Gottesfeld, Jeff    <br/><br/>
Tree in the courtyard   looking through Anne Frank's window  
 The tree in the courtyard  
Jeff Gottesfeld ; illustrated by Peter McCarty. 
 - First edition. 
 - New York  Alfred A. Knopf  2016 
 - 1 volume (unpaged)   illustrations ;  24 x 24 cm 
<br/><br/> "The story of the tree outside of Anne Frank's window"--<br/>The tree in the courtyard was a horse chestnut. Her leaves were green stars; her flowers foaming cones of white and pink. Seagulls flocked to her shade. She spread roots and reached skyward in peace.<br/><br/>The tree watched a little girl, who played and laughed and wrote in a diary. When strangers invaded the city and warplanes roared overhead, the tree watched the girl peek out of the curtained window of the annex. It watched as she and her family were taken away—and when her father returned after the war, alone.<br/><br/>The tree died the summer Anne Frank would have turned eighty-one, but its seeds and saplings have been planted around the world as a symbol of peace. Its story, and Anne’s story, are beautifully told and illustrated in this powerful picture book. 
<br/><br/> 590L 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780385753975 0385753977 9780385753982 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2014044007 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Frank, Anne 1929-1945 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Trees<br/>Jews--Netherlands<br/>Holocaust, Jewish --Netherlands--Amsterdam--(1939-1945)<br/>Picture books for children.
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<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>jGot   17