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Meet... the ANZACs
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Meet... the ANZACs is a picture book series about the extraordinary men and women who have shaped Australia's history, including our brave Anzac soldiers.
Anzac stands for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps. It is the name given to the Australian and New Zealand troops who landed at Gallipoli in World War I. The name is now a symbol of bravery and mateship.
From Ned Kelly to Saint Mary MacKillop; Captain Cook to Douglas Mawson, the Meet... series of picture books tells the exciting stories of the men and women who have shaped Australia's history.
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ISBN: 9780857981936
Publisher: Random House Australia
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 03 August 2015
Country: Australia
Imprint: Random House Australia
Contributors:
- Illustrated by Max Berry
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 4.0mm
Width: 219.0mm
Height: 281.0mm
Weight: 182g
Pages: 36
About the Author
Claire Saxby writes fiction, non-fiction and poetry for children. She has nearly forty books in print with more in production. Her poetry appears in magazines, anthologies, on train walls and in museum resources. Claire has been writing for children for about 15 years. Before that, she was a podiatrist, and worked in community health. She has been inspired by her own children, memories of childhood and by the children around her. Claire lives in Melbourne with her husband, three very tall sons and a dog that often pretends to be a cat. Max Berry is a painter born in 1987 in Katherine, NT. Berry completed a Bachelor of Design in 2009 at the College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales, majoring in Graphic Design and Textiles.
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