ANZAC Ted – Belinda Landsberry
The poignant story of a little boy's teddy bear that was passed down to him from his grandfather. He might look scary now but he's got a great story to tell, for Anzac Ted went to war.
Meet the ANZACS – Claire Saxby
A picture book series about
the extraordinary men and women who have shaped Australia's history, including
our brave ANZAC soldiers. ANZAC stands for Australian and New Zealand Army
Corps. It is the name given to the Australian and New Zealand troops who landed
at Gallipoli in World War I. The name is now a symbol of bravery and mateship.
ANZAC Girl: The War Dairies of Alice Ross-King – Kate Simpson
and Jess Racklyeft
It was 1914 when Sister Alice Ross-King left
Australia for the war. Nursing was her passion - all she had ever wanted to do.
But Alice couldn't have imagined what she would see. She served four long years
and was brave, humble and endlessly compassionate. Using extracts from Alice's
actual diaries kept in the Australian War Memorial, this true story captures
the danger, the heartache and the history of the young nurse who would one day
become the most decorated woman in Australia.
Brave Bess and the ANZAC Horses – Susan Brocker
The true story of the courageous and loyal
horses of World War One. The jet-black mare galloped wildly across the
scorching white sands, the guns and shells exploding around her with a
deafening roar. Her master spurred her on, his legs tightly gripping her
heaving sides. With foam-flecked lips and ears laid flat, she thundered on
through the flying bullets and choking dust. Every ANZAC Day we celebrate
the brave soldiers who fought and died in World War One, but the story of the
loyal horses who carried our troops in the desert war has remained untold until
now. This is their story - and the story of Bess, one of only four horses to
return to New Zealand.
Zero Hour: The ANZACS on the
Western Front – Leon Davidson
The First World War was only meant to last six months.
When the Australians and New Zealanders arrived at the Western
Front in 1916, the fighting had been going for a year and a half and there was
no end in sight. The men took their place in a line of trenches that spread
through Belgium and France from the North Sea to the Swiss Alps. Beyond the
trenches was no-man’s land, an eerie wasteland where rats lived in the ribs of
the dead and the wounded cried for help. Beyond that was the German Army.
The ANZACS had sailed for France to fight a war the whole world
was talking about. Few who came home ever spoke about it again.
Scarecrow Army: The ANZACS at Gallipoli – Leon Davidson
As part of a World War I
campaign, thousands of Australians and New Zealanders landed at an unnamed cove
on the Gallipoli Peninsula. They had come to fight the Turks. They thought the
battle would be over in three days. Months later they were still in the
trenches they dug at the landing.
Poems from the First World
War – Gaby Morgan
Poems from the First World War is a moving and powerful collection of poems written by soldiers, nurses, mothers, sweethearts and family and friends who experienced WWI from different standpoints. It records the early excitement and patriotism, the bravery, friendship and loyalty of the soldiers, and the heartbreak, disillusionment and regret as the war went on to damage a generation.
Poems from the First World War is a moving and powerful collection of poems written by soldiers, nurses, mothers, sweethearts and family and friends who experienced WWI from different standpoints. It records the early excitement and patriotism, the bravery, friendship and loyalty of the soldiers, and the heartbreak, disillusionment and regret as the war went on to damage a generation.
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