? Read all about it in the DK Reader...

Day of Infamy: The Story of the Attack on Pearl Harbor (Tangled History)By: Steven Otfinoski (Author)Paperback112 Pages2015Product Dimensions: 7.3 x 5.2 x 0.3 inchesAge Range: 8 - 14 yearsGrade Level: 3 - 4 The quiet Sunday morning was shattered as...

Don't Know Much About American Historyby Kenneth C. Davis (Author) and Matt Faulkner (Illustrator)Paperback224 Pages2003Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.56 x 9 inchesReading Age: 8-12 yearsGrade Level: 3-7 Was Columbus the first European in the Americas? What...

  Dorie Miller: Greatness Under FireMr. Dante R. Brizill Paperback64 PagesNovember 2018   The story of December 7th, 1941 is very familiar to us. It changed the history of this country and the world, but few people may know of the story of...

  How Easy Company Became a Band of Brothers - Signed Copy   By: Chris Langlois (Author) and Anneke Helleman (Illustrator) Paperback 62 Pages Ages: 13-18 February 2018   Easy Company of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st...

Fighting to Survive World War II: Terrifying True StoriesBy: Nancy DickmannPaperback64 Pages2019Product Dimensions: 6.1 x 0.4 x 9.1 inchesAges Range: 10-14 YearsGrade Level: 4-9 World War II was filled with deadly battles. And people caught in the...

Fly Girls: The Daring American Women Pilots Who Helped Win WWIIby P. O'Connell PearsonHardcover224 PagesProduct Dimensions: 6.1 x 0.6 x 9 inchesAge Range: 10 and UpGrade Level: 5-6 “A truly inspiring read.” —Booklist (starred...

  Great Escape #1: Nazi Prison Camp Escape By: Michael Burgan (Author) and James Bernardin (Illustrator) Paperback128 Pages2020 Reading Level: 8-12 Years Grade Level: 3-7   Are you ready for some of the most exciting, death-defying escape...

Guadalcanal Had It All!: Raiders, Destroyers and Banzai Charges (World War II Comix) By: Jay Wertz Paperback 24 pages 2018 Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 0.4 x 10.2 inches Age Range: 10 and up Like the Halls of Montezuma and the Shores of Tripoli,...

Hiroshima and Nagasaki Lynn Peppas Paperback 48 Pages 2013 Age Range: 11 - 14 Grade Level: 2 - 3 This fascinating title chronicles the U.S. bombing of these Japanese cities during World War II. Topics include the development of the atomic bomb,...

Hold On To Your Music: The Inspiring True Story of the Children of Willesden Laneby Emil Sher (adapter), Mona Golabek (Author), Lee Cohen (Author), Sonia Possentini (Illustrator)40 PagesPaperbackAges 4-8January 12, 2021Discover the inspiring illustrated...

Home Front Girl: A Diary of Love, Literature, and Growing Up in Wartime America by Joan Wehlen MorrisonHardcover272 PagesReading Age: 12 Years and UpGrade Levels: 7-9November, 2012 Literary Classics Gold Medal in Historical Young AdultLiterary...

I Survived the Bombing of Pearl Harbor, 1941 By: Lauren Tarshis (Author) and Scott Dawson (Illustrator) Paperback 118 pages 2011 Product Dimensions: 0.2 x 5.2 x 7.8 inches Age Range: 7-10 years Grade Level: 2-5 70 years later, the bombing of...

Infinite Hope: A Black Artist's Journey from WWII to PeaceBy: Ashely BryanHardcover112 Pages2019 Recipient of a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor AwardRecipient of a Bologna Ragazzi Non-Fiction Special Mention Honor AwardA Kirkus...

Japanese American Internment: Prisoners in Their Own Land (Tangled History)By: Steven OtfinoskiPaperback112 Pages2019Product Dimensions: 5.4 x 0.3 x 8.1 inchesAge Range: 9-12 yearsGrade Level: 3-9 Vivid storytelling brings World War II history to life...

The Journey That Saved Curious GeorgeBy Louise Borden (Author) and Allan Drummond (Illustrator)Paperback96 PagesGrade Level: 3-7September 2016 In 1940, Hans and Margret Rey fled their Paris home as the German army advanced. They began their harrowing...

Kiyo Sato: From a WWII Japanese Internment Camp to a Life of Service by Connie Goldsmith with Kiyo SatoHardcover140 PagesReading Age: 11-18 yearsGrade Level: 6-12September 2020"Our camp, they tell us, is now to be called a 'relocation center' and not a...

  Letters from CubaBy: Ruth Behar Hardcover252 Pages 2020   Pura Belpré Award Winner Ruth Behar's inspiring story of a young Jewish girl who escapes Poland to make a new life in Cuba, while she works to rescue the rest of her...

Lily's Victory Garden (Tales of Young Americans) by Helen L. Wilbur (author) and Robert Gantt Steele (Illustrator)Hardcover40 PagesFebruary 2010Ages 6-9Grade Level 1-4 When Lily learns about a lottery for land plots to grow Victory Gardens, she tries to...

Lisa of Willesdan Lane: A True Story of Music and Survival During World War IIby Sarah J. Robbins (Adaptor), Mona Golabek (Author), Lee Cohen (Author)Paperback176 PagesAges 6-10January 12, 2021 An inspiring true story about one girl's escape from the...

Mare's War By: Tanita S. Davis Paperback 354 Pages Age Range: 12 and up Grade Level: 7 and up 2011 Meet Mare, a World War II veteran and a grandmother like no other. She was once a willful teenager who escaped her less than perfect life in the...

Midway: The Battle that Changed the Pacific War (World War II Comix) By: Jay Wertz & Wes Locher Paperback 24 pages 2018 Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 0.3 x 10.2 inches Age Range: 10 and up After the attack on Pearl Harbor the U. S. Pacific Fleet...

Navajo Code Talkers of WWIIBy: Blake Hoena (Author), Marcel P. Massegu (Illustrator) Paperback32 pages2019Product Dimensions: 6.88 x 0.13 x 9 inchesAge Range: 8 - 14 yearsGrade Level: 3-9 During World War II U.S. forces had to keep battle plans...

Never to Forget: The Jews of the Holocaustby Milton MeltzerPaperback240 PagesSeptember 1991Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.6 x 9 inchesAge Range: 8-12 yearsGrade Level: 8-9 Six million-- a number impossible to visualize. Six million Jews were killed in Europe...

Night Witches at War: The Soviet Women Pilots of World War IIby Bruce Berglund (Author) and Trevor Goring (Illustrator)Paperback32 PagesAges 8-14August 2019 Flying combat missions in wartime is always dangerous. But imagine doing so in a slow, rickety...

On the Run By: Casey Willems 82 Pages In 1944, Frans, is a twelve-year-old boarding school student taking care of a band of ponies when an American airman is shot down over occupied Holland. Frans rescues Bill. While trying to bring him to a safe...

Pearl Harbor and the Day of Infamy (World War II Comix) By: Jay Wertz and Wes Locher Paperback 24 pages 2017 Product Dimensions: 7 x 0.1 x 10.1 inches Age Range: 10 and up Starting with the background of Japan’s rise to military prominence...

Projekt 1065: A Novel of World War II  By: Alan GratzHardcover October 2016 Grade Level: 4-7 320 PagesReading Level: 9-12 Infiltrate. Befriend. Sabotage.World War II is raging. Michael O'Shaunessey, originally from Ireland, now lives in Nazi...

Refugee  by Alan GratzHardcover352 PagesAges 9-12July 2017 A tour de force from acclaimed author Alan Gratz (Prisoner B-3087), this timely -- and timeless -- novel tells the powerful story of three different children seeking refuge. A New York...

  Rip to the RescueBy: Miriam HalahmyHardcover208 Pages2020   It's 1940 and Nazi bombs are raining down on London, but 13-year-old bike messenger Jack has just discovered something unbelievable: a stray dog with a surprising talent.Jack...

Ruth and the Night of Broken Glass: A World War II Survival StoryBy: Emma Carlson Berne (Author) and Matt Forsyth (Illustrator) Paperback112 Pages2019Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 0.5 x 7.5Age Range: 8-12 yearsGrade Level: 3-7 In the late summer and...

Soldier Dogs #1: Air Raid Search and Rescueby Marcus SutterPaperback224 Pages2018 The paw-biting start to a thrilling new adventure series perfect for fans of Max and the I Survived books, inspired by the brave military dogs who helped our troops win...

Soldier Dogs #3: Secret Mission: Guamby Marcus Sutter(Author) Andie Tong (Illustrator)Paperback192 pages2019 Product Dimensions: 5.1 x 0.5 x 7.6 inchesAge Range: 8-12 yearsGrade Level: 3-7 Step into the action as the U.S. Marines and the Dobermans of...

Soldier Dogs #4: Victory at NormandyBy: Marcus Sutter (Author) Andie Tong (Illustrator)Paperback192 pages2019Product Dimensions: 5.1 x 0.5 x 7.6 inchesAge Range: 8-12 yearsGrade Level: 3-7 Fans of the bestselling Max and Scout dog stories will love the...

Soldier Dogs #5: Battle of the Bulgeby Marcus Sutter (Author) Andie Tong (Illustrator)Paperback192 pages2019Product Dimensions: 5.1 x 0.5 x 7.6 inchesAge Range: 8 - 12 yearsGrade Level: 3-7 A loyal army of sled dog teams up with an unlikely pair of kids...

Surprise Attack!: Nickolas Flux and the Attack on Pearl Harbor (Nickolas Flux History Chronicles) Terry Collins, author Amerigo Pinelli, illustrator Paperback 40 Pages 2014 Age Range: 8 - 14 Grade Level: 3 - 4 When a spontaneous time leap sends...

Sophie Scholl Fights Hitlers Regime (Taking a Stand)By: Clara MacCaraldPaperback48 Pages2019 Age Range: 8-12 YearsGrade Level: 4-6  Explores the history, events, and aftermath of Sophie Scholl's fight against Hitler's regime. Through insightful...

Calliope: The Tale of a Police Horse in WWII By: Diane Condon-Boutier (Author) and Elisabeth Gontier (Illustrator)Paperback48 Pages2018 Calliope is a horse, but not an ordinary horse. She’s a Metropolitan Police horse working in London...

Tales of War - Zip: The Story of a Carrier Pigeon in WWII By: Diane Condon-Boutier (Author) and Elisabeth Gontier (Illustrator)Paperback64 Pages2017 Zip is a pigeon, but not just an ordinary pigeon. He’s a carrier pigeon trained to carry...

The Battle of Midway: Turning the Tide of World War IIBy: Wil MaraPaperback32 pages2017Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 0.2 x 8.7 inchesAge Range: 9 - 13 yearsGrade Level: 4 - 8 Explores the Battle of Midway of World War II. Authoritative text, colorful...

They Called Themselves the Battling Bastards of Bataan (World War II Comix) By: Jay Wertz & Wes Locher Paperback 24 pages 2017 Product Dimensions: 7 x 0.1 x 10.1 inches Age Range: 10 and up This fully-illustrated account details all the major...

The Cat with the Yellow Star: Coming Of Age In Terezin By: Susan Goldman Rubin and Ela Weissberger Paperback 40 Pages Age Range: 8 and up Grade Level: 3 and up Ela Stein was eleven years old in February of 1942 when she was sent to the Terezin...

The Christmas Doll: A Repair Shop Story By: Amy Sparkes Illustrated By: Katie Hickey Hardcover Reading Age: 7-9 Years Grade Level: 2-4 2023 A little girl in wartime England finds that a simple act of generosity and kindness changes her life forever in...

The Grand Mosque of Paris: A Story of How Muslims Rescued Jews During the Holocaust By: Karen Gray Ruelle and Deborah Durland Desaix Hardcover 40 Pages Age Range: 8 and up Grade Level: 3 and up When the Nazis occupied Paris, no Jew was safe from...

The Greatest Treasure Hunt in History: The Story of the Monuments MenBy Robert M. Edsel Hardcover368 pages2019Age Range: 9 - 12Grade Level: 4 - 7 Robert M. Edsel, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Monuments Men, brings this story to young...

The Holocaust (Uncovering the Past: Analyzing Primary Sources)by Lynn PeppasPaperback48 Pages20157¼ x 9¼ inchesAge Range: 11 - 14Grade Level: 6 - 9 The Holocaust was the deliberate extermination of Jews and other people deemed undesirable...

The Invasion of Normandy: Epic Battle of World War IIBy: Moira Rose DonohuePaperback32 pages2017Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 0.4 x 8.8 inchesAge Range: 9 - 13 yearsGrade Level: 4 - 8 Explores the Invasion of Normandy of World War II. Authoritative text,...

The Life of Anne FrankBy: Kay WoodwardHardback48 PagesAges: 9-14Grade: 4-122020 Produced in association with the Anne Frank House. A compelling visual account of how a Jewish family tried to escape Nazism. In August 1944, Anne Frank and her family were...

The Manhattan Project (Heroes of World War II) by Matt DoedenHardcover32 PagesAugust 2018Ages: 8-12 yearsGrade: 3-6 The Manhattan Project produced the world's first nuclear weapons. The US military later dropped two atomic bombs on Japan, effectively...

The Split History of the Attack on Pearl HarborBy: Steven OtfinoskiPaperback64 pages2018Age Range: 10 - 14Grade Level: 5 - 6 Every battle has two sides, and the attack on Pearl Harbor during World War II is no different. Experience the event from...

The Summer We Found the Babyby Amy HestHardcover192 PagesAugust 2020Reading Ages: 10-13 yearsSet during World War II, this poignant, briskly paced historical novel relays the events of one extraordinary summer from three engaging points of view.On the...

The Tuskegee Airmen Story By: Lynn Homan and Thomas ReillyIllustrated by: Rosalie M. ShepherdHardcover32 PagesAge Range: 5-8Grade Level: Kindergarten-32002 The Tuskegee Airmen not only flew 1,500 successful missions in World War II, but also laid the...

The Tuskegee Airmen's Mission to Berlin: A Fly on the Wall of HistoryBy: Thomas Kingsley Troupe (Author) and Jamike Tejida (Illustrator)Paperback32 Pages2018Product Dimensions: 9 x 0.2 x 10 inchesAge Range: 6 - 8 yearsGrade Level: 1-3 Through clouds and...

The Unbreakable Zamperini: A World War II Survivor's Brave Story by Nel Yomtov (Author) and Rafal Szlapa (Illustrator)PaperbacK32 PagesAges 8-14 YearsAugust 2019 In the 1930s Louis Zamperini was a promising Olympic track athlete. But when World War II...

The US Home Front During World War II by Ryan GaleHardcover48 PagesAugust 2022Ages: 10-15 yearsGrades: 5-9 This book describes the ways that World War II affected production and daily life in the United States, as well as government programs for...

The Whispering Town By Jennifer Elvgren Paperback 32 pages 2014 The dramatic story of neighbors in a small Danish fishing village who, during the Holocaust, shelter a Jewish family waiting to be ferried to safety in Sweden - based on a true story.It is...

The World War II Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained by DKHardcoverJune 2022336 Pages Learn about the rise of Adolf Hitler, Pearl Harbour and the D-Day Landings in The WWII Book.Part of the fascinating Big Ideas series, this book tackles tricky topics...

Torpedoed!: A World War II Story of a Sinking Passenger Ship and Two Children's Survival at SeaBy: Cheryl MullenbachHardcover176 pages2017Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.7 x 8.5 inchesAge Range: 10 and upGrade Level: 5 and up When 14-year-old Florence Kelly...

Turning Point: The Story of the D-Day LandingsBy: Micheal BurganPaperback112 Pages2017Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 0.5 x 7.8 inchesAge Range: 9-12 YearsGrade Level: 3-9 In an immersive, exciting narrative nonfiction format, this powerful book follows a...

U.S. Ghost Army PBBy: Nel Yomtov (Author) and Alessandro Valdrighi (Illustrator)Paperback32 PagesProduct Dimensions: 6.8 by 0.1 x 9 inchesAge Range: 8 - 14 yearsGrade Level: 3 - 9 When you need to mislead the enemy, who are you going to call? The...

Under the Blood-Red Sun By: Graham Salisbury Paperback 256 Pages Age Range: 8 and up Grade Level: 3-7 Fiction Tomi was born in Hawaii. His grandfather and parents were born in Japan, and came to America to escape poverty. World War II seems...

Understanding the Articles of Confederation By: Sally Senzell Isaacs Paperback 32 pages 2009 Reading Level: Gr. 3 Interest Level: Gr. 3-5 Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 0.2 x 10.6 inches The Articles of Confederation legally brought the United States...

Understanding the Declaration of Independence By: Sally Senzell Isaacs Paperback 32 pages 2008 Reading Level: Gr. 1 Interest Level: Gr. 1-4 Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 0.2 x 10.6 inches When the founding fathers signed the Declaration of...

Virgina Hall Clever Spy of WWII PB by Rebecca George Paperback37 PagesAugust 2023An action-packed graphic novel about Virginia Hall, known as one of the most courageous spies of World War II.In the early 1940s, during World War II, Germany’s...

Voices of Pearl Harbor By: Sherry GarlandIllustrated by: Layne JohnsonHardcover40 PagesAge Range: 8 and upGrade Level: 3 and up2013 Japan’s surprise attack on December 7, 1941, devastated the American Naval Fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and forced...

What Was D-Day? By: Patricia Brennan Demuth Paperback 112 pages 2015 Product Dimensions: 5.3 x 0.3 x 7.6 inches Age Range: 8 - 12 Grade Level: 3 - 7 In the early morning hours of June 6, 1944, an armada of 7,000 ships carrying 160,000 Allied...

What Was Pearl Harbor? By: Patricia Brennan Demuth Paperback 112 pages 2013 Product Dimensions: 5.3 x 0.3 x 7.6 inches Age Range: 8 - 12 Grade Level: 3 - 7 On December 7, 1941, Japanese war planes appeared out of nowhere to bomb the American...

What Was the Holocaust? By: Gail Herman Paperback 32 pages 2018 Product Dimensions: 5.3 x 0.3 x 7.7 inches Age Range: 8 - 12 years Grade Level: 3 - 7 The Holocaust was a genocide on a scale never before seen, with as many as twelve million...

Who's Who in WWII (Crabtree Connections) By: Alison Hawes (Author) Paperback 32 pages 2010 Product Dimensions: 0.2 x 7 x 9 inches Age Range: 8 and up Grade Level: 3 and up Leader, soldier, prisoner, spy—do you know who is who in WWII? • Who...

Willy and Sherman: Battle on the BeachBy: Dave DeVisserPaperback104 pages2018 Willy, a spirited military jeep and Sherman, a cautious army tank meet on a WWII supply ship headed for Europe. They become best friends, and train together in England for the...

Profiles #2: World War II By: Aaron Rosenberg (Author) Paperback 160 pages 2011 Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 0.4 x 7.5 inches Full-color series--six bios in one! It takes more than one person to bring about change and innovation. Find out how key...

World War II: Visual EncyclopediaBy: DKHardcover208 PagesAugust 2015Age Range: 8-11Grade Level: 4-7 This comprehensive visual encyclopedia explores World War II in fascinating detail and explains why this global event must never be forgotten.World War...

World War II Code Breakers (Heroes of World War II) by Lisa L. OwensHardcover32 pagesAugust 2018Ages: 8-12Grade: 3-6 Discover the true stories of code breakers who worked behind the scenes during World War II. Men and women cracked enemy codes in order...