The Christmas Truce by Carol Ann Duffy
Posted in Poetry, Reading Reviewed at 12:00 on 4 March 2023
Illustrated by David Roberts Picador, 2011, 40 p.
This is a not very long poem about the celebrated Christmas Truce of 1914 made up into a self-contained book with the use of illustrations.
As an introduction to the subject for younger readers it would serve very well.
It tells the story in short lines with the occasional rhyme deployed for emphasis.
The illustrations are flat and cartoon-like but convey the essence admirably.
