This is picture book and as do all good picture books this has more of the story in the pictures: a train platform full of evacuees, London covered in smoke and broken buildings, details of wartime clothing. Each picture invites a talking point.
The author is pragmatic and non-judgemental in her story-telling. She tells simply of how the war came about.
There is a particularly interesting double spread about the RAF throughout the world.
The Battle of Britain is observed by a cat.
There is information about four different types of air raid shelter
We are also given information about civilian life: evacuation, war-time food, clothing and schooling.
Women's war-time work is also discussed.
The end of the war is presented briefly.
The Holocaust is only mentioned in the context of liberation.
This is an engaging book with a light touch but ti nevertheless invites some interesting discussion.
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