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    Lvl 6 – 13 ‘Rin Tin Tin’ (Book)

    The true story of a puppy rescued from the brink of starvation from a German army camp, who went on to become the most famous film star of his day.

    By Betsy Sewell – 1425 words .

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  • Lvl 6 – 12 ‘Hitler and his Beetle’ (Book)

    How Adolf Hitler and Ferdinand Porsche collaborated to design the biggest selling car of all time.

    By Betsy Sewell – 1408 words.

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  • Lvl 6 – 10 ‘Libby Riddles’ (Book)

    Libby was the first woman to win the grueling dog sled race across Alaska, and she did it by taking a risk, and putting the needs of the dogs ahead of her own.

    By Betsy Sewell – 1717 words.

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  • An Emerald Pendant

    Lvl 6 – 09 ‘An Emerald Pendant’ (Book)

    Jane and David become separated by war, and then spend most of a lifetime trying to find each other.

    When they finally do meet, will they recognise each other?

    And will the emerald pendant Dave gave Jane help track her down?

    silent e pattern,ee,ea,or

    By Betsy Sewell – 1847 words .

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  • Lvl 6 – 07 ‘The Whale Stranding’ (Book)

    Based on a true event. A particularly difficult whale stranding, and what must be done to save them.

    By Betsy Sewell – 1390 words.

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  • Lvl 5 – 18 ‘Jin the Otter’ (Book)

    When Jin the Otter escaped from the (Auckland) zoo, the public, the police, the army were called in to help track her down. Her ability to evade them all gripped the nation.

    By Betsy Sewell – 1576 words.

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  • One Man and a Donkey

    Lvl 5 – 13 ‘One Man and a Donkey’ (Book)

    The true story of Jack Simpson, who used a donkey to bring injured men off the field of battle at Gallipoli to the Red Cross tents on the beach.

    By Betsy Sewell – 1596 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 – 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 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 – 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 – 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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  • Lvl 2 – 05 ‘Cob and Sod’ (Book)

    How to build a house for next to nothing using the traditional materials, cob and sod.

    CVC words, double final consonants (toss, add), plus th, ch and sh.

    By Betsy Sewell-1169 words 

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  • Lvl 2 – 05 ‘Cob and Sod’ (Book)

    How to build a house for next to nothing using the traditional materials, cob and sod.

    CVC words, double final consonants (toss, add), plus th, ch and sh.

    By Betsy Sewell-1169 words 

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  • Taking Control Of The Nile

    Lvl 6 – 11 ‘Taking Control Of The Nile’ (Book)

    The Aswan Dam has changed Egypt, but there have been some downsides. The story of the changes the dam has brought to Egypt, told from the point of view of those who live along the riverbanks.

    silent e pattern,ee,ea,or

    By Betsy Sewell – 1868 words .

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  • Lvl 5-05 ‘Under the Bed’ (Book)

    A girl makes friends with a ghost trapped under her bed.

    By Betsy Sewell – 1006 words.

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  • Lvl 5 – 20 ‘Getting to the Summit’ (Book)

    The story reads as if a man is making his way to the summit of a mountain, negotiating the obstacles. But by the end, the reader realises that interpretation is quite wrong.

    By Betsy Sewell – 1395 words.

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  • Lvl 5 – 19 ‘A Jar of Jam’ (Book)

    Mum loses the jar of jam she has just bought, and it is found by one person in need of sustenance after another, until Mum finds it just where she left it, containing nothing but a fat slug with a single red foot. What does Mum think has happened?

    By Betsy Sewell – 1137 words.

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  • Lvl 5 – 15 ‘My Days as a River Pig’ (Book)

    Sequel to My Days in the Skidder Gang. The logs are stacked on a frozen river, and when the ice melts, the river pigs must ride the logs down the river to prevent tangles and log jams.

    By Betsy Sewell – 1645 words.

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  • Lvl 5 – 14 ‘My Days in a Skidder Gang’ (Book)

    Logging in mid-19th century Canada, its dangers, and using the ice on the tracks to bring the logs down.

    By Betsy Sewell – 1277 words.

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  • Lvl 5 – 12 ‘The Robins’ (Book)

    The story of the incredible little New Zealand robin.

    By Betsy Sewell – 1476 words.

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  • Lvl 5 – 10 ‘Sally Mon’ (Book)

    The story of a salmon, and her challenge to get past the (hydro) dam in the river to get to the spot where she must lay her eggs.

    By Betsy Sewell – 981 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 – 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 – 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 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 – 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 – 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 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 – 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 2 – 12 ‘Pig and Dog’ (Book)

    Who will win the race? The cheat, of course, unless he is found out.

    By Betsy Sewell-719 words 

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  • Lvl 2 – 04 ‘Into The Mud’ (Book)

    Mud runs are supposed to be fun, but the winner gets $200.

    By Betsy Sewell-1096 words

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  • Lvl 7 – 01 ‘Stingray’ (Book)

    Who gets the biggest fright when you encounter a stingray – you or the stingray?

    By Betsy Sewell – 561 words .

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  • Lvl 6 – 08 ‘The Leaf Cutter Ants’ (Book)

    The incredibly complex social and farming systems of these ants.

    By Betsy Sewell – 759 words.

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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 – 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 – 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 – 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 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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  • 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 – 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 – 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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