Showing posts with label War stories. Show all posts
Showing posts with label War stories. Show all posts
Friday, August 29, 2025

A Million Shades of Grey by Cynthia Kadohata

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This is the UK cover from Simon and Schuster This is the US cover This story opens in 1973 in the Highlands of South Vietnam. The war is all...
Tuesday, January 21, 2025

The Librarian's Stories by Lucy Falcone illustrated by Anna Wilson

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Take your time with this book - you might notice the spots of colour on the cover. The boy is looking at a lady sitting on a park bench. It ...
Thursday, August 1, 2024

The Silver Sword by Ian Serraillier

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Publisher blurb:  Although the silver sword was only a paper knife, it became the symbol of hope and courage which kept the Balicki children...
Wednesday, February 28, 2024

Safiyyah's War by Hiba Noor Khan

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Take a look at the labels I have assigned to this post - curiosity, friendship and fear. Safiyyah lives in the mosque in Paris. The German a...
Wednesday, January 3, 2024

Spies in the Sky by Beverley McWilliams illustrated by Martina Heiduczek

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  Before you read this book I suggest you might try to find these picture books and also do some reading about the Dickin Medal .  32 pigeon...
Friday, July 14, 2023

Hero on a Bicycle by Shirley Hughes

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The setting for this book is Italy in 1944. Florence is occupied by the German army but the Italian resistance movement are hard at work res...
Thursday, September 30, 2021

Rabbit, Soldier, Angel, Thief by Katrina Nannestad

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  The title of this book is so important. Little Sasha is living through WWII. He is a very young boy and his mother calls him Little Rabbit...
Thursday, January 3, 2019

The Great War Stories inspired by objects from the First World War

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Each story, lovingly crafted, shows a different facet of war in the same way that each artifact reflects something different about the time....