March 2018 Book of the Month
Beautifully illustrated and with a touching rhyming text this is another excellent book to give young children a real sense of World War One. Lily, Ben and Ray are childhood friends, spending long summer days playing together in the fields and woods round their homes. They grow up into war however, Ben and Ray sign up leaving Lily at home. Soon she is too at the front however as a nurse at Passchendaele. There she is reunited with her old friend Ben. The story gently demonstrates the extraordinary courage and resilience shown by ordinary people in such a terrible situation, skilfully bringing the past to life through personal stories. There are echoes of the war poets in the text and the illustrations have a timeless feel.
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Peace Lily follows on from Where The Poppies Now Grow, The Christmas Truce and Flo Of The Somme and finds childhood friend, Lily, follow Ben and Ray to the battlefields. Peace Lily marks the contribution made by women to the First World War and celebrates the common humanity shown by all, on all sides.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Peace Lily and determined it is suitable for children aged 7-10 years old
Peace Lily features in the following genres: Books of the Month, Recommendations, Featured Books for 9+ readers, Books Reviewed by our Reader Review Panels, Featured Books for 7+ readers
Peace Lily is available in Paperback
Peace Lily was written by Hilary Robinson and published by Strauss House Productions
£8.99
