War historian Glyn Harper's brand new story about a band of tunnellers in the First World War, and the tiny canary who helped them survive, with heart-warming illustrations by Jenny Cooper.
Glyn Harper (Author)
Glyn Harper is Professor of War Studies at Massey University in
Palmerston North, New Zealand. He is Massey's Project Manager of
the Centenary History of New Zealand and the First World War. A
former teacher, he joined the Australian Army in 1988 and after
eight years transferred to the New Zealand Army, where he rose to
the rank of lieutenant colonel. Glyn was the army's official
historian for the deployment to East Timor and is the author of
numerous history books. He has written a number of children's
books, of which Le Quesnoy, Jim's Letters, Roly, the Anzac Donkey
and Gladys Goes to War are the most recently published.
Jenny Cooper (Illustrator)
Jenny Cooper is an award-winning and prolific illustrator of more
than 70 children's books and says she finds each title 'completely
different and a new adventure'. In October 2015 Jenny was honoured
as one of New Zealand's foremost illustrators with the presentation
of The Arts Foundation Mallinson Rendel Illustrators Award. The
award's patron Ann Mallinson declared her the 'perfect recipient',
stating that 'whether a pencil sketch or a realistic, photographic
based style, Jenny's illustrations jump out of the page with an
invigorating spirit'. Jenny lives in Amberley, near Christchurch.
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