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  • After the Fire.

    After the Fire

    by Adrienne Frater

    illustrations by Adele Jackson

    “There were no sheep, no cows, not even birds – anywhere.”

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    Series: School Journal Level 3 November 2019

    Learning area: English, Social Sciences

    Curriculum level: 3

    Reading year level: 5

    Category: Fiction

    Topics: alpaca, change, climate change, community, disaster, drought, evacuation, family, farming, fire, fire fighters, friendship, rebuilding, rescue centre, resilience, volunteers

    In: School Journal Level 3 November 2019

    Publication date: November 2019

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  • Fantastic Penguins.

    Fantastic Penguins

    by Giselle Clarkson

    Penguins are unlike any other birds on the planet.

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    Series: School Journal Level 3 November 2019

    Learning area: English, Science

    Curriculum level: 3

    Reading year level: 6

    Category: Non-fiction

    Related titles: See TSM

    Topics: adaptation, Antarctica, climate, eastern rockhopper, emperor penguin, environment, erect crested penguin, habitat, hoiho, king penguin, kororā, little blue penguin, predators, Snares crested penguin, southern rockhopper penguin, sub-antarctic, survival, tawaki, technology, yellow-eyed penguin

    In: School Journal Level 3 November 2019

    Publication date: November 2019

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  • For the Ancestors.

    For the Ancestors

    by Madeleine Chapman

    Matalena Leaupepe once saw tatau everywhere.

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    Series: School Journal Level 3 November 2019

    Learning area: English, Social Sciences

    Curriculum level: 3

    Reading year level: 6

    Category: Non-fiction

    Related titles: See TSM

    Topics: ancestors, au, ceremony, culture, design, faʻa Sāmoa, family, Fiji, harmony, honour, journey, leadership, legend, malu, pain, peʻa, pride, responsibility, ritual, Sāmoa, service, soa, spirits, spiritual, support, tatau, tattoo, tattooing, tāupou, Tilafaigā, Taemā, toso, tufuga tā tatau

    In: School Journal Level 3 November 2019

    Publication date: November 2019

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  • Hana Kōkō.

    Hana Kōkō

    by Steph Matuku, illustrations by Scott Pearson

    Santa Claus is plump, with rosy cheeks and a curly white beard ... who says?

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    Series: School Journal Level 3 November 2019

    Learning area: English, Social Sciences

    Curriculum level: 3

    Reading year level: 5

    Category: Fiction

    Related titles: See TSM

    Topics: Aotearoa, biculturalism, change, characterisation, Christmas, costume, culture, Hana Kōkō, humour, market, Māori, Meri Kirihimete, Santa Claus, Te Ao Māori, tradition, whānau

    In: School Journal Level 3 November 2019

    Publication date: November 2019

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  • Olly's Cicadas.

    Olly's Cicadas

    by Alison Ballance

    Olly Hills knows a lot more about cicadas than your average eleven-year-old.

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    Series: School Journal Level 3 November 2019

    Learning area: English, Science

    Curriculum level: 3

    Reading year level: 5

    Category: Non-fiction

    Topics: bugs, cicadas, entomologists, environment, habitats, hobbies, insects, kihikihi, larva, life cycle, moult, publishing, species

    In: School Journal Level 3 November 2019

    Publication date: November 2019

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  • Summer Sounds.

    Summer Sounds

    by Jenny Bornholdt

    Poem

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    Series: School Journal Level 3 November 2019

    Learning area: English, Science

    Curriculum level: 3

    Reading year level: 6

    Category: Fiction

    Topics: alliteration, assonance, figurative language, imagery, metaphor, poetry, sound, summer

    In: School Journal Level 3 November 2019

    Publication date: November 2019

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  • The Weird Zone.

    The Weird Zone

    by Sacha Cotter

    illustrations by Kirsten Slade

    “We’ve been tracking Dad’s weirdness for months.”

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    Series: School Journal Level 3 November 2019

    Learning area: English, Social Sciences

    Curriculum level: 3

    Reading year level: 6

    Category: Fiction

    Topics: campground, camping, change, depression, embarrassment, emotions, family, feelings, holiday, humour, loneliness, separation, siblings, stress, summer, tradition

    In: School Journal Level 3 November 2019

    Publication date: November 2019

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  • Across the Sea.

    Across the Sea

    by Hone Rata

    Ihaka’s first journey across the sea. 

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    Series: School Journal Level 4 November 2019

    Learning area: English, Social Sciences

    Curriculum level: 4

    Reading year level: 7

    Category: Fiction

    Topics: change, climate change, environment, fantasy, future, generations, journey, kaiwhakatere, navigation, post-apocalyptic, resources, responsibility, sailing, science fiction, tangata whenua, tīpuna, trade, tūrangawaewae, waka, whakapapa, whānau

    In: School Journal Level 4 November 2019

    Publication date: November 2019

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  • An East German Childhood.

    An East German Childhood

    by Uli Hartung as told to Lucy Corry

    Uli Hartung was seventeen years old and living in East Germany when the Berlin Wall came down.

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    Series: School Journal Level 4 November 2019

    Learning area: English, Health and Physical Education, Social Sciences

    Curriculum level: 4

    Reading year level: 8

    Category: Non-fiction

    Topics: Berlin, Berlin Wall, change, childhood, citizenship, civil rights, Cold War, defectors, East Germany, freedom, Germany, identity, Lenin, Marx, Nazis, propaganda, protesters, refugees, Second World War, secret police, social action, socialism, Socialist Unity Party, Soviet Union, Stasi, West Berlin, West Germany, Young Pioneers

    In: School Journal Level 4 November 2019

    Publication date: November 2019

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  • Boot Camp.

    Boot Camp

    by Shanna Fa‘aita, illustrations by Andrew Burdan

    Liyah has never seen Uncle Joey this happy.

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    Series: School Journal Level 4 November 2019

    Learning area: English, Health and Physical Education, Social Sciences

    Curriculum level: 4

    Reading year level: 8

    Category: Fiction

    Topics: anger, argument, attitude, boot camp, challenge, change, choice, community, decision, emotions, family, feelings, gangs, gym, identity, relationships, responsibility, self-worth, values, whānau

    In: School Journal Level 4 November 2019

    Publication date: November 2019

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