Susie Brown

The story begins in December 2008 with a dramatic image of a lone pine tree being buffeted by a lightning storm in the grounds of the Australian War Memorial. The rest of the book explains why and how it came to be there. The story is simply told but the images and the colours chosen to accompany the story are dramatic and emotive. They not only support the text but add to greatly to it. The last two pages in the back of the book briefly explain the Battle of Lone Pine, a brief summary about the Smith family who were involved in the story and what happened to the pines grown from the seeds.
Downloadable teacher’s notes by Bec Kavanagh are available via the Hardie Grant Egmont site http://www.hardiegrant.com.au/egmont/resources/teachers-resources/picture-books… (more)