This children's book is about a young boy who is forced to leave his home in Poland because of World War II. His family flees to what is now known as Kazakhstan, and they live in a small room with another family. This poverty-striken boy has no toys, and his family has no food to eat. His father leaves to go out to the market to buy a loaf of bread for the family, but he only returns with a map. The boy is so upset in the beginning, but he soon becomes fascinated by the map. He spends hours studying it, and it takes him to lands far away from the poor, one room he lives in. He absolutely loves the map and the adventures he has with it. By the end of the story, he is so thankful his father bought the map instead of the bread. The author wrote this story about his family and what he remembers about fleeing his home in Poland. I think this would be a great story for students to read as it teaches them about history. However, as a teacher, you would need to careful with reading this book to your students as it talks about a poverty-striken family who is fleeing a war torn country. This could cause students in your classroom to feel uncomfortable or it could touch on sensitive subjects. I believe as a teacher, it would be important to discern whether or not this story would be suitable for your class to hear.
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