Feel free to contact me at thechildrenswar@gmail.com
About Me:
My name is Alex. I have been an avid reader since I was four, thanks to my parents. I prefer historical fiction, but will read anything if it is good. I am a former NYC public school teacher (4th grade) and now I am working on an annotated bibliography of books written for young readers set in World War II which just keeps growing.
About My Blog:
This blog is called The Children’s War because I have always been interested in the impact World War II had on young people. But they were not merely passive victims; but, despite fear, many of them participated in assisting the war effort in a wide variety of ways. So many writers have used, and continue to use, World War II in their work and it is interesting to see how they depict the lives of children and teenagers in their stories – in both fiction and non-fiction. The range and originality of their work amazes me, and while I realize that not all books will appeal to all people, it is my hope that this blog will help readers find what they might be looking for with regard to the Second World War.
I know that given the subject matter of this blog, there might be some books included that are difficult or distressing to some people. My intention is not to offend, but to inform, and the books I subjectively choose to use are also written with the objective on informing.
That’s The Way It Was Wednesday now called From the Archives:
I like to go back and see what was written for kids to read during the war. With this feature, I read and review those books. Writers and their readers didn’t know what was going to happen to them moment to moment, so they offer a very different perspective on the war.
Crossover:
This is a new feature that covers adult novels with special appeal to young adult readers, as defined by the Young Adult Library Services Association's Alex Awards.
Sunday Funnies:
This feature will present some of the funnies I have collected over time to give readers a sense of what they were like.World War II was a total war and so it impacted people totally. All aspects of life were devoted to the war, none more so that the objects of popular culture. And when the world went to war, so did many of the "funnies" that were read in the daily and Sunday papers. And so did comic books.
Review Policy:
I will read any book written for children and YA readers that uses World War II as a plot device in some way. My posts are always my own writing and my own opinions. They tend to be long and I probably include spoilers unintentionally. For this, I apologize in advance. I very rarely dislike a book and when I do, I probably won’t write about it immediately. Eventually, I will reread that book and try to rethink my first opinion. I learned to do this through experience, sometime I am just not in the mood for that book. As much as possible, I try to include relevant outside information on each book that can be used as a teaching tool.
I do own a Nook and an IPad for reading ebooks.
Memes, Challenges:
I like participate in some weekly memes, and I am presently participating in several reading challenges.
Disclosure Policy:
This policy is valid from 22 January 2011
This blog is a personal blog written and edited by me. This blog does not accept any form of advertising, sponsorship, or paid insertions. I write for my own purposes. However, I may be influenced by my background, occupation, religion, political affiliation or experience.
The owner of this blog will never receive compensation in any way from this blog.
The owner of this blog is not compensated to provide opinion on products, services, websites and various other topics. The views and opinions expressed on this blog are purely the blog owners. If I claim or appear to be an expert on a certain topic or product or service area, I will only endorse products or services that I believe, based on my expertise, are worthy of such endorsement. Any product claim, statistic, quote or other representation about a product or service should be verified with the manufacturer or provider.
This blog does not contain any content which might present a conflict of interest.
About Me:
My name is Alex. I have been an avid reader since I was four, thanks to my parents. I prefer historical fiction, but will read anything if it is good. I am a former NYC public school teacher (4th grade) and now I am working on an annotated bibliography of books written for young readers set in World War II which just keeps growing.
About My Blog:
This blog is called The Children’s War because I have always been interested in the impact World War II had on young people. But they were not merely passive victims; but, despite fear, many of them participated in assisting the war effort in a wide variety of ways. So many writers have used, and continue to use, World War II in their work and it is interesting to see how they depict the lives of children and teenagers in their stories – in both fiction and non-fiction. The range and originality of their work amazes me, and while I realize that not all books will appeal to all people, it is my hope that this blog will help readers find what they might be looking for with regard to the Second World War.
I know that given the subject matter of this blog, there might be some books included that are difficult or distressing to some people. My intention is not to offend, but to inform, and the books I subjectively choose to use are also written with the objective on informing.
I like to go back and see what was written for kids to read during the war. With this feature, I read and review those books. Writers and their readers didn’t know what was going to happen to them moment to moment, so they offer a very different perspective on the war.
Crossover:
This is a new feature that covers adult novels with special appeal to young adult readers, as defined by the Young Adult Library Services Association's Alex Awards.
Sunday Funnies:
This feature will present some of the funnies I have collected over time to give readers a sense of what they were like.World War II was a total war and so it impacted people totally. All aspects of life were devoted to the war, none more so that the objects of popular culture. And when the world went to war, so did many of the "funnies" that were read in the daily and Sunday papers. And so did comic books.
Review Policy:
I will read any book written for children and YA readers that uses World War II as a plot device in some way. My posts are always my own writing and my own opinions. They tend to be long and I probably include spoilers unintentionally. For this, I apologize in advance. I very rarely dislike a book and when I do, I probably won’t write about it immediately. Eventually, I will reread that book and try to rethink my first opinion. I learned to do this through experience, sometime I am just not in the mood for that book. As much as possible, I try to include relevant outside information on each book that can be used as a teaching tool.
I do own a Nook and an IPad for reading ebooks.
Memes, Challenges:
I like participate in some weekly memes, and I am presently participating in several reading challenges.
Disclosure Policy:
This policy is valid from 22 January 2011
This blog is a personal blog written and edited by me. This blog does not accept any form of advertising, sponsorship, or paid insertions. I write for my own purposes. However, I may be influenced by my background, occupation, religion, political affiliation or experience.
The owner of this blog will never receive compensation in any way from this blog.
The owner of this blog is not compensated to provide opinion on products, services, websites and various other topics. The views and opinions expressed on this blog are purely the blog owners. If I claim or appear to be an expert on a certain topic or product or service area, I will only endorse products or services that I believe, based on my expertise, are worthy of such endorsement. Any product claim, statistic, quote or other representation about a product or service should be verified with the manufacturer or provider.
This blog does not contain any content which might present a conflict of interest.
