| ISBN |
9781406375893 (hardback) |
| Name |
Hughes, Shirley, 1927- author, illustrator. |
| Title |
Ruby in the ruins / Shirley Hughes. |
| Published |
London : Walker Books Ltd, 2018. |
| ©2018 |
| Description |
36 unnumbered pages : colour illustrations ; 28 cm |
| Notes |
"War is over and Ruby's dad is coming home" -- Cover. |
| Summary |
A classic picture book about family love, set in post-war London, from the much-loved and award-winning Shirley Hughes. Ruby and Mum have lived through the terrifying London Blitz and are waiting for Dad to come home from the war. Ruby hardly recognizes the tall man who steps off the train, but when she falls in the ruins nearby, there's only one person who she wants to rescue her. |
| Target audience note |
Ages 5+. |
| Reading Program Note |
Premier's Reading Challenge 3-4. |
| Subjects |
Father and child -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile fiction |
| World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans -- England -- London -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile fiction |
| Fathers and daughters -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile fiction |
| World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile fiction |
| Families -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile fiction |
| Children's stories -- Pictorial works |
| Premier's Reading Challenge 3-4 |
| London (England) -- History -- Bombardment, 1940-1945 -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile fiction |
| London (England) -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile fiction |
| Genre |
Historical fiction |
| Picture books |
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