Rosemary Johnston is Professor of Education and Culture at the University of Technology, Sydney, Australia. Lissa Paul is Professor in the Faculty of Education at Brock University, Canada. Emma Short is Research Associate in the School of English Literature, Language, and Linguistics at Newcastle University, UK.
The contributions to this impressive collection of essays address the role of literature, children's material culture, education and institutions in shaping children's perspectives, attitudes and morals during the Great War. (...) Children's Literature and Culture of the First World War, a volume that certainly deserves the serious attention of children's literature scholars. - Anja Muller, University of Siegen, Germany Ultimately, this timely and detailed study provides an important example of why children and childhood should be foregrounded in the study of war, and the insights that cna be gained by studying these themes in a transnational context. - Ashley Henrickson, Jeunesse, 9.2, 2017