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The long white cloud : stories from New Zealand / retold by Christine Lindop ; illustrated by Chris King.

By: Lindop, Christine.
Contributor(s): King, Chris.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Oxford Bookworms Library ; Stage 3, World stories.Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2008Edition: Simplified edition.Description: 71p. : ill. ; 20 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780194791397 (pbk.); 0194791394 (pbk.).Other title: Stories of New Zealand.Subject(s): Readers (Adult) | Readers -- Short stories, New Zealand | English language -- Textbooks for foreign speakers | Reading comprehension -- Problems, exercises, etc | Language readers | Short stories, New Zealand | English | English language -- Textbooks for foreign speakersGenre/Form: Adventure fiction.DDC classification: 428.6 LIN Also available on audio CD.
Contents:
After the earthquake / James Courage -- Gathering of the Whakapapa / Witi Ihimaera -- A kind of longing / Philip Mincher -- The silk / Joy Cowley.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Barcode
General lending MTU Kerry North Campus Library First Floor Main 428.6 LIN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 38888000625727
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This award-winning collection of adapted classic literature and original stories develops reading skills for low-beginning through advanced students.Accessible language and carefully controlled vocabulary build students' reading confidence.Introductions at the beginning of each story, illustrations throughout, and glossaries help build comprehension.Before, during, and after reading activities included in the back of each book strengthen student comprehension.Audio versions of selected titles provide great models of intonation and pronunciation of difficult words.

"First published in Oxford Bookworms, 2008"--T.p. verso.

After the earthquake / James Courage -- Gathering of the Whakapapa / Witi Ihimaera -- A kind of longing / Philip Mincher -- The silk / Joy Cowley.

Also available on audio CD.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Jennifer Bassett is Series Editor of the Oxford Bookworms Collection, for which she has written original stories One-Way Ticket and The President's Murderer.