The Day They Took the Children by Ben Wicks
'Unique ... Wicks has caught all the pathos and the humour of those traumatic times in a moving book' - Yorkshire Evening Post on No Time to Wave Goodbye _____________________ A beautiful, moving collection of evacuation stories from WWII, illustrated with 200 photographs _____________________ In 1988, to celebrate Ben Wicks’ launch of his first book of writings by evacuees – No Time to Wave Goodbye – hundreds of people converged on London’s Marylebone Station for a nostalgic reunion. The author received thousands of letters, many from ex-evacuees, who on reading the book had laughed and wept as they relived something of their own past. They thanked him from the bottom of their hearts – and begged for more. This further collection of memories contains stories from some of Britain’s 3.5 million evacuees during the Second World War. This beautiful volume is illustrated with 200 poignant photographs, along with personal mementoes, many from the evacuees themselves. Told in their own words, these stories of evacuees are hugely diverse – often funny, often sad, and always moving.
Ben Wicks was born in London's East End in 1926. One of Canada's most celebrated cartoonists, and journalists, he was awarded the Order of Canada in 1986. Committed to helping those in need, Ben believed that every child deserved the right to learn to read and write. In 1995, Ben created the Born to Read series: a collection of six practical literacy guides for families and educators. In 1999 he and his wife, Doreen, established the I.Can Foundation which is dedicated to providing poor children around the world with materials and services to enable them to become literate. Ben Wicks passed away in September 2000.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780747506638 |
| ISBN 10 | 0747506639 |
| Title | The Day They Took the Children |
| Author | Ben Wicks |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 1990-08-27 |
| Number of pages | 160 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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