Why are rocket boosters so skinny? How this relates back to the width of roman carriages, and the horses that pulled them.Possibly a true account, possibly not. For the reader to decide.
By Betsy Sewell – 1667 words.
The price is for a class set of 4 copies of this title and includes one copy of the teacher’s comprehension scripted version.
An unarmed hunter carries his trophy back to camp, and encounters a hungry grizzly bear. The bear has not yet seen him, and all the mistakes he has made flash through his head as he formulates a plan to save his life.
By Betsy Sewell – 2871 words.
The price is for a class set of 4 copies of this title and includes one copy of the teacher’s comprehension scripted version.
Going on holiday with Dad to Mars. Mum says eat properly, sleep properly, clean your teeth and brush your hair nicely, but how actually do you do that in zero gravity?
By Betsy Sewell – 2158 words .
The price is for a class set of 4 copies of this title and includes one copy of the teacher’s comprehension scripted version.
Digging for coal in the days when dark tunnels were lit by candles attached to the miner’s helmet; and how to get the better of a mean and selfish boss.
By Betsy Sewell – 2041 words.
The price is for a class set of 4 copies of this title and includes one copy of the teacher’s comprehension scripted version.
Who is this terrifying bearded stranger, and is he really as terrifying as he looks? Why does he choose to live like this, carrying his swag from farm to farm? What do his songs tell us about his life? A glimpse into social history through the story of one man.
By Betsy Sewell – 2508 words.
The price is for a class set of 4 copies of this title and includes one copy of the teacher’s comprehension scripted version.
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.
The price is for a class set of 4 copies of this title and includes one copy of the teacher’s comprehension scripted version.
Ndotto is a tiny, premature baby elephant orphaned at birth. How the staff at the elephant orphanage care for him, and give him the skills to live as an adult in the wild.
By Betsy Sewell – 1670 words.
The price is for a class set of 4 copies of this title and includes one copy of the teacher’s comprehension scripted version.
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
The price is for a class set of 4 copies of this title and includes one copy of the teacher’s comprehension scripted version.
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
The price is for a class set of 4 copies of this title and includes one copy of the teacher’s comprehension scripted version.
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
The price is for a class set of 4 copies of this title and includes one copy of the teacher’s comprehension scripted version.
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
The price is for a class set of 4 copies of this title and includes one copy of the teacher’s comprehension scripted version.
From the gold fields of Central Otago. Finding gold is not quite as easy as the rumours suggest, and then when you do, that is when your problems really begin.
By Betsy Sewell – 1404 words.
The price is for a class set of 4 copies of this title and includes one copy of the teacher’s comprehension scripted version.
