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Queen to the Rescue, A: The Story of Henrietta Szold, Founder of Hadassah
Nancy Churnin
Illustrator: Yevgenia Nayberg
Ages: 6+
Published: 2021
Publisher: Creston Books
ISBN: 978-1-939547-95-8
Keywords: refugees, social justice, Holocaust (Jewish), Purim
Inspired by the heroine of the Purim story, an American Jewish woman led humanitarian causes, risking her own life for those in peril and survivors of war and persecution. Stylized cubistic arwork. Comprehensive back matter.