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Innocent heroes : stories of animals in the first World War / Sigmund Brouwer.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: [Toronto, Ontario] : Tundra Books, a division of Random House of Canada Limited, a Penguin Random House Company, [2017]Description: ix, 198 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781101918463
  • 1101918462
Uniform titles:
  • Short stories. Selections
Contained works:
  • Brouwer, Sigmund, 1959- Little Abigail
  • Brouwer, Sigmund, 1959- Boomer
  • Brouwer, Sigmund, 1959- Coal Dust
  • Brouwer, Sigmund, 1959- Tomato
  • Brouwer, Sigmund, 1959- Leo
  • Brouwer, Sigmund, 1959- Charlie
  • Brouwer, Sigmund, 1959- Biscotte
  • Brouwer, Sigmund, 1959- Louise
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Little Abigail -- Boomer -- Coal Dust -- Tomato -- Leo -- Charlie -- Biscotte -- Louise.
Summary: Provides fictional accounts of animals and their heroic exploits in World War I, including a dog who warns soldiers of a gas attack, a cat who saves soldiers from rat bites, and a pigeon who saves an entire platoon.
List(s) this item appears in: Short Stories
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Children's Fiction Brouwer Sigmund Checked out 06/21/2024 33111008586204
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's Fiction Brouwer Sigmund Available 33111008875854
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A unique celebration of the important role animals play in war, and an insightful look at the taking of Vimy Ridge from the perspective of 3 men in a Canadian platoon.


Never before have the stories of animal war heroes been collected in such a special way. This book consists of eight connected fictional stories about a Canadian platoon in WW1. The Storming Normans have help from some very memorable animals: we meet a dog who warns soldiers in the trench of a gas attack, a donkey whose stubbornness saves the day, a cat who saves soldiers from rat bites, and many more. Each story is followed by nonfiction sections that tell the true story of these animals from around the world and of the Canadian soldiers who took Vimy Ridge. Through the friendship that grows between three of these soldiers in particular, we get a close-up look at life in the trenches, the taking of Vimy Ridge, the bonds between soldiers and their animals and what it meant to be Canadian in WW1.

Provides fictional accounts of animals and their heroic exploits in World War I, including a dog who warns soldiers of a gas attack, a cat who saves soldiers from rat bites, and a pigeon who saves an entire platoon.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-188) and index.

Little Abigail -- Boomer -- Coal Dust -- Tomato -- Leo -- Charlie -- Biscotte -- Louise.

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