I Saw a Beautiful Woodpecker

Author:   Michal Skibinski ,  Ala Bankroft ,  Eliza Marciniak
Publisher:   Prestel
ISBN:  

9783791374864


Pages:   128
Publication Date:   05 October 2021
Recommended Age:   From 7 years
Format:   Hardback
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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"This award-winning children's book is one eight-year-old Polish boy's evocative diary of the summer of 1939 when World War Two was tragically approaching his country. It is the summer of 1939 in Warsaw, Poland and Michal is an eight- year-old boy just finishing his school year. In order to improve his handwriting, Michal's teacher gives him a simple assignment: keep a journal, writing one sentence a day. Eighty years later, Michal's diary has been gorgeously illustrated with beautifully atmospheric paintings. Eloquent in its simplicity, the journal is a remarkable artifact that captures the innocence of childhood and the trauma of war. The journal starts out with a typical boy's observations: ""July 15: I went to a stream with my brother and teacher."" ""July 23: I found a caterpillar."" However over the course of weeks, menacing details emerge. ""July 27: A plane was circling over Anin."" ""September 1: The war has begun."" ""September 3: I hid from planes."" ""September 14: Warsaw is bravely defending itself."" These haunting entries are interspersed with visits from relatives, a soccer game, a trip to a park, an ice cream cone. Photographs of pages from Michal's diary enhance the poignancy of this simple record - an ordinary holiday interrupted by war; a life changed forever by an extraordinary moment in history. AGES: 7 plus AUTHOR: Michal Skibinski was 8 years old and a schoolboy at Warsaw Primary school when he wrote this diary in the summer 1939. Today he lives in a retirement house for elderly priests. Ala Bankroft is a painter, photographer and film animator living in Warsaw, Poland."

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Author:   Michal Skibinski ,  Ala Bankroft ,  Eliza Marciniak
Publisher:   Prestel
Imprint:   Prestel
Dimensions:   Width: 14.80cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 20.50cm
Weight:   0.420kg
ISBN:  

9783791374864


ISBN 10:   3791374869
Pages:   128
Publication Date:   05 October 2021
Recommended Age:   From 7 years
Audience:   Children/juvenile ,  Children / Juvenile
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Michał Skibiński was 8 years old and a schoolboy at Warsaw Primary school when he wrote this diary in the summer 1939. Today he lives in a retirement house for elderly priests. Ala Bankroft is a painter, photographer and film animator living in Warsaw, Poland.

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