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Books in When I Was Young series

  • School Life in the 1940 and 50s

    Faye Gardiner

    Paperback (MMS Gold, Nov. 1, 2011)
    In School Life in the 1940s and 50s, Anne Richardson tells what life was like at school. Find out about her lessons, and how she coped with 50 children in her class. Learn about the games she played at break time, and what she ate for her school dinners! When I Was Young introduces readers to real people who tell you all about their childhoods. Real life stories, photographs, and memories bring the past to life!
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  • Shopping in the 1940s

    Rebecca Hunter

    Paperback (MMS Gold, Nov. 1, 2011)
    The books in this delightful series portray life as it was in Britain in the 1940s and 1950s, by looking at the childhood of four different, real-lifepeople. The books are highly illustrated, and many of the photographs taken from the family albums of the families.
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  • Home Life in the 1930 and 40s

    Faye Gardiner

    Paperback (MMS Gold, Nov. 1, 2011)
    In Home Life in the 1930s and 40s, Joyce Williams tells us what it was like to grow up on a busy farm in Wales in the years before and during World War II. In the Grandma Remembers series, we meet real grandmothers who were children in post-1930s Britain. They tell us about their childhood in words and pictures, including some photographs from their family albums to help tell their stories.
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  • A Wartime Childhood

    Rebecca Hunter

    Paperback (MMS Gold, Nov. 1, 2011)
    The books in this delightful series portray life as it was in Britain in the 1940s and 1950s, by looking at the childhood of four different, real life people. The books are highly illustrated, and many of the photographs taken from the family albums of the families.
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  • The Zebra Who Was Sad

    Rachel Elliott

    Hardcover (QEB Publishing, Jan. 7, 2012)
    Illustrated stories cover these four important feelings (happiness, sadness, fear, anger) with a gentle and sweet approach. A happy hippo, an angry tiger, a sad zebra and a scared elephant allow very young children to understand these emotions and to learn about feelings.
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  • The Hippo Who Was Happy

    Rachel Elliott

    Hardcover (QEB Publishing, Jan. 7, 2012)
    Illustrated stories cover these four important feelings (happiness, sadness, fear, anger) with a gentle and sweet approach. A happy hippo, an angry tiger, a sad zebra and a scared elephant allow very young children to understand these emotions and to learn to cope with these emotions.
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  • The Tiger Who Was Angry

    Rachel Elliott

    Hardcover (QEB Publishing, Jan. 7, 2012)
    Illustrated stories cover these four important feelings (happiness, sadness, fear, anger) with a gentle and sweet approach. A happy hippo, an angry tiger, a sad zebra, and a scared elephant allow very young children to understand these emotions and to learn about feelings.
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  • The Elephant Who Was Scared

    Rachel Elliot

    Hardcover (QEB Publishing, Jan. 9, 2012)
    Illustrated stories cover four important feelings (happiness, sadness, fear, and anger) with a gentle and sweet approach. A happy hippo, an angry tiger, a sad zebra, and a scared elephant allow young children to understand and learn to cope with these emotions.
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  • The Early 20th Century

    Ruth Thomson

    Paperback (The Watts Publishing Group, June 10, 1993)
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  • World War II

    Neil Thomson

    Paperback (Franklin Watts Ltd, )
    This series offers a view of social history through the eyes of a living person. Each book is based on the childhood of an actual person using their own photograph album and memories, together with newly commissioned photographs of places which still exist.
  • World War II

    Neil Thomson

    Hardcover (The Watts Publishing Group, Nov. 23, 1989)
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  • When I Was Young: The Sixties

    Neil Thomson

    Paperback (Franklin Watts Ltd, )
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