Books

  • Books, Level 1 Composite selection

    Complete set of titles , in a journal box.

    Price per set for 1-3 sets

     

    $166.00 + GST
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  • Books, Level 2 Composite selection

    Complete set of Level 2 titles in a journal box

    $155.00 + GST
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  • Books, Level 3 Composite selection

    Complete set of Level 3 titles, in a journal box.

    Price for 1-3 sets

    $131.00 + GST
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  • Books, Level 4 Composite selection

    Complete set of Level 4 titles, in a journal box.

    Price for 1-3 sets

     

    $203.00 + GST
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  • Books, Level 5 Composite selection

    Complete set of Level 5 titles, in a journal box.

    Price for 1-3 sets

    $204.00 + GST
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  • Books, Level 6 Composite selection

    Complete set of Level 6 titles, in a journal box.

    Price for 1-3 sets

     

    $160.00 + GST
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  • Books, Level 7 Composite selection

    Complete set of Level 7 titles, in a journal box.

    Price for 1-3 sets

     

    $187.00 + GST
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  • Books, Level 8 Composite selection

    Complete set of Level 8 titles.

    Price for 1-3 sets

     

    $33.00 + GST
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  • Book 8-03 ‘To Elephant Island’

    The sequel to A Voyage in Antarctica. Taking to the lifeboats in Antarctic waters, and survival on Elephant Island.

    By Betsy Sewell – 3630 words

    $11.00 + GST
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  • Book 8-02 ‘A Voyage in Antarctica’

    The true story of Shackleton’s ill-fated voyage to Antarctica, and how the crew survived the loss of their ship.

    By Betsy Sewell – 3545 words 

    $11.00 + GST
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  • Book 8-01 ‘T. Rex’

    Just a few bones and no complete skeletons remain of the mighty T. Rex, so how have scientists figured out what he looked like and how he lived?

    By Betsy Sewell – 2213 words 

    $11.00 + GST
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  • Book 7-18 ‘Rocket Boosters and a Horse’s Backside’

    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 

    $11.00 + GST
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  • Book 7-17 ‘Fast and Slow’

    The swift and the falcon are the fastest of earth’s creatures, and the sloth is ever so slow. All rely on this quickness – or slowness – to survive.

    By Betsy Sewell – 1416 words  

    $10.00 + GST
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  • Book 7-16 ‘The End of the War’

    In the days before text messaging, television or even radio, it was the children of New Zealand who spread the news that World War 1 was over.

    By Betsy Sewell – 1056 words 

    $10.00 + GST
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  • Book 7-15 ‘The Hunter and the Bear’

    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 

    $11.00 + GST
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  • Book 7-14 ‘This Life of Mine’

    A young man living a near subsistence lifestyle on a remote Pacific atoll takes the reader through his day and his thoughts of his future.

    By Betsy Sewell – 2542 words 

    $11.00 + GST
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  • Book 7-13 ‘The Elephant Problem’

    The farmers of Kenya had a problem with elephants raiding their gardens. They tried everything from electric fences to massive walls, but in the end it was a simple bee fence that kept the elephants well away.

    By Betsy Sewell – 943 words 

    $9.00 + GST
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  • Book 7-12 ‘Turtles In Peril’

    The green sea turtle is facing multiple threats to its existence, some natural, some caused by humans.

    Vowels ai, oa, ou, ir, ur, and consonants tch and dge

    By Betsy Sewell – 1692 words 

    $11.00 + GST
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  • Book 7-11 ‘The First All Blacks’

    The 1905 rugby tour of Britain. How a group of unknown footballers turned into heroic rugby players, and rugby became New Zealand’s national game.

    By Betsy Sewell – 1512 words 

    $11.00 + GST
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  • Book 7-10 ‘Living in a Yurt’

    The lives of the Turkish nomads, who depend absolutely on their sheep.

    By Betsy Sewell – 1368 words 

    $10.00 + GST
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  • Book 7-09 ‘The Runner’

    When the mine collapsed trapping the miners for 69 days, Edison Pena kept his sanity by running, and became the hero of the New York marathon.

    By Betsy Sewell – 1682 words 

    $11.00 + GST
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  • Book 7-08 ‘The Humpback Whale’

    The migratory life of the colossal humpback whale.

    By Betsy Sewell – 1068 words 

    $10.00 + GST
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  • Book 7-07 ‘The Christmas Truce’

    On Christmas Day, 1914, enemies emerged from the trenches to play soccer. How did this change attitudes to the enemy?

    By Betsy Sewell – 1582 words 

    $11.00 + GST
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  • Book 7-06 ‘The Beaver’

    Beaver dams and lodges are engineering feats. How the beaver creates its own habitat, for winter and summer.

    By Betsy Sewell – 1455 words 

    $10.00 + GST
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  • Book 7-05 ‘Catching Flying Fish’

    Catching flying fish the traditional way, with flares and nets on moonless nights.

    By Betsy Sewell – 728 words 

    $9.00 + GST
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  • Book 7-04 ‘My Holiday’

    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 

    $11.00 + GST
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  • Book 7-03 ‘Pink Candles’

    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 

    $11.00 + GST
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  • Book 7-02 ‘Adrift with a Shark’

    The relationship between a man alone on a life raft, and the shark that arrives every evening to travel with him as he paddles to land.

    By Betsy Sewell – 2939 words 

    $11.00 + GST
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  • Book 7-01 ‘Stingray’

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

    By Betsy Sewell – 561 words 

    $9.00 + GST
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  • Book 6-16 ‘A Runaway’s Tale’

    A runaway slave makes his precarious way to freedom, not knowing who he can trust. And then he comes back to rescue his little family…

    By Betsy Sewell – 2521 words 

    $11.00 + GST
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  • Book 6-15 ‘The Glider’

    How do you escape from a heavily guarded World War 2 prison camp? When all else fails, build a glider and fly out!

    By Betsy Sewell – 2362 words 

    $11.00 + GST
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  • Book 6-14 ‘Gold’

    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 

    $10.00 + GST
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  • Book 6-13 ‘Rin Tin Tin’

    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 

    $10.00 + GST
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  • Book 6-12 ‘Hitler and his Beetle’

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

    By Betsy Sewell – 1408 words 

    $10.00 + GST
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  • Book 6-11 ‘Taking Control Of The Nile’

    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.

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    By Betsy Sewell – 1868 words 

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  • Book 6-09 ‘An Emerald Pendant’

    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?

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    By Betsy Sewell – 1847 words 

    $11.00 + GST
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  • Book 6-10 ‘Libby Riddles’

    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

    $10.00 + GST
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  • Book 6-08 ‘The Leaf Cutter Ants’

    The incredibly complex social and farming systems of these ants.

    By Betsy Sewell – 759 words

    $9.00 + GST
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  • Book 6-07 ‘The Whale Stranding’

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

    By Betsy Sewell – 1390 words

    $10.00 + GST
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  • Book 6-06 ‘Diving With Manta Ray’

    An underwater film maker befriends a huge manta ray, and follows her life.

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    By Betsy Sewell – 2337 words

    $11.00 + GST
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  • Book 6-05 ‘The Limpet’

    What an absolutely fascinating little creature the limpet is! What ingenious ways it has of protecting itself against its enemies!

    By Betsy Sewell – 1018 words

    $10.00 + GST
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  • Book 6-04 ‘The Snake Problem’

    How actually do you capture a snake basking on your deck?

    By Betsy Sewell – 1058 words

    $10.00 + GST
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  • Book 6-03 ‘Mandy’s Problem’

    Mandy must tidy her room, and comes up with some very quick quick-fixes.

    By Betsy Sewell – 374 words

    $8.00 + GST
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  • Book 6-02 ‘The Quake’

    After the earthquake, the landscape is altered, and the map the trampers have bought in good faith is quite wrong.

    By Betsy Sewell – 731 words

    $9.00 + GST
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  • Book 6-01 ‘Nessy the Monster’

    Nessie the Loch Ness monster corresponds with Angus who lives by the lake. How can he possibly doubt her existence? Nessie spells her name Nessy, and calls her home a lake.

    By Betsy Sewell – 1328 words

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  • Book 5-21 ‘Whiskers Black’

    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

    $11.00 + GST
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  • Book 5-20 ‘Getting to the Summit’

    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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  • Book 5-19 ‘A Jar of Jam’

    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

    $10.00 + GST
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