A beautiful story! A wonderfully touching story to share Anzac history with young children.

I've always looked for the right book to introduce my children to the story behind ANZAC day and this book is the perfect one to do that with.

The illustrations are beautiful. The story is easy to understand and easy for us parents to control in the "war" parts. We get to know what the young boy would like to remember and like to forget - such things that are deemed "simple" and almost "irrelevant" when compared to what the soldiers and families of those soldiers suffered through. But when you don't live through those times, the things we want to forget about are important to us and to our kids. So instead of thinking them as "irrelevant" you look at them as comparisons - from a child's perspective. Children hold dear to them things that we don't anymore. They live a more simple life than we do. They would rather forget that mum "burnt the roast" and "had to walk all the way to school" one day because that's their life - and it's portrayed fantastically in this book. And when you come across the parts about the soldiers and the war, there are no words. As the reader, you have total control over what you tell your children, however much or however little and however you would think they would understand. It's perfect.

I've read it to my 5 year old son a coupld of times now and he's liked it every time. He's asked questions about the soldiers. He's listened to why his wife is crying after receiving a telegram. He paid attention. And even though he might not understand the full extent of the story, he understood that ANZAC day is for remembering those we lost in the war.

In Gabriel's words: I liked this story. It was sad. The doggy died. The Grandpa was a soldier. Lest we Forget.