Looking for something to do after stories@7 this Friday? Well, the Botanic Gardens are doing glow-worm tours on Friday the 3rd and 10th of October at 8pm. Kids under 12 are free and adults pay $5.00. The tours meet at the Founders’ Entrance (main gates, Glenmore Street). Visit the Wellington site for more info. Cool, [...]

Conservation Week is from 7-14 September. Cummings Park Library in Ngaio is having a special after school session on tomorrow, Friday the 12th. They will have Juliet Cooke there from 3.30-4.00pm to tell us all about Kiwi Kids Conservation Club, as well as a colouring-in competition with spot prizes. So if your aged between 5-12 years old [...]

I was reading a folk tale the other day that I hadn’t read since I was a child, ‘How Bear lost his tail’. This folk tale originated in North America (it’s an Ojibwe legend) but it has been retold by Julia Wall and beautifully illustrated by Ali Teo. It’s all about Bear, who thought that [...]

The pigeon wants a puppy! by Mo Willems. This pigeon is so desperate for a pet puppy…… he really, really, REALLY wants one. He promises to water it every day. Do you think it’s a good idea? Do you think the pigeon should get a puppy?
 
 
 
 
 
 

I swear this is true… in fact I read it off a book. Are you very curious already? Well, a zedonk is actually a light brown animal with very fine stripes which is a result of breeding a zebra and a donkey. Amazing isn’t it? Cheetahs are the the fastest animals on land but boy [...]

Everyone has an egg… except for Duck…… Poor Duck! Read this book to see how Duck solves this problem…… The odd egg by Emily Gravett.
 
ps: you can also visit Emily Gravett’s website to sneak a peek at some of her other books!
 
 

Josh is a worrier – and for a good reason. A brother or sister is about to be born, but his mother is in hospital with something called ‘complications’. As if that’s not bad enough, Grandma has arrived to run the household while Josh’s dad is busy with their chicken farm. And then there’s Semolina, [...]

Have you ever wondered how long it takes photographers to gather footage to use in wildlife films? They may have to wait days or weeks to get shots of certain animals. One of the ways they gather information about an animal is looking at its footprints and droppings. A huge amount of information can be [...]

Animal Tracks and Signs by Jinny Johnson is a great book. It has loads of pictures and fascinating facts. It shows you how to track over 400 animals from around the world, including foot prints, feeding signs, hiding places and droppings. Even if you’re not into tracking animals it has great facts on each animal which you [...]

Even if the population of a certain species of animal is huge, it really only takes a few years before their numbers dive down to a dangerously low level. They will be protected and declared endangered and things will be done to get their numbers up again. You’d be surprised, but there’s a lot of species [...]