What Are We Fighting For?: Poems about War

By Roger Stevens and Brian Moses

What Are We Fighting For? is a poetry collection that explores the concept of war in a brilliantly accessible way for younger readers.

Fascinating and moving in equal measure, there are poems about incredibly brave dogs, cats and pigeons; the Christmas truce of WWI when soldiers played football in No Man's Land; poems about rationing and what it was like to be an evacuee, poems about modern warfare and the reality of war today; plus lots of amazing true historical facts.

This cross-curricular poetry book is a brilliant way to get young readers thinking about both the historical and philosophical aspects of war.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 103507530X
• ISBN13: 9781035075300
• Release Date: August 2026
• Publisher: MacMillan Children's Books
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.0" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 7 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 4