Title: Let the Celebrations Begin!
Author: Margaret Wild
Illustrator: Julie Vivas
Type: Fiction
Approximate Interest Level: 4th-12th
Publisher: Orchard Paperbacks
Date of Publication: 1991
ISBN: 978-0531070765
Synopsis: Set in a World War II concentration camp, Miriam and her friends are preparing toys for the party they will have when they are liberated by the soldiers. Prisoners in the camp donate buttons and other parts of their clothing to make stuffed toys for the children that have no toys.
Possible Teaching Points: 1) World War II, 2) the holocaust, 3) life in the concentration camps
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