test books

By Betsy Sewell $9.50 + GST - 2611 words Otters that have taken to living in the sea must live and raise their young quite differently to their cousins living on the land.

By Betsy Sewell $6.00 + GST - 775 words The kids are all too busy to help Mum get the dinner, until there is no dinner...

By Betsy Sewell $7.00 + GST - 905 words Dad is annoyingly mad on soccer, and claims he was once a star. No-one believes him, until the evidence comes to light.

By Betsy Sewell $6.00 + GST - 562 words I am happy living in a bus with just the stuff I really need, but my mum is not happy, not at all.

Story by Jan Farr $5.50 + GST - 67 words Who did it? Well, just one character has gone red.

By Betsy Sewell $5.50 + GST - 285 words One little spot in the sun, and all the animals want it.

Story by Jan Farr $5.50 + GST - 139 words Dad wants peace in the den, but you cannot get the pets out for him if you are not allowed in yourself.

By Betsy Sewell $5.50 + GST - 265 words If you are very little, you can run over the mud and win the race.

By Betsy Sewell $5.50 + GST - 287 words Dad, what is a monster like and what can it do?

Story by Jan Farr $5.50 + GST - 81 words Dan really wants a cat for his birthday, but so far the gifts are all something else...

Story by Jan Farr $5.50 + GST - 76 words A man can get a tan sitting in the sun –but a cat just gets hot.

By Betsy Sewell $5.50 + GST - 307 words A playful little puppy gets bitten by a bug hiding in the rug.

By Betsy Sewell $5.50 + GST - 382 words Mum says No to every pet, so Meg takes inspiration from her rag doll and makes a rag pet.

Story and play by Jan Farr $5.50 + GST - 188 words $8 + GST - Story and play No-one likes the wet dog being too playful – and getting them wet!

Story by Jan Farr $5.50 + GST - 142 words A monster bug is inside Em, making her sick.

Play by Jan Farr $5.50 + GST - Play 171 words No-one wants a pad that is ripped.

Story by Jan Farr $5.50 + GST - 335 words Mum interferes with the race so that her boy is the winner.

Story and play by Jan Farr $5.50 + GST - 174 words $8 + GST - Story and play What can we swap for the big tan eggs fresh from the hen?

Play by Jan Farr $5.50 + GST - 160 words That thing on Jen’s head is not a mop – it is a fantastic hat.

Story by Jan Farr $5.50 + GST - 121 words Can Mum be persuaded to buy a cup of mud?

Story by Jan Farr $5.50 + GST - 284 words Nan jets in and fixes the problem of jam spilt on Mum’s best rug.

By Betsy Sewell $5.50 + GST - 219 words Mum’s cooking leaves much to be desired.

Poem by Jan Farr $5.50 + GST - 307 words Play with me, we can have fun, if you do not bother to take your wet cat to the vet.

Story by Jan Farr $5.50 + GST - 145 words Tom wants a laptop. He must wait until summer – but when summer comes he has better things to do.

Story by Jan Farr $5.50 + GST - 305 words Pop just wants a little kip in the sun, but the kids annoy him with their pop guns.

Story by Jan Farr $5.50 + GST - 213 words The wee man in the egg pan can do wonderful things with eggs.

Story by Jan Farr $5.50 + GST - 87 words Mum is too ill to get up – until someone brings something delicious.

Story and play by Jan Farr $5.50 + GST - 233 words $8 + GST - Story and play A tad, a dot, a jot, a dab – they all mean not a lot of [...]

Story by Jan Farr $5.50 + GST - 155 words The bad lot are not so bad after all, and can become our friends.

By Betsy Sewell $8 + GST - 556 words What to do about a pet monster with monster hic cups?

Poem by Jan Farr $5.50 + GST - 212 words Some truly odd pets! A nonsense poem -comprehension suitable for older children.

Story by Betsy Sewell $7 + GST - 728 words A slapstick cop and robber story.

By Betsy Sewell $7 + GST, 528 words Dad goes pig hunting, and comes home with a treat for the kids.

By Jan Farr $6.00 + GST - 414 words ed, ing, y and er endings. Hatty wants to be a cat, but what does the cat think?

By Betsy Sewell $6 + GST - 474 words Mainly cvc, with some th words (this, them that...) The animals treated badly by the vet decide to get rid of him.

By Betsy Sewell $8 + GST - 543 words More th words. Jess hops on the bus, looking for a person to live with.

Story by Jan Farr $5.50 + GST - 217 words sh, ch, th, wh “Run” has so many meanings – run the tap, run to the shop.

Story and play by Jan Farr $7 + GST - 640 words $8.50 + GST - Story and play th, ch and sh. A thin chap shot Josh – there is much anxiety, until it [...]

Story by Jan Farr $5.50 + GST - 397 words Mainly cvc, but some sh and ed endings. The pet rat Bob gets fatter and fatter and then goes missing. When he is discovered, he [...]

Story by Jan Farr $5.50 + GST - 242 words Josh has lost his best red wig that he had planned to wear for his wedding.

By Betsy Sewell $8 + GST - 744 words Words ending in er. Who is bigger and better, the Digger or the Tipper? Little Bobcat is left doing all the work.

By Betsy Sewell $6 + GST - 413 words Many sh words, er and y endings. Josh takes a short cut, and gets his bus stuck in the mud. Who can pull him out?

Story by Jan Farr $5.50 + GST - 286 words th and sh words, y ending. A moth looking for the sun lands on Molly’s hand, and gives her a moth kiss for her birthday. [...]

Story by Jan Farr $5.50 + GST - 189 words Words ending in y – Sally, buggy etc. Sally pretending to be in a buggy tugged by a filly and Sammy being a cop in [...]

Story and play by Jan Farr $7 + GST - 592 words $9.50 + GST - Story and play The bad men get Gax, there is a monster in the mist – but in the [...]

By Betsy Sewell $8 + GST - 602 words Sam must wear a hat and top to go and feed the pigs. But the pig’s mud looks like fun, and the piglet thinks Sam’s hat [...]

Story by Jan Farr $6 + GST - 547 words Do not go and play with a pig if you expect to stay spotless for Nan’s visit.

Story and play by Jan Farr $6 + GST - 373 words $8.50 + GST - Story with play Who is the badder baddy? And is the robber just a fibber?

Story by Jan Farr $6 + GST - 474 words $8.50 + GST - Story with play Dilly Dipper makes some wild accusations, but everyone seems to know that she is a fibber.

Story and play by Jan Farr $5.50 + GST - 126 words $7 + GST - Story and play Who likes their batter hot, and who does not?

Story and play by Jan Farr $8 + GST - 592 words $9.50 + GST - Story and play Two cops are sitting in the shop, but they are unable to catch Jill the robber.

Story by Jan Farr $8 + GST - 638 words The shops are shut, so they must catch a fish, gather berries, and collect all they need to make dinner.

By Betsy Sewell $8.50 + GST - 623 words Who will win the race? The cheat, of course, unless he is found out.

By Betsy Sewell $8 + GST, 1096 words Mud runs are supposed to be fun, but the winner gets $200.

By Betsy Sewell $5.50 + GST - 225 words ay words. The old Tom cat just wants to rest, but is pestered by a playful rabbit.

By Betsy Sewell $8.50 + GST - 713 words Many ay words, er, y, ed and ing endings. Some ck words. As the children build a man from tins and boxes, he comes alive, and [...]

Story and play by Jan Farr $5.50 + GST - 187 words $8 + GST - Story and play ck words. This one can pay a buck to that one when the other one pays [...]

Story by Jan Farr $8.50 + GST - 731 words Many ck words. Building a hill to reach the stars, just for hippos – it is their secret.

Story by Jan Farr $5.50 + GST - 225 words Dad makes a crab in the sand with his hand. They call this crab Anna, and must attend to her needs.

Story and play by Jan Farr $5.50 + GST - 249 words $8.50 + GST - Story and play Many ck words A sick duck cannot say Quack properly.

By Betsy Sewell $8 + GST - 604 words Many ck words, le ending. A bug goes up to the deck to finish off the dog’s dinner, but gets stuck lying on her back. What [...]

By Betsy Sewell $8 + GST - 657 words 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 $8 + GST - 642 words ck, and ay and y words. The same characters try deception to get a rugby hat for nothing, only to realise that the red hat may [...]

Story by Ali Foster $5.50 + GST - 417 words The hermit crab does not want to play with anyone, until another hermit crab comes along.

Story by Ali Foster $5.50 + GST - 406 words Dan the fish and chip man becomes ill, so his faithful cat sets up such a racket, ensuring that Dan is saved.

Poem by Jan Farr $8.50 + GST - 571 words A gloriously funny poem about various animals acquired to get rid of the rats.

Story by Betsy Sewell $8.50 + GST - 1375 words The strategies and antics hermit crabs employ to get a better shell.

Story by Ali Foster $5.50 + GST - 294 words Dad must get rid of the tree that Mum loves because it is rotten, but he builds a new daybed for her from the old [...]

By Betsy Sewell $8.50 + GST - 1001 words Many ck words and le endings. Introduces ll words. Some en endings: happen, given. The story of young Nick who at 11 ran away to sea [...]

By Betsy Sewell $8.50 + GST - 1147 words Many ck words. et and en endings. How is Mr. Ducket to stop the pick- pocketers on his way to the bank? He goes to the [...]

By Betsy Sewell $8.50 + GST - 1297 words 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 [...]

By Betsy Sewell $8 + GST - 714 words Initial blends, er, y and le endings, some ck words. It is embarrassing going on the bus with Gran. Every time she sees something that she [...]

Story by Jan Farr $8 + GST - 508 words Many ck words with initial blends. Hell Cat, Quick Jack and Cock- a- Dockle Hen and her chicks – and getting out of the shack!

By Betsy Sewell $8 + GST - 997 words Many Initial blends, ccvc words. Includes grow, slow, know. The challenge is to build the very best sled for the sand hills. Who will be the [...]

By Betsy Sewell $8 + GST - 752 words Includes slow, know, owner. ck words, ay, y endings, initial blends. Any excuse will do to get out of the maths test, but one lie leads [...]

By Betsy Sewell $5.50 + GST - 168 words ow words A very short story, about saving the crow’s little one lost in the snow.

By Betsy Sewell $9.50 + GST - 1549 words ck, ng, and ll words, ay, ow and y endings. Many -le and -led words. A duckling brought up by a child can be very demanding. [...]

By Betsy Sewell $8.50 + GST - 940 words Many ck, ll and especially ng words. Little Red the fox cub is learning to hunt. He has much to learn, but in the end…

By Betsy Sewell $8.50 + GST - 749 words Some kn words (knot, knob.) Many ck and ng words, initial blends. The fish and chip shop is shut, so to get fish and chips, you [...]

By Betsy Sewell $8.50 + GST - 663 words y (fly, cry) words, initial blends, final st (best, just). The old moth teaches a rebellious young butterfly how to dry her wings and fly.

By Betsy Sewell $5.50 + GST - 484 words ck words, y, le endings, all/ ill/ell. There are many versions of this fable – this version will be new to most children.

By Betsy Sewell $5.50 + GST - 456 words Initial blends and endings. The legend of how rugby was invented from a flat soccer ball at Rugby School.

By Betsy Sewell $5.50 + GST - 195 words Introduces the ‘ar’ sound. Going to rugby, but the car will not start.

Story by Ali Foster $5.50 + GST - 408 words The hat maker makes glorious hats, but getting one fit for a king – now that is a challenge.

By Betsy Sewell $8 + GST - 662 words ar words, initial blends, le, et endings. The best parties do not involve spending lots of money.

By Betsy Sewell $8 + GST - 1109 words Many ar words, et and en endings. You may want an unusual pet, but keeping a frog has its pitfalls.

By Betsy Sewell $8.50 + GST - 1014 words More practice with ar words. The fascinating life of the starfish. Many older children are absorbed by this one.

By Betsy Sewell $8 + GST - 567 words Initial blends, endings ed, le, y, er. The fable of the little chick who knows so much better than the grown-ups.

By Betsy Sewell $8.50 + GST - 916 words Many words with initial blends and ing, ed, er and y endings. All summer long, the lazy cricket mocks the ant hard at work storing food [...]

By Betsy Sewell $8 + GST - 790 words Initial blends and endings. A version of an Aesop Fable. How Mr. Frog tricks Mr. Rat to always win the race.

By Betsy Sewell $5.50 + GST - 413 words Final blends. Children reluctantly go camping with Dad, to discover its joys.

By Betsy Sewell $8.50 + GST - 1265 words Initial and final blends. Lots of ‘old’ words – told, hold, cold etc. What sort of creature am I? The clues come, and the child must [...]

By Betsy Sewell $8 + GST - 623 words st and other final blends. Agnes the spider and Mrs. Smith live in the same house. When both have mothers coming to stay, the conflict begins.

By Betsy Sewell $5.50 + GST - 485 words Final blends, many l controlled vowels (felt, cold etc.) Gran comes to look after a child in bed with mumps, and explains about being sick in [...]

By Betsy Sewell $8.50 + GST - 1006 words l controlled vowels, pt, ft final blends. A girl makes friends with a ghost trapped under her bed.

By Betsy Sewell $8 + GST - 804 words Some final blends; ic, led endings. Boys build and furnish a hut in the plum tree, only to have it taken over by a possum.

By Betsy Sewell $8.50 + GST - 1277 words Blends and endings, many words with ar. Logging in mid-19th century Canada, its dangers, and using the ice on the tracks to bring the logs down.

By Betsy Sewell $8 + GST - 1645 words Follows on from previous story. The logs are stacked on a frozen river, and when the ice melts, the river pigs must ride the logs down [...]

By Betsy Sewell $8.50 + GST - 1076 words Final blends with endings. A wombat marks his territory with poos – very distinctive poos, and lots of them. His multiple burrows and habit of charging [...]

By Betsy Sewell $8.50 + GST - 1005 words Focus on ng words, l controlled vowels, initial and final blends. A chest is found in the river. The children try many ways to retrieve it, [...]

By Betsy Sewell $8 + GST - 938 words es, ive endings. Some longer words to break up, insects, dragonfly. The story of the godwit’s incredible flight to the tundra in Alaska, and back to [...]

By Betsy Sewell $8 + GST - 762 words The story of how the shag fishes and brings up its young, and how traditional fishermen in Japan trained shags to bring in their catch.

By Betsy Sewell $8.50 + GST - 981 words Short vowels with initial and final blends, with more challenging words to decipher: panic, solid, beyond etc. The story of a salmon, and her challenge to [...]

By Betsy Sewell $8.50 + GST - 830 words Many ow words, borrow, mower. Final blends with endings. Mum wants a new garden, and begins by taking the rubbish to the dump. But the kids [...]

By Betsy Sewell $8.50 + GST - 1476 words Many final blends. The story of the incredible little New Zealand robin.

By Betsy Sewell $8.50 + GST - 1137 words Blends, some words with double endings (ered, ingly). Mum loses the jar of jam she has just bought, and it is found by one person in [...]

By Betsy Sewell $9.50 + GST - 1576 words Blends with endings, some double endings. When Jin the Otter escaped from the (Auckland) zoo, the public, the police, the army were called in to help [...]

By Betsy Sewell $9.50 + GST - 1395 words An emphasis on less common final blends ft, sp, mp, mb, nch. The story reads as if a man is making his way to the summit [...]

By Betsy Sewell $8.50 + GST - 1328 words a-e. Nessie the Lake Ness monster corresponds with Angus who lives by the lake. How can he possibly doubt her existence?

By Betsy Sewell $8 + GST - 731 words a_e. After the earthquake, the landscape is altered, and the map the trampers have bought in good faith is quite wrong. Suitable for older children.

By Betsy Sewell $5.50 + GST - 374 words i_e, but also a_e and o-e. Mandy must tidy her room, and comes up with some very quick quick-fixes.

By Betsy Sewell $8.50 + GST - 1058 words o_e, but also a_e and i_e. How actually do you capture a snake basking on your deck?

By Betsy Sewell $8.50 + GST - 1018 words o_e,but also a_e and i_e. What an absolutely fascinating little creature the limpet is! What ingenious ways it has of protecting itself against its enemies!

By Betsy Sewell $5.50 + GST - 217 words igh phoneme. A brief story about noises in the night on a camping expedition.

By Betsy Sewell $8.50 + GST - 1390 words All v_e patterns, many triple blends. Based on a true event. A particularly difficult whale stranding, and what must be done to save them.

By Betsy Sewell $7 + GST - 759 words ee and ea words. The incredibly complex social and farming systems of these ants.

By Betsy Sewell $9.50 + GST - 1425 words ee/ ea words. Includes war, Warners, and awards. The true story of a puppy rescued from the brink of starvation from a German army camp, who [...]

By Betsy Sewell $9.50 + GST - 1717 words v-e words, ee/ ea words. A sprinkling of ‘or’ words: storm, morning, Norton etc. Libby was the first woman to win the grueling dog sled race [...]

Story by Betsy Sewell $8.50 + GST - 1408 words How Adolf Hitler and Ferdinand Porsche collaborated to design the biggest selling car of all time.

By Betsy Sewell $8.50 + GST - 1404 words ee and ea words. From the gold fields of Central Otago. Finding gold is not quite as easy as the rumours suggest, and then when you [...]

By Betsy Sewell $5.50 + GST - 357 words Introduces oa. Uncle Max needs to shift his digger to the coast – the narrow roads, or float it down the river?

By Betsy Sewell $7 + GST - 561 words Introduces ai. Who gets the biggest fright when you encounter a stingray – you or the stingray?

By Betsy Sewell $9.50 + GST - 2939 words Many ee, ea, ai and igh words, some oa. The relationship between a man alone on a life raft, and the shark that arrives every evening [...]

By Betsy Sewell $9.50 + GST - 2041 words Many oa, ai and igh words. Digging for coal in the days when dark tunnels were lit by candles attached to the miner’s helmet; and how [...]

By Betsy Sewell $9.50 + GST - 2158 words ee, ea, or, ai, oa, igh practice, and introduces oo. Going on holiday with Dad to Mars. Mum says eat properly, sleep properly, clean your teeth [...]

By Betsy Sewell $7 + GST - 728 words ai, igh, oa mixed. Introduces tch. Catching flying fish the traditional way, with flares and nets on moonless nights…

By Betsy Sewell $9.50 + GST - 1455 words More tch words, introduces dge. Beaver dams and lodges are engineering feats. How the beaver creates its own habitat, for winter and summer.

By Betsy Sewell $9.50 + GST - 1582 words Introduces u-e, also -are (share, stare). On Christmas Day, 1914, enemies emerged from the trenches to play soccer.

By Betsy Sewell $8.50 + GST - 1068 words Introduces ou sound. Include u-e words, tune, huge. The migratory life of the colossal humpback whale.

By Betsy Sewell $9.50 + GST - 1682 words ou. More complex words than “The Humpback Whale.” When the mine collapsed trapping the miners for 69 days, Edison Pena kept his sanity by running, and [...]

By Betsy Sewell $8.50 + GST - 1056 words ew and or. In the days before text messaging, television or even radio, it was the children of New Zealand who spread the news that WW1 [...]

By Betsy Sewell $7 + GST - 943 words o as u sound (nothing, cover, money etc), also common prefixes (un, re, ex, de, per etc). The farmers of Kenya had a problem with elephants [...]

By Betsy Sewell $8.50 + GST - 1368 words Introduces ur. Includes ey as in they – grey, whey, survey. The lives of the Turkish nomads, who depend absolutely on their sheep.

By Betsy Sewell $9.50 + GST - 1512 words er, ur but particularly ir and ear (heard, learnt etc). Prefixes un, in, re, de, mis, dis. The 1905 rugby tour of Britain. How a group [...]

By Betsy Sewell $9.50 + GST - 2542 words ir; ear as in earth; air; ear; are; ore; A young man living a near subsistence lifestyle on a remote Pacific atoll takes the reader through his [...]

By Betsy Sewell $9.50 +GST - 2871 words air; ear; are; ore. An unarmed hunter carries his trophy back to camp, and encounters a hungry grizzly bear...

By Betsy Sewell $9.50 + GST - 1416 words More ur /ir /ear words, prefixes, introduces aw. The swift and the falcon are the fastest of earth’s creatures, and the sloth is ever so slow. [...]

By Betsy Sewell $9.50 + GST - 2213 words Introduces ea making short ‘e’ sound (bread, breath), and ‘ure’, ‘ture’ and ‘sure’ endings. Just a few bones and no complete skeletons remain of the mighty [...]

By Betsy Sewell $9.50 + GST 3630 words The sequel to A Voyage in Antarctica. Taking to the lifeboats in Antarctic waters, and survival on Elephant Island

By Betsy Sewell $9.50 + GST, 3545 words The true story of Shackleton’s ill-fated voyage to Antarctica, and how the crew survived the loss of their ship