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Category: World War Two

True Brit: Beatrice – 1940 by Rosemary Zibart, illustrated by George Lawrence

May 4, 2020
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 |  Beatrice 1940, Children's Books News, England, evacuees, junior fiction, Rosemary Zibart, True Brit, United States, World War Two

True Brit: Beatrice – 1940 by Rosemary Zibart, illustrated by George Lawrence  (Kinkajou Press, c2011 – thanks to the publishers […]

Toitoi: Anzac special issue

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 |  Children's Books News, children's writing, France, Gallipoli, junior fiction, Toitoi, trenches, World War One, World War Two

Toitoi: Anzac special issue (February 2016) 92 pages with full page colour illustrations Subjects: World War One, World War Two, […]

The Mozart question by Michael Morpurgo

May 3, 2020
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 |  Children's Books News, concentration camps, Jews, junior fiction, Michael Foreman, Michael Morpurgo, music, The Mozart question, World War Two

The Mozart question by Michael Morpurgo, illustrated by Michael Foreman (Walker Books, 2007) 75 pages (but a small size, so quite short); […]

A day to remember: the story of Anzac Day by Jackie French, illustrated by Mark Wilson

May 2, 2020
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 |  A day to remember, Anzac Day, Children's Books News, Gallipoli, Jackie French, Korean War, Mark Wilson, Non-Fiction, picture books, protest movement, Vietnam, World War One, World War Two

A day to remember: the story of Anzac Day by Jackie French, illustrated by Mark Wilson (Angus & Robertson, 2012) […]

A winter’s day in 1939 by Melinda Szymanik

May 1, 2020
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 |  A winter's day in 1939, Children's Books News, evacuees, family, junior fiction, Melinda Szymanik, Poland, Refugees, World War Two

A winter’s day in 1939 by Melinda Szymanik (Scholastic, 2013) 24 chapters; 285 pages Subjects: World War Two; Poland; family; […]

Three books by Mark Wilson

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 |  Afghanistan, Angel of Kokoda, Animals, brothers, Children's Books News, dogs, Mark Wilson, mascots, Pacific, Papua New Guinea, picture books, The Afghanistan pup, Vietnam, Vietnam diary, World War Two

Angel of Kokoda (Lothian Children’s Books, 2010) Vietnam diary (Lothian Children’s Books, 2013) The Afghanistan pup (Lothian Children’s Books, 2014) […]

The war that saved my life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

April 30, 2020
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 |  Children's Books News, evacuees, family, junior fiction, Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, London, The war that saved my life, World War Two

The war that saved my life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley (Dial Books, 2015)46 chapters; 316 pagesSubjects: World War Two, London, […]

Hiroshima no pika written and illustrated by Toshi Maruki

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 |  anti war books, atomic bomb, Children's Books News, Hiroshima, Hiroshima no pika, Japan, picture books, Toshi Maruki, World War Two

Hiroshima no pika written and illustrated by Toshi Maruki (translation of the same Japanese title; New York: Lothrop, Lee & […]

Enemy camp by David Hill

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 |  Children's Books News, David Hill, Enemy camp, Japan, Prisoners of war, World War Two, young adult fiction

Enemy camp by David Hill (Puffin, 2016)260 pages (in diary format)Subjects: World War Two, New Zealand, Japan, Prisoners of war, […]

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