LeVar Burton and his family discover some items from earlier relatives, and then we meet a grandmother who inspires her grandson, family members and others with her childhood memories of surviving the Holocaust during World War II.

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Feature Book:

Show Way

Show Way traces the lineage of one family’s women who began creating quilts with secret maps to freedom during the years of slavery and continued in the generations beyond as a tribute to the past.

Author: Jacqueline Woodson
Illustrator:Hudson Talbott
Publisher: Pegnuin/Putnam

The Kids’ Family Tree Book

This book explains how to research your family, going back several generations, in many ways and includes ideas for interviewing relatives, creating a family tree, planning a reunion and more.

Author: Caroline Leavitt
Illustratior: Ian Phillips
Publisher: Sterling

What A Family!

Grandpa Max explains to Ollie the ways their relatives are connected.

Author: Rachel Isadora
Publisher: Penguin Putnam

Seven Brave Women

A young girl recounts the brave exploits of her female ancestors, including her great-great-great-grandmother who came to America in a wooden sailboat.

Author: Betsy Hearne
Illustrator: Bethanne Andersen
Publsher: Greenwillow