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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A is for ANZAC - Revised
By Matt Anderson
This resource aligns with the Australian Curriculum : History for Years 3 and 6 as well as the historical context component in the Australian Curriculum : English [Literature Strand]for Year 5.
Each letter of the alphabet is used to represent an ANZAC related theme (e.g. W is for War Memorial).
Suit middle primary - lower secondary.
2nd Ed (revised) - ISBN 978-0-9804480-2-3
Paperback with celloglaze cover 26 pp excluding cover; B5 size; full colourAdd 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 -
The Legend of the Light Horse Big Book + CD-ROM
A Teaching and Learning Package for Primary Schools.
This resource aligns with the Australian Curriculum: History for Years 6 and 9 but is also a suitable text for middle primary years in the Big Book format within the historical context of the Australian Curriculum : English [Literature Strand]
ISBN 978-0-9804480-0-9Published 2007
A revised edition of the book written by Ian Jones in 1987; Illustrated by Basil and Wendy Gay
Paperback with celloglaze cover and pages
40 pp excluding cover; includes comprehensive glossary
Big Book/Portrait 485mmx340mm; colour
Package includes: 1 x Big Book
Classroom activities on CD-ROM
A comprehensive account of the Australian Light Horse in WW1 – at Gallipoli, on the Western Front and across the vast deserts of the Middle East.
Add to Cart$27.50 -
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 -
A is for ANZAC – A Teaching and Learning Package for Primary Schools
By Matt Anderson
This resource aligns with the Australian Curriculum : History for Years 3 and 6 as well as the historical context component in the Australian Curriculum : English [Literature Strand]for Year 5.
Paperback with celloglaze cover 26 pp excluding cover; Full Colour
Package includes
- 1 Big Book 490mm x 340mm colour
- Teachers Manual & classroom activities on CD Rom
- 6 x A is for ANZAC Shelf Books (B5)
Add to Cart$77.00 -
Why are they marching, Daddy? (Big Book Kit)
See also next item - accompanying Kit - available to supplement this item
This resource aligns with the Australian Curriculum : History for Year 3. It may also be used within the family history component of the Australian Curriculum : English [Literature Strand] for Years P-3 in the Big Book format.
ISBN 0-9577957-7-7
Published January 2002
Editor - Di Burke
Illustrator - Elizabeth Alger
Paperback with celloglaze cover and pages;16 pp excluding cover; Big Book/Portrait 490mmx360mm; Colour illustrations every page
Comes with a special kit to use with the book. The kit includes:
- A teachers’ manual written by Tracey Linnane, on CD
- A set of word cards – 27 words with illustrations specific to the big book;
- The oral story – ‘Why are they marching, Daddy?’ on CD; and
- 6 x Why are they marching, Daddy? Shelf books
Add to Cart$66.00 -
In Search of the AE2
The individual book from the In Search of … series.
ISBN 0 9581625 9 X
Add to Cart$8.80 -
Snapshots of War: Images of Australians' Experiences in WW1
This resource aligns with the Australian Curriculum : History for Year 9.
It is part of a range of communication forms that can be used and explored at other year levels as well.
A Teaching and Learning pack for Primary Schools Contents: 36 individual photographic images of WW1 (A4 mounted on cardboard) in six categories and 36 teachers' resource cards (A5 mounted on cardboard)- one for each image card. (Suggestions on how to use the pack can be found on the back of each of these cards).
Packaged in a purpose designed satchel-style box.
ISBN 0 9757123 6 5
Author-Tracey Linnane;
Published 2006.
Under the categories Arrival and living conditions; Transport and supplies; Medical aid;
Communications; Leisure and entertainment; and Effects of war, teachers are offered a wide variety of classroom activities using the photographs as the stimuli.
Presented in a specially designed satchel style box.Add to Cart$44.00 -
Gallipoli Medals
WILL BE AVAILABLE NOVEMBER 2013
BLURB ABOUT THE BOOK
Jack and Abi are mates. However, when Jack finds that Abi’s forbears fought the ANZACs at Gallipoli, he becomes unsure about continuing their relationship. Only through meeting relatives on both sides and exploring accounts of the conflict is this contemporary dilemma resolved.;
This is a gentle way to introduce some important Australian history.
Add to Cart$10.95 -
Lofty's Mission
Written by well known children's book author Krista Bell and illustrated by the wonderful paper images of David Miller, this book is a must for all lower primary school children's bookshelves.
This resource aligns with the Australian Curriculum : History for Years 1 and 2 and Australian Curriculum: English [Literature Strand ]for Years 1 and 2.
Harley McNamara has bred Lofty to be a champion racing pigeon. Now the army needs strong messenger pigeons to help win the war and Harley's dreams are shattered when Lofty is taken from him. Will Lofty ever come home?
This entrancing little fiction based on fact story highlights how, in Australia between 1942 and 1943 during the Second World War, home breeders donated more than 13 000 baby pigeons ('squeakers') to the army to be trained as messenger pigeons. Several Australian birds were awarded the Dickins Medal for bravery.
Weight: 120g
ISBN - 978 - 0 - 9804480 - 7 - 8
Pages 32 pages
PaperbackAdd to Cart$11.00