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Voices from the Second World War : stories of war as told to children of today.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English, English, English Publisher: Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2018Copyright date: ©2016Edition: First U.S. edition; Reinforced trade editionDescription: 300 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780763694920
  • 0763694924
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Forward -- True stories from the most devastating war in history -- Some of the children who heard the stories -- The outbreak of war -- Fleeing the Nazis -- The fall of western Europe -- Evacuees -- Blitzed Britain -- The British home front -- The resistance -- Women at war -- A true world war -- The bombing of Germany -- The fight for France -- The Baby Blitz -- The fall of Germany -- The Holocaust -- VE Day -- The fall of Japan.
Summary: The Second World War was the most devastating war in history, resulting in up to eighty million deaths and causing the map of the world to be redrawn. Now, more than seventy years after peace was declared, a variety of people who lived through the war share their memories with children so that their experiences will never be forgotten. In this compelling collection, pilots, evacuees, resistance fighters, and navy sailors, as well as survivors of the Holocaust, prisoners-of-war camps, and the Hiroshima bombing, tell their stories, passing on their personal recollections of historical events to a new generation. The stories in Voices from the Second World War were collected by children from all over the world who met with people who wanted to share experiences from the war. These stories, which take place from the outbreak of war to the Hiroshima bombing, capture the spirit and courage of a generation of people affected by World War II.
List(s) this item appears in: Holocaust Remembrance Day
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Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Children's NonFiction 940.5309 V889 Checked out 07/13/2024 33111008880094
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

In an intergenerational keepsake volume, witnesses to World War II share their memories with young interviewers so that their experiences will never be forgotten.

The Second World War was the most devastating war in history. Up to eighty million people died, and the map of the world was redrawn. More than seventy years after peace was declared, children interviewed family and community members to learn about the war from people who were there, to record their memories before they were lost forever. Now, in a unique collection, RAF pilots, evacuees, resistance fighters, Land Girls, U.S. Navy sailors, and survivors of the Holocaust and the Hiroshima bombing all tell their stories, passing on the lessons learned to a new generation. Featuring many vintage photographs, this moving volume also offers an index of contributors and a glossary.

Published in association with First News and The Silver Line.

The story collection project was conducted by Walker Books in collaboration with First News, an award-winning weekly newspaper for children in the UK.

Includes indexes (pages 292-295).

Forward -- True stories from the most devastating war in history -- Some of the children who heard the stories -- The outbreak of war -- Fleeing the Nazis -- The fall of western Europe -- Evacuees -- Blitzed Britain -- The British home front -- The resistance -- Women at war -- A true world war -- The bombing of Germany -- The fight for France -- The Baby Blitz -- The fall of Germany -- The Holocaust -- VE Day -- The fall of Japan.

The Second World War was the most devastating war in history, resulting in up to eighty million deaths and causing the map of the world to be redrawn. Now, more than seventy years after peace was declared, a variety of people who lived through the war share their memories with children so that their experiences will never be forgotten. In this compelling collection, pilots, evacuees, resistance fighters, and navy sailors, as well as survivors of the Holocaust, prisoners-of-war camps, and the Hiroshima bombing, tell their stories, passing on their personal recollections of historical events to a new generation. The stories in Voices from the Second World War were collected by children from all over the world who met with people who wanted to share experiences from the war. These stories, which take place from the outbreak of war to the Hiroshima bombing, capture the spirit and courage of a generation of people affected by World War II.

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