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Leaving for the Front by Michelle O'Connell
18.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
In 2014 the town of Masterton re-enacted the "Leaving for the Front" parade and train journey, with 100 secondary school boys dressed in World War 1 soldier uniforms, representing the soldiers who went to the war. Michelle O'Connell joined the commemorative march and was moved by how the event had a pr ...Show more
The Crossing: Michael's Story by Michelle O'Connell
19.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
In 1915, thousands of New Zealand soldiers marched from the southern Wairarapa across the Rimutaka Range to Wellington to board ships taking them to fight in World War One. A century later, writer and illustrator Michelle O'Connell joined a re-enactment of the march. Marching were relatives of the young ...Show more
Tinui: The Last Post by Michelle O'Connell
25.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
Writer and illustrator Michelle O'Connell's new book is a touching account of Anzac Day commemorations at the small town of Tinui.; Said by many to be the first place to have commemorated the day on which the world remembers the men and women who died in the First World War, Tinui holds a special place ...Show more
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