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A Fish In the Swim of the World by Ben Brown
30.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
Affecting and evocative, this classic memoir by one of Aotearoa's finest Maori writers is now updated with new material. 'This is a book of memories. Some of them are my own. Some of them belong to others. They are as true and as fallible as any memories-distorted by time and distance and a writer's cho ...Show more
Between the Kindling and the Blaze: Reflections on the Concept of Mana by Ben Brown
28.00 NZD
Category: Poetry and Nursery Rhymes
A bold exploration of the concept of mana, undertaken in resonant poetry and short prose pieces. Completed on the Michael King Writers' Centre Maori Writer's Residency 2011. Book + Audio CD
Fifty-five Feathers by Ben Brown; Helen Taylor
20.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
Pukeko is worried about her friend Gecko who seems to be suffering in the cold of winter, so she asks Wise Old Tree for some advice. 'Make him a cloak of fifty-five feathers,' she is told, and so Pukeko sets out to help her friend.
How Did I Get Here? Soliloquies Of Youth by Ben Brown (edited by)
25.00 NZD
Category: NZ Poetry
There are times when the right to remain silent and the need to say something exist in the same moment. I would suppose a choice is made at such a time as to whether guilt is a matter of fact or a matter of conscience. A youthful mind forged in a crucible of fear might argue, ‘Yeah I did it, but that do ...Show more
Pukeko Counts to 10: Ka Tatau a Pūkeko ki te 10 by Ben Brown
16.00 NZD
Category: NZ Board & Cloth Books
A beautiful bilingual counting board book for toddlers featuring the birds of Aotearoa, from poet Ben Brown and illustrator Helen Taylor.Let's go visiting with Pukeko, and count up the birds together in Maori and English!With durable card leaves at a suitable size for little hands, and gorgeous page des ...Show more
The Great Orlando by Ben Brown
21.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
Sunday Jones is a boy with a loving mother who protected him from a miserable and cruel father. Then his mother dies, leaving Sunday's father to make his life a misery. For the end of year concert, Sunday decides he will be a magician, The Great Orlando. On the night he impresses the audience (except hi ...Show more
The Song of the Ship Rat by Ben Brown
20.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
Unroll the maps to Far Away! We’ll sail before the sun … Join our weary ship rat as he reminisces of days gone by, his travels around the world and the sights he’s seen, written in lyrical, evocative language.
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