Notes

It is Christmas morning and a young soldier, surveying no-man’s land from the trenches in World war 1, ventures into the area to rescue a red robin. No enemy attack him for he is showing his Christmas scarf as a truce symbol. After rescuing the bird and returning to his trench the enemy, observing, break into a Christmas carol that floats over the cold fields. Australian 2003 picture book of the year. 32p.