Author: Sandy McKay
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781921529061
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 64
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Join Mr Tripp and Room Five for three great stories about an escaped rat, a surprise birthday party and an itchy insect invasion. Room Five's teacher, Mr Tripp, is good at telling jokes, loves riddles and is great at using his nose. When a student's pet rat escapes from its cage, it's up to Mr Tripp to be brave, and to smell it out! Three fun and engaging stories which will have early readers eagerly turning the page for more adventures.
Author: Sandy McKay
Publisher: Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
ISBN: 1775533107
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 188
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A powerful and moving YA story about two brothers, one of whom goes off to fight in World War One. It’s 1917 and Jack enlists. And although 13-year-old Tom is envious of his elder brother, he soon changes his mind as the reality of war becomes more apparent. We follow Jack’s story through his letters home and through the eyes of his younger brother. Tom writes about life at home in New Zealand: living with Mum and their young sister, Amy, learning to hunt with his uncle, getting a puppy and learning to knit...for the war effort. Jack writes of his first-hand experience in Trentham, the troop ship, Britain, France, the Battle of Messines and finally, Passchendaele. Sadly the story ends with Jack being killed at Passchendaele along with hundreds of other Kiwis. (Of the 180 soldiers in the 2nd Otago Division, 148 lost their lives in one day in New Zealand’s worst ever military disaster.) When Our Jack Went to War is a fictional account of a real life tragedy, based on the author’s research into the death of her own great uncle, who died in 1917. The NZ Post Award-winning Sandy Mckay ably conveys how war affects everyone – it’s a superb meditation on war and its devastating effect on soldiers and their families.
Author: Sandy McKay
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781921529733
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 64
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Join Mr Tripp and Room Five for three great stories about wheels day and an embarrassing fall. Mr Tripp is teaching Room Five about the wheel. On Friday, Wheels Day, everyone is allowed to bring something with wheels. Ted rides a bicycle, Tania wears rollerblades, Jingjing brings her scooter and Lily borrows her brother's BMX. When Miss Filipo suggests Mr Tripp give a skateboard demonstration, it becomes a very exciting day indeed.
Author: David A. Adler
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101175249
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 65
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It's Cam Jansen's first day of fifth grade and she and her friend Eric can't wait to meet their new teacher. Only their day turns out to be more exciting than they ever expected. First their school bus gets stuck in traffic and they have to walk to school. Then they see a car crashed into a tree. And then their new teacher is taken away by the police! "Click," says Cam, using her photographic memory, and her mind is off and running on how to solve this first day of school mystery.
Author: Francesca Simon
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1510101756
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 80
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Early Readers are stepping stones from picture books to reading books. A blue Early Reader is perfect for sharing and reading together. A red Early Reader is the next step on your reading journey. Horrid Henry creates havoc at his birthday party.
Author: Kes Gray
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 1509813802
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
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Zippo doesn't want to be an ordinary hippo. He wants to be super! "Everyone has a super power," says his best friend Roxi. "You just have to work out what yours is." Being good at swimming and splashing in mud aren't really superpowers though. Perhaps Zippo can fly like Roxi. But who's ever heard of a flying hippopotamus? Especially one with such a big bottom. Maybe there's a power in that . . . From award-winning author Kes Gray and exciting new illustrating talent Nikki Dyson. This fantastically funny superhero will be flying into children's imaginations and inspiring them to celebrate all that is super about themselves.
Author: Caryl Hart
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0857074016
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
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Everyone knows that going shopping with Mum can be the most boring thing in the world. But, for Albie, one trip to the supermarket opens up a whole new world of fun . . . Because this isn't just any supermarket, it's the supermarket zoo - and with a whole trolley-load of animals on his list, Albie is having a great time in the aisles! Kids will love making lots of new animal friends in this noisy, colourful picture book. Shopping has never been so much fun!
Author: Sandy McKay
Publisher: Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
ISBN: 1775531376
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 92
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The funny, imaginative, award-winning story of a boy who tries to save the world through recycling. Every year in the developed world, an average person throws away 45 kgs of plastic, two trees worth of paper, 160 cans and 107 bottles. Colin takes his recycling school project to heart and tries to convert his own family first, with great difficulty, before he tries to save the world. He becomes a self-appointed eco-warrior and comes up against his sister, who delivers junk mail, his mother, who sells real estate and hang-glides for de-stressing and his father who spends a lot of time in the garage. Colin becomes involved with the Roseview Rubbish Rescue Centre and the character who runs it. They along with others, organise a campaign to protest selling off the centre for development. This is a well-told story with many hilarious episodes that will delight young readers.The text is playful and imaginative, lighthearted and funny, but also intelligent and informative. It won the Junior Fiction category of the NZ Post Children's Book Awards in 2002.
Author: Libby Gleeson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781406304282
Category : Birthday parties
Languages : en
Pages : 64
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The triplets' sixth birthday is coming up and the girls insist on buying individual presents for each other. They set out on a big shopping trip, but it's hard to choose the right thing. Eventually the big day arrives and they end up playing with the presents they have given rather than the ones they have received.
Author: Pamela Freeman
Publisher: Walker Stories
ISBN: 9781406353327
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 64
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Laura's dad brings a lamb home to give away at the school fete. In the meantime, Laura takes care of the lamb and calls him Lollylegs. But by the end of the week, she can't bear the thought of having to give him away. Laura sets about making money to buy as many raffle tickets as she can in the hope of winning him back. But will the plan to keep Lollylegs work?
