The Life and Times of Eddie McGrath by Brigid Feehan
25.00 NZD
Category: NZ Senior Fiction
Eddie wins a national competition where she can spend a day with her local MP and give a speech in Parliament (where she'll meet the Prime Minister) but it's a prize Eddie doesn't want! When her dad is injured in a workplace accident he sets his sights on getting better for Eddie's day with the PM...so ...Show more
Big and Little by Christine Dale
17.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
What is BIG? What is LITTLE? This board book shows a variety of NZ animals including the Maui Dolphin, Kea, Emperor Penguin, and more. We see the difference between the grown-up creatures (BIG) and their little babies (LITTLE).
Rush! Rush! by Elena De Roo
30.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
A wonderfully alliterative poem describing the joyous run from home to the beach, with all the sights, sounds and smells that capture the moment and award-winning illustrator Jenny Cooper's interpretation.
Fantastic Mr. Bean by Mary-Anne Scott
20.00 NZD
Category: NZ Junior Fiction
The school is putting on Fantastic Mr Fox by Roald Dahl, to celebrate his 100th birthday. But school plays are notoriously full of surprises!
Climate Change (Inside Bubble Earth) by Des Hunt
40.00 NZD
Category: Environmental Issues
What causes climate? What changes climate? Des Hunt takes us on an in-depth look at the science of climate and what we can all do to help the earth thrive. Favourite Kiwi eco-fiction writer, Des Hunt, presents the facts about the changes in the world’s climate and the effects of human actions in this no ...Show more
Toby Curtis Unfinished Business: Ki Hea Apopo by Sir Toby Curtis
40.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
Born into poverty in 1939, Toby Curtis rose to the peak of achievement in Maoridom. His long history of leadership in education, broadcasting and the powerful Te Arawa confederation of iwi belied the challenges he had to overcome, and the legacy of colonisation that still overshadow the fields in which ...Show more
Illustrated Māori Dictionary: Maori-English Essentials by A.W. Reed
35.00 NZD
Category: Te Reo Maori Language
In compiling this dictionary A.W. Reed set out to entertain as well as educate. Its succinct entries encompass modern and traditional Māori language and customs, as do the fine illustrations by Roger Hart. These Māori to English definitions delve into a variety of associated meanings and derivations — ...Show more
The Ghosts of Tarawera (Spooky Adventures #2) by Sue Copsey
20.00 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction | Series: Spooky Adventures
On holiday near Rotorua, Joe and Eddie are fascinated by the area's bubbling mud pools and boiling geysers. Local volcanologist Rocky tells them about the Pink and White Terraces that existed on the lake where they're staying, and how they were destroyed in the cataclysmic 1886 eruption of Mount Tarawer ...Show more
Boo Goes Tutti Frutti by Rachel Weston
20.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
You'll laugh out loud when you discover what sends this pint- sized pooch into a tailspin ... They're fruity! They're delicious! They're fruitalicious! Home alone and hungry, Boo spies something that tempts his taste buds, but will he like them? Kiwifruit! Plums! Avocados! The McQueen sisters' pristine ...Show more
The Things You Can Do with Blue Whale Poo by Chris Collin
20.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
Have you ever wondered, as I tend to do, of things you can do with blue whale poo? Never? Like it or not, or whatever you think, regardless of size or how much it may stink, blue whale poop creates life in the sea. Which makes it important to you and to me. And after this book I am sure you'll agree we ...Show more
I Had a Brother by Diana Menefy
30.00 NZD
Category: Early Experiences & Issues
A small boy watches the strange events that unfold with the birth of his baby brother, who is born with a heart defect. Through his eyes we see the tragedy unfold. This book deals with death of a baby sibling for young children from the point of view of the child.
Seeking an Aurora by Elizabeth Pulford
27.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
A young boy wakes to a cold midnight adventure with his dad. They walk up a hill to see the Aurora Australis and this distant man becomes an excited and loving father as he explains this phenomenon.