It’s 10 years since two planes crashed into the World Trade Center in New York City, which, along with the attacks around Washington, D.C. killed nearly 3, 000 people. There probably won’t be much else reported this weekend other than remembering 9/11, so your kids might have some questions. How do you explain such a massive and terrible event to them?
Don Brown’s new book, America Is Under Attack, explain some of the events of that day in simple, straightforwards terms to young readers.
Sarah Ferguson has already written a series of children’s books about a helicopter named Budgie and a couple of princess-y young adult novels, and has now created a children’s story that deals with the events of 9/11.
A spokesperson for Ferguson says she’ll publish it herself as an e-book. The book supposedly centres on a pear tree that was stripped of its branches after the attacks on the World Trade Towers. That the pear tree was nursed back to life was taken as a sign of hope and renewal.
