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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The birthday burglar The birthday burglar Margaret Mahy In the first of these two short stories, Bassington, a rich little boy who has never had a birthday, decides to steal one from Mrs. Herringbone and Joanna Joy. In the second story, headmistress Tatia… OL10581414W
The Blood and Thunder Adventure on Hurricane Peak The Blood and Thunder Adventure on Hurricane Peak Margaret Mahy Relates the tangled events that lead the students of the Unexpected School on Hurricane Peak to foil the wicked Sir Quincey and his accomplices and to solve several mysteries. OL15012721W
Friends Friends Gavin Bishop,Joy Cowley A collection of stories about the friendship between Snake and Lizard. Suggested level: primary. OL15023772W
The man from the land of Fandango The man from the land of Fandango Polly Dunbar,Margaret Mahy Illustrations and rhyming text introduce a dancing, juggling, bouncing man who appears once every five hundred years. OL16518128W
Hairy Maclary's rumpus at the vet Hairy Maclary's rumpus at the vet Lynley Dodd Recounts in rhyme the rumpus at the veterinarian's when all the animals get out of their cages. OL1901898W
The lighthouse keeper's lunch The lighthouse keeper's lunch David Armitage,Ronda Armitage Every day Mrs Grinling sends her husband, the lighthouse keeper, his lunch on a special wire between their house and the lighthouse ; but then the seagulls discover how tasty the lunch is. Suggested … OL20868585W
Midnight in the tunnel Midnight in the tunnel Corinne Fenton Ben and Nikki love going fishing with their mum. One perfect sunny day they head off to their favourite fishing spot along the coast, but the fish aren't biting. On the way home, they stop suddenly w… OL24842769W
My cat Maisie My cat Maisie Pamela Allen Andrew is very happy when a stray cat comes to his house, but he plays so roughly that the cat runs away. OL4033341W
Ring of tall trees Ring of tall trees John Dowd Dylan and his Native American friends call on ancient rituals and Raven the trickster for help in stopping a logging company from clearing the old-growth forest near Dylan's farm. OL549037W
Great piratical rumbustification Great piratical rumbustification Quentin Blake,Margaret Mahy In these two stories the protagonists have mischievous fun with a former pirate and a band of robbers. OL86184W
The man whose mother was a pirate The man whose mother was a pirate Margaret Mahy A man gives up his office job and runs off to sea with his old mother who used to be a pirate. OL86191W