How Can a Pigeon Be a War Hero?: Questions and Answers about the First World War - Softcover

Turner, Tracey

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9781447226192: How Can a Pigeon Be a War Hero?: Questions and Answers about the First World War

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1447226194 ISBN 13: 9781447226192

Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books, 2014

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A book of questions and answers for young history buffs, from what it's like to be in a tank to how WWI ended

Why did WWI start? Who was fighting who? Did soldiers still fight with swords? Had airplanes been invented yet? What was it like to be inside the first tank sent to war? How could a shaving brush help you escape being captured? Did animals fight in the war? How can a pigeon be a war hero? What was the Women's Land Army? Why did it go on so long? How did it end? Find out the answers to these and a lot of other exciting questions in this book containing everything you ever needed to know about World War I.

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About the Author:

Tracey Turner is the author of 100 Inventions that Made History and 101 Things You Need To Know. The Imperial War Museum was founded in London in 1917 to collect and display material relating to the "Great War," which was still being fought. Today the IWM is unique in its coverage of conflicts from World War I to the present.

Review:

The information provided is excellent, not patronizing, but just right for KS2 and younger children in KS3. * Armadillo Magazine * Another Imperial War Museum collaboration, packed with info about the First World War in an accessable Q&A format. * The Bookseller * Did soldiers still fight with Swords? How could a shaving brush help you escape being captured? These and lots of other questions answered in this absorbing fact book. * The Bookseller *

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