Annie's War book launch recommended reads

Annie’s War is the story of a Boroondara family’s wartime experience and is based on real life letters between Annie Slade and her father, Edward Slade.

To help celebrate the launch of this special book, we've have put together a Remembrance Day reading list for adults and children. Pick up one of these great titles to learn more about World War I, Australia's history and the great Anzac spirit. 

Adult non-fiction books

• Legends of the war: the AIF in France 1918 by Pat Beale
• Winning and losing on the Western Front: the British Third Army and the defeat of Germany in 1918 by Jonathan Boff
• Australians on the Western Front 1918: volume 1 resisting the great German offensive by David Cameron
• Australians on the Western Front 1918: volume 2 spearheading the great British offensive by David Cameron
• Peace at last: a portrait of Armistice day, 11 November 1918 by Guy Cuthbertson
• Heroes of Hamel by Stephen Dando-Collins
• 1918 year of victory: the end of the Great War and the shaping of history by Ashley Ekins
• Monash's masterpiece: the battle of le hamel and the 93 minutes that changed the world by Peter FitzSimons
• The last battle: endgame on the Western Front, 1918 by Peter Hart
• Odyssey of the unknown Anzac by David Hastings
• Soldier boy: the true story of Jim Martin the youngest Anzac by Anthony Hill
• Western Front 1917-1918: the cost of victory by John Lafinn
• To the last man: Spring 1918 by Lyn MacDonald
• Anzacs on the Western Front: the Australian War memorial battlefield guide by P. A. Pederden
• Monash and Chauvel: how Australia's two greatest generals changed the course of world history by Roland Perry
• Mutiny on the Western Front 1918 by Greg Raffin
• The First World War by Gary Sheffield.

Junior titles

• The Anzac violin: Alexander Aitken’s story by Jennifer Beck
• Jack’s bugle by Krista Bell
• Alfred’s war by Rachel Bin Salleh

• Annie’s war by Lucy Bracey

• The beach they called Gallipoli by Jackie French
• Roly the Anzac donkey by Glyn Harper
• A soldier, a dog and a boy by Libby Hathorn
• One minute’s silence by David Metzenthen
• The ANZAC puppy by Peter Millet
• Armistice by Ruth Starke
• My Gallipoli by Ruth Starke
• Digger: the dog who went to war by Mark Wilson.

Junior picture book titles

• The little stowaway: a true story by Vicky Bennett
• Lest we forget by Kerry Brown

• Anzac biscuits by Phil Cummings

• Digger by Mike Dumbleton
• My grandad marches on Anzac Day by Catriona Hoy
• Anzac Ted by Belinda Landsberry
• Bunny the brave war horse by Elizabeth Macleod
• Along the road to Gundagai by Jack O’Hagen

• The Anzac Billy by Claire Saxby

• Reflection: remembering those who serve in war by Rebecka Sharpe Shelberg
• The last Anzac by Gordon Winch.