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WWI

Eyewitness WWI

Eyewitness: World War I
Simon James
Non-Fiction (Series)
Ages 10 and up
DK, 2001, 0-7894-7939-7
 

A Brave Soldier

A Brave Soldier
Nicolas Debon
Picture Book
Ages 5 and up
Groundwood, 2002, 0-88899-481-8 

Hattie Big Sky

Hattie Big Sky
Kirby Larson
Fiction
Ages 12 and up
Random House, 2006, 0-385-73313-5
 
 

Christmas in the Trenches

Christmas in the Trenches
John McCutcheon
Illustrations by Henri Sorensen
Picture Book and Audio CD
Ages 5 and up
Peachtree Publishers, 2006, 1-56145-374-9

Private Peaceful

Private Peaceful
Michael Morpurgo
Fiction
Ages 14 and up
Scholastic, 2003, 0-439-63648-5

Kipling's Choice

Kipling’s Choice
Geert Spillebeen
Translated by Terese Edelstein
Fiction
Ages 14 and up
Houghton Mifflin, 2002, 0-618-80035-2
 

In Flanders fields

In Flanders Fields: The Story of the Poem by John McCrae

Linda Granfield

Illustrated by Janet Wilson

Non-fiction picture book

Ages 8 and up

Fitzhenry and Whiteside, 2005, 1-55005-144-X

 

The Doughboys over there

The Doughboys over there: Soldiering in World War I

Susan Provost Beller

Non-Fiction (Series)

Ages 9 to 12

Lerner, 2007, 978-0-8225-6295-5

 

Where Poppies Grow

Where Poppies Grow: A World War I Companion

Linda Granfield

Non-Fiction

Ages 9 to 12

Fitzhenry and Whiteside, 2001, 0-7737-3319-1

 

Archie's War

Archie’s War: My Scrapbook of the First World War

Marcia Williams

Picture Book/Novelty title

Ages 8 to 10

Candlewick Press, 2007, 978-0-7636-3532-9

 

The Donkey of Gallipoli

The Donkey of Gallipoli: A True Story of Courage in World War I

Mark Greenwood

Illustrated by Frane Lessac

Non-Fiction Picture Book

Ages 6 to 8

Candlewick, 2008, 978-0-7636-3913-6

 

Assassination in Sarajevo

Assassination in Sarajevo: The spark that started World War I

Robin S. Doak

Non-Fiction (Series)

For ages 10 to 12

Compass Point Books, 2008, 978-0-7565-3857-6

 

Truce

Truce

Jim Murphy

Nonfiction

Ages 9 to 12

Scholastic, 2009, 0545130492

 

 

 

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