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Reading on Up Reading On Up Books to share with children from eight to twelve years old Compiled by Storylines Children’s Literature Charitable Trust of New Zealand www.storylines.org.nz Reading On Up It’ll be great if you read some of these stories to your kid(s). It'll be even greater if you read some with your kids. You’ll both end up healthier. A lot of people see reading as a passive activity, a process of sitting and absorbing. It’s not. For one thing, how many 8-12-year-olds just sit to read or hear stories? They shift around; they jerk in their seats at the tense bits; they laugh and gasp and go ‘Aww, sick!’ For the audience at this age, and for the adults who read to them, books are an emphatically physical activity. More significantly, books also promote mental and emotional fitness. They extend kids’ emotional range, let them make comparisons and contrasts with themselves - comparisons that can reassure and stimulate them. Children who read stories where someone their age has triumphs or laughs or adventures feel ‘Yes! I can do that, too!’ Books develop neural links that no other activity seems to. They deepen a young reader’s inner resources, and take them into those quiet, deep, timeless experiences that are such an antidote to the distraction and fragmentation of the world. And of course, books let kids enjoy themselves. They’re great fun: alarming fun, gentle fun, rude fun, loving and sad fun. (Indeed there’s such a thing.) They let you as an adult have the huge pleasure and privilege of sharing that fun with your or other kids. So books and reading represent one of the healthiest, most unreservedly good gifts that any teacher, parent or rellie can offer a child. In New Zealand, we’re lucky to have a whole lot of stand-out writers for this age-group. (Actually, it’s not luck; it’s due to the dedication of publishers, editors, authors, groups such as Storylines.) Their work affirms that this small country holds big stories. It will make young readers feel that New Zealand and their lives in it are something special. Enjoy this booklet, and enjoy the books. David Hill, author. ISBN: 978-0-473-12591-2 © Storylines Children’s Literature Charitable Trust of New Zealand, 2007 PO Box 96 094, Balmoral, Auckland, New Zealand. [email protected] www.storylines.org.nz © Storylines 2007 Sharing books together is a great idea for any age Ten reasons to read to your child t So you have a great excuse to relax together at any time of the day t So you can enjoy the sound and rhythm of language, the taste of words and the way words join together to create magic through stories t To open doors to knowledge, as well as fantasy t So you can encourage their imagination to run where it wants to, into other worlds t To continue age-old storytelling traditions t To grow their vocabulary, so they can communicate with you and others t To set them on the road to becoming a life-long reader t To create memories that last for a lifetime t Because one day they will read to you t Just because it’s fun! Books for adults about children and books These books will give you some great ideas and information if you would like to learn more about the benefits of reading to your child, and encouraging children to read themselves Paul Jennings, The Reading Bug, Penguin Jackie French, Rocket your Child into Reading, HarperCollins Mem Fox, Reading Magic, Pan James Moloney, Boys and Books, ABC Books Bernice E. Cullen, Read to Me: Raising Kids Who Love to Read, Scholastic www.storylines.org.nz 1 Aiono-Iosefa, Sarona The Pipi Swing Illustrated by Bruce Potter Reed A poignant picture book with a Pacific Island flavour about a young girl whose father has died. One day her grandparents invite her to a ‘pipi swing’, something they used to do with her dad. Together she and her grandparents learn to have fun again. Beale, Fleur Ambushed Scholastic Richard didn’t want to leave the city and now he’s stuck in the countryside struggling to make friends. A group of boys befriend him, then start bullying him, but Richard isn’t an easy target. There are many other novels by Fleur Beale including Walking Lightly and A New Song in the Land (from the My Story series). Beck, Jennifer John Britten: the boy who could do better Scholastic A biography of the designer of the Britten motorbike, exploring his background, childhood, learning difficulties and successes. Nobody’s Dog Illustrated by Lindy Fisher Scholastic Sam’s grandad tells him the story behind the painting of a dog that hangs in his house. A touching picture book about the devotion between a young boy and a dog, illustrated in stunning mixed media and with interesting use of typography. NZ Post Children’s Choice Award 2006. Jennifer Beck and Lindy Fisher have also created A Present from the Past you might enjoy too. Bishop, Gavin Taming the Sun Random House Four Maori myths: Maui and the sun; Kahu and the taniwha; Maui and the big fish; and Rona and the moon. Follow up with the next volume Riding the Waves, also available in te reo Maori. You could also read The House that Jack Built for an interesting perspective on New Zealand history. © Storylines 2007 2 Bland, Peter The Night Kite: poems for children Illustrated by Carl Bland Mallinson Rendel A whimsical illustrated collection of poems to enjoy. Brassi, G Attacked! Scholastic Livvy goes fishing with Jack and his dog, Serge. When Jack is attacked, she has to overcome her own fears, not to mention engine problems, to get them all back to shore in one piece. Brook, Alison (editor) Incredible Science Puffin An interactive guide to encourage children to explore the world of science, learn facts and theories about the world around us, and bring science to life with easy-to-follow experiments to do. Butler, Dorothy Davy’s Ducks Illustrated by Lyn Kriegler Reed Set in Waihi in 1904, some ducks get stuck in a newly built tarsealed road. Will Davy and his family be able to rescue them? If you enjoy this then read another Tale of Old New Zealand by Dorothy Butler - Come Back Ginger. Catran, Ken Something Weird About Mr Foster Scholastic Joe Bennet has doubts about his teacher, Mr Foster, when he spies him retrieving a ball by stretching his arm halfway across a carpark. Ken Catran has written heaps of other novels you will enjoy including Lin and the Red Stranger. © Storylines 2007 3 Corlett, Shirley You’ve Got Guts, Kenny Melrose Scholastic Set in New Zealand just after WW1. Life at Briden Orphanage is tough for Kenny and his sister. They’re being punished for something their father did that Kenny can’t understand. Also read Shirley Corlett’s novel Through Thick and Thin. Cowley, Joy Bow Down, Shadrach Puffin When Hannah discovers where her elderly Clydesdale horse has been sent she mounts a rescue operation. AIM Book of the Year 1992. Gladly, Here I Come and Shadrach Girl continue the series. Hunter Puffin In 2005 Jordan and her brothers are in a plane crash in remote Fiordland. Somehow Jordan experiences a link back to Hunter, a young Maori slave who is on the run in 1805. Through their interconnecting visions Hunter helps Jordan and her brothers survive. NZ Post Book of the Year 2006. Tulevai and the Sea Illustrated by Manu Smith Scholastic Tulevai’s mother proves her love is stronger than the sea and the wind and rescues her son from their clutches. There are lots of other Joy Cowley books you will enjoy including The Silent One, and the Wild West and Froghopper series. Crowe, Andrew Which New Zealand Bird? Illustrated by Dave Gunson Penguin How to identify New Zealand birds by their habitat, size and other simple methods. Andrew Crowe is the author of more than a dozen illustrated books about New Zealand’s flora and fauna. © Storylines 2007 4 De Goldi, Kate Clubs Illustrated by Jacqui Colley Trapeze Everyone in Lolly’s class at school is in a club - except for Lolly, until she comes up with one of her own. Russell Clark Award for illustration and NZ Post Book of the Year 2005. You’ll enjoy the next Lolly book too - it’s called Billy. Doak, Wade I am a Fish Reed A fish identification guide with stunning photographs. 14 fish commonly found in the waters around New Zealand are featured. The fish tell their own stories and explain what makes each unique. Drewery, Melanie Koro's Medicine Illustrated by Sabrina Malcolm Huia From blisters to blocked noses, Koro has a natural remedy for everything, from traditional Maori medical lore. Also available in te reo Maori. Duder, Tessa Night Race to Kawau Puffin Sam’s father enters the night race to Kawau. But Terry, the other crew member, fails to turn up for the race and then, as the sun sets and the weather worsens, Sam’s father is knocked unconscious. So Sam, her sister and her mother are left to sail the boat alone. Gaelyn Gordon Award for a Much-Loved Book 2005. Duder, Tessa & Orman, Lorraine (editors) Out of the Deep and other stories from New Zealand and the Pacific Illustrated by Bruce Potter Reed/Storylines An anthology of 16 stories published to celebrate International Children’s Book Day in 2007.
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