World War Ii

Author: R.G. Grant

Stock information

General Fields

  • : $20.00 NZD
  • : 9780750235907
  • : Hachette Children's Books
  • : Hodder Wayland
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  • : 0.155
  • : 14 November 2002
  • : 269mm X 220mm X 4mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : 19.99
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  • : R.G. Grant
  • : History Through Poetry S.
  • : Paperback
  • : illustrated edition
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  • : 821.912080358
  • : From 9 To 12
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  • : 32
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  • : colour illustrations
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Barcode 9780750235907
9780750235907

Description

This title looks at the curriculum history of World War II, through a series of poems from the time. Each poem covers a different topic such as rationing, evacuation and air raids. The backgrounds to each poem and poet is given, together with an explanation of what each poem is about.

Reviews

'The Book exposes the grimmest aspects of war in a moving and evocative way...Certainly it represents war in a very personal way to children.' -- Five to Eleven, February 2003

Author description

Reg Grant studied history at Oxford University and is the author of over a dozen books on modern history.