Book launch: Selina Alko & Caren Stelson - Jewish Book Festival.
Schedule
Sun Feb 12 2023 at 04:00 pm
Location
Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver | Vancouver, BC
IMPORTANT STORIES FOR YOUTHBOOK LAUNCH
Sun Feb 12, 4:00 pm - Free
Also appearing on Mon Feb 13, 10:00am at VTT
SELINA ALKO (Illustrator)
with CAREN STELSON (author) – Stars of the Night: The Courageous Children of the Czech Kindertransport
In conversation with Abby Wener Herlin
Stars of the Night recounts the powerful true story of the 669 young people who traveled as part of the Czech Kindertransport from Prague to Britain. Told from the collective perspective of the children, the narrative starts in 1938 and follows them as they journey to foster families in England, return to Prague after the war in an unsuccessful search for their parents, and then connect with Nicholas Winton, a British former stockbroker who was instrumental in bringing them to safety.
A former Vancouverite, SELINA ALKO is an award-winning children’s book author and illustrator who currently lives in Brooklyn. Her work includes B is for Brooklyn and The Case for Loving.
CAREN STELSON’s book for middle graders, Sachiko: A Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Survivor’s Story, was longlisted for a National Book Award and received a Sibert Honor Medal. Caren lives in Minneapolis.
PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE VANCOUVER HOLOCAUST EDUCATION CENTRE
Where is it happening?
Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver, 950 West 41st Avenue,Vancouver,BC,Canada