The Wall: growing up behind the Iron Curtain
Sis, Peter.
The Wall: growing up behind the Iron Curtain - New York Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2007 - 48p.: col. ill
I was born at the beginning of it all, on the Red side - the Communist side - of the Iron Curtain. Through illustrations, journals, maps, and dreamscapes, Peter Sis shows what life was life for a child who loved to draw, proudly wore the red scarf of a Young Pioneer, stood guard at the giant statue of Stalin, and believed whatever he was told to believe. But adolescence brought questions.
5 - 9
978-0-374-34701-7 Winter 2008 Books & Co $14.40
The Wall: growing up behind the Iron Curtain - New York Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2007 - 48p.: col. ill
I was born at the beginning of it all, on the Red side - the Communist side - of the Iron Curtain. Through illustrations, journals, maps, and dreamscapes, Peter Sis shows what life was life for a child who loved to draw, proudly wore the red scarf of a Young Pioneer, stood guard at the giant statue of Stalin, and believed whatever he was told to believe. But adolescence brought questions.
5 - 9
978-0-374-34701-7 Winter 2008 Books & Co $14.40