Can modern kids cope with tales of bloodshed?

boxcorner · 02-12-2011, 03:44 PM

How children's war fiction has changed (BBC News Magazine - 12 February 2011)

"How does an author make a subject as brutal as war appeal to a child? A new exhibition suggests young readers today get a less sanitised version of the horrors of warfare ..."

The Once Upon A Wartime - Classic War Stories for Children exhibition runs from 11 February to 30 October 2011, at the Imperial War Museum, in London.

YouTube: video describing the exhibition

War through a child's eye (the five books featured in the exhibition):

The Silver Sword by Ian Serraillier (1956)
Carrie's War by Nina Bawden (1973) [e-book]
The Machine Gunners by Robert Westall (1975)
War Horse by Michael Morpurgo (1982) [e-book]
Little Soldier by Bernard Ashley (1999)

Wikipedia: Military use of children
The Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers

02-12-2011, 03:44 PM	#1
boxcorner »(°±°)« Posts: 826 Karma: 775629 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: divisive reader	Can modern kids cope with tales of bloodshed? How children's war fiction has changed (BBC News Magazine - 12 February 2011) "How does an author make a subject as brutal as war appeal to a child? A new exhibition suggests young readers today get a less sanitised version of the horrors of warfare ..." The Once Upon A Wartime - Classic War Stories for Children exhibition runs from 11 February to 30 October 2011, at the Imperial War Museum, in London. YouTube: video describing the exhibition War through a child's eye (the five books featured in the exhibition): The Silver Sword by Ian Serraillier (1956) Carrie's War by Nina Bawden (1973) [e-book] The Machine Gunners by Robert Westall (1975) War Horse by Michael Morpurgo (1982) [e-book] Little Soldier by Bernard Ashley (1999) Wikipedia: Military use of children The Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers Last edited by boxcorner; 02-13-2011 at 02:52 PM.

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