War and the Pity of War |
Publication Information
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Author: Philip, Neil |
Illustrator: McCurdy, Michael |
Title: War and the Pity of War |
Date: 1998 |
Publisher: Clarion |
City: New York |
ISBN, paperback: 0-395-84982-9 |
ISBN, hardback: |
Recommended audience:
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ABE/ABLE:
Yes |
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Family:
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Young Adult:
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Picture:
Yes |
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General Information:
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Book Type(s):
poetry
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HSE Descriptor(s):
language arts - reading| social studies
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Summary: |
This large collection of powerful poems and very moving illustrations on war ranges over time and place and level of difficulty. The editor includes an index of writers, and index of poems, and an introduction thate gives his reasons for selecting particular poems and his feelings about poetry and warl |
Teaching Ideas: |
This book makes an excellent introduction to a unit on war. Readers may want to browse through the book to find a poem that speaks to them.It can be used in a text set or excerpted for material on specific wars, especially with _I Have Seen Castles_, _Soldier's Heart_, and _Music and Drum_. Learners may want to discuss/write about the different responses to the destructiveness of war depending on the historical period and one's place in society. |
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