Dianne Wolfer

A small girl needs a special button to replace her teddy's missing eye so she tips out Nanna's button tin. Together they look through the buttons and Nanna remembers where each button came from. At last the perfect button is found and Nanna sews it on to make Teddy as good as new.
This is a lovely story - not particularly original but nicely told and beautifully illustrated with soft colours and interesting detail. Nannas who remember a time when button tins were common, will enjoy reading show more this nostalgic story to their grandchildren but modern children may find the idea of repairing something, rather than replacing it, rather novel. show less

Very engaging story about how WW2 effected the people of north -west Australia told through the eyes of a dog. Initially named Princess, and belonging to Elsie on an outback cattle station, the dog is shipped off to some drovers when Elsie is evacuated due to threats that the Japanese will invade Australia. Eventually becoming Flynn, a dog helping patients in a remote Flying Doctor hospital ...including those Dutch women and children who were bombed by the Japanese at Broome (something that show more I did not actually know happened) ...and flying to remote places where people are scared by the war with the Flying Doc, this is a very captivating story.
Along the way, the dog loses a leg and gets older but SPOILER ALERT...eventually is reunited with its owner. show less

Lovely ( almost) picture book telling the tale of a girl who lived at the Albany lighthouse during the outbreak of WW1 and who communicated with the departing ANZACs via semaphore to write down their messages from ship and telegraph their loved ones at home. While doing so, she communicates with Charlie who has no one to send a message to, and wants his words to go to "the girl with the Green eyes" or Fay herself.
Told in short bursts of prose in diary format, mock newspaper clippings, show more photos, maps, charts and beautiful black and white sketches, this is a lovely and sad book about the ANZACs. show less

A very moving book that brings home all the tragedy of the First World War through the story of Jim and his beloved horse Breaker. Jim joins up for the Light Horse with his best mate Charlie thinking the war will be a lark and adventure. Soon however they find themselves on the shores of Gallipoli and the full horror of conflict is brought home. Beautifully produced with beautiful charcoal sketches letters, newspaper clippings and photos. Highly recommended- every Australian kid should read it.