Tū
“That dog has to go!” said Mum when I got home after school. “What’s Tū done now?”. “My vegie patch,” Mum moaned. “All my hard work …"
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Series: School Journal Level 2 August 2015
Reading year level: 4
Category: Fiction
Topics: humour, pets, te reo Māori, training animals
Tū.
Words by Paul Mason
Illustrations by Bridget Monro
“That dog has to go!” said Mum when I got home after school.
“What’s Tū done now?”,
“My vegie patch,” Mum moaned. “All my hard work …”
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School Journal Level 2 August 2015
Inside this School Journal are two stories (Tū; Best Mates), two articles (Starting with Strings; The Old Trunk) and one poem (Meeting Katherine Mansfield).
1 of 5Starting with Strings
“Starting with Strings” is about Sistema Aotearoa, a children’s orchestra based in Otara.
2 of 5The Old Trunk
The old trunk of the title is filled with Jill McDonald’s illustrations.
3 of 5Best Mates
This poignant story, told with subtle humour, is about Mana coming to terms with the fact that his best mate is leaving town.
4 of 5Meeting Katherine Mansfield
Tim Upperton’s poem celebrating the New Zealand writer Katherine Mansfield.
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