Epic New Zealand Adventurers by Maria Gill
28.00 NZD
Category: Biography & Autobiography
Ten true stories of daring and danger from New Zealand adventurers. Race to the South Pole with Sir Edmund Hillary, defend yourself against polar bears near the Magnetic North Pole with Helen Thayer, find the source of the Nile River with Cam McLeay and Garth MacIntyre, circumnavigate the world with 1 ...Show more
Hands in the Dirt: Grow your own kai with Mrs Evans by Leah Evans
45.00 NZD
Category: Gardening
With the cost of living rising, growing our own vegetables makes complete sense. Leah Evans shows us how in this straightforward book. She begins with heaps of easy-to-understand advice on how to start gardening: growing in small spaces and containers, building great soil and compost, growing from seed, ...Show more
Jenny McLeod - A Life in Music by Norman Meehan
50.00 NZD
Category: Biography & Autobiography
Born in 1941, at age five she discovered she could read music fluently. After a childhood in Timaru and Levin, she went on to study music with Douglas Lilburn and Frederick Page at Victoria University College, and in Europe with two imposing figures of mid-twentieth century modernism: Olivier Messiaen a ...Show more
The King's Medal by Maria Gill; Alistair Hughes
25.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
Poppa reveals a war medal in his hand to his grandson. Manu asks, 'Did you win it? 'Sort of, a King gave it to me,' the old man says. He then tells Manu how his Anzac platoon rescued the Greek King, Prime Minister and the rest of their party on a Greek Island during World War II. It's a perilous journe ...Show more
Ice Breaker!: An Epic Antarctic Adventure by Maria Gill
28.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
Much has been written about explorer Ernest Shackleton’s three courageous expeditions to the Antarctic. What is not so well-known is the crucial role that Captain Frank Worsley played in saving the lives of the crew of Endurance after it got stuck in ice floes and broke apart during the attempt to trave ...Show more
Wot Knot You Got? Mophead's Guide to Life by Selina Tusitala Marsh
30.00 NZD
Category: NZ Poetry
With her trademark visual wit, our buddy Mophead unravels the knots that keep us up at night. ‘What do you do if nothing is right – not at home, at school, anywhere?’‘What if people don’t like me?’‘What if your own ideas stink?’‘How do I hug my dad?’ One morning, Selina wakes up with a twisting, tang ...Show more
Ziggle! - The Len Lye Art Activity Book by Rebecca Fawkner
35.00 NZD
Category: Learn to Draw & Paint
65 WAYS TO BE AN ARTIST THROUGH THE WORLD OF LEN LYE. This bumper art activity book brimming with ideas and inspiration has been developed by the team at the Len Lye Centre in New Plymouth, who work with the thousands of children who visit the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery every year and really understan ...Show more
This Land Aotearoa: Ko Aotearoa te whenua nei by Christine Dale; Kiwa Hammond
25.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
Aotearoa, from coast to coast. Simple text and colourful images take you on a journey across the stunning landscape of Aotearoa; described both in te reo Māori and English. Wonderfully colourful images of the landscape of New Zealand, Aotearoa celebrating rivers, mountains, cities and towns; images ...Show more
In the Garden: Explore & Discover the New Zealand Backyard by Gillian Candler; Ned Barraud
22.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction | Series: Explore & Discover
In the Garden introduces young children to common creatures they can find in a New Zealand garden. It is the only guide available for young children and families that shows creatures in their natural habitats. The book describes their relationship with other living things, and includes many interesting ...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
Feijoa: A Story of Obsession and Belonging by Kate Evans
40.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
Inspired by a personal obsession with this singular exotic fruit, Feijoa is a sweeping, global tale about the dance between people and plants - how we need each other, how we change each other, and the surprising ways certain species make their way into our imaginations, our stomachs, and our hearts. ...Show more
Kai and Kindness by Jane and Paul Rangiwahia
55.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
Kai and Kindness is a book that sits equally well on the coffee table as in the kitchen. Brother and sister health advocate and artist Paul and food writer Jane have combined their skills to produce a book that nourishes the body and the mind. Their aim is to help start conversations about health and em ...Show more