Teacher notes - Random House

Random House New Zealand publishes both fiction and non-fiction titles for children and young adults, and for many of these we produce teacher notes. These documents provide curriculum-linked activities, questions and suggestions across a wide range of subjects, from art and literature to science and geography. Simply click on a title below to download the corresponding notes.

New teacher notes
Finder's Shore, Anna Mackenzie Heart of Danger, Fleur Beale In The Sea There Are Crocodiles, Fabio Geda Kimble Bent: Malcontent, Chris Grosz		The Bear and the Wildcat, Kazumi Yumoto The Loblolly Boy and the Sorceror, James Norcliffe The Witch Hunter Chronicles #1, Stuart Daly Voyages Of The Flying Dragon 2: Beast Child, Ben Chandler

For young readers
Alice-Miranda Takes the Lead, Jacueline Harvey Atoms, Dinosaurs and DNA, V. Meduna & R. Priestley A Very Important Godwit, Jenny & Laughton Pattrick A Whistle from the Blunder, Diana Noonan Ben & Mark: Boys of the High Country, Fernyhough/Bougen Bindi Wildlife Adventures, Series One Claws and Jaws: 30 NZ Animal Stories, Barbara Else (ed.) Colin Goes Bush, Sandy McKay Counting the Stars, Gavin Bishop Dare and Double Dare, Barbara Else (ed.) E3 Call Home, Janet Hunt Elwyn's Dream, Ali Foster Get Growing, Helen Cook Hideous and Hilarious, Barbara Else (ed.) High-Tech Legs on Everest, Mark Inglis H.O.U.S.E., Aleksandra Machowiak & Daniel Mizielinski Illustrated History of Antarctica, Marcia Stenson Illustrated History of NZers at War, Marcia Stenson Illustrated History of the South Pacific, Marcia Stenson		Let's Get Art, Brad Irwin and John Ward Knox My Dad the All Black, Sandy McKay Rats!, Gavin Bishop Recycled, Sandy McKay Red Dog in Bandit Country, Beale Redding Riding the Waves, Gavin Bishop Sport (Step-by-Step), Bénédicte Mathieu Tahi: One Lucky Kiwi, M. Drewery, A. Teo & J. O'Reily Taming the Sun, Gavin Bishop The Bear and the Wildcat, Kazumi Yumoto The Emerald Atlas, John Stephens The Fierce Little Woman and the Wicked Pirate, Joy Cowley The Kiwi Fossil Hunter's Handbook, Dr. James Crampton The Loblolly Boy, James Norcliffe The Loblolly Boy and the Sorceror, James Norcliffe The Terrible Night, Paula Green Weaving Earth and Sky, Robert Sullivan & Gavin Bishop Winging It!, Neville Peat Zou and the Box of Kisses, Michel Gay

For teen readers
A Fish in the Swim of the World, Ben Brown A Respectable Girl, Fleur Beale About Griffen's Heart, Tina Shaw And Did Those Feet, Ted Dawe At the Big Red Rooster, William Taylor Box, Penelope Todd Breaking the Habit, Judith Graham Burn Bright, Marianne De Pierres Cross Tides, Lorraine Orman Dare, Truth or Promise, Paula Boock Dead Dan's Dee, Phyllis Johnston Deep Fried, Bernard Beckett & Claire Knighton Ebony Hill, Anna Mackenzie Fierce September, Fleur Beale Finder's Shore, Anna Mackenzie Fruitloops and Dipstick, Ulf Stark Genesis, Bernard Beckett Heart of Danger, Fleur Beale Hideout, Lorraine Orman Home Boys, Bernard Beckett I Am Not Esther, Fleur Beale In The Sea There Are Crocodiles, Fabio Geda Into the Wilderness, Mandy Hager Jerome, William Taylor Jolt, Bernard Beckett Juno of Taris, Fleur Beale Kimble Bent: Malcontent, Chris Grosz Krystyna's Story, Halina Ogonowska-Coates Lester, Bernard Beckett Letters from the Coffin Trenches, Ken Catran Like Wallpaper, Barbara Else (ed.) Lin and the Red Stranger, Ken Catran Lizzie Love, Brenda Delamain Love and Other Excuses, Jane Westaway Losing It, Sandy McKay Monsters of Blood and Honour, Ken Catran My Life and Other Stuff I Made Up, Tristan Bancks No Alarms, Bernard Beckett One Stroppy Jockey, Sandy McKay Out Walked Mel, Paula Boock		Out of Tune, Joanna Orwin Out on the Edge, Anna Mackenzie Owl, Joanna Orwin Peri, Penelope Todd Red Cliff, Bernard Beckett Red Leader Down, Ken Catran Reliable Friendly Girls, Jane Westaway Remembrance, Theresa Breslin Resurrection, Mandy Hager Scarface and the Angel, William Taylor Sea Dreamer, Elizabeth Pulford Sea of Mutiny, Ken Catran Seal Boy, Ken Catran Sil, Jill Harris Single Fin, Aaron Topp Smashed, Mandy Hager Spider, William Taylor The Crossing, Mandy Hager The Curious Incident of the Dog..., Mark Haddon The Dalai Lama Story, Andrew Crowe The Scent of Apples, Jacquie McRae The Sea Wreck Stranger, Anna Mackenzie The Transformation of Minna Hargreaves, Fleur Beale The Unquiet, Edith Fiore The Whole of the Moon, Duncan Stuart The Witch Hunter Chronicles #1, Stuart Daly Thieves, Ella West Third Degree, Tania Roxborogh Thunder Road, Ted Dawe To Die For, Mark Svendsen To the Max, Mark Inglis Travellers #1: Because We Were Travellers, Jack Lasenby Travellers #2: Taur, Jack Lasenby Travellers #3: The Shaman and the Droll, Jack Lasenby Travellers #4: Kalik, Jack Lasenby Unknown Zone, Phil Smith Voyages Of The Flying Dragon 2: Beast Child, Ben Chandler Watermark #1: Watermark, Penelope Todd Watermark #2: Dark, Penelope Todd Watermark #3: Zillah, Penelope Todd

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