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A 1940s Childhood

2014-05-01 History
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Book Synopsis A 1940s Childhood by : James Marsh

Download or read book A 1940s Childhood written by James Marsh. This book was released on 2014-05-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you remember collecting shrapnel and listening to Children's Hour? Carrying gas masks or sharing your school with evacuees from the city? The 1940s was a decade of great challenge for everyone who lived through it. The hardships and fear created by a world war were immense. Britain's towns and cities were being bombed on an almost nightly basis, and many children faced the trauma of being parted from their parents and sent away to the country to live with complete strangers. For just over half of this decade the war continued, meaning food and clothing shortages became a way of life. But through it all, and afterwards, the simplicity of kids shone. From collecting bits of shot-down German aircraft to playing in bomb-strewn streets, kids made their own fun. Then there was the joy of the second half of the 1940s, when fathers came home and the magic of 'normal life' returned. This trip down memory lane will take you through the most memorable and evocative experiences of growing up in the 1940s.

A 1940s Childhood

2014-05-01 History
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Release : 2014-05-01
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis A 1940s Childhood by : James Marsh

Download or read book A 1940s Childhood written by James Marsh. This book was released on 2014-05-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you remember collecting shrapnel and listening to Children’s Hour? Carrying gas masks or sharing your school with evacuees from the city? The 1940s was a time of great challenge for everyone who lived through it. From the hardships and fear of a World War, with Britain’s towns and cities were being bombed on an almost nightly basis, to the trauma of being parted from ones parents and sent away to the country to live with complete strangers. For just over half of this decade the war continued, meaning food and clothing shortages became a way of life. But through it all, and afterwards, the simplicity of kids shone through. From collecting bits of shot down German aircraft to playing in bomb-strewn streets, kids made their own fun. Then there was the joy of the second half of this decade when fathers came home and fun things started up again. This trip down memory lane will take you through the most memorable and evocative experiences of growing up in the 1940s.

The Family Nobody Wanted

2014-12-01 Biography & Autobiography
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Release : 2014-12-01
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Synopsis The Family Nobody Wanted by : Helen Doss

Download or read book The Family Nobody Wanted written by Helen Doss. This book was released on 2014-12-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Doss's charming, touching, and at times hilarious chronicle tells how each of the children, representing white, Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, Korean, Mexican, and Native American backgrounds, came to her and husband Carl, a Methodist minister. She writes of the way the "unwanted" feeling was erased with devoted love and understanding and how the children united into one happy family. Her account reads like a novel, with scenes of hard times and triumphs described in vivid prose. The Family Nobody Wanted, which inspired two films, opened doors for other adoptive families and was a popular favorite among parents, young adults, and children for more than thirty years. Now this edition will introduce the classic to a new generation of readers. An epilogue by Helen Doss that updates the family's progress since 1954 will delight the book's loyal legion of fans around the world.

A 1950s Childhood

2010-12-26 History
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Release : 2010-12-26
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Book Synopsis A 1950s Childhood by : Paul Feeney

Download or read book A 1950s Childhood written by Paul Feeney. This book was released on 2010-12-26. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you remember PathÉ News? Taking the train to the seaside? The purple stains of iodine on the knees of boys in short trousers? Knitted bathing costumes? Then the chances are you were born in or around 1950. To the young people of today, the 1950s seem like another age. But for those born around then, this era of childhood feels like yesterday. This delightful collection of photographic memories will appeal to all who grew up in this post-war decade; they include pictures of children enjoying life out on the streets and bombsites, at home and at school, on holiday and at events. These wonderful period pictures and descriptive captions will bring back this decade of childhood, and jog memories about all aspects of life as it was in post-war Britain.

Children's Literature: A Very Short Introduction

2011-10-06 Literary Criticism
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Release : 2011-10-06
Genre : Literary Criticism
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Book Synopsis Children's Literature: A Very Short Introduction by : Kimberley Reynolds

Download or read book Children's Literature: A Very Short Introduction written by Kimberley Reynolds. This book was released on 2011-10-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this lively discussion Kim Reynolds looks at what children's literature is, why it is interesting, how it contributes to culture, and how it is studied as literature. Providing examples from across history and various types of children's literature, she introduces the key debates, developments, and people involved.

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