An ANZAC Tale by Ruth Starke
$29.99 AUD
Category: Military
"When Australia pledges its support to Great Britain at the outbreak of World War I, mates Roy Martin and Wally Cardwell are among the first to enlist. But what the friends first thought would be an adventure soon turns to disaster The day after the landing at Anzac Cove on 25 April 1915, more than 2000 ...Show more
An Anzac Tale by Ruth Starke
$19.99 AUD
Category: ANZAC Day
'AN EXTRAORDINARY AND ORIGINAL WORK ON GALLIPOLI AND THE ANZAC CAMPAIGN' - Readings With the outbreak of war in 1914, best friends Wally and Roy, and new mate Tom, are among the first to enlist. But their great adventure soon turns to disaster. The day after the landing at Anzac Cove on 25 April 1915, m ...Show more
Haywire (Australia's Second World War) by Claire Saxby
$17.99 AUD
Category: ANZAC Day | Series: Australia's Second World War Ser.
In 1939, 14-year-old Tom lives in Hay where his family runs the local bakery. Max Gruber is nearly fourteen-years-old. He is sent to his Uncle Ferdy in London, but is then interred and shipped to Australia aboard the Dunera. He arrives in Hay and meets Tom. The two boys become friends and find their liv ...Show more
Never Forget by Clare Hallifax, Simon O'Carrigan
$19.99 AUD
Category: ANZAC Day
Inspired by the extraordinary works of Australian artists painting the First World War as it happened around them, this evocative book commemorates and explores the sacrifice of the soldiers, nurses who served and the families at home waiting for their return. Illustrator Simon OCarrigan has worked with ...Show more
The Horses Didn't Come Home by Pamela Rushby
$16.99 AUD
Category: ANZAC Day
A story about a boy, a horse and the last great calvary charge in history. The last great cavalry charge in history took place at Beersheba in the Sinai Desert in 1917. It was Australian soldiers and horses that took part in, and won, this amazing, unexpected, unorthodox victory. The men proudly claimed ...Show more
Ruby in the Ruins by Shirley Hughes
$16.99 AUD
Category: ANZAC Day
A classic picture book about family life, set in post-war London, from the best-loved and award-winning Shirley Hughes now available in paperback. "The observation and draughtsmanship are Hughes in her prime, with scenes of street parties and bustling stations and perfectly rendered period costume" The ...Show more
Australia Remembers: The Bombing of Darwin 1942 (04) by Doctor Tom Lewis
$14.99 AUD
Category: ANZAC Day | Series: Australia Remembers Ser.
AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEM. The story of the biggest air raid in Australia’s history - the bombing of Darwin February, 1942. All young Australians should know the story of how our own nation was at war in World War II. Dr Tom Lewis OAM brings to life ...Show more
Australian Remembers: Wartime Nurses: Care and Compassion by Jacqui Halpin
$14.99 AUD
Category: ANZAC Day | Series: Australia Remembers Ser.
For over 100 years Australia's military nurses have been risking their own lives to save the lives of others. From nursing Gallipoli wounded in Egypt during World War I, to treating injured troops and civilians in modern day Afghanistan, with skill, devotion, and compassion these courageous nurses have ...Show more
The Soldier's Gift by Tony Palmer
$16.99 AUD
Category: Picture Books | Reading Level: Children's - Grade 4-6, Age 9-11
Emily knows her big brother, Tom, wants to leave Hillside Farm and go overseas to the war, but Emily doesn't want him to go. 'Everyone else is going, ' said Tom to Emily when their uncle was gone. 'That's not a good reason, ' said Emily. The Soldier's Gift is a moving story of one family's courage and e ...Show more
My Gallipoli (PB) by Ruth Starke; Robert Hannaford
$16.99 AUD
Category: Picture Books
"From the shores of Anzac Cove to the heights of Chunuk Bair, from Cape Helles to Gurkha Bluff, the Gallipoli Peninsula was the place where thousands of men from sixteen nations fought, suffered, endured or died during the eight months of occupation in 1915. For each of them, their families and their nu ...Show more
The Red Poppy (Book & CD) by David Hill
$16.99 AUD
Category: ANZAC Day | Reading Level: very good
Five minutes...Two minutes....Young soldier Jim McLeod waits in the trenches of World War I for the order to attack the enemy. With him are his friends and Nipper, the messenger dog. When they charge across no-man’s land Jim is shot ... and finds himself face to face with an enemy soldier.A sensitively- ...Show more
The Beach They Called Gallipoli by Jackie French
$14.99 AUD
Category: ANZAC Day
An extraordinary exploration of Gallipoli created by the incredible Jackie French and Bruce Whatley Many books have been written about the battles of Gallipoli; the men who went to war and what they faced, the letters, and the tears of those left behind. But this is a book about Gallipoli, the place, an ...Show more