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Education - Children's Literature in the Classroom

A guide for locating grade-appropriate children's literature for use in the classroom.

Featured books

In Flanders Fields by Linda Granfield; Janet Wilson (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0773729917

Publication Date: 1996-05-01
A poppy is to remember by Heather Patterson ; Ron Lightburn (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0439967864

Publication Date: 2004
Remembering John McCrae by Linda Granfield
ISBN: 9780439935616

Publication Date: 2009
And the Soldiers Sang by J. Patrick Lewis; Gary Kelley (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781568462202

Publication Date: 2011-08-24
At Vimy Ridge by Hugh Brewster
ISBN: 9780439949828

Publication Date: 2006
Erika's Story by Ruth Vander Zee; Roberto Innocenti (Illustrator)
ISBN: 1568461763

Publication Date: 2003-08-01
The Enemy by Davide Calì; Serge Bloch (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0375845003

Publication Date: 2009-04-14
Echoes from the Square by Elizabeth Wellburn; Deryk Houston (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0921156995

Publication Date: 2002-06-01
Gleam and Glow by Eve Bunting; Peter Sylvada (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0152025960

Publication Date: 2001-09-01
Rose Blanche by Roberto Innocenti; Christophe Gallaz; Martha Coventry (Translator)
ISBN: 087191994X

Publication Date: 1995-09-01
Hiding Edith by Kathy Kacer
ISBN: 1897187068

Publication Date: 2006-09-01
The Bracelet by Yoshiko Uchida; Joanna Yardley (Illustrator)
ISBN: 039922503X

Publication Date: 1993-10-14
Clara's War by Kathy Kacer
ISBN: 1896764428

Publication Date: 2000-01-01
Silver Threads by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch ;Michael Martchenko (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0670866776

Publication Date: 1996
What Does Peace Feel Like? by Vladimir Radunsky (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0689866763

Publication Date: 2004-11-01
Year of the Jungle by Suzanne Collins; James Proimos (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0545425166

Publication Date: 2013-09-10
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr
ISBN: 0399237992

Publication Date: 2002-02-18
Un coquelicot pour se souvenir by Heather Patterson ; Ron Lightburn (Illustrator) ;Claudine Azoulay (Translator)
ISBN: 0439967872

Publication Date: 2004

Featured books for older readers

Aleutian Sparrow by Karen Hesse; Evon Zerbetz (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0689861893

Publication Date: 2003-10-01
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
ISBN: 9780385751896

Publication Date: 2008-10-28
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
ISBN: 0395510600

Publication Date: 1989-04-24
Anne Frank by Sid Jacobson; Ernie Colon
ISBN: 9780809026845

Publication Date: 2010-09-14
A Foreign Field by Gillian Chan
ISBN: 1553373502

Publication Date: 2002-08-01
We Are Their Voice by Kathy Kacer (Editor)
ISBN: 9781926920771

Publication Date: 2012-09-01
Lone hawk : the story of air ace Billy Bishop : a graphic novel
ISBN: 0143174665
Rescuing the Children by Deborah Hodge
ISBN: 1770492569

Publication Date: 2012-10-09
Hold the Oxo! by Marion Fargey Brooker
ISBN: 1554888700

Publication Date: 2011-08-03
Women Heroes of World War II by Kathryn J. Atwood
ISBN: 9781556529610

Publication Date: 2011-03-01
Kristallnacht by James M. Deem
ISBN: 9780766033245

Publication Date: 2011-10-01
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
ISBN: 9780375842207

Publication Date: 2007-09-11

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The World of Mary's Wedding: Reminixcences of World War 1 - from the University of Victoria Archives and Special Collections. Includes letters, diaries, photographs, artifacts, art, poetry and music.

Remembrance Day Learning Resources - from Veterans Affairs Canada

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