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Title
  • A bridge of children's books : [the inspiring autobiography of a remarkable woman] / [Jella Lepman].
Author
Lepman, Jella
Publication
Dublin : O'Brien, 2002.

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158 p. : ill.; 22 cm.
Summary
Having escaped Nazi persecution Jella Lepman returned to her native Germany after World War II. She became an adviser on cultural and educational needs and founded the International Youth Library. This is her life story.
Subject
  • 1900-1999
  • Educators > Germany > Biography
  • International Youth Library
  • Lepman, Jella
  • Reconstruction (1939-1951) > Germany
  • Women educators > Germany > Biography
  • Youth workers > German > Biography
Genre/Form
  • Autobiographies
  • Biographies
  • History
  • History.
Language (note)
  • Translated from the German.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Foreword / Mary Robinson, United Nations Hight Commissioner for Human Rights -- Introduction / Tayo Shima, President, International Board on Books for Young People -- A bridge of children's books / Jella Lepman -- Historic photographs of Jella Lepman -- The book castle / Dr. Barbara Scharioth, Director International Youth Library.
ISBN
0862787831
OCLC
49905822
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library