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.

For young readers
A Whistle from the Blunder, Diana Noonan Atoms, Dinosaurs and DNA, V. Meduna & R. Priestley Ben & Mark: Boys of the High Country, Fernyhough/Bougen 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 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 Tahi: One Lucky Kiwi, M. Drewery, A. Teo & J. O'Reily Taming the Sun, Gavin Bishop The Kiwi Fossil Hunter's Handbook The Terrible Night, Paula Green Weaving Earth and Sky, Robert Sullivan & Gavin Bishop Winging It!, Neville Peat

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 Cross Tides, Lorraine Orman Dare, Truth or Promise, Paula Boock Dead Dan's Dee, Phyllis Johnston Deep Fried, Bernard Beckett & Claire Knighton Genesis, Bernard Beckett Hideout, Lorraine Orman Home Boys, Bernard Beckett I Am Not Esther, Fleur Beale Jerome, William Taylor Jolt, Bernard Beckett Juno of Taris, Fleur Beale 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 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 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 Sea Wreck Stranger, Anna Mackenzie The Transformation of Minna Hargreaves, Fleur Beale The Unquiet, Edith Fiore The Whole of the Moon, Duncan Stuart Thieves, Ella West Third Degree, Tania Roxborogh Thunder Road, Ted Dawe 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 Watermark #1: Watermark, Penelope Todd Watermark #2: Dark, Penelope Todd Watermark #3: Zillah, Penelope Todd

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