Te Toki Me Te Whao: The Story of Maori Carving Tools by Clive Fugill
40.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
It is over a century since the last major book on Māori carving tools. Clive Fugill, Master Carver at the NZ Māori Arts & Crafts Institute, tells the mythical, traditional and modern stories of the making and use of carving tools, including the adze (toki) and the chisel (whao) with detailed drawing ...Show more
Te Reo Kapekape: Māori Wit and Humour by Hona Black
40.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
Following on from the successful He Iti te Kupu: Māori Metaphors and Similes, Hona Black’s new book explores the rich vein of humour in Māori life. Want to know how to call a silly person a ‘roro hipi / sheep’s brain’, or tell someone to get stuffed in te reo Māori? The answers are all in Te Reo Kapeka ...Show more
There's a Weta On My Sweater: He Wētā kei runga i tōki Paraka by Dawn McMillan
26.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
Irresistible rhymes and drawings * Bilingual English and Maori, in classy hardback * Companion volume to There's a Tui in our Teapot! Weta and friends, including beetle, centipede, stick insect and huhu, come to school with the kids. But they don't want to stay in the classroom! Can Koro help his mokopu ...Show more
The Book Collector - Reading and Living with Literature by Tony Eyre
45.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
The Book Collector is a fascinating bibliomemoir of the writer’s lifetime joy of reading, the books and authors that have touched him, and how they have shaped his passion for book collecting. Step into his library, where the book is ‘a tangible object of sentiment and delight’ and experience his fondne ...Show more
Spearo by Mary Anne Scott
24.00 NZD
Category: NZ Senior Fiction
Sean has emigrated to New Zealand with his mother from Zimbabwe after the death of his father. He is finding it hard to fit in at school, cope with his grief and his homesickness. He becomes mates with a boy in his class, Mason, who is a mad keen spearo and gradually becomes involved with his family. He ...Show more
Share Said the Rooster by Pamela Allen
22.00 NZD
Category: NZ Board & Cloth Books
A redesigned edition which includes the original loved artwork. This is the story of two little men who refuse to share, time and time again. A charming classic now a board book, which uses rhyme and rhythm, from an internationally award-winning Pamela Allen.
In the Garden: Explore & Discover the New Zealand Backyard by Gillian Candler; Ned Barraud
22.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction | Series: Explore & Discover
In the Garden introduces young children to common creatures they can find in a New Zealand garden. It is the only guide available for young children and families that shows creatures in their natural habitats. The book describes their relationship with other living things, and includes many interesting ...Show more
Grandpa versus Swing by Tania Sickling
20.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
He tried to jump out, but the new swing had got him! It danced around with him–stuck fast to his bottom. He bounded and bounced like a featherweight fighter. He floundered and flounced–but the swing just got tighter. Young at heart Grandpa has taken his grandchildren to the new playground. After leapi ...Show more
This is ADHD by Chanelle Moriah
33.00 NZD
Category: Life Experiences
An essential guide to understanding Attention Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder - commonly known as ADHD - written and illustrated from the perspective of someone with ADHD. Chanelle Moriah was officially diagnosed with ADHD at 22, and soon discovered just how inaccessible a lot of information can be f ...Show more
The Bookshop Detectives: Dead Girl Gone by Gareth and Louise Ward
38.00 NZD
Category: NZ Adult Fiction
Two small-town booksellers (and their cowardly dog) solve a decades-old murder-mystery in this witty debut novel, full of literary clues, sparkling dialogue, and comedic insights into the world of bookshops. "When we opened Sherlock Tomes people warned us that we'd made a terrible mistake. People warned ...Show more
The Edible Backyard: A Practical Guide to Growing Organic Fruit and Vegetables All Year Round by Kath Irvine
50.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
In this practical step-by-step guide, gardening teacher Kath Irvine shares her wealth of knowledge from more than 20 years of helping Kiwi gardeners design, build, grow and maintain their own productive edible gardens. Kath's sage, hands-on, often humorous advice steps readers through everything they ne ...Show more
Entanglement by Bryan Walpert
35.00 NZD
Category: NZ Adult Fiction
A memory-impaired time traveller attempts to correct a tragic mistake he made in 1977 when, panicked, he abandoned his brother on a frozen lake in Baltimore. Decades later, in 2011, a novelist researching at the Centre for Time in Sydney becomes romantically involved with a philosopher from New Zealand. ...Show more