The Day War Came
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By Nicola Davies, and and, Rebecca Cobb
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29 reviews
A powerful and necessary picture book – the journey of a child forced to become a refugee when war destroys everything she has ever known.
Imagine if, on an ordinary day, war came. Imagine it turned your town to rubble. Imagine going on a long and difficult journey – all alone. Imagine finding no welcome at the end of it. Then imagine a child who gives you something small but very, very precious…
When the government refused to allow 3000 child refugees to enter this country in 2016, Nicola Davies was so angry she wrote a poem. It started a campaign for which artists contributed drawings of chairs, symbolising a seat in a classroom, education, kindness, the hope of a future. The poem has become this book, movingly illustrated by Rebecca Cobb, which should prove a powerful aid for explaining the ongoing refugee crisis to younger readers.
£1 from every copy sold goes to the charity Help Refugees – find out more about their wonderful work at their website, helprefugees.org.
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It was very sad
This book made me sad and made me understand how the little girl felt while in the war.
It was a very sad book.
This was interesting because it told me all about people having to move away due to war It was also a bit sad as she had to leave.
This was a very sad but good story in the end . It made me realise how lucky I am to have all the things I have including my family and home .
A very moving story about war and losing everything.
When she read about volcanoes
I think that it is really sad because it knowing that people can reject you but the moral is saying " freinds can help".
We cried reading this, but read it again and again
I liked this book. I liked the little girl the best and think she looks a bit like me.
It’s a very nice message about how war got to people and to care for children.
I didn't like that people were mean to the girl. I liked that she was singing and drawing before the war started. I liked that a little boy was kind and invited her to his school.
This book was interesting and taught me about how things were in the war.
I liked learning from the book. The friends at the end all got their chairs and could all sit down.
It was interesting to read. War came and the little girl had to go to another town but she couldn't go to school as there weren't enough chairs, then when she went back to her corner a little boy gave her a chair so she could go to school. It taught me about being kind and not selfish.
This is a very sad book. A little girl is in school while the war starts.
This book represents all children should be let in school if the want to and everyone should be accepted for who they are
I found this story really sad. Her mum, dad and little brother died in the war. It was sad that no one smiled at her and the people didn’t make her feel welcome and were rude. I liked the happy ending.
A thought-provoking picture book to help pupils understand different issues in our modern world. The change in pictures illustrates beautifully how the main character is feeling at different points.
the main goal is friendship
I loved it.
I enjoyed this book and I also strongly recommend it too.
I would recommend this book,especially to younger children as it shows that war can happen to anyone at any time.
Definitely because it reminds me that sometimes war happens
I thought this book was first not nice but in the end all the kids helped the girl
Found this book really good especially for a topic I was doing for school
The book was sad because the little girl's home was destroyed and there was a black hole where her home was. She finally found a school and made friends.
If really liked it because it reminds you about the children who were in the war and how sad they were
This is a moving story of a girl who loses everything to war. A beautiful picture book that conveys the troubles shared by refugees across the world.
