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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 Boy with the Snowgrass Hair by Elsie Locke & Ken Dawson
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, 20233 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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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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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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Wanganui Adventure by Ken Saunders
The two teenage boys, Howard and Lindsey, are 14 and 16 and they are out on their own canoeing down the river. Everything changes....
Kirsten Edwards
Aug 16, 20223 min read
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Why is that Lake so Blue? by Simon Pollard
In this fun-filled, fact-rich book, award-winning science writer Simon Pollard Shares the magic, secrets, mysteries, and marvels of Aotearoa
Kirsten Edwards
May 15, 20222 min read
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Hello, New Zealand! by Megan McKean
The author takes the reader on a journey from the top to the bottom of New Zealand with five little kiwis as guides.
Kirsten Edwards
Sep 28, 20212 min read
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Kidnapped by Blackbirders by Eve Sutton
This is a fast-paced and gripping read and will be interesting if you are studying the Polynesian Islands or Australian history.
Kirsten Edwards
Apr 22, 20213 min read
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Because of Rosie by Anne de Roo
Once again I am not disappointed by another book by master storyteller Anne de Roo. Nothing is predictable or contrived and the characters h
Kirsten Edwards
Apr 7, 20215 min read
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Journey Under Warning by Elsie Locke
Elsie Locke has written a brilliant and moving account of the events and characters during the Wairau Affray in 1843.
Kirsten Edwards
Apr 1, 20213 min read
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Traveller by Anne de Roo
Here is the story - based on a true incident - of a remarkable dog called Traveller, and a boy who befriended her.
Kirsten Edwards
Feb 9, 20212 min read
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Moa Valley by Anne de Roo
This story is about Marion, who joins a party of 5 or a 10-day tramping expedition into mountains of Fiordland from Lake Te Anau.
Kirsten Edwards
Jan 21, 20212 min read
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