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New Zealand Children's Books for Homeschoolers
This blog is a project to research and document New Zealand Children's living books for homeschooling.
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The Mist Lizard
Two children travel time and space to save the world. Set in New Zealand. A science fiction wonder.
Kirsten Edwards
Apr 214 min read
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Samuel Marsden: Greatheart of Maoriland
A biography of Samuel Marsden for older children.
Kirsten Edwards
Apr 93 min read
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Again the Bugles Blow
Rua time travels to the Waikato Wars and discovers his ancestors' history.
Kirsten Edwards
Mar 293 min read
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The White Deer
A young boy on a New Zealand farm finds a white deer and desires above all else to keep it.
Kirsten Edwards
Mar 284 min read
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Tat: The Story of a New Zealand Sheep Dog
The story of a sheep dog in the South Island of New Zealand.
Kirsten Edwards
Feb 213 min read
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The Story of New Zealand
A very readable history of New Zealand for young people - highly recommended.
Kirsten Edwards
Jul 21, 20243 min read
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Shining Rivers
Johnie Crawford is only 14, but soon catches the "gold fever" and heads to the gold fields in this novel about the NZ gold rush in the 1860s
Kirsten Edwards
Apr 4, 20242 min read
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The Greenstone Axe
The three Archer children look after their farm while their parents are away, but everything changes when they find a greenstone axe.
Kirsten Edwards
Mar 1, 20242 min read
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The Children of Clearwater Bay
Six children must flee to safety and reunite with their parents in old New Zealand during the land wars.
Kirsten Edwards
Feb 13, 20242 min read
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The Boys of Puhawai
Three boys, Hemi, Peter and John spend their spring and summer months having adventures in their small seaside New Zealand town.
Kirsten Edwards
Dec 28, 20233 min read
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Station Life in New Zealand
The New Zealand classic written by Lady Barker and her adventures of living on a sheep station with her husband.
Kirsten Edwards
Nov 14, 20232 min read
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The Rhys Griffiths Read Aloud Stories Vol I & II
Engaging stories to read aloud from New Zealand history - Vols I & II.
Kirsten Edwards
Nov 2, 20233 min read
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The Boy with the Snowgrass Hair
Tom is a keen South Island tramper, but with inexperienced Lou tagging along, will he get to do with the tramping he wants to do?
Kirsten Edwards
May 30, 20234 min read
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The End of the Harbour
David and his family settle in Auckland during the 1860s while the Taranaki War continues not far from his colonial town.
Kirsten Edwards
May 14, 20234 min read
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A Canoe in the Mist by Elsie Locke
Runaway Settlers' author, Elsie Locke, takes us back to the 1886 Mount Tarawera Eruption in this gripping historical fiction for children.
Kirsten Edwards
Apr 4, 20235 min read
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The Tree House (and other poems for children) by James K. Baxter
A collection of poems for children from New Zealand's most well-known poet.
Kirsten Edwards
Mar 16, 20232 min read
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A River Rules My Life by Mona Anderson
Mona Anderson's classic best-selling book about life on a New Zealand high country station.
Kirsten Edwards
Dec 15, 20223 min read
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Sally Becomes a New Zealander by N. D. Thompson
A young English girl goes to live with relatives in New Zealand.
Kirsten Edwards
Dec 15, 20223 min read
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These Islands Edited by Gwenyth Jones
These Islands is the first collection of New Zealand poetry to be chosen especially for girls and boys of about eight and upwards.
Kirsten Edwards
Oct 5, 20222 min read
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Hazard Island by Phyl Wardell
A scuba diver goes missing - and the Hammond twins, John and Cathy, with their cousins Richard and Ann Cooper, set out to solve the mystery
Kirsten Edwards
Oct 5, 20222 min read
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