Presents the life of a ten-year-old boy on a New Zealand sheep ranch describing his family, home, school, and amusements and some of the traditions and celebrations of his country.
Chronicles the life of director Peter Jackson, discussing his childhood obsession with movies, his low-budget cult movies, his ambitious retelling of Tolkein's "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, and other related topics.
Sir Edmund Hillary's life of adventure : the authorised [sic], illustrated biography
Johnston, Alexa
2005
Presents a biography of mountain climber and adventurer Edmund Hillary, providing a chronicle of his life, from his childhood in New Zealand, to his ascent of Mount Everest. Includes photographs.
Describes observation procedures teachers may use to monitor the progress of young children who are learning to read and write, or who are having temporary difficulties with literacy learning.
Text, photographs, and maps introduce information about the climate, land use, resources, plants and animals, population, politics, and religions of Australia, New Zealand, and the islands of the South Pacific.
Simple text and photographs teach young readers about the importance of teamwork, using the experiences of mountain climbers Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, who worked together to climb the world's highest mountain.
in 1993 Judith and Michael Sleavin and their two young children, Ben and Annie, set out to live their dream and sail around the world. Then, one night almost three years into their journey, a freighter off the coast of New Zealand altered its course by ten degrees and sliced the sailboat in half. After forty-four hours clinging to an overturned dinghy in icy seawater, her back broken and her skull fractured, Judith was the only one of her family to survive. Her tale of shattering loss and incredible courage made headlines around the world.
