"The Great War," though, is something different: a single 24-foot-long pen-and-ink drawing. It folds out, accordion-style, to depict the British attack on German trenches on July 1, 1916 ...

NPR's Neal Conan and guests discuss a spate of new books that consider the origins, myths and lessons of the First World War.

A new kids book out ... them understand their world. On his motivation for including themes of war: Ukraine was a big [inspiration.] When I first started writing the book, I honestly thought ...