Scholastic, one of the country’s leading children’s book publishers, is asking agents for more World War II fiction, even as the rest of the kids’ fiction market stagnates.

Born in Coventry in 1936, much of John Blakemore's initial work centred there following the end of World War Two. ... Many of his pictures featured residents living in the area, especially children.

In the aftermath of World War II, children were often left without parents to help them bear the fallout of conflict. This was true for children of East Prussia who were separated from their ...

The story of Sir Nicholas Winton, the 'British Schindler' who saved 669 children from the Holocaust in World War Two.

American WWII bomb buried at Japanese airport explodes 00:30. More than 170 bombs from World War II were discovered underneath a children's playground in northern England, officials said, and it ...

A 103-year-old World War Two veteran has urged the next generation of children to "be kind and choose peace" after explaining war was "truly terrible". Tom Jones gave the warning in a letter to ...

ENGLEWOOD, Fla. (WBBH/CNN Newsource/WKRC) - A bomb used in World War II washed ashore a popular public beach and was found by a group of children who mistook it for a scuba diver's air tank.

STARS Joanna Lumley and Stephen Fry have backed a plan for kids to write to World War Two veterans. To mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day, when the war in Europe ended, school­children are being ...

But print book sales of kids’ titles focused on the Holocaust, part of the World War II canon, rose 13% since 2023, to 350,000 copies last year, according to book tracker Circana BookScan.

The types of books she often writes—historical novels about bombings, spies and young resistance fighters in World War II—have become some of the hottest novels with young readers starting ...

But print book sales of kids’ titles focused on the Holocaust, part of the World War II canon, rose 13% since 2023, to 350,000 copies last year, according to book tracker Circana BookScan.

How World War II became the hottest book craze … for kids. Print-book sales of children’s titles that are focused on World War II spies and fighters and the Holocaust are rising because of an ...