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''From award-winning Australian author Libby Hathorn and acclaimed illustrator Phil Lesnie, an exquisitely illustrated and deeply moving story of the Somme.
'A moving story, told completely in dialogue, about a young Australian soldier in the battle of the Somme. Walking through the fields away from the front, he finds what he thinks is a stray dog, and decides to adopt it as a mascot for his company. Then he meets Jacques, the homeless orphan boy who owns the dog. The soldier realises that Jacques needs the dog more - and perhaps needs his help as well.
'With stunning illustrations from Phil Lesnie, this is a deeply moving celebration of friendship in times of war.
'A Soldier, A Dog And A Boy was inspired by Libby Hathorn's months of research on her uncle, who survived Gallipoli but went on to fight at the Battle of the Somme and was killed there in 1917 at just twenty years old.'
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Works about this Work
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The ANZAC Tribulations at Gallipoli in Recent Australian Children’s Literature
2019
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Anglica : An International Journal of English Studies , vol. 28 no. 3 2019; (p. 85-96)'Generations of Australian children have been presented with iconic figures and values associated with the events of 1915 at Gallipoli and involved in the ritual practices of remembrance exemplified by Anzac Day ceremonies throughout a corpus of children’s literature which ranges from picture books for pre-schoolers to young adult fiction. This paper aims to broadly identify the narrative strategies at work in a selection of recent stories of brave animals helping the Aussie boys under fire or paeans to the duty of personal and communal remembrance and to examine them in a larger context of national self-representation.' (Publication abstract)
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From Seagulls to the Somme : Six New Picture Books
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 381 2016; (p. 58-59)
— Review of Hattie Helps Out 2016 single work picture book ; Seagull 2015 single work picture book ; No Place Like Home 2016 single work picture book ; Cyclone 2016 single work picture book ; A Soldier, a Dog and a Boy 2016 single work children's fiction ; Australia to Z 2016 single work picture book -
Review : A Soldier, a Dog and a Boy
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 31 no. 1 2016; (p. 32)
— Review of A Soldier, a Dog and a Boy 2016 single work children's fiction -
Review : The Beach They Called Gallipoli
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Mail , 24 April 2016; (p. 93)
— Review of The Beach They Called Gallipoli 2014 single work children's fiction ; A Soldier, a Dog and a Boy 2016 single work children's fiction -
Review : A Soldier, a Dog and a Boy
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time , April 2016;
— Review of A Soldier, a Dog and a Boy 2016 single work children's fiction
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Review : A Soldier, a Dog and a Boy
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time , April 2016;
— Review of A Soldier, a Dog and a Boy 2016 single work children's fiction -
Review : The Beach They Called Gallipoli
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Mail , 24 April 2016; (p. 93)
— Review of The Beach They Called Gallipoli 2014 single work children's fiction ; A Soldier, a Dog and a Boy 2016 single work children's fiction -
Review : A Soldier, a Dog and a Boy
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 31 no. 1 2016; (p. 32)
— Review of A Soldier, a Dog and a Boy 2016 single work children's fiction -
From Seagulls to the Somme : Six New Picture Books
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 381 2016; (p. 58-59)
— Review of Hattie Helps Out 2016 single work picture book ; Seagull 2015 single work picture book ; No Place Like Home 2016 single work picture book ; Cyclone 2016 single work picture book ; A Soldier, a Dog and a Boy 2016 single work children's fiction ; Australia to Z 2016 single work picture book -
The ANZAC Tribulations at Gallipoli in Recent Australian Children’s Literature
2019
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Anglica : An International Journal of English Studies , vol. 28 no. 3 2019; (p. 85-96)'Generations of Australian children have been presented with iconic figures and values associated with the events of 1915 at Gallipoli and involved in the ritual practices of remembrance exemplified by Anzac Day ceremonies throughout a corpus of children’s literature which ranges from picture books for pre-schoolers to young adult fiction. This paper aims to broadly identify the narrative strategies at work in a selection of recent stories of brave animals helping the Aussie boys under fire or paeans to the duty of personal and communal remembrance and to examine them in a larger context of national self-representation.' (Publication abstract)
Awards
- 2017 joint winner Asher Literary Award
- 2017 CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Notable Book