Books

  • Book 6-04 ‘The Snake Problem’

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

    By Betsy Sewell – 1058 words

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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 5-20 ‘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

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  • Book 5-15 ‘My Days as a River Pig’

    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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  • Book 5-14 ‘My Days in a Skidder Gang’

    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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  • Book 5-12 ‘The Robins’

    The story of the incredible little New Zealand robin.

    By Betsy Sewell – 1476 words

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  • Book 5-09 ‘The Chest in the River’

    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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  • Book 5-05 ‘Under the Bed’

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

    By Betsy Sewell – 1006 words

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  • Book 4-15 ‘The Starfish’

    The fascinating life of the starfish.

    By Betsy Sewell – 1014 words

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  • Book 4-14 ‘A Frog Pet’

    You may want an unusual pet, but keeping a frog has its pitfalls.

    By Betsy Sewell – 1109 words

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  • Book 3-16 ‘Fishing For Cod’

    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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  • Book 3-15 ‘A Shipwreck’

    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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  • Book 3-12 ‘Mr. Ducket’s Ferret’

    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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  • Book 3-08 ‘All for a Better Shell’

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

    By Betsy Sewell – 1375 words

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  • Book 2-10 ‘Polly and the Gas Man’

    Betty is struggling to teach the parrot new words and phrases, but after a bizarre interaction with the gas man, Polly suddenly has several new comments to repeat at unlikely times.

    By Betsy Sewell-1019 words 

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  • Book 2-04 ‘Into The Mud’

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

    By Betsy Sewell-1096 words

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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 

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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 

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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 

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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

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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

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  • Book 5-11 ‘Mum’s Garden Plan’

    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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  • Book 5-10 ‘Sally Mon’

    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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  • Book 5-08 ‘The Shag’

    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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  • Book 5-07 ‘The Godwits’

    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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  • Book 5-06 ‘The Hut’

    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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  • Book 5-03 ‘Agnes and Mrs. Smith’

    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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  • Book 5-02 ‘Me with the Paddles’

    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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  • Book 4-20 ‘Mr. Rat and Mr. Frog’

    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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  • Book 4-19 ‘The Ant and the Cricket’

    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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  • Book 4-17 ‘Pufferfish’

    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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  • Book 4-16 ‘The Battles of an Arctic Fox’

    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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  • Book 4-13 ‘Daddy Long Legs’

    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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  • Book 4-12 ‘Party in the Dark’

    The best parties do not involve spending lots of money.

    By Betsy Sewell – 662 words

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  • Book 4-09 ‘Little Butterfly’

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

    By Betsy Sewell- 663 words

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  • Book 4-06 ‘Getting Dinner’

    The fish and chip shop is shut, so to get fish and chips, you must first make a fishing rod…

    By Betsy Sewell – 749 words

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  • Book 4-05 ‘Little Red gets Cunning’

    Little Red the fox cub is learning to hunt. He has much to learn, but in the end…

    By Betsy Sewell  – 940 words

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  • Book 4-03 ‘The Maths Test’

    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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  • Book 4-02 ‘Griff and his Sled’

    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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  • Book 4-01 ‘My Gran’

    It is embarrassing going on the bus with Gran. Every time she sees something that she does not like, she stops the bus and interferes.

    cInitial blends, er, y and le endings, some ck words.

    By Betsy Sewell – 714 words

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  • Book 3-13 ‘Picking Up Kitty’

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

    By Betsy Sewell – 874 words

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  • Book 3-11 ‘A Letter in a Bottle’

    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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  • Book 3-10 ‘Rats!’

    A gloriously funny poem about various animals acquired to get rid of the rats.

    By Jan Farr – 571 words

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  • Book 3-07 ‘The Rock Cutters’

    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

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  • Book 3-06 ‘A Hat for the Rugby’

    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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  • Book 3-04 ‘Cop and Robber’

    Cop and Robber Includes some initial blends. A foolish robber and a not very bright cop, but everyone is happy in the end.

    By Betsy Sewell – 657 words

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  • Book 3-03 ‘Stuck’

    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

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