Simpson and his Donkey

This immortal story has been brought to life again through Greenwood's ability to tell a great tale, and make it sound fresh and new. Lessac's insightful illustrations fit like a glove around Greenwood's words. * Buzz Words * Moving true story of compassion, courage and friendship. * Foreword Magazine USA * This is an important story beautifully represented in a form suitable for educational use and also private reading. * www.aussiereviews.com * ... the story here is told simply and dramatically and is made even more so by the naive paintings that depict the action. * Reading Time * Frane Lessac's palette...complements this deftly condensed story of extraordinary heroism. * The Sunday Age * In folk-art style, the paintings, with shades that reflect the heat of a sandy landscape, show the heroic soldier and the gentle animal amid the slaughter of the war. * Booklist * Simpson and his Donkey (Mark Greenwood & Frane Lessac) is perhaps the finest piece of Australian literature published into April 2008. Conveyed in language, tone and colour appropriate for all readers ... In legend and legacy, Simpson and his Donkey shines with spirit... * Bendigo Weekly * The creative strengths of Mark Greenwood and Frane Lessac combine here to produce an engaging work of narrative nonfiction in which the bare bones of biography are imbued with just the right touch of the imaginative to engage young readers ... this picture book is both timely and relevant and moreover brings life, substance and an unexpected by-line to a familiar story. * Magpies Magazine *