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The complete set of ten books: $NZ 250    All books fully illustrated, Acrobat PDF files.  New Zealand sales: add GST

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SHIPWRECK HISTORIES

The Elingamite and its Treasure (1969); on disc: NZ$30

The Burning of the Boyd (1984); on disc: NZ$30 . SET of both books: NZ$50

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EL TORITO SOUTH PACIFIC VOYAGES :
SPECIAL EDITIONS: 430 PHOTOS IN TOTUM

Sharks and Other Ancestors (1975); on disc: NZ$35

Islands of Survival (1976); on disc: NZ$35 SET of both books: NZ$50

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CETACEAN ENCOUNTER

Dolphin Dolphin (1981); on disc: NZ$35

Encounters with Whales and Dolphins (1988) on disc: NZ$35

Swimming with Dolphins in New Zealand (1993); on disc: NZ$25

Friends in the Sea-Solo Dolphins in New Zealand and Australia (1995);
on disc: NZ$25. SET of four books: NZ$100

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MARINE LIFE

The Cliff Dwellers: An Undersea Community (1971); on disc: NZ$30

Wade Doak's World of New Zealand Fishes (1991); on disc: NZ$30
SET of both books: NZ$60

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To purchase contact

Wade Doak   wade@wadedoak.com

Box 20 Whangarei New Zealand

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OCEAN GATEWAY FOR KIDS



Multi level illustrated story books for children on CD Rom disc.
By Wade Doak Box 20 Whangarei, New Zealand.
wade@wadedoak.com  New Zealand sales: add GST.

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Junior Level: three grades, ages 4-10.

Adventures of Beady the Glass Bead Girl NZ$25
Magical journeys through ecosystems from rain forest to mangroves and beneath the sea, exploring patterns and relationships above and below water.

Grade1: Adventures of Beady.
Grade 2: Beady: The Adventures of a Glass Bead Girl.
Grade 3: The Glass Bead Girl.
[With versions adapted for each age group this lavishly illustrated story book material has thematic links to my Above and Below book and other titles in my Tutukaka Coast Trilogy [q.v.] and acts as a primer for it.]

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Advanced Junior Level: ages 7-14. Factual, personalised stories of marine animals that entertainingly introduce all basic marine phyla:

1  I Am A Starfish. NZ$25
Stories by marine invertebrates: the ³spineless ones².

2  I Am A Fish Too. NZ$25
Expands on Wade Doak¹s popular book I Am A Fish published by Reeds and short listed, top ten NZ Post Book Awards.

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Intermediate Level: ages 10 -15

1 Kids Can Dive: Voyage of the El Torito¹ Family. NZ$20
Illustrated diaries of a brother and sister aged eleven and nine, as they tell of their adventures aboard an undersea research vessel exploring reef ecology and subsistence lifestyles in the South Pacific.

2 Our Voyage to Earthsea by Brady and Karla Doak. NZ$15
Companion volume: project books kept by the voyaging children in lieu of schoolwork, includes richly illustrated lists of marine phyla and defence/attack mechanisms.

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Senior Level: [teenagers]

1 Patterns of Survival. NZ$15

2 Supersnake and the Sharkmen. NZ$15
Companion volumes in which adventure is combined with learning: aspects of the El Torito¹ expeditions in the South Seas adapted for teenagers by Wade Doak from his two adult books: Sharks and Other Ancestors¹ and Islands of Survival¹ which are also available as E. books [on disc] with 430 photographs to provide a full extension of the resource.

Footnote: my scheme:
I begin with New Zealand-based subjects at the first two levels. This material can be extended with the extensive resources of my Poor Knights Library and Tutukaka Coast Trilogy.

For older children we then go on an adventurous cruise on an undersea research vessel in the South Pacific, where biodiversity reaches its highest levels on the planet. For learning ecology, the basic patterns of life, it is best to draw on the most interesting examples, and provide the utmost stimulation, rather than focus initially on pond life etc. The sea provides the most rewarding basis for learning about nature: marine animals are more prolific and approachable; immediate diversity is most impressive; food chains are longer and more exciting.