In June 2014, the Guardian children's book site marked the centenary of the conflict by celebrating the incredible books that help us understand the war that started 100 years ago, killed 16 million people from 1914-1918 – and still impacts on our lives today.

Here's a round up of our great blogs, galleries and book recommendations:

Monday 30 June

• What are the best books on the first world war for children?
Authors including Michael Morpurgo, Melvin Burgess and Adele Geras recommend their favourite children's and teens books on the first world war – this blog is a work in progress. Please email childrens.books@theguardian.com with your recommendations and we'll add them to this blog throughout this week. And keep watching as it grows!

• The story of the first world war in pictures – Mick Manning takes us on incredible journey through first world war following the footsteps of his grandfather, Charlie.

• What are the best non-fiction books on the first world war? Our Book Doctor Julia Eccleshare explores and recommends

Tuesday 1 July

• Michael Morpurgo intervew. The author who has done more than any other in the UK to keep help children understand the impact of the first world war came to the Guardian to be interviewed by two young site members, OrliVV and Fernando from JDBookGroup. The result was so beautiful (Michael said it was the best interview he'd done in years) and so profound that we've decided to offer it in different ways. You can listen to a brilliant podcast version of the interview, read a written version. And here is the full version the interview lasting 35 minutes which we published on the main book site. Grab a cup of tea and listen.

• Plus Michael Morpurgo on his motivation to make his touching, upsetting and honest anthology of words and pictures to mark the centenary of the conflict: Only Remembered.

• Marcia Williams, author of Archie's War, on the top 10 facts you didn't know about the first world war.

• The Private Peaceful gallery – photographs from the film and stage versions of Michael Morpurgo's moving book, with words from Simon Reade on how he adapted the play, film and radio play.

Wednesday 2 July

• Rowena House in conversation with other authors on why fiction can be better than text books at explaining the first world war.

• Mother and Mrs Etherington, a story from Melvin Burgess, taken from War Girls, a collection of first world war stories through the eyes of young women.

• John Boyne: why I wrote Stay Where You Are And Then Leave, my novel for young people about a boy's search for his father in the first world war.

• A gallery of the first world war told through letters by Sarah Ridley, author of Dear Jelly.

Thursday 3 July

• Tony Bradman's top 10 first world war books for children.

• A gallery of objects from the first world war that have inspired 11 powerful and original stories by authors including Michael Morpurgo, David Almond, Adele Geras and John Boyne which have been published in The Great War, with captions by the book's illustrator by Jim Kay.

Friday 4 July

• Animals war heroes: Megan Rix on the donkeys, dogs, cats, horses and baboons (yes… baboons) that are part of the story first world war.

• How much do you know about the first world war? Test yourself in our quiz.

• First chapter of Valentine Joe by Rebecca Stevens, based on the true story of one of the youngest soldiers to die in the first world war, he was killed aged just 15.

• First world war themed readers' review roundup.

Saturday 5 July
• We end our week with an incredible gallery: Line of Fire, Diary of An Unknown Story with specially written captions by French illustrator Barroux.