Artist: Bella Hart
MONARCH BUTTERFLIES
Author: Nola Ashton
In the garden, a butterfly lays an egg. Then a caterpillar hatches from its egg. It hatches very quietly. It was a baby at first. It starts to look for some food because the caterpillar is very hungry. The caterpillar got bigger and bigger. The caterpillar made herself a chrysalis on a leaf. Happily, the caterpillar hatches. It was a black and white monarch butterfly with white spots. It flitted around the garden.
Dillon Davids
MONARCH BUTTERFLIES
Author: Otis Lindsay
In the backyard, a butterfly laid an egg. Quickly, the egg hatched. Out came a baby caterpillar. The caterpillar wriggles and eats a leaf. The caterpillar turns into a chrysalis. Then it turns into a beautiful butterfly. It was a boy. It had orange and black stripes.
Artist: Marcus Tucker
MONARCH BUTTERFLIES
Author: Layken Ross
On a swan plant a butterfly lays an egg. Noisily, the egg hatches and out comes a caterpillar. The caterpillar eats some green leaves. Then it suddenly got super fat and made a chrysalis. It stayed in it for two months. Then it came out and it was a beautiful butterfly.
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Artist: Cleo Tasker
THE LITTLE DRAGON
Author: Thea Williamson
One morning, Sam the little boy went to pick some strawberries. On a leaf, next to the strawberries, a little dragon was sleeping.
Sam took the little dragon back inside. When the dragon woke up, he was smoking so Sam put him in a glass of water. POOF! A cloud of steam rose up. Sam ran a bath and the little dragon swam around. Then he flew into the air and fell to the ground. Sam made the dragon a little bed near his.
Next morning, Sam gave the dragon a small golden chain and took him to school. But when the little dragon was not on Sam’s shoulder any more, he knew that he had flown away.
Artist: Vienna Williamson
Artist: Beau McKay Sutherland
MATAKANA
Author: Tom Raffills
Matakana is the best place to live by far! You’re lucky if you live near the water, there are lots of places to do sport, and heaps of outdoor activities.
Firstly, if you live near the water, you can go for a day at Kawau and go fishing for snapper. Or you can go boating around Omaha. Or maybe go jumping off the Point Wells jetties.
Secondly, you can do sport. You can go skating on the flat roads of Point Wells or do some cycling trails. Or play some touch at the Warkworth Showground.
Lastly, there are lots of outdoor activities. You can go surfing at Omaha. Or go for a dive at Pink Beach. You can go camping at Motuora and see kiwi!
Now, come buy a house in Matakana!
HAMSTER
Author: Will Jones
One day there was a hamster named Bill. He was the poorest hamster in the world. What Bill would do was float around in the ocean inside a tin can. All that was in the can was a couch, a TV and an umbrella. He also had one solar panel. When Bill was 5 years old, his parents threw him out the window of their house. He was lonely with no family or friends. Inside his couch Bill had a stash of peanuts. Every morning he would look out of the can and find food in the sea.
Artist: Noah Roborgh
THE HOUSE
Author: Tuuli Randrup-Isbey
One hot, sunny morning on a hill in a forest next to a small town, there was an old brown house. It was a small house with a black door and three windows. A little girl and her mum lived in it. The little girl’s name was Daisy and her mum’s name was Sophie. They had a cow named Deia.
Artist: Lola Cochrane
