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Issue Details: First known date: 2019... 2019 This is Home : Essential Australian Poems for Children
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Canberra, Australian Capital Territory,:National Library of Australia , 2019 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
[From] Andy's Gone with Cattlei"Our Andy's gone to battle now", Henry Lawson , extract poetry (p. 43)
[From] Faces in the Streeti"They lie, the men who tell us for reasons of their own", Henry Lawson , extract poetry (p. 44)
Anzacsi"1915: Two empires quarrelled:", Jackie French , single work poetry (p. 46)
The Farmer Remembers the Sommei"Will they never fade or pass!", Vance Palmer , single work poetry war literature (p. 47)
[From] Anzac Covei"There's a lonely stretch of hillocks:", Leon Gellert , extract poetry (p. 48-49)
Other Peoplei"In the First World War they...", Chris Wallace-Crabbe , single work poetry (p. 50)
Lookingi"A boy of nineteen", Janeen Brian , single work poetry (p. 52)
Men in Greeni"There were fifteen men in green,", David Campbell , single work poetry war literature (p. 54-55)
Immigrantsi"War's labe: 'Displaced Person'", Jackie French , single work poetry (p. 56)
Cindric's Trolleyi"Pushing his dreams,", Libby Hathorn , single work poetry (p. 57)
Yuval Saysi"A walnut is the brain of a tiny ancient dinosaur", Elizabeth Honey , single work poetry (p. 58)
Learning This Landi"We came as strangers", Jackie French , single work poetry (p. 60)
Rainforest Songi"Oh don't bring down", Libby Hathorn , single work poetry children's (p. 61)
Summer Raini"The homestead stands in red dust; powder dry", Phil Cummings , single work poetry (p. 64)
Midnight Aviaryi"When birds dream,", Megan McKinlay , single work poetry (p. 66)
Stormi"Weather's coming", Frane Lessac , single work poetry (p. 68)
Under the Sea, Under the Skyi"we have spent so much time in the ocean this summer", Alison Lester , single work poetry (p. 71)
Meeting Australiai"First there is the jungle of the waves.", Jackie French , single work poetry (p. 72)
Firefliesi"She said,", Omar Musa , single work poetry (p. 74-75)
Grass Treesi"In the bush there's a tribe", Jackie Hosking , single work poetry (p. 77)
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