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.
Milking Time (On the Farm) by Lee Lamb
20.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books | Series: On the Farm
Hooray - big farm machines are arriving at Jack and Tom's farm! They are going to harvest the grain, mow and bale hay and make some silage so the sheep and cattle at Winding Creek Station have enough feed stored away for the winter. Join Jack and tom as they help out the contractors while they work hard ...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
The Grizzled Grist Does Not Exist! (HB) by Juliette MacIver
30.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
An exuberant rhyming picture book about a school trip to the hills, where no one sees the danger—apart from quiet Liam, who pays attention and saves the day with his particular skill of hiding.It’s the class trip to Dismal Hills wilderness. The children aren’t worried about the legendary Grizzled Grist ...Show more
The Eight Gifts of Te Wheke (Ngā Taonga e Waru Mā Wheke Te Reo Pākehā Edition) by Steph Matuku; Laya Mutton-Rogers
20.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
Tamati and his little sister, Aria, are playing on the beach when Aria hurts herself and can't stop crying. Te Wheke, an octopus, hears her and says he can help. But he tricks Tamati by throwing him a gold coin and a shiny pearl, and while both Tamati's hands are full, he snatches Aria. To save his sis ...Show more
Dinosaur Hunter: Joan Wiffen's Awesome Fossil Discoveries by David Hill; Phoebe Morris
25.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books | Series: David Hill's Kiwi Legends
The remarkable true story of science superstar Joan Wiffen, whose fossil discoveries proved that dinosaurs lived in ancient New Zealand. Once there was a clever girl who liked searching for interesting things on the ground. She wanted to know why shells could be found in rocks so far away from the sea. ...Show more
Speed King: Burt Munro, the World's Fastest Indian by David Hill; Phoebe Morris
25.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction | Series: David Hill's Kiwi Legends
In 1967 an unknown, elderly New Zealander and his ancient Indian motorcycle set a world land-speed record at Bonneville. The man was Burt Munro, and he became a Kiwi legend. How did he do it? His amazing true story is now a stunning picture book. A crowd of people stand on a flat white plain. In the di ...Show more
Weta Finds a Home by Gay Hay
25.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
In the bushland, a wētā is looking for the perfect hidey hole home. But each time wētā finds what seems like the perfect spot, it is occupied by other hungry creatures, predators, and even another wētā. Readers will enjoy learning about the creatures of the New Zealand bushland while dramatic tension ke ...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
Snow Rescue (On the Farm) by Lee Lamb
20.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books | Series: On the Farm
A thick blanket of snow covers Jack's and Tom's farm, trapping the sheep on the hill. With help of a bulldozer. a helicopter and a few friends, the sheep are snow-raked down to the lower paddocks for the winter.
Pukeko Shoes by Janet Martin; Marigold Janezic
20.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
A rhyming story about the pukeko, a New Zealand native bird. "Lulu Pukeko found some old shoes, Jacko Pukeko discovered them too. Four pukeko feet, only one pair of shoes - what will the pukekos do?" A story about sharing, with the pukekos romping through the pages to find a surprise at the end! New ...Show more