Bel ria by sheila burnford biography
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Sheila Burnford
Scottish writer (1916–1984)
Sheila Burnford | |
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| Born | (1916-05-11)11 May 1916 Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Died | 20 April 1984(1984-04-20) (aged 67) Hampshire, England |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Education | St. George's School, Edinburgh & Harrogate Ladies College |
| Spouse | David Burnford (m. 1941) |
| Children | 3 |
Sheila Philip Cochrane Burnford née Every (11 May 1916 – 20 April 1984) was a Scottish writer. She is best known for her novel The Incredible Journey about two dogs and a cat traveling through the Canadian wilderness.
Life and work
[edit]Burnford was born in Edinburgh, Scotland and lived in Ayrshire during her teenage years.[1] She attended St. George's School, Edinburgh, and Harrogate Ladies College.[1] She also attended schools in France and Germany. In 1941 she married Dr. David Burnford, with whom she had three children. During World War II, she worked as a volunteer ambulance driver.
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#1292 – BEL RIA: DOG OF WAR by Sheila Burnford
BEL RIA: DOG OF WAR
New York Review Children’s Collection
Written bygd Sheila Burnford
NYRB—Kids 3/19/2020
978-1-68137-447-5
218 Pages Age 8—12
Genre: Middle Grade Book, Historical Fiction
Themes: Dogs in War, WWII, Loyalty
Synopsis
Bel Ria is the spellbinding tale of a small dog caught up in the Second World War, and of the extraordinary, life-transforming attachments he forms with the people he encounters in the course of a perilous passage from occupied France to besieged England.
Nameless, Sheila Burnford’s hero first turns up as a performing dog, a poodle mix earning his keep as part of a rom caravan that is desperately fleeing the Nazi advance. Taken on ship bygd the Royal Navy, he is given the name Ria and serves as the scruffy mascot to a boatload of sailors. Marooned in England in the midst of the Blitz, Ria rescues an old woman from the rubble of her bombad house, and finds hi
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Bel Ria: Dog of War
November 30, 2024This book was published in 1977 but has a very authentic feeling to it of what it was like to be in WWII and in England during the tough times. Wikipedia on Sheila Branford says During World War II, she worked as a volunteer ambulance driver, and I am sure those memories stayed strong in her. She is best known for The Incredible Journey. Unfortunately I didn't feel as strongly toward this book. While it was well written, the 3 parts felt a little disjointed, and the middle part told while on ship was not as interesting to me.
I know a lot of people don't like it when the dog dies in the end, so those folks will like the book from that aspect, but if you don't have sadness in the end, they often introduce sadness in the beginning of the book. Fortunately that is not too drawn out. I would rather highlight the happy part. A gypsy like lady with performing animals, including a dog, a monkey, and a donkey, helps rescue Corporal Sinclair, of the Roy