{"product_id":"the-day-war-came-isbn-9781536215939","title":"The Day War Came","description":"\u003cb\u003eA moving, poetic narrative and child-friendly illustrations follow the heartbreaking, ultimately hopeful journey of a little girl who is forced to become a refugee.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe day war came there were flowers on the windowsill and my father sang my baby brother back to sleep.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eImagine 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.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.\u003cbr\u003e—The New York Times Book Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 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.\u003cbr\u003e—Booklist (starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSketchy, 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.\u003cbr\u003e—School Library Journal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis first-person poem’s words are moving...this is a strong statement on the impact of refugee crises upon children.\u003cbr\u003e—Booklist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGentle, childlike drawings by Cobb (\u003ci\u003eThere’s an Owl in My Town\u003c\/i\u003e) help soften the blows in this story by Davies (\u003ci\u003eKing of the Sky\u003c\/i\u003e), published in association with Help Refugees, about a girl in a country at war.\u003cbr\u003e—Publishers Weekly\u003cb\u003eNicola Davies\u003c\/b\u003e is a zoologist and award-winning author whose numerous books for children include \u003ci\u003eKing of the Sky\u003c\/i\u003e, illustrated by Laura Carlin; \u003ci\u003eTiny Creatures: The World of Microbes, \u003c\/i\u003eillustrated by Emily Sutton; and many others. She lives in Wales.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRebecca Cobb \u003c\/b\u003ehas illustrated several picture books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Paper Dolls \u003c\/i\u003eby Julia Donaldson. She has been short-listed for the Kate Greenaway Medal twice. She lives in England. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHelp Refugees \u003c\/b\u003eis a grassroots project that supports more than seventy projects benefitting refugees worldwide. www.helprefugees.org","brand":"Candlewick","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304525713637,"sku":"NP9781536215939","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781536215939.jpg?v=1767738950","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-day-war-came-isbn-9781536215939","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}