Category: NZ Poetry
A new gift edition of James K Baxter's classic poems for children, illustrated by Kieran Rynhart. The poems in Seagull Seagull are light and easy read-alouds for classrooms or with toddlers-on-the-couch. James K Baxter wrote these poems when he was teaching in Lower Hutt in the 1950s. Successful in th ...Show more
Category: Gift Books
Annual 2 contains all-new material for 9- to- 13-year-olds. The result is a highly original, contemporary take on the much-loved annuals of the past - all in one beautiful package. Alongside familiar names publishing for children - Gavin Mouldey, Sarah Johnson, Ben Galbraith, Barry Faville, Giselle Cla ...Show more
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
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
Category: Songs & Music
Anika Moa returns with the third instalment of her hugely successful Songs For Bubbas series. Packed full of musical treats for your tamariki, the album features Julia Deans, Anna Coddington and Steph Brown. Track Listing: Disc 1: Ngā Tae O Te Uenuku Mrs Heather Fiddly Widdly Bum ...Show more
Category: Treasury Collections & Special Editions | Series: Toitoi: A Journal for Young Writers and Artists
“One thing I wish people understood about me is that I have a story to tell” — Elaf Abduljawad, age 11 The Jillion is a collection of incredible work from Toitoi Issues 1-12. Written and illustrated by New Zealand’s young writers and artists ages 5-13, the Jillion is a celebra ...Show more
Category: Songs & Music
Hot on the scuffed up heels of Anika’s first children’s album, the multi-award winning Songs for Bubbas, comes it's younger, naughtier twin. Full of delight and mystery, Songs for Bubbas 2 promises to cast a spell of wonderment on your preschoolers. Anika&rsq ...Show more
Category: NZ Non Fiction
An inspirational graphic memoir of growing up Pasifika in New Zealand, written and illustrated by our fast-talking PI Poet Laureate, Selina Tusitala Marsh. At school, Selina is teased for her big, frizzy hair. Kids call her ‘mophead’. She ties her hair up this way and that way and tries to f ...Show more
Category: Songs & Music
Bite Me is the fabulous new CD from fleaBITE. Surreal, crazy and fun fun fun. Bite Me is bursting with 11 juicy new songs to sink your fangs into. fleaBITE have won the Best Children's Music Album Award twice for Circus of Fleas and The Jungle Is Jumping and the Best Children's ...Show more
Category: NZ Picture Books
The great Kiwi summer conjures images of the beach, swimming, boating, fishing, families, friends adventures ... This collection of seven stories and ten poems capture that quintessential summer feeling, and is perfect summertime reading to share with children. Dive in to find all sorts of treasures by ...Show more
Category: NZ Junior Fiction | Series: Toitoi: A Journal for Young Writers and Artists
Toitoi is a quarterly journal of writing and art by New Zealand children, ages 5-13. With 100 pages of original stories, poetry and artwork, Toitoi gives our young writers and artists a real purpose and a wide audience. Toitoi can be read at home or at school and is a valuable classroom resource.
Category: NZ Junior Fiction
Toitoi, A Journal for Young Writers and Artists, celebrates the ideas, imaginations and creative spirit of our young writers and artists. We believe that their work has purpose and deserves a wide audience. We publish material with an original and authentic voice that other young people can conne ...Show more
