Bombs on Aunt Dainty: A classic and unforgettable children’s book from the author of The Tiger Who Came To Tea

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Its themes include survival, politics' incursion on domestic life, and the challenges of growing up. Through newspapers and the radio they hear that Hitler’s party has won several votes of confidence, and is now more powerful than ever before. This book absolutely fizzes – Anna’s is so lively, intelligent, naïve, hungry to learn and eat up life – but it also dips into despair and a sense of the meaninglessness of life, the personal suffering which can overwhelm anyone at times, making the `in love with it all’ feel like an unbearable sham.

We also share information about your use of our site with our social media, advertising and analytics partners. Knowing this was a true story of a family leaving Germany before Hitler took over the country made this story very interesting. Anna/Judith is beautifully soulful and beautifully present to the authenticity of embracing all of it. See our Remarkables Archive list for what is no longer in print, but which we are happy to track down.

They travelled first to Switzerland and then on into France, before finally settling in Britain, where Kerr has lived ever since.

The book is an autobiographical novel about the author and her family adventures throughout the hardships of the holocaust. This book is about a girl named Anna, who lives in Berlin at the start of the story, just before the German election takes place.An omnibus edition of Judith Kerr’s internationally acclaimed trilogy, When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit, Bombs on Aunt Dainty and A Small Person Far Away, we see the world through Anna’s eyes as she grows up – from her much loved family to Hitler’s holocaust.

Remarkables REMARKABLES Intriguing, stunning, or otherwise remarkable books These include fine editions, foreign publications exceptional for their interest or production, special editions and some first-rate books from very small publishers. The children hear that their father has sought refuge in Prague, Austria, along with Anna's older brother Max.She focuses on her own little struggles, moving around from country to country, whilst her parents struggle to keep their family safe. Have read numerous books regarding WWII but this was from a different angle again and challenges me to understand how hard it is when people are displaced due to war and that they can end up not belonging anywhere. 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.

Anna's WW2 story is very different than others because she is a young girl who doesn't understand the world around her. To be poor, even desperate, in a cold, foggy country where the natives, though friendly, gargle some kind of Anglo-Saxon dialect.She is also the author and illustrator of numerous picture books, including The Tiger Who Came to Tea, which was first published in 1968 and has since sold more than one million copies worldwide.