This is a very moving little book. I picked it up at a local Little Free Library because I saw it was a book put out by PJ Library, an organization which provides free books of Jewish interest to Jewish families with small children. Although my grandchildren receive these books, I haven't read most of them. This book was directed to parents and not to children.

It contains excerpts of writing by Janusz Korczak who was a Polish doctor, writer, and head of an orphanage in the years before the rise of the Nazis in Europe. The writing reflects Korczak's thoughts and philosophy about children. In this volume, he shares these thoughts with parents. Sadly, neither the children in his orphanage nor Korczak survived the Nazi invasion of Poland. Korczak's story is told at the end of this book. It is also illustrated with a few pen-and-ink drawings made by an individual who had been in his orphanage and who miraculously survived the war.

I knew about Korczak before reading this book, but this volume greatly added to my knowledge and respect for a man who, in turn, showed great respect to the children in his charge. ( )