Lines in the Sand: New Writing on War and Peace

Contemporary stories and ghost stories, fables and folktales fill a wide variety of short story and poetry collections. The timely anthology Lines in the Sand: New Writing on War and Peace, edited by Mary Hoffman and Rhiannon Lassiter, gathers over 150 stories, poems and illustrations about the horrors of war and hopes for peace. Writers and artists explore situations around the world in the distant and recent past as well as the present; contributors include Laurence Anholt, Kevin Crossley-Holland, Chris Riddell and Jane Yolen. The collection offers a good launch point for discussion, and all royalties go to ""UNICEF's emergency appeal for the children of Iraq.""