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

The individual book from the In Search of … series.

ISBN 0 9581625 7 3

The individual book from the In Search of … series.

ISBN 0 9581625 8 1

The individual book from the In Search of … series.

ISBN 0 9580273 0 7

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 photos

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.

An adventure novel set during the First World War in France.

This resource aligns with the historical , cultural and differing viewpoints in a text listed in the Australian Curriculum : English [Literature Strand] for Years 6-9.

Written by Ian Jones. 56 pages text only. Retail price $8.80 Size A5 Lucien is 16 and in love. To impress his beloved Marie-Claude he sets out with a horse and cart to rescue an abandoned crop from a First World War battlefield in France. A young Australian soldier, Percy, becomes his ally in this mad quest and they share an encounter with the legendary German fighter ace, The Red Baron. For all of them – Lucien, Marie-Claude, Percy, even for The Red Baron – no other day will ever change their lives as much.

Suitable for upper primary to lower secondary. New release November 2009. ISBN 9780980448016