Children at War is an authoritative guide to the literature for young readers concerning war in the twentieth century - especially the two world wars. The authors discuss literature of all kinds - novels, autobiographies, comics, story-papers and picture-books. Inthe process they provide the definitive study of the genre. Kate Agnew has chaired the Children's Bookseller's Association and has served as a judge for the Whitbread Prize and the Smarties Award. Geoff Fox is an Honorary Fellow of Exeter University and the Editor of Children's Literature in Education.