Family of Forest and Fungi - He Tukutuku Toiora by Valetta Sowka; Isobel Joy Te Aho-White (Illustrator); Hana Natalija Park
24.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
How did our Maori ancestors use mushrooms? What are some of the astounding ways that fungi can help us? Why do mushrooms glow? Discover the answers to these questions and more in this book for tamariki about the magical world of fungi. Help your child build a natural connection to the taiao by journeyin ...Show more
Time for Bed Little Kiwi (Lift the Flap) by Bob Darroch
18.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books | Series: Little Kiwi
It's time for Little Kiwi to go to bed but where is he?Join his mum on a search through the New Zealand bush as she tries to track him down. A favourite lift-the-flap adventure in the eternally popular Little Kiwi series of storybooks.
Maori Made Fun: 200+ Puzzles & Games to Boost Your Reo by Scotty Morrison; Stacey Morrison
25.00 NZD
Category: Te Reo Maori Language
A brand-new way to have fun with te reo Māori.Māori Made Fun contains over 200 word games, puzzles and activities - a jam-packed box of te reo tricks for everyone. Whether you're already a confident speaker of Māori or just getting started, use te reo Māori every day or almost never, have one hour spare ...Show more
Sam's Bath by Ali Foster
20.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
Sam's farmhouse doesn't have a bath. The kitchen sink is too small and the creek is too cold so he decides to use the old bathtub from out on the farm. He lights a fire under it to get the water hot and settles in but the animals are not at all pleased. That's where they get their drinking water from. F ...Show more
He Pukapuka Tataku I Nga Mahi a Te Rauparaha Nui: A Record of the Life of the Great Te Rauparaha by Tamihana Te Rauparaha
60.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
A biography of Te Rauparaha by his son Tamihana, published for the first time in a bilingual Māori/English edition. Kaore kau he kaumatua hei rite ma Te Rauparaha te mahio ki te whawhai, me te toa hoki, me te tino tangata ki te atawhai tangata. There has never been a man equal to Te Rauparaha in terms o ...Show more
A High Country Life - Tales & Recipes from a New Zealand Sheep Station by Philippa Cameron
45.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
A High Country memoir of life through the seasons on a large sheep station, with delicious recipes. Life on Otematata Station, a 40,000 hectare high country station in Otago, is busy and varied. Philippa Cameron and her husband, Joe, who is the fifth generation to work the farm, help care for this vast ...Show more
How I Alienated My Grandma by Suzanne Main
17.00 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction
'At precisely 4.23 in the afternoon, my grandma turned into an alien. Correction. At precisely 4.23 in the afternoon, I turned my grandma into an alien. I was not having a good day.' And so begins Suzanne Main's highly entertaining, award-winning story about the hapless Michael and his mate Elvis as the ...Show more
Lost and Somewhere Else by Jenny Bornholdt
25.00 NZD
Category: NZ Poetry
Where do I stand? Usually in the little square of sunlight by the back door. In Lost and Somewhere Else, Jenny Bornholdt finds many places to stand: at home, in memories of places and people, and in the Ernst Plischke-designed Henderson House in Alexandra, Central Otago, in which she lived while writi ...Show more
Kuwi's Very Shiny Bum by Kat Quin
20.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books | Series: Kuwi the Kiwi
From #1 Bestselling Author and Illustrator of the Kuwi the Kiwi(TM) series, Kat Merewether. Following on from the hugely popular 'Kuwi's First Egg' and 'Kuwi's Huhu Hunt' books. With the soft jingle of bells, a mysterious gift falls from the sky. It is a shimmering red ball. Kuwi knows exactly what it i ...Show more
Bidibidi (Maori) by Gavin Bishop
20.00 NZD
Category: Te Reo Maori Language
Bidibidi, a high country sheep in the South Island of New Zealand is tired of her boring life and a scanty diet of dry mountain grass. She decides to follow the rainbow in search of a more meaningful life. After many exciting and at times life-threatening adventures she meets Rainbow Jackson, the old ra ...Show more
A Lion in the Night by Pamela Allen
18.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books | Series: Picture Puffins Ser.
A wild chase that takes the Queen, the King, the Admiral, the Captain, the General, the Sergeant and even the little dog through the night.
Mrs Wishy-Washy's Farm by Joy Cowley; Elizabeth Fuller
20.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
Uh-oh. Mrs. Wishy-Washy is at it again. Rubbing and scrubbing all the animals on the farm. But this time they aren't standing for it. Duck, Cow, and Pig are leaving mean old Mrs. Wishy-Washy for good They run away to the big city. But they get lost, wander into a restaurant, and even stumble into a ...Show more