The Enemy: A Book About Peace
by:
Serge Bloch (author)
Davide Cali (author)
In this moving picture book, award-winning collaborators Davide Cali and Serge Bloch present a fable for our time about two lonely soldiers facing each other across a barren battlefield. What each discovers, as the story unfolds, is that the enemy is not a faceless beast, but rather a real person...
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In this moving picture book, award-winning collaborators Davide Cali and Serge Bloch present a fable for our time about two lonely soldiers facing each other across a barren battlefield. What each discovers, as the story unfolds, is that the enemy is not a faceless beast, but rather a real person with family, friends, and dreams.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780375845000 (0375845003)
Publish date: April 14th 2009
Publisher: Schwartz & Wade Books
Pages no: 40
Edition language: English
Category:
Childrens,
Humor,
Cultural,
Realistic Fiction,
Historical Fiction,
Adult,
War,
Picture Books,
International,
Social Movements,
Social Justice
This would be more accessible for younger children if pared down and told exclusively in pictures. Too much "telling" gets tucked into the interior monologue of the soldier.