She mixes up with all children and plays. An author's note explains that after the war, Sim had to wait ''a long time'' for news of her parents that news, undoubtedly tragic, is not reprinted here, but its weight informs this moving story. When the girl arrives in London, she is met at the train station by a couple who recognize her from a photograph, and she greets them with the only English words she knows: ''I have a handkerchief in my pocket.'' Henceforth she uses that sentence to reinforce all new words 'I have a dog in my pocket', but the phrase takes on special significance when she receives a single letter from her parents and keeps it in her pocket ''until there was no more war.'' Illustrator heavily textured oil paintings, the thick strokes reinforcing the strong lines of the story and the broadly rendered compositions also suggesting that parts have been left out. The adult chaperones are absent from both text and art, an omission that amplifies just how defenseless and bereft the children must have felt. They sing the song 'One song was about a mermaid'. In Holland they are taken to a farm where they are fed with chocolate bars and milk and sing to their helpers. Because of eagerness and anxiety, the children did not have breakfast in the morning. Second part is from Hamburg to Amsterdam by train, third part is from Amsterdam to London by ship and train. First part of the journey is from an unknown part of Germany to Hamburg by ship.

In Yiddish she calls her parents Mutti and Vati. Their daughter has been chosen by a Scottish couple for adoption.

The story has been narrated by the author herself. Jews plan to send their children to families in United Kingdom to families who are prepared to adopt Jewish children. During Second World War in Germany Jews are facing genocide. Sim, Illustrator Gerald Fitzgerald- Children’s Illustrated Colour Picture Book- The book narrates the story related to July, year 1939.

Into my pocket