Level up your reading this summer with our Te Ara Poutama Level Up reading challenge. Try out these reads to complete te ao (the world) quest or add to your reading log!
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Picture book
When Baby and Mama go to market, baby is so adorable that the banana seller gives him six bananas. Baby eats one and puts five in the basket, but Mama doesn't notice. As Mama and Baby wend their way through the market stalls, cheeky Baby collects five...
The story follows Mark's adopted dog Buster on an adventure around their island home, highlighting elements of Tongan culture and language along the way.
When Lily's Mum tells her that she wishes she could build a bridge between their two homes, Lily and her dog, Woof, swap stick hunts for bridge hunts and set off in search of a bridge to Australia. New Zealand title.
Jim lives in a fishing village in Cornwall — but no-one goes fishing anymore as all the fish have gone. One day, Jim spots a dolphin beached on the sand. After saving the dolphin it soon returns with many more dolphins. They have come to stay — and the...
Vox audiobook
Luis loves to read, but soon his house in Colombia is so full of books there's barely room for the family. What to do? Then he comes up with the perfect solution — a traveling library! He buys two donkeys — Alfa and Beto — and travels with them throughout...
Graphic novel
Featuring 12 cities from around the world, this highly-illustrated search-and-find book rewards close inspection. Incredibly detailed illustrations by Tilly bring the vibrant city scenes to life and are sure to spark a child's interest in the wider world...
Book
A hilarious around-the-world adventure with a great environmental message! Evie and Rick Lane are determined to transform the Great Pacific Garbage Patch — a real life pile of floating garbage — into an eighth continent, using a special formula developed...
Going on a road trip? See the silly side of travel as you explore the wackiest landmarks from around the world — a place where you can walk in real dinosaur tracks, a hotel where you sleep in an igloo, a crazy beard festival, a UFO museum, and so much...
30 true stories of danger and intrigue, written by a real-life female adventurer. Packed with near escapes and inspirational, re-live jaw-dropping moments from some of history's most intrepid adventurers in this book that will have young readers counting...
Discover 100 of the planet's most magical islands — their wildlife, trees, diversity, people, treasures and more - in this beautifully illustrated book. Islands are amazing.
Where can you go to see what the Earth might have looked like billions of years ago? Outback Australia has some of the oldest landscapes in the world, with meteor craters that cover tens of kilometres. In this book you will also discover the ghost towns...
Do you know where in the world you can buy drinkable gold; why an 'elephant's foot' is one of the most dangerous objects in the world; or where you might have to swim to school? Discover the answers to these questions and loads more mindblowing facts....
Enjoy a lush and unexpected journey around the world to discover what makes each place unique. Sleepy sloths, colourful cows, staggering skylines, terrible traffic--countless surprises await! All you need is a good guide and a little curiosity . . . so,...
Take a journey into the unknown and discover the planet's wildest and most wonderful sights. Paddle through the eerie glowworm caves of New Zealand, ride with the wild horses of the Namib desert, swing off the end of the world in Ecuador, and be amazed...
Take a trip across the globe to explore 18 of the world's most intriguing islands and discover their stories. Some islands are busy, bustling homes to many people, while others have almost no life at all. Some are covered in thick jungle, others in freezing...
Take time to connect with the world as you embark on 40 slow adventures. Each of these journeys are on foot, bike, boat or train, allowing you to take in the history, absorb the landscape and meet extraordinary people along the way.
An illustrated, chooseable-path travel guide to New York City.
Features colourful themed trails, from history and culture to food and nature, that reveal amazing facts and intriguing tales that kids won't find on the tourist routes or inside the average guidebook. We'll show them where to bathe in chocolate, climb...
Get ready for an incredible journey across our world. Continent by continent, this book takes you through every country on Earth. Packed with thousands of facts about everything from amazing animals and super sights to fun festivals and fabulous food,...
Come on a round-the-world adventure as we explore 60 amazing places from across the globe! This fully illustrated book introduces kids to some of the best places to visit on our planet. Continent by continent, they'll find out the top things to see and...
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