Early Readers | Short Stories | Learning Media |
South Pacific Press
Lift Education | Curriculum Concepts | Articles | Unpublished |
Interviews with Authors
Lift Education | Curriculum Concepts | Articles | Unpublished |
Interviews with Authors
Red Rockets (for the New Zealand and overseas market)
'Clever Camouflage' published by Red Rocket Publishing for children with a reading age of 6 years. A non-fiction early reader about how animals use camouflage to survive. Published by Red Rocket Publishing.
'Making Pancakes' published by Red Rocket Publishing for children with a reading age of 6 years. A non-fiction early reader about how to make pancakes. Published by Red Rocket Publishing.
Short Stories
Cat Attack in Claws & Jaws, an Animal Anthology edited by Barbara Else, published by Random House.
Dog Operation in Claws & Jaws, an Animal Anthology edited by Barbara Else, published by Random House.
'Lost and Found' short story runner up in the Rodney Writes competition in 2007. READ MORE
Learning Media (for the New Zealand market)
Flight of the Albatross, School Journal, Part 3 Number 2, 2009
No More Tea Parties, School Journal, Part 3, Number 1, 2010
Learning Media (for the American market)
Digging Up a Story: Water Across the Land
Science at Play: Try this at Home
Inventions: Science Meets Fiction
Inventions: Inventions Take Time
The Shape of the Land: Saving the Salmon
Grow & Change: Grasslands
Local Leaders: Pass It On
South Pacific Press (for the American market)
Volcanoes
Under Your Feet
Amazing Water
Lift Education (for the American market)
The Mpemba Effect
When Oil Came from Whales
Curriculum Concepts
The Big Book of School Journal Units 2008 READ MORE
Articles
'Dancing on the Media: An Interview with Shona McCullagh' in DANZ magazine READ MORE
'Lorraine Orman' in Magpies Magazine, Volume 21, Issue No. 2, May 2006
'Joe Polaischer - living and breathing sustainable living' in Organic New Zealand READ MORE
'Healthy Living in Schools' in Kids Life Magazine
'Powering into Homework' in Kids Life Magazine READ MORE
'New Zealand Literature in Schools' in NZ Education Review READ MORE
Unpublished
'It's quackers around here' READ MORE
'When you wish upon a star' READ MORE
Interviews with Authors
Derek Landy, author of the 'Skulduggery Pleasant' series interview. READ MORE
Fleur Beale, author of 'Juno of Taris', interview. READ MORE
Kyle Mewburn, author of 'Old Huhu', interview. READ MORE
Kate de Goldi, author of the '10 PM Question', interview. READ MORE
Lorraine Orman, author of 'Haunted', interview. READ MORE
Michael Morpurgo, author of 'Running Wild' interview. READ MORE
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