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Beck, Jennifer,

Gypsy day on the farm / Jennifer Beck ; [illustrated by] Lisa Allen. - Auckland, N.Z. : New Holland, 2011. - 32 unnumbered pages; colour illustrations; 23 cm. - A great kiwi read . - Great kiwi read. .

Picture story book for children.

For scores of farmers and sharemilkers around the country, June 1st has become known as Gypsy Day -- when farms change ownership and families move entire households, farm equipment and cattle to a new property on busy Queen's Birthday weekend. This evocative story celebrates an important day on the New Zealand farming calendar through the eyes of a young boy and his sister.

Gypsy day marks an important date in the New Zealand farming calendar where many farming families (and their stock) move from one property to another. In this story a young boy describes what it is like to move house and a whole herd of cows on the same day. First person recount. Includes brief factual information. Suggested level: Junior, primary.

ISBN: 9781869663155 (pbk.) 1869663152 (pbk.)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Dairy farming--Juvenile fiction.
Share milkers--Juvenile fiction.
Farm life--Juvenile fiction.
Moving, Household--Juvenile fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
New Zealand.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Children's stories, New Zealand.
Stories in rhyme.

Dewey Class. No.: NZ823.2