How I Learned Geography: the soul and the mind need nourishment too
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a meditation on the realities of war, enemies, and the profound value of seeking understanding
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ages 4 to adult
Having an enemy doesn’t always require a war, but always (always!) requires separate camps! Those camps could be foxholes, but they could also be duct tape lines across a shared bedroom floor, places to sit during lunch at school, or even a divided family.
In this book, 'There’s a war on.', and two soldiers are facing each other from holes in the ground. Just one soldier speaks to us, but we see both
Read More5 Anzac Day favourites to honour one of Australia's most important days
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ANZAC Day is named after the day the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps landed at Gallipoli in World War 1—the 25th of April 1915. In Australia and New Zealand the day is commemorated each year and has become one of our most important national days. It’s a day replete with stories of valour, courage, kindness, and good natured shenanigans.
These five are by no means the only lovely books to read around Anzac Day but they are exceptional.
Read Morea rare story about an internally displaced family that is, at once, sobering and uplifting
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ages 6 to 12 years
The civil war in Lebanon ran for about 15 years and even though it officially ended almost thirty years ago (in 1990), the IDMC says that there were still about 12,000 displaced people in Lebanon in 2015. This book tells the story of Sami, who is ten years old and has lived with the troubles of the Lebanon Civil War all his life...
stories that ask important questions for adults and children alike
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A Treasury for every home—absorbing art coupled with significant prose woven around funny, engaging, shocking and/or inspiring stories. Beautifully produced, it's a work of art that's great fun to read aloud.
ages 2 years to adult
Lest We Forget - Anzac Day 2016
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Always solemn, joyful, poignant. Tear-inducing, gratitude, appreciation. Here's what Anzac Day looked like in Samford Valley.
Read Morekindness is not a cultural construct - history worth remembering
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Set in Paris, France. A wonderful, inspirational book that speaks of the little-known history of Muslim heroes in Paris during World War II and their rescues of Jews, Resistance fighters, Allied pilots, and prisoners of war.
ages 10 to grown-up
