"The Invisible Boy" written by Trudy Ludwig and illustrated by Patrice Barton, is a story about a little boy that can't seem to fit in. Brian's teachers overlook him and his classmates ignore him. The book is filled with vibrant watercolors while Brian is colored in black and white representing the theme of being invisible. Brian eventually finds friendship with a new boy at school named Justin. The illustrator now paints Brian in color, he then becomes visible to his new friend.
...I never saw a butterfly...
"...I never saw a butterfly...", is a book of poems written by young children under the age of fifteen that passed through the concentration camp of Terezin. The book is filled with poems depicting the highs and lows that the children experienced during times of starvation and disease. Many of the children are optimistic about their future while they are surrounded by death. The book is not just poems but illustrations as well. Some authors of the poems remain anonyms.
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