The Little Ships: The Heroic Rescue at Dunkirk in World War II
A girl and her father cross the English Channel to help rescue hundreds of  thousands of Allies stranded on the beaches of Dunkirk. A child's vision of war's pangs  and fears is crucial inThe Little Ships,and Louise Borden never falters. Nor do  the watercolors by Michael Foreman (and readers of all ages should get hold of his  superbly unsentimental memoir,War Boy).--This text refers to theHardcoveredition.