The Day War Came by Nicola Davies
19.00 NZD
Category: Sophisticated Picture Books
Imagine if, on an ordinary day, war came. Imagine it turned your town to rubble. Imagine going on a long and difficult journey – all alone. Imagine finding no welcome at the end of it. Then imagine a child who gives you something small but very, very precious... When the government refused to allow 300 ...Show more
Journey (#1) by Aaron Becker
27.00 NZD
Category: Sophisticated Picture Books | Series: Journey
Be swept away on an elaborate flight of fancy in this Caldecott award-winning, wondrously illustrated picture book about self-determination and unexpected friendship. The winner of the prestigious Caldecott Honor, and described by the New York Times as 'a masterwork', Aaron Becker's stunning, wordless ...Show more
The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me (A4 Colour Edition) by Roald Dahl
24.00 NZD
Category: Sophisticated Picture Books
Introducing the ladderless window-cleaning company. A Giraffe with a neck so long she can reach the highest windows, A Pelican with a bucket-sized beak, A Monkey to do the washing - and their new friend Billy. At last their big break has arrived! The richest man in England has given them a job that coul ...Show more
The Eleventh Hour: A Curious Mystery by Graeme Base
24.00 NZD
Category: Sophisticated Picture Books | Series: Picture Puffins Ser.
When Horace the elephant turns eleven, he celebrates instyle by inviting his exotic friends to a splendid costume party. But a mystery is afoot, for in the midst of the games, music, and revelry, someone has eaten the birthday feast. The rhyming text and lavish, detailed illustrations each provide clues ...Show more
Katie in Scotland by James Mayhew
22.00 NZD
Category: Sophisticated Picture Books | Series: Katie
When Katie meets the Loch Ness Monster in Scotland, fun and adventure soon folllow. Katie and Nessie discover how beautiful and stunning the country is as they take in the sights, from the Highlands to the Edinburgh Festival. Features: Loch Ness, Glasgow's Kelvingrove Park and Museum, Edinburgh Castle, ...Show more
Katie and the British Artists by James Mayhew
21.00 NZD
Category: Sophisticated Picture Books | Series: Katie
A beautiful new cover and generous new format to celebrate 25 years of making art an adventure! Katie just can't decide what she wants to be when she grows up. Perhaps a trip to the gallery with Grandma will help . . . Might hte characters in five famous paintings by world-renowned British artists give ...Show more
The Boy Who Lost His Spark by Maggie O'Farrell
36.00 NZD
Category: Sophisticated Picture Books
The new children’s book from multi-award-winning author of Hamnet, Maggie O’Farrell, paired once more with Daniela Terrazzini’s stunning illustrations. When Jem and his family first move to a small town, he struggles with his new life. The unhappier he grows, the stranger things become … mischief and c ...Show more
The BFG (Colour PB Edition) by Roald Dahl
30.00 NZD
Category: Sophisticated Picture Books
'Human beans is not really believing in giants, is they? Human beans is not thinking we exist.' On a dark, silvery moonlit night, Sophie is snatched from her bed by a giant. Luckily it is the Big Friendly Giant, the BFG, who only eats snozzcumbers and glugs frobscottle. But there are other giants in Gi ...Show more
Danny, the Champion of the World (A4 Colour Edition) by Roald Dahl
24.00 NZD
Category: Sophisticated Picture Books
A phizzwhizzing new edition of Roald Dahl's classic story, in glorious full colour for the first time. Danny lives in a gipsy caravan with his father, the most marvellous and exciting father any boy ever had. All the land around them belongs to Mr Victor Hazell, a rich snob with a great glistening bee ...Show more
George's Marvellous Medicine (A4 Colour Edition) by Roald Dahl
24.00 NZD
Category: Sophisticated Picture Books | Series: Roald Dahl Colour Editions
George Kranky's Grandma is a miserable grouch. George really hates that horrid old witchy woman.One Saturday morning, George is in charge of giving Grandma her medicine.So-ho! Ah-ha! Ho-hum! George knows exactly what to do.A magic medicine* it will be. One that will either cure her completely . . . or ...Show more
Have You Seen Elephant? by David Barrow
20.00 NZD
Category: Sophisticated Picture Books
Elephant wants to play hide and seek. You can play too, but you'll have to try your best - he's VERY good! Have You Seen Elephant is an absurd and heart-warming picture book from a brilliant storyteller with perfect comic timing. Watch out for the dog and the tortoise, too...
The Tree and the River by Aaron Becker
19.00 NZD
Category: Sophisticated Picture Books
A spectacular time-lapse portrait of humankind - and our impact on the natural world - from an award-winning master of the wordless form. For his latest feat of visual storytelling, the acclaimed creator of the Journey trilogy invents, in staggering detail, a familiar world layered with imaginary civil ...Show more