Doodlebugs, gas masks & gum : children's voices from the Second World War / Christine Rex.

Stroud : Amberley Publishing, 2008.

192 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Declaration and preparation -- Evacuation I, hesitation and conflagration -- The Battle of Britain and the Blitz -- Evacuation II -- Adaptation -- Privation -- Occasions and celebrations -- Food, but hardly glorious! -- Education -- Toys and entertainment -- Health and medical care -- A hedgehog called Doodlebug and other snippets of daily life in wartime -- Fear and loss -- D-Day, doodlebugs and the demi-diaspora -- Victory, defeat and homecoming -- Aftermath.