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Children's Books about World War II (1939-1945)

Description: A list of children's picture books and stories about World War 2.

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Rank Title Author Added

1

The Silver Sword

by Ian Serraillier

2,758 members

41 reviews

3.9

7 Members: Aquila, casaloma, dara85, avatiakh, konallis, navelos, souloftherose

2

The Endless Steppe: Growing Up in Siberia

by Esther Hautzig

2,130 members

31 reviews

4.1

6 Members: Aquila, casaloma, dara85, avatiakh, navelos, cej1027

3

When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit

2,965 members

48 reviews

3.9

5 Members: Aquila, casaloma, avatiakh, navelos, souloftherose

4

Goodnight Mister Tom

by Michelle Magorian

2,690 members

70 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: casaloma, avatiakh, konallis, souloftherose

5

Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes

by Eleanor Coerr

5,160 members

98 reviews

3.9

4 Members: casaloma, aulsmith, avatiakh, cej1027

6

975 members

14 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: Aquila, casaloma, avatiakh, konallis

7

The Machine Gunners

by Robert Westall

576 members

4 reviews

3.9

3 Members: casaloma, avatiakh, konallis

8

by Marie McSwigan

3,419 members

29 reviews

4.1

2 Members: casaloma, aulsmith

9

by Markus Zusak

46,067 members

2,133 reviews

½ 4.4

3 Members: Aquila, casaloma, dara85

10

2,325 members

28 reviews

4.1

3 Members: Aquila, casaloma, avatiakh

11

by Paul Gallico

1,388 members

30 reviews

4.2

3 Members: Aquila, casaloma, avatiakh

12

Odette's Secrets

by Maryann MacDonald

182 members

8 reviews

4.2

2 Members: casaloma, Sylak

13

by Claire Huchet Bishop

2,855 members

18 reviews

4.1

2 Members: casaloma, cej1027

14

The Devil's Arithmetic

4,560 members

125 reviews

4.1

2 Members: casaloma, avatiakh

15

952 members

47 reviews

4

2 Members: casaloma, souloftherose

16

Code Name Verity

by Elizabeth Wein

4,961 members

388 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: casaloma, souloftherose

17

by Jill Paton Walsh

192 members

6 reviews

4.1

2 Members: casaloma, konallis

18

Fair Stood the Wind for France

517 members

12 reviews

3.8

Member: librorumamans

19

The Finishing School

by Pamela Brown

7 members

1 review

5

2 Members: casaloma, konallis

20

Waiting for Anya

by Michael Morpurgo

774 members

5 reviews

3.8

2 Members: casaloma, avatiakh

21

The Dolphin Crossing

by Jill Paton Walsh

132 members

3 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: casaloma, konallis

22

The Island on Bird Street

453 members

14 reviews

4.2

2 Members: Aquila, casaloma

23

Burning Mountain

by L. J. Adlington

25 members

1 review

½ 3.5

2 Members: casaloma, konallis

24

The House of Sixty Fathers

by Meindert DeJong

1,567 members

15 reviews

3.8

2 Members: casaloma, avatiakh

25

War Boy: A Country Childhood

by Michael Foreman

217 members

3 reviews

3.8

2 Members: casaloma, avatiakh

26

When the Siren Wailed

by Noel Streatfeild

199 members

2 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: Aquila, casaloma

27

Number the Stars

19,390 members

649 reviews

4.2

2 Members: casaloma, avatiakh

28

The Cats in Krasinski Square

797 members

39 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: casaloma, avatiakh

29

The Children of the King

by Sonya Hartnett

165 members

7 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: casaloma, konallis

30

Hitler's Daughter

by Jackie French

620 members

11 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: casaloma, avatiakh

31

by Tricia Glensor

4 members

1 review

4

2 Members: casaloma, avatiakh

32

Guests of War Trilogy

153 members

2 reviews

4.2

Member: casaloma

33

Music on the Bamboo Radio

by Martin Booth

26 members

3.8

Member: avatiakh

34

Running with the Horses

by Alison Lester

68 members

5 reviews

3.9

2 Members: casaloma, avatiakh

35

The Little Riders

by Margaretha Shemin

909 members

3.9

Member: casaloma

36

I Will Come Back for You: A Family in Hiding During World War II

by Marisabina Russo

125 members

27 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: casaloma

37

A New Coat for Anna

by Harriet Ziefert

1,703 members

13 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: casaloma

38

by Constance Savery

223 members

4 reviews

½ 4.5

Member: casaloma

39

When My Name Was Keoko

by Linda Sue Park

1,324 members

205 reviews

4

Member: casaloma

40

The Midnight Zoo

by Sonya Hartnett

218 members

8 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: konallis

41

Passage to Freedom: The Sugihara Story

by Ken Mochizuki

611 members

27 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: casaloma

42

Hana's Suitcase

by Karen Levine

1,607 members

361 reviews

½ 4.5

Member: casaloma

43

by Lucy Adlington

90 members

19 reviews

3

Member: konallis

44

Orphan Monster Spy

by Matt Killeen

491 members

24 reviews

3.8

Member: konallis

45

by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch

417 members

3 reviews

4.1

Member: casaloma

46

Devil Darling Spy

by Matt Killeen

71 members

3 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: konallis

47

The Grand Mosque of Paris: A Story of How Muslims Rescued Jews During the Holocaust

by Karen Gray Ruelle

269 members

27 reviews

4.1

Member: casaloma

48

So Far from the Sea

486 members

28 reviews

4.2

Member: casaloma

49

The Greatest Skating Race: A World War II Story from the Netherlands

by Louise Borden

282 members

4 reviews

4

Member: casaloma

50

The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips

by Michael Morpurgo

658 members

20 reviews

4

Member: casaloma

51

The Orphans of Normandy : A True Story of World War II Told Through Drawings by Children

64 members

5 reviews

3.8

Member: casaloma

52

An Elephant in the Garden

by Michael Morpurgo

858 members

31 reviews

4.1

Member: casaloma

53

by Margot Benary-Isbert

420 members

5 reviews

4.2

Member: casaloma

54

by Robert Westall

504 members

10 reviews

4

Member: casaloma

55

The Woeful Second World War

680 members

2 reviews

4.1

Member: casaloma

56

A Picture Book of Anne Frank

by David A. Adler

754 members

43 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: casaloma

57

For Freedom: The Story of a French Spy

by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

292 members

7 reviews

3.9

Member: casaloma

58

Domenic's War: A Story of the Battle of Monte Cassino

by Curtis Parkinson

17 members

1 review

3.1

Member: casaloma

59

Blitz (My Story)

203 members

4 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: casaloma

60

by Susan Lynn Meyer

192 members

10 reviews

3.8

Member: casaloma

61

The Lion and the Unicorn

by Shirley Hughes

86 members

2 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: casaloma

62

One Splendid Tree

by Marilyn Helmer

20 members

Member: casaloma

63

My Secret War Diary, by Flossie Albright: My History of the Second World War 1939-1945

by Marcia Williams

62 members

3 reviews

4

Member: casaloma

64

Tail-End Charlie

by Mick Manning

20 members

5

Member: casaloma

65

The War and Freddy

by Dennis Hamley

11 members

Member: casaloma

66

Torn Apart: The Internment Diary of Mary Kobayashi

by Susan Aihoshi

66 members

1 review

½ 3.5

Member: casaloma

67

Best Friends Forever: A World War II Scrapbook

by Beverly Patt

63 members

5 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: casaloma

68

by Carol Fisher Saller

26 members

3 reviews

4.2

Member: casaloma

69

Dancing on the Bridge of Avignon

50 members

2 reviews

4.1

Member: casaloma

70

Under a War-Torn Sky

by L. M. Elliott

683 members

14 reviews

4

Member: casaloma

71

Across the Blue Pacific : A World War II Story

by Louise W. Borden

111 members

10 reviews

3.9

Member: casaloma

72

Tomi: A Childhood Under the Nazis

by Tomi Ungerer

83 members

3 reviews

4

Member: casaloma

73

Behind the Bedroom Wall

by Laura E. Williams

1,046 members

11 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: casaloma

74

Behind the Secret Window

by Nelly S. Toll

323 members

2 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: casaloma

75

One Thousand Tracings: Healing the Wounds of World War II

221 members

13 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: casaloma

76

Boxes for Katje

by Candace Fleming

600 members

82 reviews

½ 4.6

Member: casaloma

77

Lily's Victory Garden

by Helen L. Wilbur

54 members

1 review

4

Member: casaloma

78

Mercedes and the Chocolate Pilot

by Margot Theis Raven

655 members

40 reviews

½ 4.5

Member: casaloma

79

Always Remember Me: How One Family Survived World War II

by Marisabina Russo

140 members

9 reviews

4

Member: casaloma

80

by Ainslie Manson

18 members

½ 4.5

Member: casaloma

81

715 members

52 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: casaloma

82

37 members

2 reviews

½ 4.6

Member: casaloma

83

100 members

1 review

½ 3.5

Member: casaloma

84

That One Peculiar Year

by Luciano De Angelis

3 members

Member: casaloma

85

by Iain Lawrence

129 members

4 reviews

4.1

Member: casaloma

86

Shadow on the Mountain

339 members

20 reviews

3.9

Member: casaloma

87

Hero on a Bicycle

by Shirley Hughes

220 members

10 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: casaloma

88

The Eternal Spring of Mr. Ito

by Sheila Garrigue

106 members

1 review

3.2

Member: casaloma

89

Farewell to Manzanar

by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston

2,877 members

43 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: casaloma

90

Under the Blood-Red Sun

by Graham Salisbury

1,278 members

25 reviews

3.8

Member: casaloma

91

by Michelle Magorian

489 members

5 reviews

3.9

Member: casaloma

92

Pennies in a Jar

by Dori Chaconas

70 members

6 reviews

4.1

Member: casaloma

93

Lisette's Angel

by Amy Littlesugar

53 members

2 reviews

4.2

Member: casaloma

94

The War That Saved My Life

by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

3,245 members

360 reviews

½ 4.6

Member: casaloma

95

Searching for Shona

by Margaret J. Anderson

117 members

3 reviews

4.1

Member: casaloma

96

Christmas from Heaven: The True Story of the Berlin Candy Bomber

91 members

5

Member: casaloma

97

Willy and Max: A Holocaust Story

by Amy Littlesugar

137 members

20 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: casaloma

98

328 members

33 reviews

4.1

Member: casaloma

99

The Secret of the Village Fool

by Rebecca Upjohn

44 members

3 reviews

½ 4.6

Member: casaloma

100

Anne Frank and the Remembering Tree

by Sandy Eisenberg Sasso

43 members

3

Member: casaloma

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Started: casaloma
October 2012
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