TY - BOOK AU - Harper,Glyn TI - Bobby, the littlest war hero SN - 9780143771876 PY - 2018/// CY - Auckland PB - Penguin Group (NZ) KW - Soldiers KW - Children's picture books KW - World War, 1914-1918 KW - Canaries KW - Human-animal relationships KW - Picture books for children KW - Children's stories, New Zealand N2 - This is the story of Bobby - the littlest hero in a very big war. Bobby is a tiny canary. His best friend is Jack, a soldier in one of the tunnelling companies of the Royal Engineers. Together they go deep into the tunnels under no-man's-land. Jack's job is to dig, while Bobby's job is to warn the men to get out quickly when there's dangerous gas. Bobby's warnings save the tunnellers' lives again and again.But Jack worries that it's a hard life for a little bird. Will Bobby ever be free to fly again?Glyn Harper and Jenny Cooper are the award-winning creators of bestselling picture books about the First World War- Le Quesnoy, Jim's Letters, Roly, the Anzac Donkey and Gladys Goes to War ER -