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Author
Publisher
Frances Lincoln Children's
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
An imaginary scrapbook based on the experiences of the author's father offers a look at the life of a Royal Air Force air-gunner in World War II as he undergoes training, prepares for dangerous missions aboard a bomber, and encounters the enemy high in the sky.
Author
Publisher
Albert Whitman and Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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Description
In World War II, Great Britain needed lumber to make planes, ships, and even newspapers-but there weren't enough men to cut down the trees. Enter the fearless Lumber Jills! These young women may not have had much woodcutting experience, but they each had two hands willing to work and one stout heart, and they came together to do their part. Discover this lyrical story of home front heroism and female friendship. --from Amazon.
Author
Publisher
Amazon Crossing Kids
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
During World War II, Fred must leave his home and live in hiding, apart from the rest of his family, but he always keeps Bear by his side. Bear knows it's his job to take care of Fred and make sure he doesn't feel alone. After the war, Fred and his family are reunited and leave Holland for the United States. And still Bear is with him. When Fred grows up, he and Bear part for the first time when Bear is sent to Yad Vashem--the World Holocaust Remembrance...
Author
Publisher
Peachtree
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
A young boy whose father is serving overseas during World War II struggles to overcome his fears, especially his fear of the horses that pull trade wagons through his neighborhood, as he works odd jobs for money to buy his father a birthday present.
Author
Publisher
Kokila, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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Description
"At the mountain's base sits a cabin under an old hickory tree. And in that cabin lives a family -- loving, weaving, cooking, and singing. The strength in their song sustains them through trials on the ground and in the sky, as they wait for their loved one, a pilot, to return from war."--Amazon.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Ruby and Mum cling to each other while they live through the terrifying London Blitz, waiting for Dad to come home from the war. Day after day they hope for his return - but when the moment to meet him at the station finally comes, Ruby hardly recognizes the tall man who steps off the train. He's big and sunburned, and he doesn't seem to be as engaged as he once was. It's easier to play outside in the wreckage of the bombings than to stay at home...
Author
Publisher
Viking, Published by Penguin Group
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"It's 1943, and the White House is busy with the war effort. Diana Hopkins only wants to help, but doesn't know what a ten-year-old can do - until the Roosevelts come up with the idea of Victory Gardens, and Diana suddenly has the important job of Victory Gardener for the White House"--
Author
Pub. Date
[1993]
Language
English
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Formats
Description
A Japanese American boy learns to play baseball when he and his family are forced to live in an internment camp during World War II, and his ability to play helps him after the war is over. In picture book format.
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