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'Bessie is upset. Her father, big brother and uncle were all fighting in the war in Europe. Her mother worked in a factory making slouch hats for the soldiers. Even Maud next door was helping, as a nurse tending to wounded soldiers. everyone is doing something to help, but everyone thinks thirteen year-old Bessie is too young, And what can she do back home in Australia?' (Introduction)

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    y separately published work icon Magpies : Talking About Books for Children vol. 32 no. 4 September 2017 12542106 2017 periodical issue

    'Rolling a hitherto unknown word off the tongue or rediscovering an under-used word can be very satisfying in, I suspect, the manner of young children who seem to savour words for their sound. However, when you consider the importance of those words, those 26 letters employed to craft them cannot be over estimated : they are the building blocks of expression, and lifters of communication, thought, ideas, instruction ... all arranged in a myriad of combinations to produce, according to the 2nd edition of the 20-volume Oxford English Dictionary, 171,486 words in current use. Add the many languages around the world and the concept is mind-blowing.' (Editorial)

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