I Saw a Beautiful Woodpecker av Michal Skibinski

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It is the summer of 1939 in Warsaw, Poland and Michal is an eight- year-old boy just finishing his school year. In order to improve his handwriting, Michal¿s teacher gives him a simple assignment: keep a journal, writing one sentence a day. Eighty years later, Michal¿s diary has been gorgeously illustrated with beautifully atmospheric paintings. Eloquent in its simplicity, the journal is a remarkable artefact that captures the innocence of childhood and the trauma of war. The journal starts out with a typical boy¿s observations: ¿July 15: I went to a stream with my brother and teacher.¿ ¿July 23: I found a caterpillar.¿ However over the course of weeks, menacing details emerge. ¿July 27: A plane was circling over Anin.¿ ¿September 1: The war has begun.¿ ¿September 3: I hid from planes.¿ ¿September 14: Warsaw is bravely defending itself.¿ These haunting entries are interspersed with visits from relatives, a soccer game, a trip to a park, an ice cream cone. Photographs of pages from Mich