Nice Day for a War - Adventures of a Kiwi Soldier in World War 1

Table of contents: It's war -- Beginning of 'The Great Adventure' -- To distant lands -- Into the trenches -- Trench life -- Gas, boys! Gas! -- Messines : the big show -- Feeling a bit crook -- After the war
Summary: A young soldier from rural New Zealand heads off to fight in World War One. At first he and his mates are full of excitement, but then they encounter the horrors of the Western Front. Based on the written recollections of Matt Elliott's grandfather, Cyril. Partly in graphic novel format

New Zealand Post Children's Book Award Non Fiction Finalist 2012