Level 2

The Level 2 books can be used for reading to/with/by students who are in Middle Primary (Years 4 to 6 or Levels 4 to 6).

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  • Tautai Ake

    I’m a Mati

    17728 Tokelau Ko Au he Mati SB
    A mati bush explains just how thoughtless people can be.
  • Tautai Ake

    The Weather

    17734 Tokelau Ko Te Tau SB
    While a young woman’s husband is away, there is a bad storm. She welcomes him back with a sense of relief.
  • Tautai Ake

    Chicken Thieves

    17705 Tokelau Kaihohoa Moa SB
    Two teenagers steal a chicken to cook in the bush, but they aren’t the only ones who know how to take a chicken!
  • Tautai Ake

    The Friends

    17711 Tokelau Ko Te Uo SB
    Lata is always playing tricks on his friend, Ikamoana. Out fishing one moonlit night for malau (squirrel- and soldierfish), Ikamoana finds a way to play a trick on Lata for a change!
  • Tautai Ake

    The New Baby

    17749 Tokelau Kote Pepe Fou
    Kāhu’s mami is about to have a baby. He wonders what it will be like with a new brother or sister. Mami tells him that he will always be her baby even though he is becoming an older brother.
  • Tautai Ake

    Growing Pumpkins

    17750 Tokelau Totoga Mauteni
    In this non-fiction book, a boy and his papa (grandad) plant pumpkin seeds. We follow the narrative as the seeds grow into pumpkins. They make pumpkin soup, saving the seeds to plant the following year. Science
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    Lost

    Na Galo BB
    BB

    Finn tells Mami he has found a small lost creature in the garden shed. Mami doesn’t look at the creature, so she thinks Finn is playing make-believe. She plays along and tells Finn that the lost creature will need its mami and Finn will have to find her. After thinking hard, Finn comes up with a plan. Mami is shocked to discover at the end of the story that Finn wasn’t making things up!

  • Tautai Ake

    Me and My Dog

    Ko Au ma Taku Maile BB
    BB
    In this poetic text, perfect for reading aloud, a young girl and her dog greet the morning with joy and enthusiasm.
  • Tautai Ake

    The Ant and the Grasshoppers

    Ko te Lo ma na Hua BB
    BB
    This book for shared reading is a retelling of one of Aesop’s fables in the format of a play. Kakai
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    The Hole in the King’s Sock

    Ko te Pu i te Totini o te Tupu BB
    BB
    In this humorous folktale, the King commands his servants to mend a hole in his sock. Nothing works until, at last, the Queen comes up with a solution that means the King will never have to put up with cold feet again.
  • Tautai Ake

    The Box

    17726 Tokelau Ko te Puha SB
    When a wooden crate washes ashore, two teenage boys get very excited about what might be inside.
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    Stick Insects

    Iniheti Lakau BB
    BB
    This simple non-fiction report describes what a stick insect is, where it lives, what it eats, how it keeps safe, and what its life cycle is. Science
  • Tautai Ake

    Will They Float?

    E i na Alaga nei BB Spreads
    BB
    This shared book explores the concepts of floating and sinking and of “thinking like a scientist”. As well as reading this book for interest or to support specific curriculum topics, you can use it to build students’ awareness of the features of non-fiction. Science
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    The Sprouting Coconut That Wouldn’t Budge

    TOK Ko Te Uto Tu Mau
    This humourous short play adapts the traditional Russian folktale “The Giant Turnip”, by Alexander Nikolayevich Afanasyev in the 1850s, to a Tokelau setting. Kakai
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    Fishing in the Moonlight

    17724 Tokelau Tuiaki i te kaumahina SB
    An elder takes two boys across the lagoon at low tide on the night of a full moon to show them what’s involved in fishing for malau (squirrel- and soldierfish) the traditional way. Technology
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    Lakia and Her Chick

    17717 Tokelau Lakia ma Tana Punua SB
    When Lakia catches fish to feed to her chick, Katafa tries to steal her catch. But Lakia knows how to evade him!
  • Tautai Ake

    The Ants and the Grasshopper

    17742 Tokelau Ko na Lo ma na Hua
    In this play, every creature in the bush is freezing — except for the ants. The ants are safe and warm inside their colony, and they have plenty to eat. But what about Grasshopper?
  • Tautai Ake

    Cool Facts about a Hot Place

    17747 Tokelau Fakamaoniaga Gali o he Koga Vevela
    This non-fiction book presents fascinating facts about the Sun and how it affects Earth. Although some of the concepts may be challenging, the writer uses humour and comparisons with familiar things to help readers comprehend the enormous numbers involved. Science
  • Tautai Ake

    Coral Atolls

    17748 Tokelau motu akau
    This non-fiction book explains how a coral atoll can form over an undersea volcano. Science
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    Extraordinary Earthworms

    17751 Tokelau Konakelemutue Uiga kehe
    Earthworms help make soil healthy for plants to grow. This non-fiction book uses photographs to show just how extraordinary earthworms are. Science
  • Tautai Ake

    Do You Know Me?

    TOK E Ke Iloa Au
    These fish poems, composed at Matiti School, provide clues, setting up puzzles for the reader to solve. The illustrations provide further clues. The solutions are on the inside back cover.
  • E Books

    Do You Know Me?

    TOK E Ke Iloa Au

    These fish poems, composed at Matiti School, provide clues, setting up puzzles for the reader to solve. The illustrations provide further clues. The solutions are on the inside back cover.

  • E Books

    The Sprouting Coconut That Wouldn’t Budge

    TOK Ko Te Uto Tu Mau

    This humourous short play adapts the traditional Russian folktale “The Giant Turnip”, by Alexander Nikolayevich Afanasyev in the 1850s, to a Tokelau setting. Kakai

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