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'With the centenary of World War I (WWI) commemorative events taking place, Australia’s involvement in this conflict is popularly seen as inextricably linked to a definitive national identity. Numerous children’s books have been published that represent events from WWI. Eight such picture books, aimed at primary school students and published post-2010, are selected for analysis. This analysis comes at a time when there is significant attention being paid by governments, community organisations, media outlets and the general public to the anniversary of WWI. Therefore, it is timely to analyse representations of this conflict, particularly to understand contemporary representations aimed at children.'
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Representations of National Identity in Fictionalized History : Children's Picture Books and World War I
New Review of Children's Literature and Librarianship
New Review of Children's Literature and Librarianship
Subjects:
- Memorial 1999 single work picture book
- In Flanders Fields 2002 single work picture book
- A Day to Remember 2012 single work picture book
- My Mother's Eyes : The Story of a Boy Soldier 2009 single work picture book
- Meet... The ANZACs 2014 single work information book
- A Day to Remember 2012 single work picture book
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