If you can make it, Mr. Harris...So Can I: Letters from Students to Sammy, Child Survivor of the Holocaust - Softcover

Palestrant, Ms Ellen

9780989968508: If you can make it, Mr. Harris...So Can I: Letters from Students to Sammy, Child Survivor of the Holocaust

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ISBN 10: 0989968502 ISBN 13: 9780989968508

Publisher: Sammy The Journey Productions, 2015

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Sam (Sammy) Harris, one of the youngest survivors of the Holocaust, speaks to thousands of adults and school children every year. Among the numerous letters he receives are those from hundreds of students who have been inspired by Sam's courage and positivity. When Ellen Palestrant read these letters, she was struck by what they strongly illuminated: kids today are hungry for the values and character traits Sam epitomizes - and not the material values of cynical marketers with which they are constantly bombarded. Nor should kids be the unsuspecting recipients of messages of hate for the "other" broadcast by conspiratorial political and religious leaders and their colluding supporters. An insidious mind-grab exists and Sam Harris is the perfect antidote.

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About the Author

Ellen Palestrant, South African-born writer, artist, filmmaker and creativity consultant, resides in Arizona. She was educated in South Africa and Britain and immigrated with her family to the USA in 1987. Palestrant is a game inventor, hydroponic farmer, special education teacher, television scriptwriter (adult documentary and children's animation), film producer, college instructor (English, Humanities, Creative Writing) and co-publisher of a college press. Her published books include NOSEDIVE, JOHANNESBURG ONE HUNDRED, REMEMBERING DOLORES, I TOUCHED A STAR IN MY DREAM LAST NIGHT, and PRETZEL ON PROZAC: The Story of an Immigrant Dog, THE WORLD OF GLIMPSE, IF YOU CAN MAKE IT, MR. HARRIS ... SO CAN I, IF YOU CAN MAKE IT, MR. HARRIS ... SO CAN I Teacher's Guide & Workbook, HAVE YOU EVER HAD A HUNCH? The Importance of Creative Thinking, LET'S DO HUNCH: Creativity Workbook for Individuals and Groups, KOPTOE, Transcending Boundaries: The Comrades Marathon.

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"The story of Sam Harris has directly touched the lives of thousand of school children who will be better adults because of the values they have learned from him."
Dr. Christopher Koch - Illinois State Superintendent of Education
"Thank you, Sam Harris, and thank you, Ellen Palestrant, for bringing to us this book of hope and immense humanity."
Linda Chapa LaVia - State Representative, 83rd District, and Chairperson, Elementary and Secondary Education Committee

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