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Handwriting (School Zone: I Know It)
$10.00 NZD
Category: Writing Skills | Series: School Zone
Handwriting helps your child develop legible cursive handwriting by providing clear instructions and lots of opportunities to practise. At the start of the workbook, letters are presented in categories, grouping together letters that are formed with the same hand movements and strokes. The workbook incl ...Show more
Write Your Own Sci-Fi and Fantasy Stories by Andy Prentice
$23.00 NZD
Category: Writing Skills | Series: Write Your Own
Inspire a new generation of science fiction and fantasy writers with this write-in book, filled with an exciting and eclectic range of writing activities, tips and advice. Activities teach how to structure a plot, craft realistic characters, create thrilling action scenes and end a story with a cunning ...Show more
Learning to Write (School Zone: I Know It)
$10.00 NZD
Category: Writing Skills | Series: School Zone
Learning to Write guides the development of legible handwriting with instruction and practice exercises. The activities in this workbook include the proper starting points for each letter stroke, as well as numbering the strokes so the letter is written in the correct order. Playful illustrations, writi ...Show more
Miss Punk-Chewation to the Rescue by Pamela J. Stainton
$23.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
Meet Miss Punk-Chewation. She's in charge of a crew who help make it easier for us to read and write stories.
Once Upon a Slime: 45 Ways to Get Writing Fast by Andy Griffiths
$18.00 NZD
Category: Writing Skills
Is this the right book for you?Take the SLIME TEST and find out.- Have you ever wondered where ideas come from and how stories are made?- Would you like to know the true stories behind some of Andy and Terry's books and characters?- Would you like to discover 45 great ways to have fun with words and pic ...Show more
Writer's Handbook Guide to Writing for Children by Barry Turner
$35.00 NZD
Category: Writing Skills
The latest in-depth, specialist guide from the bestselling Writer's Handbook team. Featuring articles and interviews with established authors and experts in the trade, this book explores the key to success in writing for children and offers all the necessary advice for newcomers to this expanding ma ...Show more
A Creative Approach to Teaching Rhythm and Rhyme by Andy Croft
$30.00 NZD
Category: Parenting & Teaching
Andy Croft strongly believes that you don't have to be 'good at English' to be able to enjoy the music of ordinary speech. Using rhythm and rhyme is a democratic creative act that is equally hard and equally easy for everyone. It has special rules which won't let you reach for the first word that comes ...Show more
Creative Writing (Usborne Key Skills: Wipe Clean) by Caroline Young
$15.00 NZD
Category: Writing Skills | Series: Key Skills
This easy-to-use book provides an enjoyable way to experiment with creative writing styles. With the help of a group of friendly animal characters, children can learn about starting a story, how to devise a plot, introduce characters, write comic strips and more. The durable, wipe-clean pages encourage ...Show more
Writing Magic: Creating Stories That Fly by Gail Carson Levine
$15.00 NZD
Category: Writing Skills
Bestselling author of Ella Enchanted and fairy-tale master Gail Carson Levine helps you make magic with your writing!In Writing Magic, Newbery Honor author Gail Carson Levine shares her tricks of the trade. She shows how you can get terrific ideas for stories, invent great beginnings and endings, write ...Show more
Everything I Know about Writing by John Marsden
$30.00 NZD
Category: Writing Skills
The ultimate "get off your bum and do it" book, Everything I Know About Writing will motivate anyone to write. It's a lively funny guide to writing, as readable as a novel, but packed front to back with ideas and insights. And this new edition has one other great feature: 600 extraordinary topics, guara ...Show more
Write Your Own Adventure Stories by Paul Dowswell
$20.00 NZD
Category: Writing Skills
A write-in book which will allow children to pen their very own adventure story. With lots of hints and tips on how to create characters, plan plots, write dialogue and stage all-important action scenes, this book will start budding writers off with simple exercises, and build them up until they are rac ...Show more
Comprehension 8-9 (Usborne Key Skills: Wipe Clean) by Caroline Young
$15.00 NZD
Category: Writing Skills | Series: Usborne Key Skills: Wipe Clean
This book offers children the opportunity to analyse and respond to many types of writing. It elicits their ideas in a supportive way and encourages them to re-draft their work until they are happy. Each activity is based on comprehension skills taught in schools and there is ample scope for the develop ...Show more