Giveaway #674 : Win The Story of the First World War For Children - closed - winner Nat Newham

The First World War was the world's first 'total war' and its scale was unprecedented. In fact, it was declared to be 'The World To End All Wars', but, sadly, this did not turn out to be true and just twenty years later, a new world war was on the way. It was also the first war between modern, industrialised nations and saw new and terrifying weapons deployed for the first time, including airplanes, tanks, zeppelins, giant warships and poison gas. Now, on the verge of the centenary of the end of the conflict, The Story of the First World War for Children (1914-1918) is a fact-packed information book that relates the unfolding events and the human stories in a way that brings history vividly to life.

The book is full of photos and drawings that really help to bring home the scale and destruction of the war. Even as an adult, I find this one, on the opening page, both hauntingly beautiful and eerie

There are a few splashes of colour but even those remain muted. The overall colour scheme of black, white and grey helps to evoke the bleakness and sadness of the unfolding events.

The book explains all of the key events in child-friendly, short texts :  the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the various battles, the football match on No Man's Land on Christmas Day 1914, the sinking of the Lusitania, ...

The book also looks at more unusual, unexpected aspects of the war, such as the role of animals or the artwork inspired by the war.

It's a fascinating look at one of the most important events in modern history, which is a mine of information for school projects or just idle curiosity. I enjoyed looking through it with the Madhouse kids and answering some of the questions that they had and they were even inspired to continue their research online once they'd finished scrutinising each and every page. Always the sign of a great book.

• Paperback: 72 pages
• Age Range: 8 - 12 years
• Publisher: Carlton Kids; Reprint edition (8 Mar. 2018)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1783123524
• ISBN-13: 978-1783123520
• Product Dimensions: 29.2 x 24.1 cm

Carlton Kids have kindly offered to send a copy of the book to one lucky Madhouse Family Reviews reader. Fill in your entries in the rafflecopter widget below.

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UK only. Closing date : 10/4/18

T & C's : Entries close at midnight on the closing date. Winners will be selected with a random number generator and announced on facebook and in the giveaway post subject line. Please note, you will be contacted by email and/or twitter and if I haven't heard from you after 28 days, I'll have to pick another winner. Prizes will be sent out by the companies or their PR directly to winners. Madhouse Family Reviews cannot be held responsible for any prizes that go astray ! Any personal data given as part of the competition entry is used for this purpose only and will not be shared with third parties, with the exception of the winners’ information. The winners' personal contact information will be passed on to the PR / Brand responsible and used only for delivery of their prize. 

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