Books

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.

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

By Betsy Sewell – 413 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.

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

By Betsy Sewell – 485 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 the godwits’ incredible flight to the tundra in Alaska, and back to New Zealand.

By Betsy Sewell – 938 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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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 actually do you capture a snake basking on your deck?

By Betsy Sewell – 1058 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.

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

By Betsy Sewell – 1390 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.

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.

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 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 .

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 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 .

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. 

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

By Betsy Sewell – 1455 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.