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Goody Four-Shoes (#2 Mini Whinny) by Stacy Gregg
$18.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books | Series: Mini Whinny
Mini Whinny, the mischievous little horse, plans to escape her annoyingly perfect stable neighbour! Goody Four-Shoes is the best...at everything. She's graceful. She can jump really, really high. And her mane is too perfect. Mini Whinny does not like her. Not one little bit. So naughty little Mini Whinn ...Show more
The Gobbledegook Book: A Joy Cowley Anthology by Joy Cowley
$40.00 NZD
Category: Treasury Collections & Special Editions
Joy Cowley's favourite stories, poems and nonsense rhymes collected in a hardback gift volume for the family to treasure. It selects the best of Cowley's poems and stories to read aloud, including much-loved classics such as Greedy Cat and Nicketty-Nacketty Noo Noo Noo. Fully re-illustrated with humour ...Show more
Kuwi & Friends Māori Picture Dictionary by Kat Quin; translation by Pānia Papa
$35.00 NZD
Category: Te Reo Maori Language
Beginners Māori Language Picture Dictionary, for the Whole Family. From the #1 bestselling and award-winning author and illustrator of the Kuwi the Kiwi series, Kat Quin, comes a large scale, stunningly illustrated visual dictionary. Full of over 1000 basic words in te reo Māori and English, perfect fo ...Show more
Te Tiriti o Waitangi / The Treaty of Waitangi by Toby Morris with Ross Calman, Mark Derby & Piripi Walker
$20.00 NZD
Category: General Graphic Books
Ground-breaking full-colour graphic novel about Te Tiriti o Waitangi | The Treaty of Waitangi. This reorua (bilingual) graphic-novel-style flip book presents important information in a visually appealing and engaging way. The text (in both English and te reo Māori) and illustrations work together to pro ...Show more
Abigail and the Birth of the Sun by Matthew Cunningham
$20.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
A bright and beautiful exploration of the big bang theory and the birth of our solar system for young children, all wrapped up in a bedtime story. Abigail is a curious little girl. She likes to discover the answers to really BIG questions. One night, she thinks of a question that's SO BIG she can't slee ...Show more
Wildlife of Aotearoa by Gavin Bishop
$40.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
A spectacular illustrated picture book exploring New Zealand's unique landscapes and its incredible wildlife by the award-winning author of Aotearoa: The New Zealand Story. Long before waka touched Aotearoa's shores, the land of the long white cloud was home to an array of creatures uniquely adapted to ...Show more
Lizard's Tale by Weng Wai Chan
$21.00 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction
It's Singapore in 1940, war is just around the corner-but twelve-year-old Lizard doesn't know that. He lives in Chinatown above a tailor's shop, surviving on his wits and hustling for odd jobs. When he steals a small teak box containing a Japanese code book from a Raffles Hotel suite, he finds himself i ...Show more
How Māui Slowed the Sun (Tales of Aotearoa #2) by Donovan Bixley; Darryn Joseph; Keri Opai
$20.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books | Series: Tales of Aotearoa
Donovan Bixley re-tells the story of HOW Maui slowed the journey of the sun through the sky each day! The traditional tale but with Donovan's unique twist and trademark humour. The pictures are bright and bring their own level of humour to the book. Darryn Joseph ensures that the story is accurate and c ...Show more
Ursa by Tina Shaw
$23.00 NZD
Category: NZ Senior Fiction
This alternate history coming-of-age YA is the Winner of the 2018 Storylines Tessa Duder Award. “An inferior people, that’s what the Director called us at the beginning of his reign, but still useful.” There are two peoples living in the city of Ursa: the Cerels and the Travesters. Travesters move freel ...Show more
Nga Hoa Hoihoi o Kuwi (Kuwi's Rowdy Crowd - Te Reo Maori Edition) by Kat Quin & Pania Papa
$20.00 NZD
Category: Te Reo Maori Language | Series: Kuwi the Kiwi
Te reo Maori translation of the bestselling title, "Kuwi's Rowdy Crowd" Kuwi the Kiwi attempts to find a moment of peace and quiet in the chaos of parenthood, but everywhere she turns the volume just gets louder. Tap-dancing tomtits, Karate-kicking kokako and other noisy native friends join in the rowdy ...Show more
The Adventures of Tupaia by Courtney Sina Meredith & Mat Tait
$35.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
The incredible story of Tupaia, Tahitian priest navigator, who sailed on board the Endeavour with Captain Cook on his first voyage to Aotearoa. Follow Tupaia as he grows up in Ra'iatea, becoming a high-ranking 'arioi and master navigator. Join him as he meets up with Cook in Tahiti and sails as part of ...Show more
Aspiring by Damien Wilkins
$22.00 NZD
Category: NZ Young Adult Fiction | Reading Level: very good
An engaging, funny and moving novel about a boy trying to make sense of it all. Fifteen-year-old Ricky lives in Aspiring, a town that’s growing at an alarming rate. Ricky’s growing, too — 6’7”, and taller every day. But he’s stuck in a loop: student, uncommitted basketballer, and puzzled son, burdened b ...Show more