Books & Learning Packs

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 colour

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

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.

The individual book from the In Search of … series.

ISBN 0 9581625 8 1

This resource aligns with the  Development of Historical Text within the Australian Curriculum: History for Year 6 .It 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].

A Teaching and Learning Package for Primary Schools.

ISBN 0-9757123-1-4

Published 2005

Written by Vashti Farrer & Mary Small; Illustrator -- Elizabeth Alger

Paperback with celloglaze cover and pages; 32pp excluding cover 
Big Book/Portrait 490mmx360mm; colour Illustrations every page

Package includes: 1 x Big Book 6 x Shelf Books (B5 size)
Classroom activities on CD-ROM

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.

The individual book from the In Search of … series.

ISBN 0 9580273 0 7