The Day War Came
by Nicola Davies (Author) Rebecca Cobb (Illustrator)
A moving, poetic narrative and child-friendly illustrations follow the heartbreaking, ultimately hopeful journey of a little girl who is forced to become a refugee. The day war came there were flowers on the windowsill and my father sang my baby brother back to sleep. Imagine if, on an ordinary day, after a morning of studying tadpoles and drawing birds at school, war came to your town and turned it to rubble. Imagine if you lost everything and everyone, and you had to make a dangerous journey all alone. Imagine that there was no welcome at the end, and no room for you to even take a seat at school. And then a child, just like you, gave you something ordinary but so very, very precious. In lyrical, deeply affecting language, Nicola Davies's text combines with Rebecca Cobb's expressive illustrations to evoke the experience of a child who sees war take away all that she knows.
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Review quotes
Davies's powerful words are sensitively represented by Cobb in simple child-centered illustrations, making this an accessible book for those young readers ready to engage with this difficult topic.
—The New York Times Book Review This gracefully written poem conveys the extensive amount of suffering that war brings...An absolutely beautiful story that penetrates the heart and seeds hope when there is little of it.
—Booklist (starred review) Sketchy, child-friendly illustrations and poetic prose do not shy away from the realities of war but also inject a note of hope in this powerful picture book...A sensitive and finely tuned message about the cost of war and its impact on children without resorting to graphic violence and pessimism.
—School Library Journal This first-person poem's words are moving...this is a strong statement on the impact of refugee crises upon children.
—Booklist Gentle, childlike drawings by Cobb (There's an Owl in My Town) help soften the blows in this story by Davies (King of the Sky), published in association with Help Refugees, about a girl in a country at war.
—Publishers Weekly
—The New York Times Book Review This gracefully written poem conveys the extensive amount of suffering that war brings...An absolutely beautiful story that penetrates the heart and seeds hope when there is little of it.
—Booklist (starred review) Sketchy, child-friendly illustrations and poetic prose do not shy away from the realities of war but also inject a note of hope in this powerful picture book...A sensitive and finely tuned message about the cost of war and its impact on children without resorting to graphic violence and pessimism.
—School Library Journal This first-person poem's words are moving...this is a strong statement on the impact of refugee crises upon children.
—Booklist Gentle, childlike drawings by Cobb (There's an Owl in My Town) help soften the blows in this story by Davies (King of the Sky), published in association with Help Refugees, about a girl in a country at war.
—Publishers Weekly
Nicola Davies
Nicola Davies is a zoologist and an award-winning author whose many books for children include Tiny Creatures and Many: The Diversity of Life on Earth, both illustrated by Emily Sutton, as well as Deadly!, Just the Right Size, What's Eating You?, Poop, Extreme Animals, and Talk, Talk, Squawk!, all illustrated by Neal Layton. Nicola Davies lives in Wales. Emily Sutton is the illustrator of Tiny Creatures and Many: The Diversity of Life on Earth, both by Nicola Davies, as well as The Christmas Eve Tree by Delia Huddy. Emily Sutton lives in York, England.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781536215939
Lexile Measure
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Guided Reading Level
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Publisher
Candlewick Press (MA)
Publication date
October 20, 2020
Series
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BISAC categories
JUV039070 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Homelessness & Poverty
JUV039250 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Emigration & Immigration
JUV039180 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Violence
JUV039250 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Emigration & Immigration
JUV039180 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Violence
Library of Congress categories
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