Both Mata (8-11 year old reading level) and Tas (9-13 year old reading level) series are aimed at Year 3-9s who think they don’t want to read or have trouble reading.

• Adventure-based
• Heroic acts
• Kiwi / Aussie culture

— Very engaging for young minds!

Activities
If you optionally add activities with any book, you will get all the six title-specific activities per book for the whole series in the first, initial add.
I.e. If you add the activities with a Tas book, you will get all 72 activities for the whole Tas series.
Likewise with a Mata book.

The 16-page titles in the Mata series include:

1. Cardboard Sled
   Mata makes a fast trip down the hill – and through a swamp – to rescue Josh & Tas from the path of a truck.
   
2. Cliff Cave
   Shayla gets stuck on a cliff ledge. Mata has to get through the cave to rescue her.
   
3. Crazy Trolley
   When the smoke bomb on Mata’s Uncle Jack’s “crazy trolley” malfunctions, Mata has to take over and guide the trolley to victory.
   
4. Flat Tyre
   When some older boys let their teacher’s tyre down, Mata and Shayla save the day – and get out of doing the dishes.
   
5. Helicopter
   Mata uses his remote-control helicopter to get help when Shayla is hurt.
   
6. Mad Dog
   Shayla is in a bad mood. She teases her bird, her cat – and then the neighbour’s dog. Mata has to rescue her – again.
   
7. Old Dam
   Mata’s cousins tease him and Shayla by trapping them in an old reservoir. Mata reverses the trick.
   
8. Raft Rescue
   Mata rescues a boy who is being swept down the river into a whirlpool. Water-safety rules emphasised.
   
9. Rock Crusher
   Mata warns Shayla to keep off the derelict rock crusher. Of course, she climbs on it.
   
10. Stolen Lunches
    School lunches are going missing, and Mata is blamed. He finds – and rescues – the real culprit.
    
11. Stuck Lift
    School lunches are going missing, and Mata is blamed. He finds – and rescues – the real culprit.
    
12. Super Sandwich
    Josh’s Mum unwisely tells the boys they can use “anything in the fridge” to make their lunch.
    

The 24-page titles in the Tas series include:

1. Caves of Doom
   Tas and Josh come across a mysterious sideshow.  The reader makes decisions that determine the outcome.
   
2. Circus
   Tas and Josh sneak into a circus.  They get caught, and have to work for tickets for themselves and their families.
   
3. Crash
   Tas and Josh call the emergency services and do basic first aid following a car crash.
   
4. Digger
   There is a fire behind the school.  Tas sets off the fire alarm and saves his uncle’s digger.
   
5. Hokey Pokey
   Tas and Josh make hokey pokey – a double-double-double batch – to sell at school.  Mum’s not happy.  Nor is the principal.
   
6. Junk Mail Run
   Tas does his brother’s junk mail run.  He and Josh survive grumpy householders, – and problems getting paid.
   
7. Outside Dog
   Tas gets Dad to let him adopt the dog he rescued.  The “outside” dog soon becomes an “inside” dog.
   
8. Red Wallet
   Tas finds a wallet.  The reader makes decisions for Tas that determine the outcome of the story.
   
9. Sea Rescue
   Tas alerts the lifeguards when a dog is swept off the rocks.  He goes out and helps with the rescue.
   
10. Solar Bike
    Tas and Josh are support crew in a solar bike race.  They become the winning riders when Tas’s uncle is injured.
    
11. Stretch Limo
    Tas and Josh spend a week on desperate money-raising schemes to get enough to buy tickets to the big match.
    
12. Tagger
    Tas and Josh are on a noho marae.  They help catch a tagger who defaces the marae fence during the night.
    

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