Polish Heritage Month: Childrens books unveiled in Whitney Pier, N.S. [Video]

Bookstores often come with a table full of recommended reads, and it was no different at St. Mary’s Polish Parish in Whitney Pier, N.S., on Sunday.

A promotional poster was unveiled with a list of 30 books kids and their parents might want to flip through during Polish Heritage Month in Nova Scotia.

“A whole bunch of children’s books by Polish authors, available with English translations,” explained Tom Urbaniak of St. Mary’s Polish Parish.

Though they are children’s books, some have a distinct tie to Polish history’s darkest chapter.

“One of the authors, Janusz Korczak, several of his titles are part of the poster, died in 1942 in The Holocaust,” Urbaniak said.

Korczak is remembered as a hero of the Warsaw ghetto, who died because he refused to leave orphans who were being sent to the gas chamber.

“His children’s books often have important messages about leadership, or subtle critiques …