Title Boys and girls in no man's land : English-Canadian children and the First World War / Susan R. Fisher

Published Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, [2011] ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (x, 311 pages) : illustrations, portraits Contents Patriotic training. Doing their bit ; Studying war ; Children of the empire -- Stories of war. Brave little soldiers : stories for younger readers ; Dogs of war and other animals ; The adventure of war ; But what can a girl do? ; A war for modern readers ; Conclusion -- Appendix. Recent Canadian children's books about the First World War Summary Drawing on educational materials, textbooks, adventure tales, plays, and Sunday-school papers, Boys and Girls in No Man's Land explores the role of children in the nation's war effort Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-297) and index Subject Children -- Canada -- Social conditions -- 20th century Children and war -- Canada World War, 1914-1918 -- Children -- Canada Children -- Canada -- History -- 20th century Children -- Books and reading -- Canada -- History -- 20th century World War, 1914-1918 -- Literature and the war War in literature. LITERARY CRITICISM -- Children's Literature. HISTORY -- Europe -- Western. Children Children and war Children -- Books and reading Children -- Social conditions War and literature War in literature Canada Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781442693487 1442693487 9781442661707 1442661704

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