{"product_id":"the-day-war-came-9781536215939","title":"The Day War Came","description":"\u003cb\u003eA moving, poetic narrative and child-friendly illustrations follow the heartbreaking, ultimately hopeful journey of a little girl who is forced to become a refugee.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe day war came there were flowers on the windowsill and my father sang my baby brother back to sleep.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eImagine if, on an ordinary day, after a morning of studying tadpoles and drawing birds at school, war came to your town and turned it to rubble. Imagine if you lost everything and everyone, and you had to make a dangerous journey all alone. Imagine that there was no welcome at the end, and no room for you to even take a seat at school. And then a child, just like you, gave you something ordinary but so very, very precious. In lyrical, deeply affecting language, Nicola Davies's text combines with Rebecca Cobb's expressive illustrations to evoke the experience of a child who sees war take away all that she knows.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNicola Davies\u003c\/b\u003e is a zoologist and award-winning author whose numerous books for children include \u003ci\u003eKing of the Sky\u003c\/i\u003e, illustrated by Laura Carlin; \u003ci\u003eTiny Creatures: The World of Microbes, \u003c\/i\u003eillustrated by Emily Sutton; and many others. She lives in Wales. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRebecca Cobb \u003c\/b\u003ehas illustrated several picture books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Paper Dolls \u003c\/i\u003eby Julia Donaldson. She has been short-listed for the Kate Greenaway Medal twice. She lives in England. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHelp Refugees \u003c\/b\u003eis a grassroots project that supports more than seventy projects benefitting refugees worldwide. www.helprefugees.org\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Candlewick Press (MA)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50646915809554,"sku":"9781536215939","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0696ae5c-60df-4b3d-8138-5b0ec059d57c.jpg?v=1733190120","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-day-war-came-9781536215939","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}