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While the Bombs Fell Paperback – August 3, 2018

by Robbie Cheadle (Author), Elsie Hancy Eaton (Author)
4.4 out of 5 stars (24)
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What was it like for children growing up in rural Suffolk during World War 2? Elsie and her family live in a small double-storey cottage in Bungay, Suffolk. Every night she lies awake listening anxiously for the sound of the German bomber planes. Often they come and the air raid siren sounds signalling that the family must leave their beds and venture out to the air raid shelter in the garden. Despite the war raging across the English channel, daily life continues with its highlights, such as Christmas and the traditional Boxing Day fox hunt, and its wary moments when Elsie learns the stories of Jack Frost and the ghostly and terrifying Black Shuck that haunts the coastline and countryside of East Anglia. Includes some authentic World War 2 recipes
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    1 year and up
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    100 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Dimensions
    5.83 x 0.23 x 8.27 inches
  5. Publication date
    August 3, 2018
  6. ISBN-10
    1912416433
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1912416431
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ TSL Publications
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 3, 2018
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 100 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1912416433
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1912416431
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 4.5 ounces
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 1 year and up
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.83 x 0.23 x 8.27 inches
  • Best Sellers Rank: #5,626,663 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.4 out of 5 stars (24)

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South African author, photographer, and artist, Robbie Cheadle, has written and illustrated seventeen children’s books, illustrated a further three children's books, written and illustrated four poetry books and written and illustrated one celebration of cake and fondant art book with recipes. Her work has also appeared in poetry and short story anthologies.

Robbie also has two novels and a collection of short stories published under the name of Roberta Eaton Cheadle and has horror, paranormal, and fantasy short stories featured in several anthologies under this name.

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4.4 out of 5 stars
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Captivating historical fiction
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Captivating historical fiction
While The Bombs Fell is a collection of short stories and memoirs written by Elsie when she was a little girl . The story was based in England during World War II . She recounts how harrowing life was during that time as a child growing up during world War II . The book was well written and very descriptive. The moral of the story was it did not matter how harrowing an ordeal the war was. While wearing gas masks,the sounds of air raids, and sounds of the bombs took a toll on her childhood. She and her family just accepted it and knew the war would end soon and that their were better days ahead .So, because of that her childhood and life as she knew it continued on. I would recommend this book to anyone who is a fan of historical fiction.
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  • Thomas Wikman
    5.0 out of 5 stars The Life of little Elsie during World War II
    Reviewed in the United States on March 24, 2026
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    This book tells the story of little Elise who lives with her family on a small farm in Bungay, Suffolk, England during World War II. Food and other products are rationed, there are shortages, lack of heating and electricity, and people struggle economically. At the same time the bombs are falling and there’s always the fear that you will be hit. The book tells us about the fear, about family life, the human connections, the animals, the daily life and various holiday celebrations, all from the perspective of a child. The book reads more like memoir than a novel, but it feels very real.

    I grew up in Sweden, live in the US, and that is what I know. Therefore, I did not know much about the culture and how people live, or rather used to live, in WWII England. Therefore, by reading this book, I learned a lot about England, or the England of the past. It is obvious that the author is intimately familiar with past English culture and how it was living in England during this time. Elsie’s world was very different from what I know, and the times were very difficult, and you saw it all through Elsie’s eyes. Therefore, the book is very engaging. It is a reminder that life was very challenging for a lot of people during World War II.

    I also really enjoyed reading about what they ate, the recipes, and the rose hips, the rosehip jam, and there were recipes at the end of the book. In Sweden rosehip and rosehip soup was a healthy staple food so I definitely recognized that. I remember rosehip soup with fondness. This book brings you into another world, it is very engaging, interesting, and eye opening, as well as an easy read. I highly recommend this beautiful little book.
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  • Ed E. Morawski
    4.0 out of 5 stars Heart wrenching and uplifting at the same time
    Reviewed in the United States on December 4, 2020
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    While the Bombs Fell
    I find this a difficult review to write for a number of reasons.
    The story is both heart wrenching and uplifting at the same time. To think of what people went through, what sacrifices were made during WWII! But it also illuminates the resilience of those people and especially their children. To be bombed night after night by unseen evil and never knowing if one of those bombs was going to fall directly on you is a lot to take in. I was in the Vietnam War and we didn’t have it as bad as this. To be honest I was pretty depressed most of the way through this story.

    I found the war time recipes at the end especially interesting and even more testament to how tough it was to survive let alone try and maintain a normal life of sorts for your children.

    I do have a major criticism: I don’t feel this really qualifies as a book in the normal sense of the word. It is certainly not a novel, nor a history book or memoir. It is not so much storytelling as a kind of stream of consciousness telling in mostly unorganized manner.

    But I find it so hard to fault this so I’m being lenient with 4 stars in the hope other people will pick it up.
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  • JoyNealKidney
    5.0 out of 5 stars An English childhood during wartime
    Reviewed in the United States on February 27, 2026
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    This dear little book reminded me that the children in the Narnia books by C.S. Lewis had been evacuated from London during the bombings of WWII. Little Elsie's family lived far enough away from London that at least one family fled there from the bombings, yet Elsie's town of Bungay was bombed and Elsie was carried to a bomb shelter in a blanket. They lived with air raid sirens and kept their windows dark at night. Elsie was just a child during the war, ages 4-6, with several older siblings and a younger brother. In spite of shortages and hardships, families survived as best they could, and children kept occupied, even playing around an ancient castle.

    Rosehips are the fruit that ripen after roses bloom and are sources of Vitamin C. Children were sent to collect rosehips, which were also used to make jam. A recipe for the jam is at the end, as well as wartime recipes for Lord Woolton Pie, potato pastry, Toad in the hole, and Wartime Christmas pudding and cake. Making Christmas pudding was fascinating, and how the family spent Christmas Day. The day after was Boxing Day when the children watched the start of an official fox hunt.
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  • JoAnne Macco, Author of Trust the Timing
    4.0 out of 5 stars Enjoying Life in Spite of Hardships
    Reviewed in the United States on July 21, 2021
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    After reading this book I feel grateful for the relative peace and safety of my life. The book describes the challenges and joys of a family living in a small town in England during World War II. They never knew when bombs would fall or where they would land. Food and supplies were rationed and some things were hard to get. Yet, the children continued to enjoy life, especially at Christmastime, and when playing outdoors during the day. This historical memoir is told somewhat through the experiences of a very young girl, Elsie, but gives ample information about her sisters, brothers, and parents, as well as the town and history. Elsie's parents worked hard as they dealt with harsh realties. Her father has cows and sells milk. As an animal lover, it was hard for me to read that he took away the feral kittens in a sack as soon as he found out about them. Of course they would "overrun" the farm otherwise. It doesn't say what he did with the kittens. The authors do an excellent job of describing the realities of every day life during the time period. The old photos in the middle of the book were intriguing and fed my imagination. Much of the book is about the children playing in fields and swimming holes. The rich details reminded me that that children teach us to enjoy life and be in the moment.
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  • Yvette Prior
    5.0 out of 5 stars Transforming story that grips your heart
    Reviewed in the United States on July 25, 2023
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    While the Bombs Fell is a book that allows you to feel the challenges of war while also feeling the human connections. The historical details allow the reader to travel back in time, reminding us that war time is brutal. The story also offers rich insights and left us feeling satisfied.
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  • Ritu B
    4.0 out of 5 stars A lovely read
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 11, 2019
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    I've always liked wartime stories, and usually, they are fictional accounts and family sagas, but rarely from the view of a child.
    Robbie has taken the accounts of wartime life from her mother, and alongside her, used the anecdotes to write a book about what life during the war was like, from Elsie's 3-6-year-old perspective.
    Not really a story, more a memoir, mother and daughter have weaved the tales together to create a wonderful, simply written account from Elsie's memories.
    It was great to read how, despite all the shortages and limitations, Elsie and her family still managed to have a good life. Simple pleasures were enough to sate the appetites of children, both foodwise and when keeping busy - something this generation of youngsters could learn from too!
    And a bonus of some lovely family photos and even recipes from the war era!
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  • TIM
    4.0 out of 5 stars Charming account of rural life during the War; will appeal to children.
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 22, 2021
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    Charming narrative of growing up in a small Suffolk market town during the Second World War. Many of the characters could have stepped straight out of Victorian England (which is perhaps not surprising given the pace of rural life and the fact that the beginning of the war is now further away from today than the death of Prince Albert was then). The book would be particularly good for children wanting to know more about life at that time.
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