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Joy Cowley
Snake and Lizard live together in a burrow in the desert. They are such good friends that Lizard decides to display their names above the burrow entrance.
But three small…
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Snake is elegant and calm, and a little self-centered; Lizard is exuberant and irrepressible. With its wisdom, acceptance and good humor, Snake and Lizard captures the essence of friendship. The…
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Joy Cowley knows what makes children laugh.
In this book full of absurd poems and very short, silly stories, a man takes his tadpoles for a walk in his hat…
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Cowley Joy
Learning about numbers, colours and shapes is a breeze with these delightful stories by beloved children’s author Joy Cowley.
Joy Cowley makes early learning fun with these colourful stories about Buzzy Bee and friends. Children learn simple maths ideas while laughing along with Buzzy and his delightful friends.
Help Buzzy Bee learn to count as he prepares for his birthday party Buzzy has to learn to count how many friends are coming to his party. The perfect gift…
Help Buzzy teach his friend Oscar all about different shapes Oscar doesn’t know his shapes until Buzzy and Mary Lou come to the rescue! The perfect gift for a young…
Charles Perrault
Build confidence and engagement with this Rebus favourite fairy tale; through seeing and saying the picture words, children develop essential early pre-reading skills, and begin to understand and enjoy the…
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Joy Cowley, Hilary Jean Tapper (illus.)
An evocative bedtime picture book that distils the essence of a family summer at the beach.
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Ross Beansack, the big hairy author, writes stories for modern children about saving the whales, the rainforest, and the planet. But when he’s visited by an extremely small, green, shrieking…
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Ross Beansack, the big hairy author, has been asked by young readers to write a story about ghosts. The very modern publisher is horrified when she hears of his plans…
Ross Beansack, the big hairy author, is writing a book about saving the rainforests. His very modern publisher says people can’t write about something they haven’t experienced. Simple, says Sophie…
Fred Gribble invents robots, his sister Asia transforms the house, and their little brother Silas makes fireworks (and only a few mistakes). When their cook, Mrs Munch, is frightened away…
Fred, Asia, and Silas Gribble are good at inventing things. They are not very good at tidying the house. So when their parents phone from overseas and ask them to…
Asia and Silas invent a rocket-powered skateboard for their brother Fred’s birthday. But the neighbours (and Police Sergeant Lisa) are not impressed by the resulting mayhem - or the absence…
Ten-year-old Rachel takes her little sister Taylor blackberry-picking. I’ll go high, says Rachel. You go low. Taylor tastes as many blackberries as she picks. Then she discovers a tiny caterpillar…
Esther is determined to become a champion swimmer. Maybe I was a fish in my last life, she says. Esther wants to do everything for herself, but that’s been more…
Drum is a people dog, and his favourite people are children. A true gentleman dog, says Mum. But while everyone in town knows and loves Drum, the old dog doesn’t…
Violet Spry, the very sly spy, has a red leather spy suit with thirteen pockets, fly-foot boots for walking down walls, and a new chopper cap that lifts her off…
Violet Spry, the very sly spy, has a red leather spy suit with thirteen pockets, fly-foot boots for walking down walls, and a spider wire for jumping onto buildings. With…
Violet Spry, the very sly spy, has a red leather spy suit with thirteen pockets, fly-foot boots for walking down walls, and green jelly beans for moments of hunger. She…
Sir Brian Flockart is a gentle knight who would rather be a peasant and grow cabbages and potatoes. He hates dangerous activities like swinging a battleaxe, horseriding, and using sharp…
Sir Brian Flockart is a gentle knight who doesn’t like wearing armour and fighting battles. He also doesn’t like hunting dragons. When the boastful knight Sir Roger Duckbury sets out…
Sir Brian Flockart is a gentle knight who hates war. He doesn’t much like the king, who makes war for a living, either. But as the king’s battle planner, Sir…
Students will enjoy developing their reading skills with these lavishly illustrated and entertaining tales by popular author Joy Cowley. Mrs. Wishy-Washy, the Meanies, the Jigaree, and Dan, the Flying Man…
The farmyard animals hide from Mrs. Wishy-washy on bath day.
When things don’t go right, Kanga the Kangaroo can become very angry! Sometimes he can be destructive. Kanga’s mother gives him helpful anger management strategies and then Kanga is able…
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A princess rescues her brothers from a spell cast by an evil queen that has forced them to live as humans at night and swans during the day. Warm watercolors…
Original Korean text by Gyeong-hwa Kim –Colophon.
Original Korean text by Seok-ki Nam –Copyright page.
Mrs Wishy-Washy is at it again, rubbing and scrubbing all the animals on the farm. But this time they are not standing for it. Duck, cow and pig run away…
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Freddy Bear doesn’t like new faces. They scare him. But here is a new face, it’s Uncle Bear … and he’s making a paper plane.
Offers advice for writing children’s literature, from plot and dialogue to novels and picture books.
Each story supports instruction in new phonics elements and incorporates elements and high frequency words that have been previously taught.
The story of Jonasi, sent from the sea as a baby to grow up in an isolated Pacific village. Separated from the villagers by his silence and their prejudices, Jonasi…
Navigation is a relaxed, beautifully written memoir, not in any sense a formal autobiography. It contains wonderful sections on Joy’s life growing up in a small Manawatu town (her first…
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Specially crafted for Shared Reading and Writing. Features rhyme, rhythm and repetition. Storylines are full of humour that children will love. Age range: 4-9. Provides thorough coverage of the Literacy…
This comprehensive reading program will lead students through the literacy learning process from phonics to chapter books, building confidence and important language access tools along the way. SUNSHINE offers both…
Shared Reading Packs include: 1 Big Book 6 each of 1 student book 1 poetry poster 1 cassette 1 lesson plan 1 hanging bag
