How well do we ever know the people we love? Chessman examines this question in three generations of women in a contemporary Connecticut family. As dementia overtakes Hannah Pearl, she slips backward in memory to her escape from France in 1940; boarding the ferry with her heavy bags; the whistle of bombs raining down on London; the family she left behind. Her daughter Miranda, distraught by Han…
Enjoy the classic rhymes with a new illustration in this series.'
Many British people were evacuated from their homes during World War II in order to escape the German bombing raids. Hundreds of thousands of child evacuees were sent from the towns and cities into the safety of the country.
British towns and cities were subjected to intense bombing in the Blitz that raged from 1940 until 1945. People endured years of wearing gas masks, constant air-raid sirens and the bombing of their homes, factories, schools and work places. Civilians spent countless hours sheltering from attacks in air-raid shelters while others helped on the streets as air-raid wardens or fire fighter.
Be an eyewitness to the turbulent and terrifying events of World War II from the Blitz to the atomic bomb.'
When badguy Buzzsaw Bart shows up with a challenge in the town of Cowlick, everyone discovers that scale drawing can be the secret of success. Who will walk away the winner from the showdown at high noon and who will be cut down to size?