New Releases by Uri Shulevitz

From celebrated Caldecott Award–winning illustrator Uri Shulevitz comes the gripping and revealing true story of a young Polish exile fighting to survive in war-torn Europe. Born in the tumult of World War I, a young Jewish boy named Yehiel Szulewicz chafes at the borders of his hometown of Żyrardów, Poland, and at the rules set in place by his restrictive parents. Brimming with a desire for true adventure, he leaves home at fifteen-and-a-half years old to seek his future elsewhere. Little does Yehiel know, he’ll never see his parents again. His journey takes him beyond Polish borders, to Austria, Croatia, France, and Spain. With no money and no ID papers, he often sleeps under the stars, with only the sky as his blanket. But even wayfaring Yehiel can’t outrun the evil spreading across Europe in the years leading up to World War II. As the fascists and Nazis rise to power, Yehiel soon finds himself a member of the Spanish Republican Army and then the Jewish Resistance in Vichy France, fighting for freedom, his friends, and his very life. Inspired by the true story of Uri Shulevitz’s uncle and stunningly illustrated by the author, The Sky Was My Blanket is a unique and riveting account of one man’s courage and resilience amidst one of the darkest periods in global history. Don’t miss Uri Shulevitz’s acclaimed memoir, Chance: Escape from the Holocaust: Memories of a Refugee Childhood, which bestselling author Elizabeth Wein called “harrowing, engaging and utterly honest” (New York Times Book Review).

El primer libro de grado medio de un maestro de libros ilustrados: un relato ilustrado, desgarrador y desgarrador de su infancia cuando escapó de los terrores de la guerra.

Winner of the SCBWI Golden Kite Award for Illustrated Books for Older Readers A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2020 A New York Times Best Children''s Book of 2020 Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2020 Booklist Best Books of 2020 Horn Book Fanfare 2020 Booklist Chicago Public Library Best of the Best 2020 Jewish Journal Twenty of the Best 2020 (Non-Holiday) Jewish Books for Kids A National Jewish Book Award 2020 Finalist for Middle Grade Fiction A 2021 Golden Dome Book Award Selection “Harrowing, engaging and utterly honest.” —Elizabeth Wein, The New York Times Book Review “A captivating chronicle of eight turbulent years.” —The Wall Street Journal From a beloved voice in children’s literature comes this landmark memoir of hope amid harrowing times and an engaging and unusual Holocaust story. With backlist sales of over 2.3 million copies, Uri Shulevitz, one of Farrar, Straus and Giroux’s most acclaimed picture-book creators, details the eight-year odyssey of how he and his Jewish family escaped the terrors of the Nazis by fleeing Warsaw for the Soviet Union in Chance. It was during those years, with threats at every turn, that the young Uri experienced his awakening as an artist, an experience that played a key role during this difficult time. By turns dreamlike and nightmarish, this heavily illustrated account of determination, courage, family loyalty, and the luck of coincidence is a true publishing event.

Simplified Chinese edition of "Rain Rain Rivers," a 1969 New York Times Book Review Notable Children''s Book of the Year and Outstanding Book of the Year. Uri Shulevitz is the winner of the 1969 Caldecott Medal and three-time winner of the Caldecott Honor. "Rain Rain Rivers" talks about Mother Nature and the effect of rain, before, during and after.

Troto''s a happy little car who likes to go places until he drives all the way to Cactusville and meets some big trucks that tease him for being so small.

Un grand-père et son petit garçon se promènent dans les rues de New York un soir de décembre. Tandis que le soleil se couche, la nuit allume une à une les lumières de la ville et nimbe de magie ces instants partagés.

In his room, a young boy has his own sun, moon, stars, flowers, train, and more, but his world is incomplete until he finds his dear bear.

A Caldecott Honor Book "It''s snowing, said boy with dog. "It''s only a snowflake," said grandfather with beard. No one thinks one or two snowflakes will amount to anything. Not the man with the hat or the lady with the umbrella. Not even the television or the radio forecasters. But one boy and his dog have faith that the snow will amount to something spectacular, and when flakes start to swirl down on the city, they are also the only ones who know how to truly enjoy it. This playful depiction of a snowy day and the transformation of a city is perfectly captured in simple, poetic text and lively watercolor and pen-and-ink illustrations.

"Boy with dog and grandfather with beard watch holiday lights turn on in the city"--

Une famille qui a fui son pays ravagé par la guerre survit dans un terrible dénuement. Jusqu''au soir où le père rentre non pas avec l''habituel maigre repas, qui de toute façon ne calme jamais l''estomac, mais avec un objet extraordinaire, capable de transcender la faim et la misère... Cette fabuleuse leçon de vie est aussi le vibrant hommage d''un fils, l''immense auteur Uri Shulevitz, à son père.

La maison s''endort, s''endort. Dort la pendule à coucou, dort le chat, dort le petit garçon... Puis, tout doucement, une musique envahit la maison endormie et chacun se met au rythme de l''enchantement... pour enfin...

Quan em vesteixo de mariner... comença una nova aventura! Navego en un vaixell per tots els mars, trobo pirates, mapes de tresors... Un mariner ha d’encarar-se a grans perills, i a vegades cal que sigui molt valent.

A Caldecott Honor Book "It''s snowing, said boy with dog. "It''s only a snowflake," said grandfather with beard. No one thinks one or two snowflakes will amount to anything. Not the man with the hat or the lady with the umbrella. Not even the television or the radio forecasters. But one boy and his dog have faith that the snow will amount to something spectacular, and when flakes start to swirl down on the city, they are also the only ones who know how to truly enjoy it. This playful depiction of a snowy day and the transformation of a city is perfectly captured in simple, poetic text and lively watercolor and pen-and-ink illustrations.

A young child spends the day imagining himself to be a sailor on a grand adventure.

Parfois, il nous faut voyager loin pour découvrir ce qui est à portée de main... dit en substance ce livre magnifique, dont chaque lecture révèle un peu plus du trésor qu''il recèle. Par quelle grâce l''auteur parvient-il à rendre les illustrations de ce conte oriental aussi lumineuses que la sagesse du propos ? L''extraordinaire talent de Uri Shulevitz est décidément aussi mystérieux qu''envoûtant.

As he spends hours studying his father''s world map, a young boy escapes the hunger and misery of refugee life. Based on the author''s childhood in Kazakhstan, where he lived as a Polish refugee during World War II.

When war devastates their country, a boy and his parents are forced to flee to another country far east, where they must live in a small room shared with another couple. Food is scarce. But one day, when father goes to the bazaar to buy bread, he comes home with a map instead. The boy and his mother are furious, they are so hungry! But the map floods their cheerless room with colour. The boy becomes fascinated by it and is transported far away without ever leaving the room. Father was right to buy it, after all.

En esta historia, basada en los recuerdos de su infancia durante la II Guerra Mundial, Uri Shulevitz cuenta cómo un mapa lo llevó, con la ayuda de su imaginación, muy lejos del hambre, la miseria y el sufrimiento.

Lundi matin... l''empereur, sa femme et le petit prince sont venus chez moi pour me serre la pince. Un classique des comptines pour enfants, réinterprété et merveilleusement mis en images par Uri Shulevitz... et mis en musique par Delphine Demilly sur le CD offert avec cet ouvrage.

A sleepy house is roused when music drifts in through an open window. Chairs begin to rock, dishes dance, and a boy awakens to the revelry. As the music fades, everything is sleepy once again. With soothing text and whimsical illustrations, Caldecott Medalist Shulevitz has created the ultimate bedtime story.

Beginning in 1159, a Jewish man named Benjamin of Spain set out on a 14-year journey to see places named in the Bible. Working from Benjamin''s own chronicle, written in Hebrew, and other sources on the period, Shulevitz captures the true spirit of this amazing adventurer. Full color.

In the little boy''s room there is a whole world. He has a private sun, a private moon, private stars, and many friends. But where is Prince Bear, the one he loves best of all?

Réédition. Volume publié en 1998 aux éditions Kaléidoscope. "Le ciel est gris... La ville entière est grise. Puis un flocon de neige... puis deux...". Un garçonnet court dans les flocons qui tombent et tombent. La ville est toute blanche: il neige. [SDM].