Knut is a baby polar bear, born in the Berlin Zoo. He was hand raised by Thomas, one of the bear keepers, who fed him and stayed by his side. When Knut was ready to go outside, he created a sensation at the zoo. Super photographs of Knut! (Picture book)

Escape to West Berlin
Maurine F. Dahlberg

Summer 1961. Heidi is like other teenagers in East Berlin, except everything is about to change completely. Her parents cross safely to West Berlin, but Heidi and her grandmother are still in East Berlin on the day the wall goes up. An exciting novel that brings to life the Berlin Wall crisis. (Chapter book)

"All last night, the soldiers were working, building a wall of stone – thick and tall." Overnight, a kingdom is sliced in two by a wall. An inventive family sews a giant balloon, and sails over the wall (based on a true incident of the Berlin Wall). A captivating story, wonderfully illustrated. (Picture book)

Before you tour the Checkpoint Charlie Museum, find out about the history of the Berlin Wall – when and why was the Wall built, where did the concrete wall go through Berlin, what was the "forbidden zone," the Berlin Wall comes down and the city is reunited. (Chapter book, photographs)