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- Publisher: Tandem Library (April 1998)
- ISBN-10: 0613862244
- ISBN-13: 978-0613862240
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The Blitzed Brits is a fantastic read which uses a informal way of teaching history to young children (13-16). The book includes humerous stories based on real life events and quizes at the end of each chapter to see what you learnt, or just for fun.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The books in the Horrible Histories series are fantastic, because they are written to entertain children from 9-13, and are full of facts, cartoons, lists, pictures and quizzes. This book, The Blitzed Brits, covers evacuation, gas masks, bombing, rationing, and dozens of true stories about children during the Second World War.
As a teacher, I think it is brilliant because it makes the children want to read and find out more about the topic we are covering, it can be dipped into and the children are learning while having fun.
Highly recommended.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Can you imagine life without television, road signs and bananas?
Or only having enough clothing coupons to buy a small pair of knickers?
Not to mention the late-night bombing raids.
These were just some of the hardships for the people who stayed at home in World War Two - the blitzed Brits.
Want to know:
* what really happened in Dad's Army?
* how to make a rude noise with a gas mask?
* why the blitzed Brits ate chicken-fruit, sinkers and nutty?
Read on for some spiffing slang, foul food facts about rotten rationing, awful evacuation tales, and the terrible truth about London's bloodthirsty blackout murderer.'
A witty, colourful cover opens to 128 pages, split over chapters:
1. Blitzed Brit timeline
2. Beat the blitz
3. The bothersome blackout
4. Grotty gas masks
5. Blitzed Brit kids
6. Evils of evacuation
7. Rotten rationing
8. Rotten rationed recipes
9. The black market
10. Famous firsts of wartime
11. The Home Front
12. The Royal Family
13. Potty poems
14. Wartime words
with an introduction and an epilogue.
Written with the typical Deary humour, and illustrations from Kate Sheppard throughout.
'Did you know?
On Friday 1st September 1939 the service to the 2000 televisions in Britain was stopped.
There was no television again until 1946.
Seven years without television ....
....today some people can't go seven minutes!....'
Or only having enough clothing coupons to buy a small pair of knickers?
Not to mention the late-night bombing raids.
These were just some of the hardships for the people who stayed at home in World War Two - the blitzed Brits.
Want to know:
* what really happened in Dad's Army?
* how to make a rude noise with a gas mask?
* why the blitzed Brits ate chicken-fruit, sinkers and nutty?
Read on for some spiffing slang, foul food facts about rotten rationing, awful evacuation tales, and the terrible truth about London's bloodthirsty blackout murderer.'
A witty, colourful cover opens to 128 pages, split over chapters:
1. Blitzed Brit timeline
2. Beat the blitz
3. The bothersome blackout
4. Grotty gas masks
5. Blitzed Brit kids
6. Evils of evacuation
7. Rotten rationing
8. Rotten rationed recipes
9. The black market
10. Famous firsts of wartime
11. The Home Front
12. The Royal Family
13. Potty poems
14. Wartime words
with an introduction and an epilogue.
Written with the typical Deary humour, and illustrations from Kate Sheppard throughout.
'Did you know?
On Friday 1st September 1939 the service to the 2000 televisions in Britain was stopped.
There was no television again until 1946.
Seven years without television ....
....today some people can't go seven minutes!....'
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great stuff
My eldest son is a big fan of the Horrible Histories TV series, and is enjoying collecting a few of the books too. Read more
Published 7 months ago by ShefMum
Relaxing way to learn history!
This is the fun way to learn history. And even if you like me, a historian, think you know everything about the subject, you don't. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Luthien Arnatuile
Horrible Histories second world war
Another excellent book from Horrible Histories, a brilliant way for your child to enjoy learning about History without being scared!
Published 14 months ago by L.A.W
Superb read
Kids (aged 14 & 12) loved this book. It breaks down the story of the blitz into small readable chunks. Read more
Published on 17 Feb 2010 by Mr. D. Morris
HOT OFF THE PRESS - REPRINTED EDITION with a NEW COVER
Can you imagine life without television, road signs and bananas?
Or only having enough clothing coupons to buy a small pair of knickers? Read more
Or only having enough clothing coupons to buy a small pair of knickers? Read more
Published on 22 Oct 2007 by Mirage
Putting historians to shame is the game
FANTASTIC BOOK
You get the feeling of being a blitzed Brit
or a child torned from family
Fact after fact and its a great read in its self... Read more
You get the feeling of being a blitzed Brit
or a child torned from family
Fact after fact and its a great read in its self... Read more
Published on 3 Oct 2006 by Clattybrown
this is quite a clever book
this is quite a clever book because it is history and humourous it gets through to kids about the subject there for it is clever
Published on 27 Oct 2000
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