Abstract
This article further explores the treatment of war in literature for young readers, the subject of Children at War by Kate Agnew and Geoff Fox (2001, 2005). Here, the focus is on material published for children in novels, poems, picturebooks and storypapers before, during and after the Great War of 1914–18. There is a threefold value in retrieving such material. First, a unique light is thrown upon Britain's sense of identity at the time. Second, the texts provide a corrective to a view of the war that might well be held by modern-day school students familiar with the work of Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon. Finally, the material may aid an understanding of British attitudes towards Europe prevalent for many years after the cessation of hostilities.
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