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041 1 _aeng
_hpol
092 _a940.5343
_bS628
049 _aNFGA
100 1 _aSkibinski, Michal,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aI saw a beautiful woodpecker :
_bthe diary of a young boy at the outbreak World War II /
_cMichal Skibinski ; illustrated by Ala Bankroft ; translated by Eliza Marciniak.
264 1 _aMunich :
_bPrestel,
_c2021.
300 _a1 volume :
_billustrations (colour) ;
_c20 cm
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
336 _astill image
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_2rdacarrier
500 _aTranslated from the Polish.
520 _a"It is the summer of 1939 in Warsaw, Poland and Michal is an eight- year-old boy just finishing his school year. In order to improve his handwriting, Michal's teacher gives him a simple assignment: keep a journal, writing one sentence a day. Eighty years later, Michal's diary has been gorgeously illustrated with beautifully atmospheric paintings. Eloquent in its simplicity, the journal is a remarkable artifact that captures the innocence of childhood and the trauma of war. The journal starts out with a typical boy's observations: "July 15: I went to a stream with my brother and teacher." "July 23: I found a caterpillar." However over the course of weeks, menacing details emerge. "July 27: A plane was circling over Anin." "September 1: The war has begun." "September 3: I hid from planes." "September 14: Warsaw is bravely defending itself." These haunting entries are interspersed with visits from relatives, a soccer game, a trip to a park, an ice cream cone. Photographs of pages from Michal's diary enhance the poignancy of this simple record--an ordinary holiday interrupted by war; a life changed forever by an extraordinary moment in history." --Amazon.com.
600 1 0 _aSkibinski, Michal
_vDiaries
_vJuvenile literature.
650 0 _aWorld War, 1939-1945
_zPoland
_vJuvenile literature.
700 1 _aBankroft, Ala,
_eillustrator.
700 1 _aMarciniak, Eliza,
_etranslator.
994 _aC0
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