A whale falls in love with a military submarine, and dies courting her; a mother caught in a fire following a bombing gives all her body’s water to save her son, and her desiccated form turns into a kite; a wolf rescues a sick child abandoned by her parents, only to die himself at the hand of men. However, bunkers can also become real homes, a small Japanese girl and an American POW briefly understand each other and a miraculous tree feeds starving children… Akiyuki Nosaka remembers what it was like to be a child caught in war-torn Japan in 1945, and he retells his experiences in this collection of powerful and beautifully expressive stories for children.
| japanese title: | Sensou douwashuu |
| notes: | Contents: The Whale That Fell in Love with a Submarine; The Parrot and the Boy; The Mother That Turned into a Kite; The Old She-Wolf and the Little Girl; The Red Dragonfly and the Cockroach; The Prisoner of War and the Little Girl; The Cake Tree in the Ruins. |
| subjects: | Children and war Children’s literature Juvenile fiction World War II |
| genre: | Children’s/Young Adult |
| ISBN: | 9781782690276 |
| OCLC number: | 884480316 |
| publisher: | Pushkin Children’s Books |
| publication place: | London |
| japanese publication date: | 2003 |
| english publication date: | 2015 |
| document type: | Book |
| description: | 112 pages ; illustrated ; 14 x 19 cm. |
| related: | Illustrated by Mika Private-Carlone |