War and Peace: A Booklist for Children

Reading Suggestions for Children about the Conflict in Iraq from the Springfield Library.

On War and Peace

Seuss, Dr.; The butter battle book; New York : Random House, c1984. [JJ SEUSS DR. Butter]

Engaged in a long-running battle, the Yooks and the Zooks develop more and more sophisticated weaponry as they attempt to outdo each other.

Vaugelade, Ana�s; The war; Minneapolis : Carolrhoda Books, 2001. [JJ VAUGELADE, ANAIS War]

Prince Fabien uses an ingenious trick to end the war between the Reds and the Blues without violence.

Pin, Isabel; The seed; New York : North-South Books, c2001. [JF PIN, ISABEL Seed]

A seed falls onto the boundary between two rival tribes of insects and provokes preparations for war, but a simple solution is growing while they prepare.

Coerr, Eleanor; Sadako and the thousand paper cranes; New York : Putnam, c1977. [J 616.9 C65s]

Hospitalized with the dreaded atom bomb disease, leukemia, a child in Hiroshima races against time to fold one thousand paper cranes to verify the legend that by doing so a sick person will become healthy.

Kindersley, Barnabas, et al, in association with United Nations Children's Fund; Children just like me; New York : Dorling Kindersley, c1995. [305.23 K575c]

Nonfiction. Photographs and text depict the homes, schools, family life, and culture of young people around the world.

Aaseng, Nathan; The peace seekers : the Nobel Peace Prize; Minneapolis : Lerner Publications Co., c1987. [J 327.1 A11p]

Nonfiction. Profiles of nine Nobel Peace Prize winners who fought for peace by resisting violence through words, marches, and protests.

Norman, C. J.; Tanks; London ; New York : F. Watts, 1986.[J 358 N78t]

Nonfiction. Explores how tanks are used in combat to carry weapons, attack other armored vehicles, check out enemy positions, and perform other tasks such as carrying troops and laying bridges.

Norman, C. J.; Military helicopters; London ; New York : F. Watts, 1986. [J 358.4 N78m]

Nonfiction. Examines how helicopters are used in modern warfare to carry troops and supplies, serve as reconnaissance and fighter craft, hunt and destroy submarines, and attack enemy ships.

Payan, Gregory; Chemical and biological weapons : anthrax and sarin; New York : Children's Press, c2000. [J 358.34 PAYAN]

Nonfiction. Discusses the components, use, and history of chemical and biological weapons, especially anthrax and sarin, and explains the effects on humans after exposure.

On Iraq

Hickox, Rebecca; The golden sandal : a Middle Eastern Cinderella; New York : Holiday House, c1998. [J 398.2 HICKOX]

An Iraqi version of the Cinderella story in which a kind and beautiful girl who is mistreated by her stepmother and stepsister finds a husband with the help of a magic fish.

Shepard, Aaron; The enchanted storks : a tale of Bagdad; New York : Clarion Books, c1995. [J 398.21 S547e]

The Calif of Baghdad is turned into a stork by an evil sorcerer, the only one who knows the magic word that will restore the Calif to his human form.

Laird, Elizabeth; Kiss the dust; New York, N.Y. : Dutton Children's Books, 1992. [JF L145 13]

Her father's involvement with the Kurdish resistance movement in Iraq forces thirteen-year-old Tara to flee with her family over the border into Iran, where they face an unknown future.

Foster, Leila Merrell; Iraq; New York : Children's Press, 1997. [J 956.7 F814i 1997]

Nonfiction. Describes the geography, history, culture, industry, and people of Iraq, formerly known as Mesopotamia.

O'Connor, Karen; A Kurdish family; Minneapolis : Lerner Publications Co., c1996. [J 305.891 O18k]

Nonfiction. Describes the experiences of one Kurdish family that was driven from their home in northern Iraq and moved to a new life in California.

King, John; A family from Iraq; Austin : Raintree Steck-Vaughn, c1998. [ J 306.85 K583f ]

Nonfiction. Describes the activities of an extended family living on the outskirts of Baghdad, the capital of Iraq, providing brief information about daily life and customs.

Foster, Leila Merrell; The story of the Persian Gulf War; Chicago : Childrens Press, c1991. [J 956.704 FOSTER Story of]

Nonfiction. Examines the causes and events of the Persian Gulf War that followed Iraq's invasion of Kuwait in 1990.

Iraq in pictures, prepared by Geography Department, Lerner Publications Company; Minneapolis : The Company, c1990. [J 956.7 I65]

Nonfiction. Photographs and text introduce the geography, history, government, people, and economy of Iraq, the cradle of civilization.

Tames, Richard; Take a trip to Iraq; London ; New York : F. Watts, c1989. [J 956.7 T151t]

Nonfiction. Text and photographs introduce the geography, history, natural resources, people, and culture of the oil-rich Middle Eastern country.

Childs, Nick; The Gulf war; Vero Beach, FL : Rourke Enterprises, 1988. [J 956.7043 C437g]

Nonfiction. Surveys the origins, battles, and prospects for peace in the Iraqi-Iranian conflict.

 

 

 

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