TY  - BOOK
AU  - Beck, Jennifer,
AU  - Allen, Lisa;
TI  - Gypsy day on the farm
T2  - A great kiwi read
SN  - 9781869663155 (pbk.)
U1  - NZ823.2 22
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Auckland, N.Z.
PB  - New Holland
KW  - Dairy farming
KW  - Juvenile fiction
KW  - Share milkers
KW  - Farm life
KW  - Moving, Household
KW  - New Zealand
KW  - Children's stories, New Zealand
KW  - Stories in rhyme
KW  - lcgft
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
ER  -