The Great War : stories inspired by items from the First World War
(Book)
Contributors
Kay, Jim (Illustrator), Illustrator
Morpurgo, Michael, Author
Kennedy, A. L. Author
Sedgwick, Marcus, Author
Boyne, John, 1971- Author
Morpurgo, Michael, Author
Kennedy, A. L. Author
Sedgwick, Marcus, Author
Boyne, John, 1971- Author
Published
Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2015.
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Description
In a powerful collection, eleven internationally acclaimed writers draw on personal objects to bring the First World War to life for readers young and old.A toy soldier. A butter dish. A compass. Mundane objects, perhaps, but to the remarkable authors in this collection, artifacts such as these have inspired stories that go to the heart of the human experience of World War I. Each author was invited to choose an object that had a connection to the war—a writing kit for David Almond, a helmet for Michael Morpurgo—and use it as the inspiration for an original short story. What results is an extraordinary collection, illustrated throughout by award-winning Jim Kay and featuring photographs of the objects with accounts of their history and the authors’ reasons for selecting them. This unique anthology provides young readers with a personal window into the Great War and the people affected by it, and serves as an invaluable resource for families and teachers alike.
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Format
Book
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
289 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9780763675547, 0763675547
Notes
General Note
Originally published: London : Walker Books, 2014.
Description
Writers of this collection of short stories were inspired to write about the First World War by physical objects associated with the war.
Table of Contents
Our Jacko / Michael Morpurgo (Brodie helmet) --
Another kind of missing / A.L. Kennedy (Compass) --
Don't call it glory / Marcus Sedgwick (Nose of a Zeppelin bomb) --
The country you called home / John Boyne (Recruitment poster) --
When they were needed most / Tracy Chevalier (Princess Mary's Gift Fund box) --
A world that has no war in it / David Almond (Soldier's writing case) --
A Harlem Hellfighter and his horn / Tanya Lee Stone (Sheet music) --
Maud's story / Adèle Geras (War-time butter dish) --
Captain Rosalie / Timothée de Fombelle (Victoria Cross) --
Each slow dusk / Sheena Wilkinson (School magazines) --
Little wars / Ursula Dubosarsky (French toy soldier).
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Kay, J. (., Morpurgo, M., Kennedy, A. L., Sedgwick, M., Boyne, J., Chevalier, T., Almond, D., Stone, T. L., Geras, A., Fombelle, T. d., Wilkinson, S. M., & Dubosarsky, U. (2015). The Great War: stories inspired by items from the First World War (First U.S. edition.). Candlewick Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Jim (Illustrator), Kay et al.. 2015. The Great War: Stories Inspired By Items From the First World War. Somerville, Massachusetts: Candlewick Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Jim (Illustrator), Kay et al.. The Great War: Stories Inspired By Items From the First World War Somerville, Massachusetts: Candlewick Press, 2015.
Harvard Citation (style guide)Kay, J. (., Morpurgo, M., Kennedy, A. L., Sedgwick, M., Boyne, J., Chevalier, T. and Almond, D. et al (2015). The great war: stories inspired by items from the first world war. First U.S. edn. Somerville, Massachusetts: Candlewick Press.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Kay, Jim (Illustrator),, et al. The Great War: Stories Inspired By Items From the First World War First U.S. edition., Candlewick Press, 2015.
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