This is a fascinating scrapbook insight to the First World War as seen through the eyes of a young boy. In 1914 just before the outbreak of the First World War ten-year-old Archie is sent a scrapbook in the post by his Uncle Colin. In the years that follow until the war ends in 1918 he writes in the book & we experience life through Archies eyes & learn about his world & his family in an exhilarating collage of strip comics doodles drawings cartoon characters mementoes photos thoughts & jokes. Its an astonishing insight into what it was like to be a child at this important moment in history. With its striking scrapbook style
- containing flaps & fold-out letters
- Archies War" is fun informative & instantly accessible to a young audience. It supports KS1 & KS2 History: historical interpretation & enquiry & KS2 English: reading in a variety of forms (letters diaries autobiographies)."