Ed service books KIWI related

Walker, O. (1990) The Kiwi. Macmillan Publishers NZ Ltd, Auckland. 7 Copies Level 2+

Contents

NZ kiwi

Uncles, aunts and cousins

Size, shape and colour

Habits

Food

Young

Movement

Kiwi talk

In the wild and in the zoo

Unusual facts

Protect the kiwi

Lockyer, J. (2005) My Kiwi. Reed

Publishing Ltd, Auckland. 7 Copies.

Level 2+

A story book about a young boy

finding Kiwi parents and a young Kiwi

chick, which eventually gets hunted

by a stoat.

Lockyer, J. (2000) The Kiwi. Reed Publishing Ltd, Auckland. 7 Copies Level 2+

Contents

Who, what, where?

Family tree

Good looks

Sniffing and digging

Dinnertime!

Sounds

Home, sweet home

Eggs

Young ones

Danger, beware!

Help save us

KIWIHOUSE BOOKS

Crowe, A & Campbell P. (1997). A Kiwi has no wings- NZ's unique national bird. Heinmann

Education pub. 1 copy. Level 1.

Written as a story for young readers. What makes

NZ's national bird unique? The rhyming text of this

story introduces the strange bird that tane hid.

MacDonald, M. (2005) Birds Need Trees - Trees Need Birds.

Macmillan Education Australia Pty Ltd. 5 copies. Level 1

About the types of birds that live in different trees. (Not NZ

specific) 132 words total.

Griffiths, A. (2005) Uncle Don knows

heaps of wacky stuff. Department of

Conservation, Wellington. 7 Copies

Level 3.

Black and White. Lots of balloons/

clouds with info facts about all things

NZ.

Crowe, A & Campbell P. (1997).

When the Tuatara Came- NZ in the

Days of the Dinosaurs. Heinmann

Education pub. 1 copy. Level 1.

A story book. The tuatara is a survivor from

the age of the dinosaurs. In this book the

reader is taken ba ck through geological

time when this unique and ancient reptile

is believed to have arrived in NZ.

Crowe, A & Campbell P. (1997).

Kereru: NZ pigeon. And the many trees that

need this bird. Heinmann Education pub. 1

copy. Level 1.

A story book. Follow the Kereru, the NZ

pigeon, through its yearly cycle of forest food

and see how the bird spreads the seeds of

many native trees. For these trees, it could be

a case of no kereru, no forest.

Fijn, N. (2005) Pukeko. Reed Publishing Ltd, Auckland. 8

Copies. Level 3

This book introduces one of NZ's most endearing birds to

a young audience.

Contents

What is a pukeko?

Pukeko parts

Where do pukekeo come from?

Pukeko relatives

Where do pukeko live?

Family

Nests and babies

Food

Pukeko talk

Danger! Beware!

Peaceful pukekos

Torckler, D. (2004). What am I? In the Bush. Reed Pub. Level 2

Large size A4. Details 11 native species with a short story….. What am I.

Then key points, followed by recap questions.

Brown, B. (2005) A Booming in the Night. Reed

Publishing Ltd, Auckland. 4 copies. Level 2

A story book about the forest animals a kakapo

meets.

Kakapo is lonely so Pukeko sets out to find him a

friend. But perhaps kakapo doesn't need pukeko's

help at all. The booming in the night seems to be

attracting the right sort of company

Time

Florian, A (2004) Time to Sleep.

Reed Pub. 1 copy Level 1

Story book about different forest

animals keeping the Kiwi awake!

Other Kiwihouse KIWI books available to buy.

Time for bed Little kiwi flies rescue Kiwi and Roo, kiwi and moa Kiwi dinosaur

Kiwi looks after egg Kiwi lost mum Emily the kiwi Little kiwi meet monster

How kiwi lost its wings Kiwi scared of dark Kiwi natural history

Other Kiwihouse BIRD books available to buy.

Colour and keep, colour and keep wildlife

Native birds pocket bush, Field guide Birds, Hand guide birds,

Beaut song Birds of NZ NZ birds Riley Pukeko ponga tree Thief of colours

Fifty five feathers Collins birds of NZ Know your birds About NZ birds

Other Kiwihouse FOREST books available to buy.

Life cycle of frog Guide to NZ forest Collins Wildlife KIM kingfisher Guide to birds of NZ

Guide trees of NZ NZ trees ferns