Book Detail
Little Ships, The |
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Publication Information |
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| Author: Borden, Louise | Illustrator: Foreman, Michael | ||||||||
| Title: Little Ships, The | Date: 1997 | ||||||||
| Publisher: Simon & Schuster | City: New York | ||||||||
| ISBN, paperback: 0-689-80827-5 | ISBN, hardback: | ||||||||
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| ABE/ABLE: Yes | ESOL: | ||||||||
| Family: | Young Adult: | ||||||||
| Picture: Yes | |||||||||
General Information: |
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| Book Type(s): historical fiction, true story | |||||||||
HSE Descriptor(s): social studies |
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Summary: |
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| The book tells the story of an English girl and her father who participate in the real armada of fishing boats that evacuated allied soldiers from Dunkirk in World War II. A Foreword and an Author's Note provide supplementary historical information. | |||||||||
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| Students may enjoy searching web sites to find pictures and maps that will allow them to follow the journey of the mall ships from Britain to France and back. Other books by Foreman expand the reader's understanding of World War II--War Boy, War Game, and After the War Was Over. Students might like to research the full text of Churchill's famous speech. The book explores how a community rallies together in a crisis and how a girl can co a man's work, both excellent discussion and writing topics. The book provides opportunities for the development of vocabulary in a Word Sort with colorful words like "armada," "convoy," "Smokey Joe," "skoot," and "stutka." websites: www.adls,org.uk, motlc.wiesenthal.com/pages/t019/t01977.html | |||||||||
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