Nobody asked questions, nobody demanded money and everybody kept their mouths shut.In the upper reaches of the Loire lies an isolated plateau and the secluded village of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon. Their w
From a Caldecott Medal-winning artist and storyteller comes this single-volume edition of three classic children's tales. Louis Slobodkin's fanciful watercolor images accompany Too Many Mittens, a win
Describes how the residents of an isolated village in the Loire Valley of France banded together during World War II to provide shelter and sanctuary to 3,500 Jews, hiding them from the Nazis.
'They tried to make me go to my sister's funeral today. In the end I'd had to give in ... I'd been walking in her shadow for sixteen years and I liked its cool darkness. It was a good place to hide.'
