Pearl in a Whirl: How one fluffy cat braved the floods by Catherine Robertson
21.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
A tale of chaos and courage, ruin and rescue, as Pearl’s home – like so many others – was ravaged by Cyclone Gabrielle. Pearl loved doing all her favourite things: swatting the dog, slurping tap water, hiding in bags, and curling up to sleep. But one Monday night, with a whoosh and a whirl, her comfort ...Show more
Te Marae: A Guide to Customs and Protocol by Pat Tauroa; Hiwi Tauroa
23.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
A guide - complete with glossary - to customs, protocol and etiquette for visitors to New Zealand marae.Hiwi and Pat Tauroa outline the sequence of events that begins when visitors arrive at the gates of a marae and ends with their departure. Appropriate behaviour is described at each stage; the spiritu ...Show more
I Love Lemonade (Baa Baa Smart Sheep #2) by Mark Sommerset
20.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
A duped--and grossed-out--Quirky Turkey is aiming for payback, but does he have what it takes to pull the wool over Baa Baa's eyes? After getting tricked by Little Baa Baa into eating "smarty tablets," Quirky Turkey wants revenge. What if he uses Baa Baa's own tactics against him by exchanging a few p ...Show more
She'll Be Coming Round the Mountain (PB Book & CD) by The Topp Twins
19.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
This favourite traditional children's song, which is sung in schools and preschools around the country (and sometimes in the car on family holidays!), receives the Topp Twins/Jenny Cooper treatment in the style of the bestsellers There's a Hole in My Bucket and Do Your Ears Hang Low'.
Old MacDonald's Farm (Board) by Donovan Bixley
17.00 NZD
Category: NZ Board & Cloth Books
Old Macdonald had a farm e-i-e-i-o Everyone knows the song. But now the farm and animals are in New Zealand and old Macdonald has a Swanndri and gumboots. Donovan Bixley's illustrations depict the beautiful New Zealand landscape with farm animals! But what are those crazy animals up to?
Superhero Levi! by Robyn Kahukiwa
20.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
Villains, beware! Superhero Levi is here! One day I heard a cry for help. I stopped what I was doing and looked around, searching with my powerful eyes to find where the cries were coming from..... Levi is an everyday Kiwi kid who knows that anyone can have superpowers, and a true superhero is always re ...Show more
Ride of the Katipo by Stu Duval
25.00 NZD
Category: NZ Junior Fiction | Series: Nitty Gritty Novels
At school, Jack lives in the shadows trying to avoid the bullies who make his life miserable. Whenever he can he escapes to the isolated Wetapunga Bay, but when he discovers two bodies on the beach his sense of refuge is shattered. Jack's quest to solve the mystery of the bodies reveals that all is not ...Show more
Grandpa's Slippers (Anniversary Edition) by Joy Watson
20.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books | Series: Grandpa
All weekend long Grandma tries to dispose of Grandpa's tatty old slippers but he refuses to part with them. 'That’s how I like them!'They are ratty and tatty,a little bit mouldy and a little bit smelly!There are holes in the soles and ... look, is that Grandpa’s toe?It is time for a new pair of slipper ...Show more
Te Waiata o Kauri (The Song of Kauri Maori HB) by Melinda Szymanik
20.00 NZD
Category: Te Reo Maori Language
Retold by Ngaere Roberts. cloaked in mist, warmed by the sun and stirred by a whirling wind, Kauri grows tall and wise through passing years and changing times. This is his song.
The Giant Of Lake Wakatipu by Peter Gossage
21.00 NZD
Category: Maori Myths and Legends
When Manata goes missing from her village, her people discover that she has been kidnapped by a giant. Her lover, Matakauri, sets off to rescue her, knowing that his people will never be safe until the giant is killed.While the giant sleeps, Matakauri builds a fire around him. But what will happen when ...Show more
View from the South by Owen Marshall
40.00 NZD
Category: NZ Poetry
A stunning collection of poems from one of New Zealand's most respected writers.David Eggleton wrote of Marshall's poetry in the New Zealand Listenerthat, 'Above all, the poems are redolent of the South Island - all wild winds and dry hills, sleepy summer afternoons, the shimmer of light on lakes, snow ...Show more
The Top Secret Undercover Notes of Buttons McGinty (#1) by Rhys Darby
18.00 NZD
Category: NZ Junior Fiction | Series: Buttons McGinty
The shining star of madcap mayhem RHYS DARBY delivers out-of-this-world absurdity with his first hilarious mystery-comedy book for kids! Crack the crazy Morse codes and unleash the action with bogus baddies, a burly bigfoot and McGinty's mission to find his parents, who have been pronounced missing, pre ...Show more