Walsh, Barbara Elizabeth The Poppy Lady: Moina Belle Michael
and Her Tribute to Veterans, paintings by Layne Johnson. Calkins Creek (Boyds Mill), 2012. $17. PICTURE BOOK.
Content: G.
I have always
known that the red poppy is a symbol of the soldiers of WWI, in fact I have
been to Flanders Fields and seen them blooming myself. I did not, however, know that Moina
Michael was inspired by McCrae’s poem – in fact she wrote small verse of her own
and gifted silk poppies to soldiers leaving for the war. After the war, she used the poppy to
raise funds for veterans’ care.
There is a lot of information packed into this little book. But it is
not so much that upper elementary students woudn’t enjoy reading about this
national symbol.
EL, MS –
ADVISABLE. Cindy, Library Teacher
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