Children at War

by Kate Agnew and Geoff Fox

Published 11 November 2004
Children at War is an authoritative guide to the literature for young readers concerning war in the twentieth century - especially the two world wars. The authors discuss literature of all kinds - novels, autobiographies, comics, story-papers and picture-books. Inthe process they provide the definitive study of the genre. Kate Agnew has chaired the Children's Bookseller's Association and has served as a judge for the Whitbread Prize and the Smarties Award. Geoff Fox is an Honorary Fellow of Exeter University and the Editor of Children's Literature in Education.