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''From award-winning Australian author Libby Hathorn and acclaimed illustrator Phil Lesnie, an exquisitely illustrated and deeply moving story of the Somme.

'A moving story, told completely in dialogue, about a young Australian soldier in the battle of the Somme. Walking through the fields away from the front, he finds what he thinks is a stray dog, and decides to adopt it as a mascot for his company. Then he meets Jacques, the homeless orphan boy who owns the dog. The soldier realises that Jacques needs the dog more - and perhaps needs his help as well.

'With stunning illustrations from Phil Lesnie, this is a deeply moving celebration of friendship in times of war.

'A Soldier, A Dog And A Boy was inspired by Libby Hathorn's months of research on her uncle, who survived Gallipoli but went on to fight at the Battle of the Somme and was killed there in 1917 at just twenty years old.'

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    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Hachette Australia , 2016 .
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      • Published March 2016
      ISBN: 9780734416384

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The ANZAC Tribulations at Gallipoli in Recent Australian Children’s Literature Hervé Cantero , 2019 single work criticism
— Appears in: Anglica : An International Journal of English Studies , vol. 28 no. 3 2019; (p. 85-96)

'Generations of Australian children have been presented with iconic figures and values associated with the events of 1915 at Gallipoli and involved in the ritual practices of remembrance exemplified by Anzac Day ceremonies throughout a corpus of children’s literature which ranges from picture books for pre-schoolers to young adult fiction. This paper aims to broadly identify the narrative strategies at work in a selection of recent stories of brave animals helping the Aussie boys under fire or paeans to the duty of personal and communal remembrance and to examine them in a larger context of national self-representation.'  (Publication abstract)

From Seagulls to the Somme : Six New Picture Books Margaret Robson Kett , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 381 2016; (p. 58-59)

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— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 31 no. 1 2016; (p. 32)

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Review : The Beach They Called Gallipoli 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Mail , 24 April 2016; (p. 93)

— Review of The Beach They Called Gallipoli Jackie French , 2014 single work children's fiction ; A Soldier, a Dog and a Boy Libby Hathorn , 2016 single work children's fiction
Review : A Soldier, a Dog and a Boy Sue Clancy , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time , April 2016;

— Review of A Soldier, a Dog and a Boy Libby Hathorn , 2016 single work children's fiction
Review : A Soldier, a Dog and a Boy Sue Clancy , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time , April 2016;

— Review of A Soldier, a Dog and a Boy Libby Hathorn , 2016 single work children's fiction
Review : The Beach They Called Gallipoli 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Mail , 24 April 2016; (p. 93)

— Review of The Beach They Called Gallipoli Jackie French , 2014 single work children's fiction ; A Soldier, a Dog and a Boy Libby Hathorn , 2016 single work children's fiction
Review : A Soldier, a Dog and a Boy Sue Osborne , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 31 no. 1 2016; (p. 32)

— Review of A Soldier, a Dog and a Boy Libby Hathorn , 2016 single work children's fiction
From Seagulls to the Somme : Six New Picture Books Margaret Robson Kett , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 381 2016; (p. 58-59)

— Review of Hattie Helps Out Jane Godwin , Davina Bell , 2016 single work picture book ; Seagull Danny Snell , 2015 single work picture book ; No Place Like Home Ronojoy Ghosh , 2016 single work picture book ; Cyclone Jackie French , 2016 single work picture book ; A Soldier, a Dog and a Boy Libby Hathorn , 2016 single work children's fiction ; Australia to Z Armin Greder , 2016 single work picture book
The ANZAC Tribulations at Gallipoli in Recent Australian Children’s Literature Hervé Cantero , 2019 single work criticism
— Appears in: Anglica : An International Journal of English Studies , vol. 28 no. 3 2019; (p. 85-96)

'Generations of Australian children have been presented with iconic figures and values associated with the events of 1915 at Gallipoli and involved in the ritual practices of remembrance exemplified by Anzac Day ceremonies throughout a corpus of children’s literature which ranges from picture books for pre-schoolers to young adult fiction. This paper aims to broadly identify the narrative strategies at work in a selection of recent stories of brave animals helping the Aussie boys under fire or paeans to the duty of personal and communal remembrance and to examine them in a larger context of national self-representation.'  (Publication abstract)

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