When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit (Armada Lions)

Kerr, Judith

Softcover

ISBN 10: 000711849X ISBN 13: 9780007118496

Publisher: HarperCollinsChildren’sBooks, 2001

Partly autobiographical, this is the unforgettable story of a Jewish family fleeing from Germany at the start of the Second World War.

This is the story of one family’s flight from Nazi Germany , in the years before war broke out. It’s a huge adventure; sometimes frightening, often funny and always exciting.

Based on the true experiences of the author, Judith Kerr, who was born in Berlin and left Germany in 1933.

Review:

"An engrossing novel." "School Library Journal," starred review

"An engrossing novel."

"An engrossing novel." "School Library Journal", starred review
"An engrossing autobiographical novel." "School Library Journal," starred review
"This book is an exploration of family solidarity in a time of personal crisis. An engrossing and sensitive narrative." -"-Horn Book"
"Anna does not really understand why her family leavs Germany . . . but during the next three years in Switzerland, France, and England she learns from firsthand experience what it is like to be a refugee. . . The narrative is absorbing and believalbe." --"Booklist"
An ALA Notable Book
A "School Library Journal" Best Book of the Year

A "Kirkus" Choice Book
A "Horn Book "Fanfare Title
A Library of Congress Best Children's Book
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"An engrossing autobiographical novel." School Library Journal, starred review

"This book is an exploration of family solidarity in a time of personal crisis. An engrossing and sensitive narrative." --Horn Book

"Anna does not really understand why her family leavs Germany . . . but during the next three years in Switzerland, France, and England she learns from firsthand experience what it is like to be a refugee. . . The narrative is absorbing and believalbe." --Booklist

An ALA Notable Book
A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year

A Kirkus Choice Book
A Horn Book Fanfare Title
A Library of Congress Best Children's Book

About the Author:

Judith Kerr OBE was born in Berlin. Her family left Germany in 1933 to escape the rising Nazi party, and came to England. She studied at the Central School of Art and later worked as a scriptwriter for the BBC.
 
Judith married the celebrated screenwriter Nigel Kneale in 1954. She left the BBC to look after their two children, who inspired her first picture book, The Tiger Who Came to Tea. Published in 1968 and never out of print in the fifty years since, it has become a much-loved classic and perennial bestseller.
 
Judith was awarded the Booktrust Lifetime Achievement Award in 2016, and in 2019 was named Illustrator of the Year at the British Book Awards. Judith died in May 2019 at the age of 95, and her stories continue to entertain and delight generations of children.