The Champion of Children: The Story of Janusz Korczak

About this book

In 1912 a well-known doctor and writer named Janusz Korczak designed an extraordinary orphanage for Jewish children in Warsaw Poland. Believing that children were capable of governing themselves he encouraged the orphans to elect a parliament run a court and put out their own weekly newspaper. Even when Korczak was forced to move the orphanage into the Warsaw Ghetto after Hitlers rise to power and couldnt afford to buy food and medicine for his charges he never lost sight of his ideals. Fully committed to giving his children as much love as possible during a terrifying time Korczak refused to abandon them. In his most beautiful and heartfelt book to date with evocative acrylic illustrations and spare poignant prose Tomek Bogacki tells the story of a courageous man who during one of the grimmest moments in world history dedicated his lifes work and ultimately his life itselfto children.