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Farm life - New Zealand - Fiction.
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Redesigned ed
Previously published as: A long way from home: the diary of Lillian Glenmore, Warkworth, 1943, in the My story series: Scholastic, 2005
New Zealand author
Summary: In 1943, 14 year-old Lillian Glenmore is sent with her sister Joyce to live with their grandparents on a dairy farm near Warkworth, New Zealand. Lillian's diary describes the social conditions of the period and her experiences of the war, including the arrival in New Zealand of the U.S. Marines. Includes historical note and photographs. Suggested level: intermediate, junior secondary
A long way from home: the diary of Lillian Glenmore
Other Title: On the farm, milking time
New Zealand authors
At head of title: On the farm
Summary: Always keen to help out, Jack and Tom answer the call for help from the dairy farmer up the road. His worker is sick so he needs a hand for the day. So join Jack and Tom as they learn about what happens down on the dairy farm
New Zealand author; New Zealand illustrator
Summary: This story about blowing up a cowshed in the early 1970s really happened. Told in rhyming verse from a child's perspective and illustrated by her sister Margery, just as they remember it
