The Last Light Horse (HB) by Dianne Wolfer
$24.99 AUD
Category: War Picture Books
The fourth and final book in the Light series, which began with Lighthouse Girl and includes the CBCA shortlisted Lighthorse Boy.There were 136,000 Australian horses sent to fight during the First World War. Just one came home. From the high country of Victoria to the desert sand of Egypt, from the wate ...Show more
ANZAC Sons (Young Reader's Edition) by Allison Marlow Paterson
$14.99 AUD
Category: War Picture Books | Series: Australia Remembers Ser.
In the years of 1914-1918 over 330,000 Australians served their country in a war far from their homeland, more than 60,000 of them die. Five of these Australians were brothers; three of them were destined to never return to the home they loved. The Great War brought enormous sorrow to families all over ...Show more
Stubby: a True Story of Friendship (PB) by Michael Foreman
$16.99 AUD
Category: War Picture Books
Stubby was a brave soldier, a loyal friend... and a dog. From an army training camp to the trenches in France, this is the incredible true story of Sergeant Stubby, the dog who served bravely in the First World War, sniffing out gas attacks, catching spies and winning the hearts of his fellow soldiers. ...Show more
Never Forget by Clare Hallifax, Simon O'Carrigan
$19.99 AUD
Category: War Picture Books
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
Poppy Field by Michael Morpurgo
$16.99 AUD
Category: War Picture Books
A new wartime classic from two legends of children's literature! As the world commemorates the 100th anniversary of Armistice Day, Michael Morpurgo and Michael Foreman have teamed up with the British Legion to tell a new story inspired by the history of the poppy. When John McCrae wrote his famous po ...Show more
Pidge’s Poppies (H/B) by Jan Andrews
$27.95 AUD
Category: War Picture Books
Age range 6+Pidge’s Poppies is based on a true story about a pair of pigeons at the Australian War Memorial. It remembers the vital role pigeons played in both world wars, their heroism and their sacrifice. Little Pidge chooses nesting material that won’t be forgotten.Mission accomplished.
The Little Stowaway by Vicki Bennett
$24.99 AUD
Category: War Picture Books
France. Winter. 1918. The First World War is over. An brave and determined little French orphan, Honore, wanders through the snow, cold and hungry and lost. When he stumbles on the Australian Flying Corps and meets airman, Tim Tovell, his life is changed forever. This is a story of a remarkable little s ...Show more
Lest We Forget by Kerry Brown
$16.99 AUD
Category: War Picture Books
THIS #1 BESTSELLING PICTURE BOOK WILL HELP EVEN THE VERY YOUNG UNDERSTAND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF ANZAC DAY. My granddad says there are two types of days: those you want to remember and those you want to forget ... A young boy visits his granddad and thinks about the important days in his life: his first da ...Show more
Anzac Girl: The War Diaries of Alice Ross-King (HB) by Kate Simpson
$24.99 AUD
Category: War Picture Books
The true story of Anzac girl Sister Alice Ross-King, who sailed to war in December 1914 and became the most decorated woman in Australia. 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 ...Show more
Armistice by Ruth Starke
$16.99 AUD
Category: War Picture Books
A companion to the award-winning My Gallipoli, commemorating the 100th anniversary since the fighting stopped. On 11 November 1918, after four years of fighting, the Allied powers signed an agreement with Germany to end the Great War and to begin peace negotiations. The armistice, as it was known, took ...Show more
Please Write Soon: An unforgettable story of two cousins in World War II by Michael Rosen
$16.99 AUD
Category: War Picture Books
Inspired by the true story of his father's cousin, Michael Rosen presents an astonishing wartime story of perseverance and hope in the face of horrors and hardship. Beginning in 1939, young Solly in London exchanges letters with his teenaged cousin, Bernie, in Poland. While Solly is evacuated and tries ...Show more
Light Horse Boy (PB) by Dianne Wolfer
$19.99 AUD
Category: War Picture Books
In 1914 Jim and Charlie abandon the Australian outback for the excitement and adventure of the war to end all wars. But in the Light Horse they quickly discover the brutal realities of life on the frontline. And nothing will ever be the same again.Featuring stunning charcoal sketches by Brian Simmonds a ...Show more