Alfred’s War by Rachel Bin Salleh
$19.99 AUD
Category: ANZAC Day
Alfred's War is a powerful story that unmasks the lack of recognition given to Australian Indigenous servicemen who returned from the WWI battlelines. Alfred was just a young man when he was injured and shipped home from France. Neither honoured as a returned soldier or offered government support afford ...Show more
The Anzac Billy by Claire Saxby
$24.99 AUD
Category: ANZAC Day | Reading Level: 5+
A tender, moving story of a child waiting at home for the return of his father from serving in WWI. During World War I, Australian and New Zealand soldiers on the front were sent Christmas care packages in a tin billy. The Anzac Billy is the heartwarming story of a little boy packing a billy with all h ...Show more
Australia Remembers: ANZAC, Rememberance Day & War Memorials (01) by Allison Paterson
$14.99 AUD
Category: ANZAC Day | Series: Australia Remembers Ser.
Every year there are special days when we remember all those who have fought in the past to keep Australia free and those who still fight today to keep us safe. On 25 April - Anzac Day - and on 11 November - Remembrance Day - we stop to think about those people and how much they have done for us. Anzac ...Show more
Heroes of Tobruk (My Australian Story) by David Mulligan
$16.99 AUD
Category: ANZAC Day
It is 1940, and sixteen-year-old Peter Fullerton and his best mate Tony Cantonelli lie about their age to enlist in the army. Tony also lies about his surnameAustralia is at war with Italy, and suspicion has been added to the racism he already encounters. Heroes of Tobruk follows these characters from t ...Show more
Message in a Sock (HB) by Kaye Baillie; Narelda Joy (Illustrator)
$27.99 AUD
Category: ANZAC Day
Tammy is safe at home, but her heart is with her father at the warfront. While her mother knits socks for the soldiers, Tammy slips a message inside each pair. But will her one special message find her father, and bring him safely home? Based on a true exchange between Lance Corporal A. McDougall and a ...Show more
The Remembrance Day and the Poppy by Helen Cox Cannons
$17.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Important Events in History | Reading Level: Grade 03
Discover what happens on Remembrance Day all around the world, who we remember and how poppies became an important symbol. This series uses simple text and engaging pictures to reveal the true stories of important events and famous people from the past.Australian Curriculum: Geography - Geographical ...Show more
Reflection: Remembering Those Who Serve in War by Rebecka Sharpe Shelberg; Robin Cowcher
$24.99 AUD
Category: ANZAC Day
Left! Left! Left! Right! Left! We make our way in the dark. A family journeys through the early morning darkness... A group of young men huddle in a cold muddy trench... Reflection is a powerful tribute to those who have served their country. Rebecka's sparse text manages to carry the weight of the subj ...Show more
Along the Road to Gundagai (HB Book & CD) by Jack O'Hagan
$19.99 AUD
Category: ANZAC Day
There's a track winding back, to an old-fashioned shack, along the road to Gundagai...' The words are familiar, but the story they tell may not be. Andrew McLean's illustrations bring to life the story of the men who went to the Great War, many of them never to return home.
The Harmonica by Dawn McMillan
$15.99 AUD
Category: ANZAC Day
Carlos is surprised to find a shiny silver harmonica in a dusty old box in the attic. He secretly plays it in his room at night, and outside, amongst the tall grasses. Finally, taking it to his mother, he finds that it was once his Uncle Jack's, who, we learn, died in war. It is through the harmonica an ...Show more
A Rose for the Anzac Boys by Jackie French
$15.99 AUD
Category: ANZAC Day | Reading Level: 12+
The 'War to end all Wars', as seen through the eyes of three young women. the 'War to end all Wars', as seen through the eyes of three young women It is 1915. War is being fought on a horrific scale in the trenches of France, but it might as well be a world away from sixteen-year-old New Zealander Midge ...Show more
ANZAC Heroes by Maria Gill
$26.99 AUD
Category: ANZAC Day | Reading Level: very good
Discover the triumphs and tragedies of 24 heroic Australasians during World War One and Two. Read the biographies of ANZAC soldiers, as well as Air Force and Navy soldiers, medics, a spy, an ambulance driver and an humanitarian, surviving in battles in England, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and the Paci ...Show more
This Old Thing (HB) by Cassandra Webb
$24.99 AUD
Category: Picture Books
When a young boy is asked to bring an object to contribute to his class ANZAC project, he finds all kinds of old things—some wildly exciting, others more confusing. But a faded, forgotten photograph of his great-great-grandfather makes sense of everything ...