We have a mixed collection of war and remembering war books, for adult and children, fiction and non-fiction. Included the classic illustrated children’s books, In Flanders Fields: The Story of the Poem by John McCrae.
Why are we including books on war in this collection? Take, for example, the book Night Madness. It tells the incredible story of Ron Pyves, a Canadian teenager who fought as a tail-gunner over the war-torn skies of Europe during the last deadly months to eliminate Hitler's hold over Europe. For 35 harrowing missions, most of them at night, Ron and his crew flew out from the Scottish coast, deep into the Rhineland. Despite having to contend with Messerschmitts and deadly anti-aircraft flak, they returned to home-base, only to face the fight, night after night. After the war Ron and his family had to deal with his Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. By reading these books we better understand why we remember and honour these heroes.
One of the other dates of significance during early November is November 8, which is Aboriginal Veterans Day. The book Alanis King: 3 Plays features the dramatic adaption of the life of Tommy Prince. It is an emotionally charged drama that brings to light the incredible life and times of the great Saulteaux warrior.
Remembrance Day and War Books:
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When the Horses Ride By : Children in the Times of War
Author Eloise Greenfield Illustrated by Jan Spivey Gilchrist
$9.95 ISBN: 9781554551323 Binding: Trade Paper Publisher: Fitzhenry & Whiteside Publication Date: 2009-08-20 -
Wind in the Wires
Author Duncan Grinnell-Milne
$27.95 ISBN: 9781909808010 Binding: Trade Cloth Publisher: Grub Street Publishing Publication Date: 2014-08-05 -
Tracks to the Trenches : Canadian Railway Troops in the Great War (1914-1919)
Author David Guay
$45.00 ISBN: 9781927083369 Binding: Trade Paper Publisher: Fifth House Publication Date: 2017-01-27 -
Distant Thunder : A Helicopter Pilot's Letters from War in Iraq and Afghanistan
Author Don Harward
$34.95 ISBN: 9781908117281 Binding: Trade Cloth Publisher: Grub Street Publishing Publication Date: 2013-11-08 -
Observers and Navigators : and other Non-pilot aircrew in the RFC, RNAS and RAF
Author Wg Cdr C.G. Jefford
$69.95 ISBN: 9781909808027 Binding: Trade Cloth Publisher: Grub Street Publishing Publication Date: 2014-06-11 -
Black Fokker Leader : The First World War's Last Airfighter Knight
Author Peter Kilduff
$34.95 ISBN: 9781906502287 Binding: Trade Cloth Publisher: Grub Street Publishing Publication Date: 2013-11-08 -
Billy Bishop VC Lone Wolf Hunter : The RAF Ace Re-Examined
Author Peter Kilduff
$39.95 ISBN: 9781909808133 Binding: Trade Cloth Publisher: Grub Street Publishing Publication Date: 2014-10-08 -
Alanis King: 3 Plays
Author Alanis King
$22.95 ISBN: 9781927083321 Binding: Trade Paper Publisher: Fifth House Publication Date: 2015-06-12 -
A Doctor's War
Author Aidan MacCarthy
$13.95 ISBN: 9781904943402 Binding: Trade Paper Publisher: Grub Street Publishing Publication Date: 2013-11-08 -
Into the Blue
Author Norman Macmillan
$29.95 ISBN: 9781910690017 Binding: Trade Cloth Publisher: Grub Street Publishing Publication Date: 2015-10-13