(Part 2) Best children military books according to redditors

Read his two autobiographies (Amazon Link), the first is a very amusing account of growing up in the public school system of the UK whilst the second is fascinating regarding his experiences working in Africa and flying fighters in WW2.

No. Sadako Sasaki was a victim of the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. She did not die at the impact but years later, of leukemia as a result of the radiation. While she was hospitalized and growing weaker she folded paper cranes in a belief that, if she folded 1000 of them, she would get better. She was two when the bomb was dropped, she died at the age of 12. Her story is told all over the world and is a symbol of the impact nuclear war has, not only on the day a bomb is detonated but for decades afterwards.

Now children all over the world fold paper cranes and send them to the Hiroshima Children's Peace Monument where they're put on display around the monument of Sadako.

There are several books that tell her story, from picture books to more serious books so that her story can be brought to people of all ages. You can buy many different books in the gift shop there at the museum. I bought the one I linked at the beginning of this comment for my mother and I sob like a little baby every time I even look at it.

The last time I cried was when I was reading this book to my son (3 years old). He kept asking me why the buildings were on fire and why there was war, and I just kept telling him that I didn't know. Hell, I'm about to cry now.

Edit: I screwed up my link.

Found it. It really is only 56 pages long.

According to the WWI Eyewitness book this photo was staged by American soldiers to demonstrate the ill-effects of forgetting to wear a gasmask. It also credits someone named Major Tracy Evert for the photo.

Courage Has No Color is a really great book about the only black Paratrooper outfit in the war. The Red Tails is a good book about the Tuskegee Airmen. The Road to Victory is a really fantastic book about the 'Red Ball Express' which was a major transportation and logistics effort in Europe which was made up of in large part African American troops.

Stephen Biesty's wonderful multi-layered cross-section books are marvelously suitable for children, and great achievements regardless of their intended age group. I read this one so many times in my youth that it soon resembled the ship being described.

EDIT: Additionally, the publishing company that puts out many of his best cross-section books (Dorling Kindersley) has numerous other titles under the "military history" banner. The Eyewitness series is lavishly illustrated and aimed at children 8 and up. See this one on World War II for an example.

This ones great - I am an American: A True Story of Japanese Internment: (ALA Notable Children's Book, Horn Book Fanfare Honor Book) (American History Classics) https://www.amazon.com/dp/0517885514/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_zWmkzbMGDAB4J

Have the book sitting right next to me. Read this as a kid myself along with one about Mt. St. Helens and another about a flood. The Read it to Believe It series.

The one you are looking for is Read It To Believe It!: The Silent Hero by George Shea.

You might not find any one who's willing to answer, but if you're interested in more information, I can point you here and here.

Does anyone else remember the DK Eyewitness books? I remember reading about this in that series a long time ago. I'm pretty sure it was on page 28 or 29 looking at the table of contents. Those books are amazing.

http://www.amazon.com/DK-Eyewitness-Books-World-War/dp/0756630088

Is this fiction? UK or US?

Perhaps something like A Soldier's Life: A Visual History of Soldiers Through the Ages?

A children's book was recently published about it.

Ha, yeah, my wife was a tutor for some slow-readers and a couple of kids with autism so I've been exposed to a lot of that stuff.

Do you ever do much with the oversize nonfiction books at the library? Something like Arms & Armor or Soldier. These kinds of books are packed full of interesting pictures with short paragraph-format captions describing everything.

This is my favorite:

https://www.amazon.com/Founding-Brothers-Revolutionary-Joseph-Ellis/dp/0375705244

Another, very predictable one!

https://www.amazon.com/1776-David-McCullough/dp/0743226712/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_14_img_0?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=Z1QBK7D5EDQXNGWDEABX

This one was surprisingly good, but I read it a long time ago:

https://www.amazon.com/Redcoats-Rebels-American-Revolution-Through/dp/0393322939/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1524103441&sr=1-1&keywords=redcoats+%26+rebels+the+american+revolution+through+british+eyes

Basically a kids book but I LOVED it!

https://www.amazon.com/Ordinary-Courage-Revolutionary-Adventures-Joseph/dp/1444351354/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1524103555&sr=1-3&keywords=plumb+martin

This too! (Actually embarrassing, but again, a GREAT read! Probably totally supports your point as this list grows!)

https://www.amazon.com/Yankee-Doodle-Boy-Adventures-Revolution/dp/082341180X/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1524103555&sr=1-4&keywords=plumb+martin

https://www.amazon.com/Liberty-Revolutionary-Began-Landmark-Books/dp/0375822003/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1524103676&sr=1-3&keywords=liberty%21

Here's one I started and never finished but was looking very interesting:

https://www.amazon.com/Radicalism-American-Revolution-Gordon-Wood/dp/0679736883/ref=sr_1_17?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1524103778&sr=1-17&keywords=history+of+the+american+revolution

Some pretty good reads on the subject:

Top Secret: A Handbook of Codes, Ciphers and Secret Writing https://www.amazon.com/dp/0763629723/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_WF1Dub0WN55RY

The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B004IK8PLE/ref=aw_ss_kndl_dp/

Codebreaker: The History of Codes and Ciphers https://www.amazon.com/dp/0802715478/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_OH1Dub103RXB7

And, believe it or not,

Cracking Codes and Cryptograms For Dummies https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B005CB22A8/ref=aw_ss_kndl_dp/

You also might check your local newspaper for "Cryptoquote." It's a daily quote that uses a different cipher each day. Great for practice!