| ISBN |
9781760991302 (hardback) |
| Name |
Wolfer, Dianne, 1961- author. |
| Title |
The last light horse / Dianne Wolfer ; illustrated by Brian Simmonds. |
| Published |
Fremantle, WA : Fremantle Press, 2022. |
| ©2022 |
| Description |
69 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm. |
| Summary |
136,000 Australian horses were sent to fight during the First World War. Just one came home. From the high country of Victoria to the desert sand of Egypt, from the waters off Gallipoli to the battlefields of France, this is the extraordinary story of Sandy, the only returning warhorse. |
| Target audience note |
6-9 years old. |
| Reading Program Note |
Premier's Reading Challenge 5-6. |
| Subjects |
Australia. -- Army. -- Australian Light Horse -- Juvenile fiction |
| Courage -- Juvenile fiction |
| War horses -- Juvenile fiction |
| Soldiers -- Juvenile fiction |
| Friendship -- Juvenile fiction |
| Children's stories |
| Genre |
Premier's Reading Challenge 5-6 |
| Other Names |
Simmonds, Brian, 1938- illustrator. |
| Series |
Light 04. |
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