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#Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView
1.Tagged book,moving and funny in turns, full review here! https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5695905912
2.The BBC did a radio adaptation and I've always wanted to read it!

When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerr charts a family‘s escape from the Nazis in the Thirties.

#childrensbooks #vintagechildrensbooks #vintage

Edit: completed with 3 stars. Moving on to the sequel.

Currently reading from tbr. I didn't know it very much follows the author's childhood story.

#MadeYouCry #BookMoods @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

A journey to another #Time #BigJuneReadathon @Clwojick

This book has stayed with me since I read it as a child and only now, thanks to #CuriousCovers, I have found out it was the first book in a semi-autobiographical trilogy.

Day 29 #pets

@Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

It's Refugee Week - various lists of books about refugee experience being shared.

What book would you recommend by / about refugees?

This one was read to me and my class as a kid. Made such an impact on me.

I liked this very much. I liked the children‘s perspective and the slow method of narration.

I learned that it‘s inspired by the author‘s biography but I doubt a bit that the children‘s relationship always has been so sensitive …

It was nice reading something set in that period of time that conveys happiness and optimism.

#KeepLitsyPositive – Day 1

Since I can‘t post a picture of this morning‘s nice sunshine I decided to take a picture of my empty pot because someone put food in front of my door that I only needed to heat so that I had more time for taking care of my parents. 🤗

Additionally, we finally have a therapy for my seriously ill father in hospital. I have a zip of wine left to celebrate this tonight. ❤️

Plus: No Covid-19 in family or among friends. 😅

“We‘ll come back”, said Dad.
“I know”, said Anna […] and added: “But it will not be the same – we will no longer belong here. Do you think we‘ll ever really belong anywhere?”
“I don‘t believe so”, Dad said, “not in the way that people belong somewhere who have lived in one place all their life. But we‘re going to belong a little bit to a lot of places, and I think this might be equally good.” (p. 163)

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I like this way more than I had expected after learning that it‘s kind of a children‘s book. I‘m halfway through and surprised that so far it absolutely isn‘t as depressing as books with this topic usually seem to be.

I was in hospital today bringing fresh laundry to my father. No “real” visit was allowed, but I was able to see him. Gooosh, he‘s looking so tired and worn out. But he was dressed and walking. So no need to panic. But still. 😢

This on my wish list since I saw that they made a film of it. I decided I needed to read the book because I don‘t know more of it than the title.

I was quite surprised when it dropped available in my library‘s inbox yesterday. Of course I checked it out and of course I will prepone to “Web of Light / Web of Darkness” – which I haven‘t touched for weeks because my life is a buzz at the moment and also because the story isn‘t really calling me. 😟

#Pink #Colormepretty
One of my favourite children‘s books by the late great Judith Kerr.

How heartbreaking can a children‘s book be. Really very. And there‘s such an important story here that applies to us today still.

Judith Kerr died this week. My favourite teacher read this to the class when I was about 9: I loved it. Brilliant book about what it's like to be a child refugee, based on her own experiences of leaving Nazi Germany.

Revisiting an old friend in honour of Judith Kerr and to mark her passing.

So sad to hear of Judith Kerr‘s passing - I remember the Tiger Who Came to Tea from childhood & loved When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit. What a wonderful human and a life well-lived. 💔

#ReadingResolutions Day 16: Accdg to Fats‘ review: When Hitler Stole #Pink Rabbit traces the life of Anna and her family in Berlin, Switzerland, France, & England. Avid readers of books about war might think that Anna‘s story was told in rose-colored glasses, that it merely touched on the difficult life that refugees had during the war. I find it rather brilliant that Judith Kerr used humor to lighten things up a bit. https://wp.me/pDlzr-8eI

One of my favourite children‘s books, which is a semi autobiographical account of one girl and her family‘s escape from nazi Germany in the 1930s.
#Pink #ReadingResolutions

#7favesin7days 4/7

Today a friend posted a link on their page to a NYT article that mentions 41% of Americans, and 66% of millennials, cannot say what Auschwitz was - I then saw a post that they have released this year's Banned Books Week theme, "Banning Books Silences Stories"
How timely! I would encourage everyone to read a story about the holocaust. They are not easy to read but essential so we may not forget.

Reading this classic for the first time

I don‘t think I‘ll ever stop singing the praises of When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit. It‘s an incredibly winning and warm wartime memoir-turned-into-fiction by Judith Kerr. There‘s something authentic, innocent, and rare about the voice of its young narrator, Anna; her childlike view of war and life as a political refugee is accessible for young readers yet never loses its pathos and power.

⭐⭐⭐⭐ True story about a child in the Holocaust

If you like Holocaust books, you should try this one ⭐⭐⭐⭐

#splashintosummerreads #colourinthetitle

I read this sooooo long ago. I recently snagged this at a book fair. Time for a re-read. #pinkcover #riotgrams

#booktober
#immigrantstories

Judith Kerr, the author of many children's books including The Tiger Who Came to Tea, has written this semi-autobiographical novel about her family's escape from Nazi Germany.

This book is warm, sad and at times surprisingly funny. It would provide an excellent opportunity to start to teach younger children about the Holocaust in an age appropriate way.

#FunPhotoFriday - I'm late to the party, but I've loved seeing everyone's childhood libraries! So many of my faves have already made an appearance, but I loved this story, a child's view of the Holocaust. I was haunted by the specter of Hitler collecting beloved toys. This is my actual childhood copy, circa 1980.

Loved this! Such a sweet read through the eyes of a child. It was a new perspective of life during the Second World War and I enjoyed reading about the other countries too 👍

If you want to write about disasters, that‘s what you must do. It‘s no use trying to write what other people want. The only way to write anything good is to try to please yourself.

You live in a country all your life. Then suddenly it is taken over by thugs and there you are, on your own in a strange place, with nothing.

The more I see of men the more I love animals.

Although this is ostensibly a children's book there are definitely adult themes and emotions going on, made all the more poignant by the fact that it is based on the writer's own life. Speaks to the current refugee crisis too.