Remembrance Day

by Molly Aloian

Each year on November 11th, millions of people in Canada and other countries in the Commonwealth take time to remember the men and women who served their countries during times of war. This book describes how people around the world hold similar services to make sure that the sacrifices they made for the world's security are remembered. Poppies, poems, and special prayers are featured as important symbols and traditions.

32 pages, Hardcover

First published January 15, 2010

Reviews

[Katarina Penfold · Rating 4 out of 5]

Remembrance Day, each page starts with a bold, colorful title to let little readers know what the next 2 pages will be about. Colorful eye grabbing mini facts located at the bottom, some even I did not know as an adult. This is a great introduction book for kids to start to learn about. What is Remembrance Day? Why do we need to remember?

Mostly, this book does not focus on the war part of why. But what can we do to say thank you, what do the celebrations look like for this day around the world. And how we all can show or support and grow our knowledge around the topic.

I do wish for the Remembrance Day Poem Section of this book that they did print a full copy of "In Flanders Fields written by John McCraee and to offer additional Poems kids would be able to look up and read about at the back of the book.

[Dawn · Rating 3 out of 5]

The large text and photographs make this a good choice to read aloud in a group setting. This book is age appropriate for young children as it focuses on remembrance and not on the horror of war. There are no graphic or upsetting photographs included.
It touches on teaches about the meaning of Remembrance Day and how people in Canada and around the world remember and honor their veterans. This is not a book to educate children about the wars themselves and very little detail is given regarding them, rather the focus is on the sacrifices of the soldiers and the importance of remembering them as well some of the things they can expect to see at a Remembrance day ceremony. This book would be a good jumping off point for further study as it seems almost too brief at some points, mentioning John McCrae, but failing to include the poem In Flanders Fields, and mentioning another poem, saying “One poem begins like this:” then only including the first two lines of the poem, without crediting the author or including the rest, which is rather frustrating as a reader.

[Arian · Rating 3 out of 5]

I have not known such interesting stuff from World War I and World War II. (this gives me great intelligence)