Kate Agnew

Geoff Fox

A guide to literature for young readers about war in the twentieth century, especially the two world wars. Covers novels, autobiographies, comics, story-papers and picture-books.

From the First World War to the Gulf

Children at War

A collection of classic poetry and prose extracts based around the theme of horror.

A Collection of Classic Poetry and Prose

Fear and Trembling

Part of a series of biographies on children's authors, this interview is aimed at children of top primary school and lower secondary school age. The author tells of her childhood, family, school days and writing career. Berlie's books include Granny Was a Buffer Girl and Street Child.

An Interview with Berlie Doherty

Edited by Morag Styles and written by an international team of acknowledged experts, this series provides jargon-free critical discussion and a comprehensive guide to literary and popular texts for children. Each book introduces the reader to a major genre of children's literature, covering the key authors, major works and the contexts in which those texts are published, read and studied. Children at War is an authoritative guide to 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. In the process they provide the definitive study of the genre.

Michelle Magorian

An Interview with Michelle Magorian

This book provides a critical appraisal of the treatment of war in children's reading during the 20th century, covering World War I, World War II and subsequent wars, including Vietnam, the Gulf War and the war in the Balkans.

Sam and his little sister Rosa are having a dinosaur day with dad. They see the skeletons at the museum, draw dinosaurs at home, and make dinosaur cookies. Everything seems to be going great, but there s always a sudden dinosaur disaster about to happen!"

Dinosaur Disasters

Three brief stories, all set in school, about Daisy's wobbly tooth, noisy Sean, and Lily's family.

Kate Agnew

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