World War II was the most cataclysmic event in the history of mankind. Almost from the first moments of the conflict in 1939 until the present, authors of children's and young adult literature have been writing novels and other short stories dealing with the era.

This is the first definitive bibliography of such novels and collected short stories available for librarians or other specialists. It contains data about more than one thousand volumes written or translated to English since 1939. Indexes provide both the geographical setting of each volume and its thematic focus, making this resource a valuable tool for book selection, reader's advisory or research.