The Gardener by Sarah Stewart
28.00 NZD
Category: Sophisticated Picture Books
The Gardener is a 1997 New York Times Book Review Notable Children's Book of the Year and a 1998 Caldecott Honor Book. From the author-and-illustrator team of the bestselling The Library.Lydia Grace Finch brings a suitcase full of seeds to the big gray city, where she goes to stay with her Uncle Jim, a ...Show more
The Dark by Lemony Snicket
20.00 NZD
Category: Sophisticated Picture Books
Laszlo is afraid of the dark. The dark lives in the same house as Laszlo. Mostly, though, the dark stays in the basement and doesn't come into Lazslo's room. But one night, it does. This is the story of how Laszlo stops being afraid of the dark. With emotional insight and poetic economy, two ...Show more
Katie and the Sunflowers by James Mayhew
20.00 NZD
Category: Sophisticated Picture Books | Series: Katie
Join Katie as she steps into some of the most famous paintings in the world for an exciting art adventure! Katie would love to grow her own flowers, so when she sees some seeds in Van Gogh's Sunflowers masterpiece she can't resist reaching in and grabbing some . . . Mimi, a little girl from a painting ...Show more
Katie and the Spanish Princess by James Mayhew
20.00 NZD
Category: Sophisticated Picture Books | Series: Katie
A fresh new look to celebrate 25 years of Katie making art an adventure! Katie needs ideas for a costume, and the princess dress in a painting seems the very thing. But she soon discovers that fancy clothes and adventures don't always mix. And wherever you find Katie, you'll find fun close behind! Bea ...Show more
Bear by Staffan Gnosspelius
40.00 NZD
Category: Sophisticated Picture Books
A debut picture book for adults about a bear that elicits immediate, deep emotional recognition. Bear, Staffan Gnosspelius's debut book, is a gorgeous visual meditation on depression. In this deeply affecting, wordless picture book for adults, a bear is maddeningly afflicted with a cone that covers his ...Show more
Cicada by Shaun Tan
20.00 NZD
Category: Sophisticated Picture Books
WINNER OF THE CBCA PICTURE BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2019 Cicada works in an office, dutifully toiling day after day for unappreciative bosses and being bullied by his coworkers. But one day, cicada goes to the roof of the building, and something truly extraordinary happens ... A story for anyone who has ...Show more
Roald Dahl Treasury (HB) by Roald Dahl
55.00 NZD
Category: Treasury Collections & Special Editions
The Roald Dahl Treasury is a delightful collection by and about the World's Number One Storyteller. Four exciting sections - ANIMALS; MAGIC; FAMILY, FRIENDS AND HEROES; and MATTERS OF IMPORTANCE - introduce some of Roald Dahl's most popular characters, from the Enormous Crocodile to the Twits, from the ...Show more
Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (Colour Edition) by Roald Dahl
24.00 NZD
Category: Sophisticated Picture Books
Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator in glorious full colour for the very first time! WHOOSH! Inside the Great Glass Elevator, Willy Wonka, Charlie Bucket and his family are cruising a thousand feet above the chocolate factory. They can see the whole world below them, but they're not alon ...Show more
The Rock from the Sky (PB) by Jon Klassen
22.00 NZD
Category: Sophisticated Picture Books
Look up! From the Caldecott Medal-winning creator of the Hat trilogy comes a new deadpan gem. Turtle really likes standing in his favourite spot. He likes it so much that he asks his friend Armadillo to come over and stand in it, too. But now that Armadillo is standing in that spot, he has a bad feelin ...Show more
What You Need to Be Warm by Neil Gaiman
23.00 NZD
Category: Poetry and Nursery Rhymes
Sometimes it only takes a stranger in a dark place... to say we have the right to be here, to make us warm in the coldest season. In 2019, Neil Gaiman asked his Twitter followers: What reminds you of warmth? Over 1,000 responses later, Neil began to weave replies from across the world into a poem in ai ...Show more
The Witches (Colour Edition) by Roald Dahl
30.00 NZD
Category: Sophisticated Picture Books
The witches have a motto- One child a week is fifty-two a year. Squish them and squiggle them and make them disappear. The Grand High Witch of All the World is the scariest of the lot, but one boy and the grandmother he adores have a plan to get rid of the witches for good.
Rose Blanche by Roberto Innocenti
20.00 NZD
Category: Sophisticated Picture Books
Rose Blanche was the name of a group of young German citizens who, at their peril, protested against the war. Like them, Rose observes all the changes going on around her which others choose to ignore. She watches as the streets of her small German town fill with soldiers. One day she sees a little bo ...Show more