Teaching Resources and A3 Poster for War by Eoin Colfer, Andrew Donkin

Bring the powerful themes of War by Eoin Colfer and Andrew Donkin, illustrated by Giovanni Rigano, into the classroom with this thoughtful collection of teaching resources and striking A3 poster.

Designed to encourage close reading, empathy, creativity and discussion, the activities invite pupils to explore Kat’s experiences and the impact of conflict on children and families. Readers can compare Kat’s life before and after war begins, examine her character and courage, consider children’s rights, write from her perspective in a diary entry, create an alternative comic scene, explore censorship through a hidden-message letter and design symbolic graffiti inspired by themes such as hope, family, loss, resistance, freedom and survival.

Accompanied by an eye-catching A3 classroom poster, these resources offer an engaging way to deepen understanding of this timely and thought-provoking graphic novel while opening up meaningful conversations about the human realities of war.