Hut Hangout
HUT HANGOUT. More about Jay and Brandon’s adventures on the farm. This time Jay plans to build a hut in a tawa tree near his home. The challenge is the tree he has chosen is tall and scary, and the canopy’s branches too big to trim with a saw. Join Jay and Brandon as they…
WRITTEN BY
Jan Pendergrast
About This Book
HUT HANGOUT. More about Jay and Brandon’s adventures on the farm. This time Jay plans to build a hut in a tawa tree near his home. The challenge is the tree he has chosen is tall and scary, and the canopy’s branches too big to trim with a saw. Join Jay and Brandon as they discover a surprise solution to their problem. This is another Easy Read story to encourage the outdoors, active boy to find enjoyment in reading. Andria Brice’s sketches enhance the story with interest and empathy. Hut Hangout is $15. Sold with Dam Disaster is $25.
Email: jan@roads-end.co.nz
Writer: Jan Pendergrast
About The Writer
Jan Pendergrast
JAN PENDERGRAST was the Treasurer and Membership Secretary of NZ Christian Writers for eight years, and has been a member for 18 years. Married to Hans, Jan writes stories based on experiences on their Bay of Plenty hill-country farm surrounded by native forest. Children from four to eight enjoy her picture books 'Tui’s Friends' and 'Pop’s Busy Blue Truck'. 'Dam Disaster' and 'Hut Hangout', Easy Reads for six to ten year-olds, are about the antics of two friends on the farm. 'Powerful Punctuation' is a ‘first-stop’ reference for your punctuation dilemmas. And 'Ruatara' is a novelette about the role Ruatara played in bringing Samuel Marsden to NZ. Jan, a school librarian, is a Board member for DayStar Books.
Photo: Jan Pendergrast
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