NZ Writer
Photos from various sources
Philippa
Werry
Anzac Day
– The New Zealand Story
New
Holland Publishers 2013 $24.99pb 64 pages
ISBN 978 1
8696 6380 3
Themes:
ANZAC Day/ Gallipoli Campaign
In plenty
of time for ANZAC Day 2013 the author has produced a carefully structured account
of nearly all the details about ANZAC Day young readers (and their teachers)
will want. Interspersed with the
‘fact boxes’ are many examples of poems from well-known writers of the time –
Rudyard Kipling, Laurence Binyon and Thomas Bracken. Unlike so many books of
this sort which are illustrated with sometimes rather dreary black and white photos,
this is bright with well sourced colour images which must have taken many
months of research to find. A full index is included and I was touched by two
of the entries that just say Bess (horse)
p 32 and Freda (dog) p 42.
I can see
this becoming a much-thumbed resource and fortunately it is well bound. A book
to either read right through at a sitting or, to enjoy dipping into its many
enticing headings. Whichever way, it will be used.
Year 5 up/ Age 9 up (and adults will find this a wonderful read as well)Photo of the author thanks to Philippa Werry
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