SPCA Storybooks - Responsible Animal Guardianship (Māori Version) - Set of 6
Instructional Readers Responsible Animal Guardianship (ownership) explores a number of key animal welfare topics, such as animal abandonment and adoption.
SPCA's 24 Instructional Readers (or storybooks, as we call them) help children to both improve their reading skills and learn to care for and respect animals. Each reader is carefully levelled in alignment with the Ministry of Education's colour wheel, ensuring they cater to different ages and reading levels.
By purchasing these storybooks, you are helping to nurture the hearts and minds of the younger generation and inspire a kinder, more compassionate Aotearoa for animals and people.
Published by Wendy Pye Publishing Limited for SPCA Education.
This series of books includes:
Fudge Forever - Level: Silver (23 – 24), Reading Age: 8 ½ - 9yrs When Dad brought Fudge home she was very thin and pretty nervous of the world and everything and everyone in it. With the help of twins Keysha and Brodie Fudge’s life is changed forever.
A Catio for Boris - Level: Sapphire (29-30), Reading Age: 11yrs - 12yrs Boris the cat lives with Mr Midgen. As far as Mr Midgen is concerned Boris spends his days eating cat biscuits and snoozing. However, the truth is that Boris is sneaking off and getting up to all sorts of mischief around the neighbourhood.
Fireworks Free - Level: Ruby (27 – 28), Reading Age: 10 - 11yrs After her horse is injured in a fireworks incident, Shiloh and Room 10 begin to investigate and learn a lot about the negative impacts fireworks can have on animals and the environment.
Silverbeet, Saturday and Sunday - Level: Ruby (27 – 28), Reading Age: 10 - 11yrs Saturday and Sunday were brothers. They lived with Bailey and her mum. Their first 6 months were full of attention. But, gradually everything began to change . . .
The Cat, the Car and the Tsunami - Level: Dark Green / Emerald (25 – 26), 9yrs – 10yrs Following a small earthquake, a family receives an alert for a tsunami warning. Things do not go as smoothly for them when they realise they are not prepared at all . . .
Rupert, Purple Circles and the Bell - Level: Sapphire (29-30), Reading Age: 11yrs - 12yrs Rupert was Room Four’s goldfish. Rupert lived on his own in a small, glass bowl that consisted of a thin layer of pebbles and a broken action figure. Rupert’s life was plagued by myths, which meant his welfare needs were not being met.
