Interviews with the Ghosts of Sparky Inventors (Live from the Crypt) by John Townsend
25.00 NZD
Category: Horrible Histories & Facts | Series: Live from the Crypt
Live from the Crypt is an hilarious information series with an undead chat show format where ghostly historical figures are interviewed by the diverse crew of the show about their lives and experiences, featuring quirky illustrations, comic strips and play script-style text.In this volume, the ghosts of ...Show more
Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder by Salman Rushdie
40.00 NZD
Category: Adult Non-Fiction
From internationally renowned writer and Booker Prize winner Salman Rushdie, a searing, deeply personal account of enduring - and surviving - an attempt on his life thirty years after the fatwa that was ordered against him. Speaking out for the first time, and in unforgettable detail, about the traumat ...Show more
Mozart (Little People, Big Dreams) by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara
23.00 NZD
Category: Biography & Autobiography | Series: Little People, BIG DREAMS Ser.
In this book from the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy bestselling Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the incredible life of Mozart, world-renowned classical musician and composer. Wolfgang Mozart first started playing the keyboard at just three years old. Inspired by his sister's talent, ...Show more
Becoming Muhammad Ali by Kwame Alexander; James Patterson
28.00 NZD
Category: Biography & Autobiography
From two heavy-hitters in children's literature comes a critically acclaimed biographical novel of cultural icon Muhammad Ali. *"This utterly delightful story about Ali's childhood is a smash hit." --School Library Journal (starred review) Five starred reviews Before he was a household name, Cassius C ...Show more
First to the Top: Sir Edmund Hillary's Amazing Everest Adventure by David Hill; Phoebe Morris
25.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books | Series: David Hill's Kiwi Legends
Up on the world's highest mountain, the sky is tinged the black color of space and the air is almost too thin to breathe. How did Ed, a small, shy boy from a tiny New Zealand town, grow up to become the world's most famous mountaineer and adventurer? How did he climb Everest and do many other astonishin ...Show more
I'd Rather Be A Fairy Princess by Petra Kotrotsos
25.00 NZD
Category: Life Experiences
At the age of six, all Petra wants to be is a fairy princess. But after a playground fall, she discovers she is very sick. She has a cancer called neuroblastoma. Petra quickly realises she now needs more than wings and fairy dust - she must become a fairy warrior and fight this.
10 At 10 - The Surprising Childhoods of Ten Remarkable People by Carlyn Beccia
40.00 NZD
Category: Biography & Autobiography
Audrey Hepburn, Roberto Clemente, Albert Einstein--kids know the names, but do they know what some of history's most famous figures were like at the age of ten? Carlyn Beccia presents ten brief and beautifully illustrated biographies to give young readers a fresh look at the lives of people they may onl ...Show more
Malala by Malala Yousafzai, Patricia McCormick
18.00 NZD
Category: Biography & Autobiography
A chapter book edition of Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai's bestselling story of courageously standing up for girls' education. Malala's memoir of a remarkable teenage girl who risked her life for the right to go to school is now abridged and adapted for chapter book readers. Raised in a chang ...Show more
Niue Heroes by David Riley
40.00 NZD
Category: Non-Fiction
Niue Heroes tells the inspirational stories of achievers who have Niuean ancestry. It includes legends like Laufoli, Mataginifale and Maui; historical figures such as Sir Robert Rex and Peniamina; and contemporary heroes like Che Fu and Dr Colin Tukuitoga. The book is written to inspire young Niueans, t ...Show more
ANZAC Heroes by Maria Gill
30.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
Discover the triumphs and tragedies of 24 heroic Australasians during World War One and Two. Read the biographies of ANZAC soldiers, as well as Air Force and Navy soldiers, medics, a spy, an ambulance driver and an humanitarian, surviving in battles in England, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and the Paci ...Show more
You Will Feel It In The Price Of Bread: A Love Letter to Ukraine by Katya Hudson
25.00 NZD
Category: Biography & Autobiography
Both a celebration and a lament for Ukraine, a moving personal memoir taking us from Katya's idyllic childhood with her siblings- holidays in Crimea and carefree days working the land at the Dacha; to the sickening impact of Putin's invasion and its effect on Katya, her friends and family - the anxiety, ...Show more
NUKU: Stories of 100 Indigenous Women by Qiane Matata-Sipu
65.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
NUKU: Stories of 100 Indigenous Women is a powerful and important snapshot of Indigenous wāhine today. Through wide-ranging voices this ambitious social documentary showcases diverse representations of leadership, systems change and success. You will obtain authentic insight into life as an Indigenous ...Show more