Events Boffins Kids Fun Zone: "Paging Doctor Rose, a Journey Through ANZAC Medical History"

To celebrate the release of Dianne Wolfer's third book in the Light series, Boffins Books is hosting an interactive history of World War I with a focus on the brave medical staff that helped save lives.

Learn to diagnose ailments afflicting our ANZAC soldiers and how to treat them, decipher Morse code messages and create a medical diary using collage and scrapbooking techniques.

Event will include:

  • Interesting facts about WWI Medical practice
  • Activity worksheets
  • Crafting keepsakes

Suitable for ages 7-10.

*Conditions Apply: Only one $6 redemption valid per single book purchase. Offer valid on the day of the event only.

About In The Lamplight

If you loved the award-winning Lighthouse Girl and Light Horse Boy, you will also love In the Lamplight, with its combination of evocative charcoal drawings, archival materials and Australian history.

Published to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I, In the Lamplight is the story of Rose, a young English girl turned nurse who cares for and falls in love with Jim, the Light Horse Boy.

On the long journey back to Australia they experience the appalling loss of life in the Spanish influenza epidemic, only to face more challenges upon repatriation.

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