Grab Ya Boots We're Going A-Hunting

Marion teams up with her hunting-mad son, Jason, and young Kiwi hunters to present an exciting collection of sporting and adventure stories, poems and 'a million things hunters should know'. Grab Ya Boots! will suit any intermediate child who loves adventure but who doesn't like to read a whole chapter book. Some of the most heart-warming tales are about the unconditional love between a hunter and their dog. There's Critter, a one-in-a-million boxer/Lab and Scent, a Rottweiler who becomes a loyal hunting dog. The book is illustrated with photographs, and quirky sketches by West Coast artist Robyn Hoglund. See how Robyn brings to life the defiant 'Pa Billy'. Each yarn might be true or partly true, or totally made up. There's a bit of fishing - like the great snapper story - and the tragedy of the hunting brothers who, like their grandfather, 'pass it on'. Even an unusual myth relating to an ornamental pig, and a boy who plucks possum fur for money. You'll love the story-poem of Papahee as he races out with his father to catch a boar that his killing the farmer's lambs, leaving behind only their snowy-white skins. Most exciting and fresh are stories straight from the pens of our young huntsmen, each one with a photograph of them with their quarry. Grab Ya Boots! encourages children to put away their mobile phones, unplug themselves from technology and read. As they do, they'll be transported into the world of brave, bold, courageous, fearful and funny stories - even jokes. They'll be entertained and enthralled, and when they are finished, you can bet on them rushing outside to grab their boots.