In Flanders Fields

This tribute to the famous World War I poem, "In Flanders Fields", is at once affecting and informative. Author Linda Granfield has interwoven John McCrae's words with fascinating information about the war, details of daily life in the trenches, accounts of McCrae's experiences in his field hospital, and a description of the tragic circumstances that led him to write the poem.

Subject
history
Setting
World War I
Audience
picture bookschildrens
Form
poetry

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