Books & Learning Packs
Browse among our unique and growing collection of books on ANZAC Day and the ANZACs. Also included are several teaching and learning packs. All of our books are printed in Australia. Prices ex and inclusive of GST are shown. All orders are shipped by couriers or Australia Post. Orders to an address in Australia incur a flat shipping and handling charge of $7.70 (incl GST) per order. Orders sent to international locations attract a shipping cost based on weight.
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Simpson and Duffy Big Book
Shortlisted for The Australian Awards for Excellence in Educational Publishing for 2003.
This resource aligns with the Australian Curriculum : History for Year 3. It may also be used within the Australian Curriculum : English [Literature Strand] for Years 1-3 in the Big Book format.
- Primary Teaching and Learning Package
Published March 2003
Author - Mary Small
Illustrator - Ester Kasepuu
Paperback with celloglaze cover and celloglaze pages; 32 pp excluding cover; Big Book/Portrait; Colour illustrations every page - Includes:
A teachers’ manual on CD-ROM written by Tracey Linnane, Early Childhood Consultant;
The narrated story -- Simpson and Duffy on CD; and
A set of 4 colour posters telling the Simpson and Duffy story using selected text and illustrations from the book.
6 x Simpson and Duffy Shelf books
Add to Cart$66.00 - Primary Teaching and Learning Package
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Walers Go To War
This resource aligns with the Australian Curriculum : History for Year 3 and the historical text component of the Australian Curriculum : English [Literature Strand] for Years 5-7.
A story about the Australian war horses, the Walers, who went with the Australian troopers to the Boer War in South Africa and with the Light Horsemen to World War 1. Delightful illustrations, many humorous, to help younger readers understand the role of these Australian horses in wartime, the hardships suffered by the men and their horses and the special bond they shared. Suit lower – middle primary.
ISBN 0-9577957-6-9
Published December 2001
Author – Vashti Farrer
Illustrator – Sue O’Loughlin
Paperback with celloglaze cover; 32 pp excluding cover; B5 Portrait; Colour illustrations every page;Add to Cart$7.70 -
In Search of Ethel Allchin
The individual book from the In Search of … series.
ISBN 0 9581625 6 5
Add to Cart$8.80 -
Simpson and Duffy
A picture book story of John Simpson Kirkpatrick and his heroic deeds using a donkey at Gallipoli (a revised edition of the 14 page 1989 version which is now out of print).
Larger print - emphasis on illustrations. Suit young readers.
ISBN 0-9577957-4-2
Published 2001
Author - Mary Small
Illustrator - Ester Kasepuu
Paperback with celloglaze cover; 32 pp excluding cover; B5 Portrait; Illustrations in colourAdd to Cart$10.95 -
Digging for Diggers
Shortlisted for The Australian Awards for Excellence in Educational Publishing for 2003.
This resource aligns with the Australian Curriculum : History for Year 9.
It is also a useful tool when teaching research skills at any upper school level.
This book is the definitive guide to researching the military history of a WW1 Digger. In a step by step approach, author Graeme Hosken provides the researcher with all of the information and tools necessary to complete the task.
80 pages plus cover
ISBN 0-9580273-2-3
Published October 2002
Author Graeme Hosken
Published by ADCC Publications
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The Unknown Australian Soldier
This resource aligns with the Australian Curriculum : History for Year 9 and the study of contextual text within the Australian Curriculum : English [Literature Strand] for Years 5-9.
Two children who have attended the interment ceremony for the Unknown Australian Soldier at the Australian War Memorial are somewhat bewildered as to why this event took place. In a "dream sequence" the ghost of the Unknown Australian Soldier takes the children on a journey back in time to Gallipoli, the Middle East, the Western Front, etc. Suit middle primary to lower secondary.
ISBN 0-9577957-3-4
Published 2001
Author - Mary Small
Illustrator - Anne Langridge
Paperback with celloglaze cover; 32 pp excluding cover; B5 Landscape; Colour illustrations superimposed on photosAdd to Cart$7.70 -
In Search of Sloan Bolton, DCM
The individual book from the In Search of … series.
ISBN 0 9581625 8 1
Add to Cart$8.80 -
Feathered Soldiers: An illustrated tribute to Australia's wartime messenger pigeons (shelf book)
(Shelf Book)
ISBN 0 9757123-2-2Add to Cart$10.95 -
'Don't forget me, cobber!'
This resource aligns with the Australian Curriculum: History for Year 9.
A comprehensive account of WW1 and Australians’ battlefield experiences at Gallipoli, on the Western Front and in the Middle East. Includes the desert campaigns fought by the lighthorsemen and the contribution of the Navy, Flying Corps and the nurses.
Suit middle primary to lower secondary.ISBN 0 9757123 5 7
Author-Matt Anderson
Second edition
Published 2006
Paperback; 40 pp
B5 Portrait
Colour images and B&W photographs throughout.Add to Cart$10.95 -
In Search of Jacka, VC
The individual book from the In Search of … series.
ISBN 0 9580273 0 7
Add to Cart$8.80