Children of the World War II Home Front (Picture the American Past)

Whitman, Sylvia

ISBN 10: 1575054841 ISBN 13: 9781575054841

Publisher: Carolrhoda Books, 2001

Synopsis

Explores the experiences of children living in the United States during World War II, including writing V-mail to soldiers, participating in air raid drills, planting Victory Gardens, buying stamps for war bonds, and gathering cooking grease and scrap metal for making bombs.Explores the experiences of children living in the United States during World War II, including writing V-mail to soldiers, participating in air raid drills, planting Victory Gardens, buying stamps for war bonds, and gathering cooking grease and scrap metal for making bombs.

About this title

From School Library Journal:

Grade 2-4-During the war years, hundreds of thousands of soldiers left home to fight in Europe or the Pacific. Women became important to the workforce, requiring them to be away from home and their children for long hours every day. There were shortages of food and gasoline and families had to cope with lifestyle changes. All of this history is chronicled here. In a combination of lively, fact-filled text and poignant photographs, the book shows how the war affected children and their war-effort activities. The captioned pictures on every page are especially impressive and depict people of many races and economic statuses. To top it off, Whitman includes a recipe for "Make-Do Cake," made without milk, eggs, or butter.
Barbara Buckley, Rockville Centre Public Library, NY
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Carolrhoda Books
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1575054841
• ISBN 13: 9781575054841
• Binding: Library Binding
• Number of pages: 48