World War II: 1939-1945 by James I. Robertson and Mort Künstler is a book about World World II for young elementary readers.

The book talks about important events during World War II including, D-day, The Battle of the Bulge, Pearl Harbor, and also describes the war at sea, the Asian jungles, kamikaze's, and the concentration camps.

The paintings by Mort Künstler are stunning. They are full color paintings and almost give the book a vintage feel.

I especially enjoyed the time line.

This is a another great book for elementary readers that's engaging and different from reading in a standard textbook. Children will enjoy reading along while the paintings bring the story to life.

5*****

“World War II” was published in 2016 and was written by James I. Robertson. Mr. Robertson has published several books targeted at the Elementary School age student.

I categorize this novel as ‘G’. This short Non-Fiction book tells a brief history of World War II.

I thought this would be interesting because of my interest in the history of this period. It was s very short read of only 90 minutes for the 48 pages. I thought that the information was relatively good, though it seemed very choppy to me. It reads more like a report on World War II written by 5th-7th grade student. I am glad to see this book as I do not think enough students understand that period in our history. The cover art is reasonable for the book. I thought that the art included in the book was quite good and will help draw students into reading it. I give this novel a 3.5 (rounded up to a 4) out of 5.

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