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.

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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.

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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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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.

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

By Betsy Sewell – 1058 words.

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

Many words with o_e and i_e

By Betsy Sewell – 2337 words.

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The incredibly complex social and farming systems of these ants.

By Betsy Sewell – 759 words.

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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.

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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 .

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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 .

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

By Betsy Sewell – 561 words .

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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.

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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.

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The capuchin monkeys of the Amazon jungle make tools to extract food, and the troop communicates with sounds and gestures. How this works is told by a child who finds themselves lost in this jungle, who survives by learning from the monkeys, and who is eventually accepted as a member of the troop. Until one day …

 By Betsy Sewell – 3276 words

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