Lest We Forget

By: Kerry Brown
Illustrated by: Isabol Knowles and Benjamin Portas
Genre: YBC - Picture books
Published by: Harper Collins Publishers
Published: 01 Mar 2015
ISBN: 9780733332333

Description

Timed for the centenary of the Gallipoli landing, this powerful story about a boy and his grandfather will help even the very young understand the significance of ANZAC Day.

My granddad says there are two types of days: those you want to remember and those you want to forget ...

A young boy visits his granddad and thinks about the important days in his life: his first day of school, playing soccer with his team, the day his baby sister was born.

Yet through the illustrations the reader sees a parallel story of the grandfather's experiences at war: wearing his brand-new soldier's uniform, with his fellow diggers in the field, looking at a photo of the baby he's never met.