Title: Brave Bess and the ANZAC horses
Description: Uses a story format to present factual information about the New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade. Describes how horses carried the ANZAC troops through the desert during World War One, and the essential role they played, including Bess, the only horse to return to New Zealand. Suggested level: primary, intermediate.
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918, New Zealand. Army. New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade, Campaigns, New Zealand, Juvenile literature, Child and youth non-fiction, Military and warfare, Horses and horsemanship
Places: Egypt, Palestine, New Zealand, Sinai