Books

One little spot in the sun, and all the animals want it.

By Betsy Sewell – 285 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.

Mum says No to every pet Meg suggests, so she takes inspiration from her rag doll and makes a rag pet.

By Betsy Sewell – 382 words

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How do you get rid of masses of bugs in the jam? Perhaps they are not bugs, after all.

By Betsy Sewell – 341 words

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Pop just wants a little kip in the sun, but the kids annoy him with their pop guns.

By Jan Farr – 305 words

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A tad, a dot, a jot, a dab – they all mean not a lot of dinner on the plate.

By Jan Farr –  233 words

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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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Going to the rugby, but the car will not start.

By Betsy Sewell – 195 words

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

By Betsy Sewell – 374 words.

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Many creatures make their home in a rotten log, until Tom sees its potential, and destroys it for them all.

By Betsy Sewell – 661 words

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Todd wants a pet, but the pitfalls of pet ownership need to be considered.

By Betsy Sewell – 682 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.

Some of the family like pepper in their batter, some do not. Trying to get it right for everyone can go terribly wrong.

ed and er suffixes

By Jan Farr-716 words 

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Foxes are smart and cute, but do they make good pets? The pros and the considerable cons!

By Betsy Sewell-739 words 

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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

The price is for a class set of 4 copies of this title and includes one copy of the teacher’s comprehension scripted version.

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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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

The price is for a class set of 4 copies of this title and includes one copy of the teacher’s comprehension scripted version.

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

The price is for a class set of 4 copies of this title and includes one copy of the teacher’s comprehension scripted version.

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

By Betsy Sewell – 874 words

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

By Betsy Sewell- 663 words

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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

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 version of an Aesop Fable. How Mr. Frog tricks Mr. Rat to always win the race.

By Betsy Sewell – 790 words

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

By Betsy Sewell – 804 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.

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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The incredibly complex social and farming systems of these ants.

By Betsy Sewell – 759 words.

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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.

The price is for a class set of 4 copies of this title and includes one copy of the teacher’s comprehension scripted version. 

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

By Betsy Sewell – 1375 words

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

By Betsy Sewell – 1006 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.

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.

The price is for a class set of 4 copies of this title and includes one copy of the teacher’s comprehension scripted version.

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.

The price is for a class set of 4 copies of this title and includes one copy of the teacher’s comprehension scripted version.

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.

The price is for a class set of 4 copies of this title and includes one copy of the teacher’s comprehension scripted version.

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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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.

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

By Betsy Sewell – 1368 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 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 

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.

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.

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.

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 .

The price is for a class set of 4 copies of this title and includes one copy of the teacher’s comprehension scripted version.

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 .

The price is for a class set of 4 copies of this title and includes one copy of the teacher’s comprehension scripted version.

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.

The price is for a class set of 4 copies of this title and includes one copy of the teacher’s comprehension scripted version. 

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.

The price is for a class set of 4 copies of this title and includes one copy of the teacher’s comprehension scripted version.

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. 

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

By Betsy Sewell – 3630 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.