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Janusz_Korczak Janusz Korczak dedicated his life to children. Gloria Spielman's book, Janusz Korczak's Children, introduces young readers to this uniquely caring, giving and heroic doctor.

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Interview with Roman Wroblewski
International Janusz Korczak Blog
In Orphans' Twilight, Memories of a Doomed Utopia (The New York Times, 2011)

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Chatting to The Children's Book Review

Janusz Korczak's Children

Chatting with Nicki Richesin of The Children's Book Review about mime, writing about Marcel Marceau, silence and the writing life. Gloria Spielman is the author of two picture books Janusz Korczak's C...

Interview with the Author of Janusz Korczak's Children

Janusz Korczak's Children

Writers can often be found either talking to themselves or to imaginary characters that exist only in their heads (crazy people). Given the extensive experience I've had of talking to myself I decided...

Interview with Roman Wroblewski

Janusz Korczak's Children

Roman Wroblewski's father Misha was a teacher in Korczak's orphanage. When he began working at the orphanage, Misha was an engineering student. Misha was so impressed by Korczak that he gave up his en...

Janusz Korczak's Children: From Idea to Final Manuscript

Janusz Korczak's Children

"How hard could it be to write a children's book? Short, simple words – a piece of cake." Not so. It may look easy but it takes time and effort to craft a story – any story. Writing itself is a proces...

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We had been looking at portfolios of illustrators work and as soon as I saw Inbal's I thought 'That's it'. It was love at first sight. Later, when I saw her first illustrations, I knew we had found the right illustrator for the job. I was curious about how Inbal went about illust...

Latest Blogs

Kids Talk Grief: Ella's Story

Kids Talk Grief: David's Story

French Toast Sundays shows the week of mourning through the eyes of a child. Kids Talk Grief is a series of interviews and guest blog posts from children or young people all of whom have had to deal with the loss of someone close to them. (Some of the names and personal details have been changed to ...