
What Can We Do?: War
Alex Woolf(Author)
Franklin Watts Ltd (Publisher)
Published on 13. June 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
32 pages
978-1-4451-8747-1 (ISBN)
Description
A look at some of the biggest challenges facing our world today - war and conflict - and how we are tackling them
How can we build a better, fairer, more equal, cleaner world? This series seeks to answer this by exploring some of the greatest challenges facing our planet today - from disease to conflict, and from the energy crisis to the plight of refugees. It explains what is already being done to meet and tackle these challenges, and explores what more could and should be done, both individually and collectively, to ensure a better future for our planet, its people and its wildlife.
Taking a positive, but realistic perspective, this series aims to empower young readers by helping them understand these complex and troubling issues, calm their anxieties, and promote empathy and understanding for the many millions of people suffering from for example, poverty or inequality.
Perfect for readers aged 9 and up
Titles in the series:
Climate Change
Disease
Inequality
Migration
Poverty & Food Insecurity
War & Conflict
How can we build a better, fairer, more equal, cleaner world? This series seeks to answer this by exploring some of the greatest challenges facing our planet today - from disease to conflict, and from the energy crisis to the plight of refugees. It explains what is already being done to meet and tackle these challenges, and explores what more could and should be done, both individually and collectively, to ensure a better future for our planet, its people and its wildlife.
Taking a positive, but realistic perspective, this series aims to empower young readers by helping them understand these complex and troubling issues, calm their anxieties, and promote empathy and understanding for the many millions of people suffering from for example, poverty or inequality.
Perfect for readers aged 9 and up
Titles in the series:
Climate Change
Disease
Inequality
Migration
Poverty & Food Insecurity
War & Conflict
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Hachette Children's Group
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 9 to 11 years
Dimensions
Height: 211 mm
Width: 265 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight
146 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4451-8747-1 (9781445187471)
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Person
Alex Woolf has written more than 150 books, both fiction and non-fiction, mostly for children. Many of these have sold around the world and his words have been translated into over a dozen different languages. He has written on a huge range of subjects including Romans, chocolate, asteroids, sharks, Tudors, flying reptiles, soap, bees and acne. In 2019, he won a Fiction Express award for his story, Mystery at Moon Base One. Alex lives in North London with his family and two cats, Juno and Minerva.
Content
1: What are war and conflict?
2: How wars break out
3: Fighting wars
4: The impact on soldiers
5: The impact on civilians
6: Nuclear weapons
7: The rules of war
8: The United Nations
9: Responses to war
10: Safe zones
11: Talking peace
12: Rebuilding trust
13: A peaceful future?
14: Glossary
15: Further information
16: Index
2: How wars break out
3: Fighting wars
4: The impact on soldiers
5: The impact on civilians
6: Nuclear weapons
7: The rules of war
8: The United Nations
9: Responses to war
10: Safe zones
11: Talking peace
12: Rebuilding trust
13: A peaceful future?
14: Glossary
15: Further information
16: Index