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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Brouwer, Sigmund, 1959-     Subjects     World War, 1914-1918 -- Canada -- Juvenile fiction.     Animals -- War use -- Juvenile fiction.     Human-animal relationships -- Juvenile fiction.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Brouwer, Sigmund, 1959-       by title:      Innocent heroes : st...       by call number:      FICTION BRO     Search the Web     Brouwer, Sigmund, 1959-     World War, 1914-1918 -- Canada -- Juvenile fiction.     Animals -- War use -- Juvenile fiction.     Human-animal relationships -- Juvenile fiction.       MARC Display

Innocent heroes : stories of animals in the first World War / Sigmund Brouwer. by Brouwer, Sigmund, 1959- Tundra Books, a division of Random House of Canada Limited, a Penguin Random House Company, 2017. Call #: FICTION BRO Subjects World War, 1914-1918 -- Canada -- Juvenile fiction.   Animals -- War use -- Juvenile fiction.   Human-animal relationships -- Juvenile fiction. ISBN:  9781101918463 (hc.) Description:  ix, 198 p. : ill., photo. facsimiles ; 24 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references and index. 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. Stories are based on real-life animal war heroes. Through these stories, readers get a close-up look at life in the trenches of war, the bonds between soldiers and their animals, the First Nations contribution to the military and the significance of the battle of Vimy Ridge to Canadians then and now."--Jacket. Audience:  Ages: 9-12. Kirkus Reviews. Genre:  Historical fiction, Juvenile. War fiction, Juvenile. Short stories, Juvenile. Other authors:  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. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Cole Harbour Public Library Children's Fiction FICTION BRO Childrens Books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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