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by Michael Rosen (Author), Benjamin Phillips (Illustrator)
"The writing is concise yet powerfully descriptive...A moving story appropriate for a younger audience. This is an essential purchase." --School Library Journal (starred review)
From an eminent storyteller, this powerful, simply told, beautifully illustrated picture book recounts a rare story of survival during the Holocaust.
Author Biography
Michael Rosen received the Eleanor Farjeon Award for services to children's literature in 1997 and served as Children's Laureate in the UK between 2007 and 2009. His books include the worldwide bestseller We're Going on a Bear Hunt, illustrated by Helen Oxenbury, the award-winning Michael Rosen's Sad Book, illustrated by Quentin Blake, and The Missing: The True Story of My Family in World War II. The author has a personal connection to the story of One Day, as his family members were in the convoy that Eugène Handschuh traveled in, though not among the group who escaped. Michael Rosen lives in London.
Benjamin Phillips is an illustrator and artist with Jewish heritage who works in ceramics, drawings, and paintings. His artwork for the graphic novel Alte Zachen was short-listed for the 2023 Yoto Carnegie Medal for Illustration. Benjamin Phillips lives in England.
