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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Kirsten Edwards

Feb 171 min read

Look Under the Leaves by Elsie Locke

A weird and confusing environmental philosophy for children by Elsie Locke.

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Explorer Zach & Moko's Hideout - both by Elsie Locke

Kirsten Edwards

Dec 13, 20232 min read

Explorer Zach & Moko's Hideout - both by Elsie Locke

Two picture books by Elsie Locke - Explorer Zach and Moko's Hideout.

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Kirsten Edwards

Jun 8, 20232 min read

Joe's Ruby by Elsie Locke

A man raises a rook from a hatchling and discovers a lifelong friend.

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Kirsten Edwards

Dec 15, 20223 min read

A River Rules My Life by Mona Anderson

Mona Anderson's classic best-selling book about life on a New Zealand high country station.

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Kirsten Edwards

Oct 5, 20222 min read

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

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Why is that Lake so Blue? by Simon Pollard

Kirsten Edwards

May 16, 20222 min read

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

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In The Garden. Explore and Discover the New Zealand Backyard by Ned Barraud & Gillian Candler

Kirsten Edwards

Oct 30, 20212 min read

In The Garden. Explore and Discover the New Zealand Backyard by Ned Barraud & Gillian Candler

Explore the garden, get close to the soil, flowers and trees and discover the many different animals that make the New Zealand backyard thei

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Home is the High Country (My Small Animal Friends) by Mona Anderson

Kirsten Edwards

Oct 10, 20212 min read

Home is the High Country (My Small Animal Friends) by Mona Anderson

Here are six appealing stories about the small creatures, both wild and tame...

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Taketakerau, The Millennium Tree by Marie Anstis, Illustrated by Patricia Howitt

Kirsten Edwards

Mar 8, 20212 min read

Taketakerau, The Millennium Tree by Marie Anstis, Illustrated by Patricia Howitt

A child listens to Koro and Grandma as they weave a tale about the life and times of the ancient puriri tree Taketakerau...

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Kirsten Edwards

Mar 2, 20212 min read

Boy and the Sea Beast by Anne De Roo

Another wonderful book by Anne de Roo. This time she enters the mind of a young Maori boy who lives on a Pa with his mother...

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The Adventures of Hutu & Kawa by Avis Acres

Kirsten Edwards

Feb 16, 20212 min read

The Adventures of Hutu & Kawa by Avis Acres

From the back cover: "In an old pohutukawa tree between the forest and the sea live two tiny Pohutukawa Babies, Hutu and Kawa. With the...

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Kirsten Edwards

Jan 22, 20212 min read

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.

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Kirsten Edwards

Jan 19, 20211 min read

The Hole in the Hill by Ruth Park

An adventure story based in New Zealand about two Australian children who stay on a farm that their father has just inherited.

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