Le Fil de l'Histoire raconté par Ariane & Nino #2

Part of Dupuis' accessible history series for young readers, this 2018 volume takes Ariane and Nino — the series' young guide characters, shown in miniature at the top of the cover — into one of history's most harrowing chapters: the trench warfare of World War I. The cover sets the scene vividly, with two French poilus in their distinctive horizon-blue uniforms hunkered down in a sandbagged trench, rifle in hand, a lantern their only comfort against the gloom. La guerre des tranchées — L'enfer des poilus promises an honest, thoughtful look at the soldiers' grueling experience, told with the warmth and clarity that defines this beloved educational series.