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The Tree in the Courtyard: Looking Through Anne Frank’s Window

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A New York Times Best Illustrated Children’s Book
A New York Public Library Best Book for Kids, 2016

Told from the standpoint of the tree out of doors Anne Frank’s window—and illustrated by a Caldecott Honor artist—this book introduces her story in a gentle and incredibly powerful option to a young audience.
 
The tree within the courtyard was once 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.

The tree watched somewhat 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 circle of relatives were taken away—and when her father returned after the war, on my own.

The tree died the summer Anne Frank would have turned eighty-one, but its seeds and saplings have been planted all over the world as a symbol of peace. Its story, and Anne’s story, are beautifully told and illustrated on this powerful picture book.

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