Lulu and the Great War 1

There is no age to read a comic! It is no doubt: the strength of the "BD" for children requires above all his drawings and if the script is well constructed. You will understand, fun boards with bubbles have a captivating appeal to young readers. In the heart of summer 1914, when the small village of Saint-Julien is active in preparing its annual festival, the church bells suddenly start ringing. This is the alarm bell, the bell which announces disaster! Germany has just declared war on France. Then the little Lucienne tells the turmoil that hit the village life. All men of fighting age were mobilized. At twenty-two, Charles's brother Lulu must like the others go to the front. A few weeks later, Lulu receives a first letter from his brother. Everything seems to go well, but other letters follow, more and more worrisome. The newspapers claim that the Germans will be quickly defeated and the war will not last. But the letters Lulu receives his big brother say otherwise. And it is through this that he wrote to her forehead and around her love her she will have to face, too, the true face of war. "Lulu and the Great War" tells succinctly but accurately the start of the First World War. What upheaval in the villages of France! Letters of Charles well evoke the soldiers living conditions. Fabian Gregory artwork itself perfectly match this time and show many elements of this conflict will be unprecedented. Both chronic and witness this beautiful book has the merit to treat a painful and difficult subject as an album. In the manner of a story in history, the subject is presented in everyday life, written in the first person narrative, facilitating the identification of young players and giving its strength to the text, the approach is straightforward, simple story and true. The soldier mails deliver evocative descriptions, supported by realistic illustrations and searched, knowing recreate the atmosphere of the French countryside and revive this pivotal time, without obscuring the horror of the conflict. A supplementary file closes the album, allowing the film to its historical context, providing many details, photographs and reproductions of original documents. "Motherland" is a word that has spilled much blood and ink which every child today will delve into this moving story.