Jane Cutler has been writing children's books for 10 years. In 1994, she wrote "My Wartime Summers," whose child heroine comes to a realization of what war truly is. Cutler was 5 years old when World War II broke out. One of her uncles served in the war and when she saw him again upon his return, he came home a changed man. The once jovial uncle was emptied out, as if something had died inside of him. Her new book, "The Cello of Mr. O," is her most moving story to date. It is a children's picture book about an unspecified war taking place, and the courage of one man in perilous circumstances. Her goal is to get adults and children to think and talk about war together.

Children's author Jane Cutler believes that art has a moral imperative to not only teach children about war but also to ask them how they feel about war.

Do you think children should be exposed to the realities of war at an early age? In what forms?

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