The Anzac Button
This is the story of a button that was sewn onto the jacket of a First World War soldier. After the war, the soldier returns to New Zealand and wears the jacket to annual Anzac Day parades.
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Series: School Journal Level 2 February 2012
Reading year level: 4
Category: Fiction
Topics: button, First World War, soldier,war, New Zealand, Anzac Day, parades
The Anzac Button
Words by Judy Raymond
Many years later, Ella, the soldier’s great-granddaughter, discovers the jacket. She sews the button onto a ribbon and proudly wears it to another Anzac Day parade. The story ends with a factual note about the meaning of Anzac Day.
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