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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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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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Look Under the Leaves
A weird and confusing environmental philosophy for children by Elsie Locke.
Kirsten Edwards
Feb 17, 20241 min read
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Explorer Zach & Moko's Hideout - both by Elsie Locke
Two picture books by Elsie Locke - Explorer Zach and Moko's Hideout.
Kirsten Edwards
Dec 13, 20232 min read
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Joe's Ruby by Elsie Locke
A man raises a rook from a hatchling and discovers a lifelong friend.
Kirsten Edwards
Jun 8, 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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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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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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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
Kirsten Edwards
Oct 30, 20212 min read
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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...
Kirsten Edwards
Oct 10, 20212 min read
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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...
Kirsten Edwards
Mar 8, 20212 min read
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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...
Kirsten Edwards
Mar 2, 20212 min read
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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...
Kirsten Edwards
Feb 16, 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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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.
Kirsten Edwards
Jan 18, 20211 min read
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