2025 School Library Week StoryWalk
Scholastic New Zealand is proud to provide Turkey Hurly-Burly by Annelies Judson and Nikki Slade Robinson as a StoryWalk title for School Library Week. Annelies’ manuscript was the winner of the 2024 Storylines Joy Cowley Award.

Teacher Notes and Activity Sheets are included along with the picture book files. 


About the book
Miss Burton’s class is on the hunt for the perfect classroom pet—something quirky, fun, and definitely better than their past choices. When they finally convince their teacher to bring in turkeys, chaos quickly takes flight! What starts as a simple schoolyard experiment turns into a hilarious, feather-filled frenzy as a runaway flock causes mayhem on the playground. Can the students restore order before lunchtime is gobbled up?

About the files (available Monday 14 July)
You can download all the files to print your StoryWalk using the link here: https://we.tl/t-IaM8UBUX0m

The link will be active until 30 August 2025 and contains:

Front cover (flat and 3D)
Internal spreads (PDF)
Internal spreads (JPEG)
Information sheet about the book
Comprehensive Teacher Notes
Activity Sheets including word finder, colouring sheet and word scramble
Award certificate for Turkey Gobbling Competition

Acknowledgements
If your school includes any mention of the book in external communications to parents, Scholastic would appreciate the following wording:

Scholastic New Zealand has generously provided their brand-new book, Turkey Hurly-Burly, as this year’s School Library Week StoryWalk title. Written by Annelies Judson and illustrated by Nikki Slade Robinson, this is a wildly entertaining rhyming tale where one simple classroom pet decision spirals into schoolyard chaos!

Please delete these files from your system after the completion of your StoryWalk. 

Please contact Abby: ahaverkamp@scholastic.co.nz if you have any questions.