Of Horror and Heroism: The Donkey of Gallipoli (A True Story of Courage in World War I)
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Author: Mark Greenwood (on JOMB)
Illustrator: Frané Lessac (on JOMB)
Published: 2008 Candlewick Press (on JOMB)
ISBN: 0763639133
Deceptively simple looking folk art illustrations, uncluttered narration and sparse, intimate utterings deliver some of the dark, disturbing details of war in this eye-opening, true tale of courage, carnage and camaraderie.
More war and peace on JOMB:
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- Gleam and Glow
- Janusz Korczak’s Children
- What We Remember
- Lugalbanda: The Boy Who Got Caught Up In A War
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