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    Lvl 5 – 11 ‘Mum’s Garden Plan’ (Book)

    Mum wants a new garden, and begins by taking the rubbish to the dump. But the kids have plans of their own for the garden, and find what they need at the dump.

    By Betsy Sewell – 830 words.

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  • Lvl 5 – 09 ‘The Chest in the River’ (Book)

    A chest is found in the river. The children try many ways to retrieve it, expecting riches and treasure. In the end, they find something unexpected.

    By Betsy Sewell – 1005 words.

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  • Lvl 5 – 08 ‘The Shag’ (Book)

    How the shag fishes, how it brings up its young, and how traditional fishermen in Japan trained shags to bring in their catch.

    By Betsy Sewell – 762 words.

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  • Lvl 5 – 07 ‘The Godwits’ (Book)

    The story of the godwits’ incredible flight to the tundra in Alaska, and back to New Zealand.

    By Betsy Sewell – 938 words.

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  • Lvl 5 – 06 ‘The Hut’ (Book)

    Boys build and furnish a hut in the plum tree, only to have it taken over by a possum.

    By Betsy Sewell – 804 words.

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  • Lvl 5 – 04 ‘Mumps’ (Book)

    Gran comes to look after a child in bed with mumps, and explains about being sick in her childhood.

    By Betsy Sewell – 485 words.

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  • Lvl 5 – 03 ‘Agnes and Mrs. Smith’ (Book)

    Agnes the spider and Mrs. Smith live in the same house. When both have mothers coming to stay, the conflict begins.

    By Betsy Sewell – 623 words.

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  • Lvl 5 – 02 ‘Me with the Paddles’ (Book)

    What sort of creature am I? The clues come, and the child must put the clues together to identify the creature.

    By Betsy Sewell – 1265 words.

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  • Lvl 5 – 01 ‘Camping’ (Book)

    Children reluctantly go camping with Dad, but discover its joys and do not want to go home.

    By Betsy Sewell – 413 words

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  • Lvl 4-12 ‘Party in the Dark’ (Book)

    The best parties do not involve spending lots of money.

    By Betsy Sewell – 662 words

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  • Level 4 Stuck, Jammed, Trapped (1)

    Lvl 4 – 23 ‘Stuck, Jammed, Trapped’ (Book)

    A giant Pacific octopus finds itself stuck in the gullet of a blue whale. He muses on the strategies he has to avoid the real enemy, the sperm whale, but none of these help with this predicament. This is a level 4 book. The words octopus and whale are not mentioned, but there are enough clues to figure it out.

    By Betsy Sewell – 1816 words

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  • Lvl 4 – 22 ‘How They Play Cricket’ (Book)

    As a cricket match progresses, the ball deteriorates. How do the best international bowlers exploit this to get a batsman out

    By Betsy Sewell – 2448 words

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  • Lvl 4 – 21 ‘I Am A Tracker’ (Book)

    How does a trained Search and Rescue tracker find a missing person? What signs do they see that the rest of us may miss? Told through the eyes of a tracker at work, as he reminisces about his own experience of being lost in this very forest as a seven-year-

    By Betsy Sewell – 2178 words

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  • Lvl 4 – 19 ‘The Ant and the Cricket’ (Book)

    All summer long, the lazy cricket mocks the ant hard at work storing food for the winter, but when winter comes, he wants to be friends.

    By Betsy Sewell – 916 words

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  • Lvl 4 – 17 ‘Pufferfish’ (Book)

    It is hard to imagine a more innocuous little fish, until it is under threat. Then the extraordinary defence tactics begin.

    By Betsy Sewell – 1225 words

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  • Lvl 4 – 18 ‘The Little Chick’ (Book)

    The fable of the little chick who knows so much better than the grown-ups.

    By Betsy Sewell – 567 words

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  • Lvl 4 – 16 ‘The Battles of an Arctic Fox’ (Book)

    How does a little fox survive the winter in the Arctic, facing the challenges of hunting for food on the one hand, and avoiding capture by trappers after his pure white fur on the other? By cunning, extraordinary cunning…

    By Betsy Sewell – 1351 words

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  • Lvl 4 – 15 ‘The Starfish’ (Book)

    The fascinating life of the starfish.

    By Betsy Sewell – 1014 words

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  • Lvl 4 – 14 ‘A Frog Pet’ (Book)

    You may want an unusual pet, but keeping a frog has its pitfalls.

    By Betsy Sewell – 1109 words

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  • Lvl 4 – 13 ‘Daddy Long Legs’ (Book)

    Why does a Daddy Long Legs live in your house, and is it a friend or a foe?

    By Betsy Sewell – 1169 words

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  • Lvl 4 – 09 ‘Little Butterfly’ (Book)

    The old moth teaches a rebellious young butterfly how to dry her wings and fly.

    By Betsy Sewell- 663 words

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  • Lvl 4 – 08 ‘Rugby’ (Book)

    The legend of how rugby was invented from a flat soccer ball at Rugby School.

    By Betsy Sewell – 456 words

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  • Lvl 4 – 06 ‘Getting Dinner’ (Book)

    The fish and chip shop is shut, so to get fish and chips, you must first make a fishing rod…

    By Betsy Sewell – 749 words

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  • Lvl 4 – 05 ‘Little Red gets Cunning’ (Book)

    Little Red the fox cub is learning to hunt. He has much to learn, but in the end…

    By Betsy Sewell  – 940 words

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  • Lvl 4 – 04 ‘Dilly Duck’ (Book)

    A duckling brought up by a child can be very demanding. But when she becomes a mother herself, she is more demanding still. A true story, more or less.

    By Betsy Sewell – 1549 words

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  • Lvl 4 – 03 ‘The Maths Test’ (Book)

    Any excuse will do to get out of the maths test, but one lie leads to a complicated tangle…

    By Betsy Sewell – 752 words

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  • Lvl 4 – 02 ‘Griff and his Sled’ (Book)

    The challenge is to build the very best sled for the sand hills. Who will be the winner?

    cMany initial blends, ccvc words.

    By Betsy Sewell – 997 words

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  • Lvl 4 – 01 ‘My Gran’ (Book)

    It is embarrassing going on the bus with Gran. Every time she sees something that she does not like, she stops the bus and interferes.

    cInitial blends, er, y and le endings, some ck words.

    By Betsy Sewell – 714 words

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  • Lvl 3 – 17 An Imposter in the Nest (Book)

    How does a cuckoo get away with laying her egg in another’s nest? What must her chick do to survive, and then fly to its winter home?

    Many ck and ay words

    By Betsy Sewell – 1806 words

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  • Lvl 3 – 16 ‘Fishing For Cod’ (Book)

    Cod, once hugely abundant in the North Atlantic, are now facing possible extinction. How did that happen? The story is told through several generations of one family of fishermen.

    By Betsy Sewell – 1403 words

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  • Lvl 3 – 15 ‘A Shipwreck’ (Book)

    The villagers are struggling to survive and pay the land tax, when a ship loaded with valuable metal sinks close to the village. When the owners come to salvage the goods, no-one in the village knows where the ship lies, no-one saw a thing… Suitable for older children.

    By  Betsy Sewell – 1297 words

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  • Lvl 3 – 14 ‘A Spy In The Colony’ (Book)

    A seagull chick must learn to survive, to avoid becoming a snack for the cats and ferrets that roam the colony. But what do the cats and ferrets live on once the chicks learn to fly? This chick wants to find out and becomes a spy.

    ck,and le,et,ly suffixes

    By Betsy Sewell – 1689 words

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  • Lvl 3 – 13 ‘Picking Up Kitty’ (Book)

    By a process akin to Chinese whispers, the little kitten becomes a big black ox.

    By Betsy Sewell – 874 words

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  • Lvl 3 – 12 ‘Mr. Ducket’s Ferret’ (Book)

    How is Mr. Ducket to stop the pick-pocketers on his way to the bank? He goes to the pet shop to buy a big dog, but the owner suggests a ferret in his pocket…Suitable for older children.

    Many ck words. et and en suffixes.

    By Betsy Sewell – 1147 words

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  • Lvl 3 – 11 ‘A Letter in a Bottle’ (Book)

    The story of young Nick who at 11 ran away to sea with Captain Cook, and who first sighted Young Nick’s Head on the East Coast. His duties on board, and the fear of falling off the end of a flat earth. Suitable for older children.

    Many ck words, and le and en suffixes.

    By Betsy Sewell – 1001 words

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  • Lvl 3 – 10 ‘Rats!’ (Book)

    A gloriously funny poem about various animals acquired to get rid of the rats.

    By Jan Farr – 571 words

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  • Lvl 3 – 08 ‘All for a Better Shell’ (Book)

    The strategies and antics hermit crabs employ to get a better shell.

    By Betsy Sewell – 1375 words

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  • Level 3 The Rock Cutters

    Lvl 3 – 07 ‘The Rock Cutters’ (Book)

    Three men sit in the hot sun, cutting rocks. So why does one think this is an utterly boring job, another think it is an honour to do this work, with the third thinking something else again?

    By Betsy Sewell – 828 words

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  • Lvl 3 – 06 ‘A Hat for the Rugby’ (Book)

    The characters try deception to get a rugby hat for nothing, only to realise that the red hat may be free, but an embarrassment at an All Blacks game. Comprehension suitable for older children.

    ck, and ay and y words.

    By Betsy Sewell – 642 words

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  • Lvl 3 – 04 ‘Cop and Robber’ (Book)

    Cop and Robber Includes some initial blends. A foolish robber and a not very bright cop, but everyone is happy in the end.

    By Betsy Sewell – 657 words

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  • Lvl 3 – 03 ‘Stuck’ (Book)

    A bug goes up to the deck to finish off the dog’s dinner, but gets stuck lying on her back. What can she do to free herself?

    Many ck words, le suffix.

    By Betsy Sewell – 604 words

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  • Lvl 3 – 02 ‘The Tin and Box Man’ (Book)

    As the children build a man from tins and boxes, he comes alive, and tells them what to do.

    Many ay words, er, y, ed and ing suffixes. Some ck words.

    By Betsy Sewell – 713 words

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  • Lvl 3 – 01 ‘The Old Tom Cat’ (Book)

    The old Tom cat just wants to rest, but is pestered by a playful rabbit.

    ay words.

    By Betsy Sewell – 282 words

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  • Lvl 2 – 24 ‘Riff Raff Fuddy Duddy’ (Book)

    The young people may be untidy, and noisy, but they are dedicated to hip-hop and rap. They and the old man next door have little tolerance for each other, until they find a common bond in music and dance.

    By Betsy Sewell

    905 words

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  • Lvl 2 – 21 ‘When Mozzy Bit Me’ (Book)

    Why do female mosquitoes attack us? What happens when she lays her eggs? The life cycle explained.

    By Betsy Sewell

    908 words

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  • Lvl 2 – 20 ‘The Illness Of Tilly The Pig’ (Book)

    The two pigs were the best of pals, mostly, more or less, but when one became ill the other went to extraordinary lengths to care for her pal. A true story.

    By Betsy Sewell

    893 words

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  • Lvl 2 – 18 ‘My Big Rig’ (Book)

    What is involved in long distance haulage in a big rig, over ill-maintained roads and in threatening weather.

    By Betsy Sewell

    823 words

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  • Lvl 2 – 16 ‘Sam and the Piglet’ (Book)

    Sam must wear a hat and top to go and feed the pigs, so that he does not get sunburn. But the pig’s mud looks like fun, and the piglet thinks Sam’s hat and top are so much better than mud.

    By Betsy Sewell

    602 words

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