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The Tower of Life

By Chana Stiefel
Picture Books
Review:

This is the true story of Yaffa, who lived in Poland and loved helping her Grandma in her photography studio. After WWII broke out, Yaffa and her family were forced to leave their precious town Eishyshok, and all of her grandmother’s photographs were lost. Later in life, Yaffa discovered that there were many who preserved the photos taken by her grandmother all those years before. She set out to find them and rebuild the town she once knew and loved through pictures and stories. She placed all of the sacred pictures in an incredible monument called the Tower of Life.

(Reviewed by an Official Good and Beautiful Reviewer)

Region Poland
Period WWII, 1900s, 1940s
Genre Nonfiction
The Good and the Beautiful Library No
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  • 3 Entertainment Value
  • 3 Moral Value
  • 4 Educational Value
  • 3 Literary Value
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