An Anzac tale / written by Ruth Starke ; illustrated by Greg Holfeld.

By:

Starke, Ruth, 1946- [author.]

Contributor(s):

Holfeld, Greg [illustrator.]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Kingswood, S. Aust. : Working Title Press, 2013.Description: 78 pages; colour illustrations, map; 29 cmISBN:

9781921504532 (hbk)
1921504536 (hbk)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

741.5 23

Summary: 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 of their fellow Anzacs are dead. As the campaign drags on, life for Wally and Roy and their new friend, Tom, becomes a battle of endurance against a plucky enemy, a hostile landscape, flies, fleas, cold and disease. The story of the Anzac campaign, including the battle of Lone Pine, is interspersed with scenes of Australians at home to show the shift from popular support of the Empire at the start of the war to profound disillusionment as the casualties begin to mount. A sophisticated picture book.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Vol info	Status	Barcode
Graphics Junior	Waimate JNRGRAPHICS	Children &Young Adults Section	GRAPHICS_JNR (Browse shelf(Opens below))		Available	a00647356
Graphics Junior	Waimate Stack/Library office	Children &Young Adults Section	GRAPHICS_JNR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	SCH 1	Available	a00647301
Graphics Junior	Waimate Stack/Library office	Children &Young Adults Section	GRAPHICS_JNR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	SCH 2	Available	a00647345

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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 of their fellow Anzacs are dead. As the campaign drags on, life for Wally and Roy and their new friend, Tom, becomes a battle of endurance against a plucky enemy, a hostile landscape, flies, fleas, cold and disease. The story of the Anzac campaign, including the battle of Lone Pine, is interspersed with scenes of Australians at home to show the shift from popular support of the Empire at the start of the war to profound disillusionment as the casualties begin to mount. A sophisticated picture book.

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