David A. Adler
David Avram Adler , also David Abraham Adler , (born April 10, 1947 in New York ) is an American children's and youth author.
Life
Adler was best known for his Cam Jansen mystery series . He also writes books that explain the history of the Holocaust to young readers . In German he appeared Froim - the boy from the Warsaw ghetto . The children's book is based on the experiences of the concentration camp survivor Erwin Baum (1926–2006), who grew up with his brother in Janusz Korczak's orphanage “Dom Sierot” before he was deported to Auschwitz .
In 2017 Adler was awarded the Regina Medal .
literature
- David A. Adler . In: Flora Wyatt, Margaret Coggins, Jane Hunter Imber: Popular nonfiction authors for children , Greenwood Publishing Group, 1998, ISBN 1-56308-408-2 , page 1 ( books.google.de )
- David A. Adler . In: Sharron L. McElmeel: 100 most popular children's authors . Libraries Unlimited, 1999, ISBN 1-56308-646-8 or ISBN 978-1-56308-646-5 , page 1f.
- David A. Adler . In: Sharron L. McElmeel: Bookpeople . Teacher Ideas Press, 1990, ISBN 0-87287-721-3 or ISBN 978-0-87287-721-4 , page 2
Web links
- Literature by and about David A. Adler in the catalog of the German National Library
- Catalog of works in the online catalog of the Berlin State Library
- Works directory on Google books
- Homepage
- Book presentation and reading with Walter Sittler (PDF; 2.0 MB)
- A youth in the ghetto and in camps . ( Memento from February 12, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) In: Stuttgarter Zeitung , November 15, 2011
Individual evidence
- ↑ Froim - the boy from the Warsaw ghetto . Metropol Verlag, 2011
- ↑ Portrait: Erwin Baum. Hailfingen-Tailfingen concentration camp memorial ; accessed November 15, 2011.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Adler, David A. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Adler, David Avram (full name); Adler, David Abraham (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American author for children and young adults |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 10, 1947 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | new York |