Taff in the WAAF by Mick Manning

Taff in the WAAF by Mick Manning

** Winner of The English Association 4-11 Book Awards - Key Stage 2 Non-Fiction ** Mick Manning's mother was a young woman in Wales at the outbreak of World War II. This fascinating book, a companion to the the very successful Tail-End Charlie about Mick's father's life in the RAF in World War II, tells her story using the same innovative non-fiction narrative style. At the outbreak of war and the start of food rationing, she left school aged 14 to work in a local greengrocer's shop. Later joining the WAAF (the Women's Auxiliary Air Force), she became a wireless operator and eventually a Y service listener for the secret signal decoding operation at Bletchley Park where the famous German Enigma Code was cracked. The book also looks at other essential women's roles during the war including the ATS (Auxiliary Territorial Service), the Wrens (Women's Royal Naval Service), Land Army, Fire Service etc, and a wide range of aspects of life affected by the war effort. Simply written and using speech bubbles and captioned illustration boxes of artefacts and documents from the period, this is a dramatic and engaging introduction to its subject.

'dramatic and engaging'

'Companion title to the widely acclaimed Tail End Charlie, this explores women's roles in the Second World War using the same combination of simple text, speech bubbles and comic-strip illustration'

'Now in paperback, this is the companion title to the acclaimed Tail-End Charlie. Speech bubbles, cartoon graphics and illustration boxes of artefacts document the role of women in the Second World War, based on the author's mother's experiences.'

'Companion title to the widely acclaimed Tail End Charlie, this explores women's roles in the Second World War using the same combination of simple text, speech bubbles and comic-strip illustration.'

'dramatic and engaging'

'Now in paperback, this is the companion title to the acclaimed Tail-End Charlie. Speech bubbles, cartoon graphics and illustration boxes of artefacts document the role of women in the Second World War, based on the author's mother's experiences.'

'dramatic and engaging'

MICK MANNING and BRITA GRANSTRÖM have developed a unique approach to picture information books over the last 21 years. Sharing the illustration between them and mixing words and pictures in inventive ways, they have won many awards, including the Smarties Silver Award, and are five-times winners of the English Association Award. Mick fell in love with wildlife on primary school nature walks many years ago, and has an MA in Natural History Illustration from the Royal College of Art. Brita grew up on a farm, and has an MFA from Konstfack in Stockholm. They spend a lot of their time having both Swedish and British Wild Adventures with their four children. Their other books for Frances Lincoln include: The Beatles, Charles Dickens, Scenes from an Extraordinary Life, What Mr Darwin Saw, Tail-End Charlie, Taff in the WAAF; The Secrets of Stonehenge, Woolly Mammoth;and the Fly on the Wall series: Roman Fort, Viking Longship, Pharoah's Egypt, Greek Hero.

MICK MANNING and BRITA GRANSTRÖM have developed a unique approach to picture information books over the last 21 years. Sharing the illustration between them and mixing words and pictures in inventive ways, they have won many awards, including the Smarties Silver Award, and are five-times winners of the English Association Award. Mick fell in love with wildlife on primary school nature walks many years ago, and has an MA in Natural History Illustration from the Royal College of Art. Brita grew up on a farm, and has an MFA from Konstfack in Stockholm. They spend a lot of their time having both Swedish and British Wild Adventures with their four children. Their other books for Frances Lincoln include: The Beatles; Charles Dickens, Scenes from an Extraordinary Life; What Mr Darwin Saw; Tail-End Charlie; Taff in the WAAF; The Secrets of Stonehenge; Woolly Mammoth; and the Fly on the Wall series: Roman Fort, Viking Longship; Pharoah's Egypt; Greek Hero.

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ISBN 13	9781847804150
ISBN 10	1847804152
Title	Taff in the WAAF
Author	Mick Manning
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Quarto Publishing PLC
Year published	2013-02-07
Number of pages	40
Prizes	Winner of English 4-11 Book Awards - Key Stage 2 2011 (UK)
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.