The Great War: Stories Inspired by Objects from the First World War

The Great War: Stories Inspired by Objects from the First World WarAuthor: N A Children's Teenage fiction & true stories Published on 3 July 2014 by Walker Books Ltd in the United Kingdom. Hardback 304 pages 216 x 172 864g A moving anthology of stories inspired by objects from the First World War, illustrated by Jim Kay. The Great War is a powerful collection of stories by bestselling authors, each inspired by a different object from the First World War. From a soldier's writing case to the nose of a Zeppelin bomb,

It's also a celebration of community

she went on to create a series of stories based around animal characters including Mrs

Embark on a voyage of discovery across the seven seas

from King Arthur at Avalon and Camelot

who lives high up in an old house on a hill

He builds a shelter in the woods behind his house in the hope that he never has to use it

a memoir about the accident that left him paralysed

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where Ruffles does NOT like wearing his coat on a rainy day

and the variety of frogs around the world - from Wallace's flying frog of Southeast Asia and South America's dyeing poison dart frog

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and a damning assessment of what he considers thegrievous act of self-harm inflicted on Britain by Brexit