Bombs on Aunt Dainty

Refugee now in getting to England. Hard to read. True story

I read "When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit" as a child and have read it again more than once, but never realized there were more books that told the story of Ana and her family!In "Bombs" Ana is a bit more grown up, but her family is still struggling. I read this book with great interest and loved every bit of it!If you read the first book you need to read this one.Wonderful story.

I couldn’t put this book down. Interesting look, through the eyes of a young girl, into what it was like for German refugees in London during the war. Judith Kerr was a gifted written. I highly recommend this book.

I read this book the first time when I was about 14 after having read "When Hitler stole pink rabbit" several times. At 14 I was too young to appreciate this book (I was much more into romance-twilight-ish-novels). At 30+ I understand her short and simple language much better. There are many things implied in the text. This second time around I read it in English. I find it fascinating that tone/perspective in her books change somewhat with the age of Anna.

This book was a calming book. It felt safe to read. The author had opportunity to take the reader down paths into excessive violence, and sex, but she did not. It was refreshing to read.

Sorry, but I can't give you a review since this book and the other two of this order were a gift to my grandson in the USA. I know the delivery was in time and the package was okay. And I know my grandson loves those books written by Judith Kerr and being translated into English, especially since the holocaust was subject in his school.

Learnt a lot from these books but the story line isn't riverting which I suppose is harsh because they are true stories which is ultimately why I was interested in reading them. I would reccommend this book to those interested in WWII, definately informative reads, worth it.

The continuation of the story of young girl surviving in the Lodz ghetto with her family in WWII.

What age is this boned aimed at? It is the second book after Hitler stole pink rabbit which was about Anna and Max as children escaping nazi Germany. It is a book for Older primary children interested in ww2. This beautiful ok suddenly jumps to late teens. This is a real problem. I was almost through the book with my 9 year old daughter to find Anna being kissed by her 40 something art teacher. Although there are no sexual details I am now unable to finish the book without having to explain to a 9 year old why a 40 year old teacher would kiss his pupil.

This book is not appropriate at all for 9-11 year old children. 2/3 of the way into the book (pages 253 onwards) the author refers to a sexual relationship developing between the 18 year old girl and her 40 year old art teacher. There is a scene of them kissing in the kitchen and then him saying to her ‘he doesn’t want to disturb her... if they made love’. This is completely inappropriate content for a 9-11 year old esp for a girl. I was extremely upset that this books was rated ok for a 9-11 year old. While the prior book - when hitler stoke pink rabbit’ is fine for a 9-11 year old this follow on book is definitely not. Please change rating Amazon! I luckily found out as my daughter was reading out loud to me at that particular page but many parents may not even know this as their child will likely be reading this book independently.

When I was tiny The Tiger who Came to Tea was my absolute favourite book in the world. I don't know what thrilled me more - the tiger or Sophie going out for dinner (sausages! chips! ice cream!) in her nightie. A few years later I read When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit and it became instantly one of the iconic books which defines my childhood, read over and over and over again. But it wasn't until many years later as a bookseller shelving in the children's section that I realised the author was one and the same - little Anna had grown up and achieved her dream.Bombs on Aunt Dainty picks up several years after Pink Rabbit. Anna and her family are refugees (the current Government would probably call them economic migrants), and whilst Max, her oldest brother, feels and acts English, his German nationality an embarrassment and an impediment, and Anna doesn't know quite who she is, living with friends, her own family elsewhere. Meanwhile her parents live in genteel poverty struggling to cope in a world where their language, skills and former status are of no use.It was fascinating and sobering to read this during the current refugee crisis. In a way it gave me some hope for the children, after all, Anna and Max were resilient throughout all the upheaval, and it's a much needed reminder, with all the current rhetoric, that every single refugee is a human being with a unique story. But Anna's parents never really came to terms with the awful upheaval in their lives and right now there are millions of Papas and Mamas trying to feed their children, get any job possible, unable to believe that there's a world that is safe. Eighty years after Anna fled Germany it seems that in some ways nothing has changed.

It was a privilege and delight to read this book by Judith Kerr suitable both for young adults and grownups and to reflect how difficult life was for refugees fleeing the Nazis, safe despite bombs and a British sort of benign prejudice - if there is such a thing. But what a loss of beautiful literature and her art to the world of her family hadn't fled in time to save their lives. Her and her brother Max were individuals who fared well and thrived in their final country and Judith lived a long and worthwhile life getting an OBE for her services to holocaust education and children's literature.I read when Hitler stole pink rabbit last year and this is the second book in the trilogy. I will read the third book and reflect we should never take our world for granted. I watched a programme about her where she talked about many of the episodes in her books frankly and movingly. Her father to whom she felt nothing but love and affection for saved her life and must have been so proud of the person she became. How many children who weren't saved and perished in those camps were denied their chance in life. Her books and drawings speak for them. It is extraordinary how good a person she was and a privilege to read this book.

Having read the first book of this trilogy I wanted to know what happened when the refugee family came to London. It was very well written. An interesting view of refugee life amid wartime hardships. The sense of not belonging comes over very clearly. Her first falling in love is tenderly described but I think I would recommend the book for children of thirteen and over. The mental turmoil she finds herself in is rather subtle for most nine year olds ( the age mentioned on the cover). Altogether a poignant story, possibly with present day applications.