War Boy: A Wartime Childhood

This is the much-loved classic autobiographical picture book about World War II. It is a special new edition with full-colour artwork. It is the winner of the Kate Greenaway Award. It is written and illustrated by one of todays best-loved artists. It is a special new edition of Michael Foreman's award-winning memoirs about his wartime childhood. As a child, one of Michael Foreman's earliest memories was of an incendiary bomb which landed in his room and missed him by inches. Here, he recreates, with touches of humour and factual information, his childhood lived during WWII with his family in Suffolk. A rare book that blends factual information with an exciting and wonderful story, "War Boy" is a stunning and sophisticated book to which readers will return time and time again.