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One Minute's Silence

One Minute's Silence

by David Metzenthen and Michael Camilleri
Paperback
Publication Date: 03/10/2019

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WINNER: 2015 Prime Minister's Literary Award, Children's Fiction WINNER: CBCA Book of the Year, Crichton Award for New Illustrators, 2015 HONOUR BOOK: CBCA Picture Book of the Year, 2015

In one minute of silence you can imagine sprinting up the beach in Gallipoli in 1915 with the fierce fighting Diggers, but can you imagine standing beside the brave battling Turks as they defended their homeland from the cliffs above.

In the silence that follows a war long gone, you can see what the soldiers saw, you can feel what the soldiers felt. And if you try, you might be able to imagine the enemy, and see that he is not so different from you.

In One Minute's Silence, you are the story, and the story is yours - to imagine, remember and honour the brothers in arms on both sides of the conflict, heroes who shed their blood and lost their lives.

A moving and powerful reflection on the meaning of Remembrance Day.
ISBN:
9781911631637
9781911631637
Category:
Picture books
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
03-10-2019
Publisher:
ALLEN & UNWIN
Country of origin:
Australia
Pages:
48
Dimensions (mm):
278x225mm
David Metzenthen

David Metzenthen is a Melbourne boy. He was an advertising copywriter before turning to fiction, and a builder's labourer to support his first twenty years as a writer for young people.

David is a learner surfer, a keen fly fisherman, and a tree hugger from way back. He tries to write stories that will explain and entertain and be worthy of the reader's time. The natural world is where he likes to spend time, and he is a supporter of various environmental foundations.

He hopes to write the perfect book, knows it will never happen, but works in hope... David is married to Fiona and has two children, a dog, and a couple of parrots. He has travelled overseas but is inspired by this country and hopes always to feel that way.

Michael Camilleri

Michael Camilleri makes picture books, comics, animations and theatre and creatively directs a number of other projects. Past projects include The Practical Guide to Love, Sex and Relationships (watch on youtube), Vienna 1913 (find at Pound Records), and various comics.

He is currently working on a new picture book for Allen & Unwin and Concept Design for the Museum of Australian Democracy, Canberra. Michael lives in Northcote with his partner Katherine, his son Ruben and a cavoodle called Buster.

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