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One Day: A True Story of Courage and Survival in the Holocaust

By Michael Rosen
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A poignant and ultimately uplifting picture book based on a true story of an escape from a convoy to Auschwitz. “Get through one day and then on to the next. One day at a time. One day after another.” Eugène Handschuh was a Jewish member of... Read More
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One Day: A True Story of Courage and Survival in the Holocaust

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A poignant and ultimately uplifting picture book based on a true story of an escape from a convoy to Auschwitz.

“Get through one day and then on to the next. One day at a time. One day after another.”

Eugène Handschuh was a Jewish member of the Resistance in occupied Paris. After he was captured by the Nazis, he was placed on a convoy to Auschwitz. Against all the odds, with the help of strangers and fellow members of the Resistance, Eugène and his father escaped the convoy and survived – when so many others did not.

Former Children's Laureate Michael Rosen was inspired to tell this story after discovering his father’s uncle and aunt were on the same convoy as Eugène, but never returned. With powerful illustrations from Benjamin Phillips, whose work has been shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal for Illustration, this sensitive true-story picture book reminds us of the best of people, in the worst of times.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781529532586

Publisher: Walker Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 January 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Walker Studio

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Benjamin Phillips

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 217.0mm

Height: 293.0mm

Weight: 270g

Pages: 40

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Children's Books Children’s, Teenage and Educational Michael Rosen Pre-orders Pre-orders by Release Date Young Adult

About the Author

Michael Rosen is one of the most popular authors for children; his bestselling titles published by Walker Books include We're Going on a Bear Hunt, A Great Big Cuddle and Michael Rosen’s Sad Book. A popular radio broadcaster, distinguished critic and academic, and multi-award-winning poet, Michael was appointed the Children's Laureate from 2007 to 2009, and is now Professor of Children's Literature at Goldsmiths, University of London.

Benjamin Phillips is an illustrator and artist whose artwork for the graphic novel Alte Zachen won him the 2024 V&A Illustration for Children Award and was shortlisted for the Yoto Carnegie Medal for Illustration 2023. In the same year he was a featured artist at Bologna's Children Bookfair and in 2022 he was a selected artist for Brewers Towner International Prize. He lives in Hastings.

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