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1. www.warchild.net › stories-of-childrenChildren's Stories of Resilience | War Child

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   It’s 5.30am on the 24 February 2022. The alarm goes off. Quickly Natalya realizes it’s not her usual alarm clock - it’s coming from outside; filling the streets of Chernihiv with an undulating howling. Two years later, she still fears the sound of air raid sirens but is finding ways to escape the war in reality and in her mind.

2. bookanista.com › war-stories-childrenWar stories for children - Bookanista

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   Each story is dated 15 August 1945 – the day of Japan’s surrender, marking the end of the war in the Pacific and of World War II. The first story begins with the guiltless whale and a Japanese submarine crew determined to fight to the end – beyond the end proclaimed by their country’s emperor. It concludes with the guiltless dead and ...

3. www.libraryofshortstories.com › collection › warBest of War - Library of Short Stories

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   The best war short stories of history. Read Now! Cain by Aleksandr I. Kuprin, Beware of the Dog by Roald Dahl, An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce.

4. kids.scholastic.com › content › damWAR STORIES - Scholastic

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   Marlborough, CT—February 18, 2020. The exploding artillery shells blossomed all around him, turn-ing the dark of night into fiery orange day. The rattle of machine-gun fire sliced through the endless booming, carving a spray of concrete chips from the stoop dangerously close to his combat boots.

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5. imaginationsoup.net › conflict-and-war-books-for10 Conflict and War Books for Today’s Kids - Imagination Soup

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   Oct 26, 2023 · A familiar story to many, this book is the hopeful side of these selections on war and conflict. Children need to know that there is resilience in the midst of hardship and heartache as well. Seeds of life can sprout in the ruins. In the story, a young boy nurtures a “speck of green” on the barren side of the fence, and watches it grow ...

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6. www.booktrust.org.uk › news-and-features › features10 kids' books about war: 'A journey and a sense of hope'

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   Nov 8, 2018 · It is a poignant and evocative story that again tells a different aspect of the war. 6. Goodnight Mister Tom by Michelle Magorian. Many will probably know the wonderful film adaptation with John Thaw, but this is a fabulous story to read. It tells the story of evacuee William, who is placed with Mister Tom.

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   What are the best war short stories of history?

   • The best war short stories of history. Read Now! Cain by Aleksandr I. Kuprin, Beware of the Dog by Roald Dahl, An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce.

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   What is a war story and why is it important?

   • As well as being socially and politically relevant, war stories carry a huge emotional resonance for readers. In them, characters are often dealing with loss: a parent, a sibling, a friend, a pet, or something less tangible, like home, or their past. Conflict will often bring about sudden, dramatic upheaval.

   'Opening our eyes': Why war stories are so important for children

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   Why are WWII stories so popular?

   • In World War II, displaced children were called 'evacuees' or 'kindertransport' and welcomed into our homes. Parallels between this and our current refugee crises are obvious and may well be why WWII stories have become popular again. Sometimes seeing the world through history's 'spectacles' gives us a clearer insight into the world around us.

   'Opening our eyes': Why war stories are so important for children

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   Why are war stories relevant to Today's readers?

   • This is why war stories are relevant to today's readers. 5% of adults denying the Holocaust is far, far too many. The beginnings of World War II has its roots in the hatred and propaganda stirred up by politicians, wanting to blame certain ethnic groups for society's problems. We need to learn from these mistakes, not repeat them.

   'Opening our eyes': Why war stories are so important for children

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   Is War able to tell stories?

   • War was never able to tell stories. War is silence. THE JOURNEY (Flying Eye Books) by Francesca Sanna This debut picture book by Sanna takes the reader on a journey as two girls and their mother seek freedom from a war-torn country.

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   Are war stories still relevant today?

   • A more recent story which does this is The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q Rauf, where the arrival of a young Syrian refugee helps school children learn important lessons in empathy and kindness. War stories are as relevant today as they ever were, maybe more so.

   'Opening our eyes': Why war stories are so important for children

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8. www.booktrust.org.uk › news-and-features › features'Opening our eyes': Why war stories are so important for children

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   Feb 20, 2019 · Books and stories are a way of opening our eyes and of raising our awareness. The Bone Sparrow by Zana Fraillon highlights the plight of the Rohingya people in Myanmar, which is now said to be the world's fastest growing refugee crisis. In World War II, displaced children were called 'evacuees' or 'kindertransport' and welcomed into our homes.