Judith was awarded an OBE for services to children’s literature and holocaust education in 2012, the Booktrust Lifetime Achievement Award in 2016, and named Illustrator of the Year at the British Book Awards in 2019. Judith died in 2019, and her stories continue to delight generations of children. In Paris, Anna’s impractical mother distracts her from a homework crisis by buying her a luxurious, chestnut-filled pastry, a small act of impulsive kindness that means they cannot afford fish for supper. “They had mussels instead and it did not matter,” says the third-person narrator, with a default cheerfulness which, for an adult reader, becomes increasingly ironic through the novel. I have read a good few books about wartime experiences, but `the child's experience' which Kerr recounts precipitated me into something more visceral, less intellectual. Una historia que tras su aparente inocencia es durísima cuando sabemos lo acaecido. Pero a la vez es una lectura bonita, y con un toque de esperanza.

a b c Richard Moss (7 September 2009). "When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit: how Seven Stories is using the Judith Kerr archive". Culture 24. Archived from the original on 12 October 2012. It was a sweet book, with the main difference being that it didn't dive as deeply into the War as the others did. There was no talk of bombs, and death was only lightly mentioned. Hitler was mostly shown as a terrible man who was a very long way away and so didn't cause much bother, except for it being harder to make money... Partly autobiographical, this is first of the internationally acclaimed trilogy by Judith Kerr telling the unforgettable story of a Jewish family fleeing from Germany at the start of the Second World WarWhen Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit won the 1974 Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis. It is often used in German and British [4] schools as an introduction to the period in history and the experience of being a refugee. The book has been used as part of the Judith Kerr collection at the Seven Stories Centre for Children's Books, in Newcastle. [4] [5] It is an American Library Association Notable Book, a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year and a Horn Book Fanfare Title. [7] Film adaptations [ edit ]

Suppose your country began to change. Suppose that without your noticing, it became dangerous for some people to live in it any longer, and you found, to your surprise, that your own father was one of those people. This is what happened to Anna in 1933. I loved the book and am so glad that I’ve read it. I want to go on and read the next two books. It would have been a huge loss (even if I had never realized it) if I’d never gotten to this book. It’s an excellent book.

The great consolation of the novel is family: in opposition to the orphan narratives of so much children’s literature, Anna is richly parented – reassured that as long as the four of them remain together, nothing disastrous can happen. This is both a truth and a myth constructed to conceal the third odyssey of the novel: Judith Kerr’s own journey towards a mature understanding of the horrors from which her parents so carefully protected her.

Judith Kerr is a writer and artist, who created classic books for young children. However, she also wrote some books for older children, young adults, and, I would maintain - not -so-young-adults, based around her experiences as a child in Germany in the early 1930s, daughter of a prominent, vocal anti-Nazi during the time the Nazis were beginning to gather power and mass support. These experiences gave rise to 3 fictional books, but books nevertheless drawing hugely on her own life, with the central character, Anna, aged 9 in this book, on the verge of leaving Germany just as the National Socialists are about to come to power. This book focuses on life in Germany through the eyes of the 9 year old, and on her refugee status as her family, with increasing desperation, work their way through Switzerland France and finally England in an attempt to find safety, a home, and employment. Hace unos días, la hija de un familiar me pidió consejo sobre lecturas; buscando di con este libro, que para mi vergüenza no conocía. Me llamó mucho la atención, decidí leerlo y puedo asegurar que es una lectura absolutamente recomendable. Recomendable para adolescentes (o niños según su nivel lector y debatiendo con sus mayores). For me, one of the most important things to realise if one wishes to read Judith Kerr's When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit is that her semi-autobiographical children's novel is in my humble opinion NOT an account of the Holocaust but rather a story of how when and immediately after the National Socialists gain power in 1933 Germany, the first individuals to really feel the wrath and hatred of Adolf Hitler and his ilk are generally the Nazis' political opponents, Socialists, Communists, politically active authors, journalists, artists. When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit is the first book in the trilogy and a well-known novel for children. [2] Drabble, Emily (18 February 2015). "Judith Kerr: I wasn't scared enough. That's how I nearly gave us away | Children's books". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 10 March 2017 . Retrieved 24 June 2018.I had never heard of Judith Kerr, and once steered in her direction I have been steeping myself in her books Carrie's War, Goodnight Mister Tom, The Kingdom by the Sea, The Machine Gunners, Blitzed...have all at some point or other been one of my favourite books Anna reflects on how she and her brother adjust to the different environments they encounter, how they struggle with different school systems and languages. My favourite part is when she almost gives up learning to speak French and then suddenly realises she can do it. When the family moves on to England, she has new confidence in her ability to adapt, and she starts out with the knowledge that she might not be able to understand a word right now, but if she gives it a couple of months, she will talk without any difficulty. When I started reading the book I expected another sorrowful account of the worst time in history, but in the end I closed the book with a smile on my face and the thought that everybody should read this book to be encouraged to deal with change in a new way. (Me included!) The ending felt too abrupt because I wanted more, but that just makes me glad there are 2 more books.