Nonna wears a special charm bracelet. Her grand daughter has always wondered about it and one day she asks why she always wears that bracelet. One by one Nonna uses the charms to tell her grand daughter what it was like to be a Jewish child in Italy during WWII. Tenderly told, each of the charms reveal another link to Nonna's past when her father and then her mother had to go into hiding. As always, Marisabina Russo uses her unique painterly style and weaves a story that captures the images of wartime Italy from a child's eye view. It is a moving story. They say 4-8. We'd say more like 7 & up.

Age: Early School Years. Award Year: 2011. Click here to purchase the product on Amazon.com.