This bilingual book Deux pennies is written by Vicki Bennett and read by Vicki Bennett and Lise Mariano. It is is a true story about an Australian boy who had a dream to build a school in Villers Bretonneux during the first world war.
After World War 1, a little boy called George decided to work hard and raise two pennies to help build a school in Villers-Bretonneux, France. This town had been flattened by war and the school destroyed.
George was one of the schoolchildren at Middle Park Primary School, Melbourne, who raised money to build the Victoria School in France after World War 1.
This is a powerful and poignant story about a little boy who, with courage, hope and perseverance, helped to build this school across the oceans.
