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Reading Age of 8 to 12 Years Old

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Kiwi: The Real Story
  

Kiwi: The Real Story (Hardback)

By Florian, Annemarie; Illustrated by Hunt, Heather

  • RRP: $29.99
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While the kiwi is often depicted as an endangered national symbol in need of our protection, this book takes a dramatically different route. Kiwi: the real story invites the reader into the secret night world of the North Island brown kiwi, illuminating the facts about its habita ...

ISBN 9781869663780
Published 1 October 2012 by New Holland Publishers
Interest Age 4-12 years
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Taketakerau: The Millennium Tree
 

Taketakerau: The Millennium Tree (Hardback)

By Anstis, Marnie; Illustrated by Howitt, Patricia; Spencer, Kelly

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Uses a story format to introduce factual information. "A child listens to Koro and Grandma as they weave a tale about the life and times of the ancient puIriri tree Taketakerau, the settlement and development of New Zealand, and world events that happened over the last 2000 years ...

ISBN 9781877577680
Published 1 January 2011 by Steele Roberts & Associates Lt
Interest Age 4-12 years
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Red Rocks
  

Red Rocks (Paperback)

By King, Rachael

  • RRP: $19.99
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While holidaying at his father's house, 12-year-old Jake explores the wild south coast of Wellington, with its high cliffs, biting winds, and its fierce seals. When Jake stumbles upon a perfectly preserved sealskin, hidden in a crevice at Red Rocks, he takes it home and, worried ...

ISBN 9781869799144
Published 1 June 2012 by Random House
Interest Age 4-12 years
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At the Beach: Explore & Discover the New Zealand Seashore
 

At the Beach: Explore & Discover the New Zealand Seashore (Hardback)

By Barraud, Ned; Candler, Gillian

At the Beach is a delightful introduction to the natural history of the New Zealand seashore. The stage is set with beautiful, factually correct illustrations (including detailed cross-sections) of three familiar habitats - the sandy beach, rockpools and mudflats. Many of the pla ...

ISBN 9781877517747
Published 1 October 2012 by Craig Potton Publishing
Interest Age 4-12 years
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My Brother's War
 

My Brother's War (Paperback)

By Hill, David

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It's New Zealand, 1914, and the biggest war the world has known has just broken out in Europe. William eagerly enlists for the army but his younger brother, Edmund, is a conscientious objector and refuses to fight. While William trains to be a soldier, Edmund is arrested. Both br ...

ISBN 9780143307174
Published 22 August 2012 by Penguin
Interest Age 9-12 years
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The ACB with Honora Lee
  

The ACB with Honora Lee (Hardback)

By De Goldi, Kate; Illustrated by O'Brien, Gregory

  • RRP: $34.99
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Perry's mother and father are busy people a they're impatient, they're tired, they get cross easily. And they think only children, like Perry, should be kept busy with plenty of activities and other people in their lives. Perry would prefer a dog. But there is no dog they're fa ...

ISBN 9781869799892
Published 5 October 2012 by Random House
Interest Age 8-11 years
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The Queen and the Nobody Boy: A Tale of Fontania
 

The Queen and the Nobody Boy: A Tale of Fontania (Paperback)

By Else, Barbara; Illustrated by Broad, Sam

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An adventure story about greed, rebellion, and finding allies in the most unlikely places. Chapter book for children.

ISBN 9781877579233
Published 7 September 2012 by Gecko Press
Interest Age 4-12 years
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Uncle Trev and His Whistling Bull
 

Uncle Trev and His Whistling Bull (Paperback)

By Lasenby, Jack

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It's the 1930s. Our storyteller is crook in bed trying to get over a long sickness and wanting to go back to school, when Uncle Trev arrives to let Mum go out and do the shopping. Uncle Trev tells one story after another about the animals out on his farm, and about his neighbour ...

ISBN 9781877467158
Published 2 March 2012 by Gecko Press
Interest Age 11-14 years
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Discovering New Zealand Birds
 

Discovering New Zealand Birds (Paperback)

By Morris, Sandra

  • RRP: $17.99
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With gentle, evocative illustrations, a lively layout and very informative text, Sandra Morris introduces fourteen of New Zealand's most interesting birds to young readers. From a variety of habitats, including the mountains, forest, coast and sea, the birds' behaviour, communica ...

ISBN 9781869663902
Published 1 May 2013 by New Holland Publishers
Interest Age 4-12 years
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Reach
 

Reach (Paperback)

By Brown, Hugh

  • RRP: $22.99
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Will Clark thinks he's a socially inept bookworm who just happens to enjoy cross-country running and taekwondo. But then his mother returns after a five year absence overseas, and he has his first full contact taekwondo fight, and the gorgeous comic-reading Conway Jones asks if s ...

ISBN 9781869509569
Published 6 April 2012 by HarperCollins
Interest Age 12-16 years
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