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eBook details
- Title: Anzac Day
- Author : Philippa Werry
- Release Date : January 01, 2015
- Genre: History,Books,Young Adult,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 45720 KB
Description
Aimed at school children but useful for the whole family, this fascinating book exposes the rich history behind Anzac Day in an engaging and informative style, seeking to answer the many questions children often ask their parents and teachers about this important subject.
It covers all aspects of Anzac Day, from the Gallipoli Campaign and the Great War, right through to the format of the commemorative services held annually throughout the country. The author identifies important memorials around New Zealand, examines the national anthem, the tradition of Anzac biscuits, the Last Post and Reveille music, plus much more. She also offers websites and projects for further study.
The thoroughly researched information is presented alongside numerous images, both historic and contemporary, giving children a very clear view of the significance and background to Anzac Day.
Philippa Werry is a children’s writer whose non-fiction, poetry, stories and plays have been widely published, and also broadcast on Radio New Zealand National. She has written extensively for the School Journal and Connected, and her book Enemy at the Gate about the polio epidemic in the 1930s was shortlisted for the NZ Post Book Awards (2009). She lives in Wellington and participates in the Book Council Writers in Schools programme. Philippa’s latest book with New Holland, Waitangi Day: The New Zealand Story, published for Waitangi Day 2015.
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