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How We Came to Be: Creatures of Camouflage and Mimicry by Sami Bayly
25.00 NZD
Category: Animals
Discover the secrets behind some of the natural world's most unusual creatures of camouflage and mimicry. Find out about the chameleon who changes colour to communicate with its friends, the burrowing owl who copies the sound of a fiercer animal to protect itself from threats, and the harlequin filefish ...Show more
The Observologist: A Handbook for Mounting Very Small Scientific Expeditions by Giselle Clarkson
40.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
A highly illustrated and creative scientific guide to the small creatures and natural wonders we find when we take time to open our eyes to the world around us—and ode to the power of quiet observation.An observologist is someone who makes scientific expeditions, albeit very small ones, every day. They ...Show more
Jason Mason and the Flightless Bird Fiasco (#2 Jason Mason) by Jason Gunn; Andrew Gunn
20.00 NZD
Category: NZ Junior Fiction
The second title in the hilarious new illustrated junior fiction series by beloved Kiwi entertainer Jason Gunn. Jason Mason was just an average Kiwi kid just trying to make it through school each day when he was invited to take over from his Great Uncle Bill to become a Secret Agent. In Jason Mason and ...Show more
The Sporty Looky Book by Donovan Bixley
28.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
Can you find all the silver ferns? What about spot the differences on the rugby team's tour bus? You'll have a ball of a time diving into the crazy world of The Sporty Looky Book. The Looky Book series continues with a hilarious 24-page puzzle book that puts you right in the middle of all the sporting ...Show more
Good Sports - A Storybook of Kiwi Sports Heroes by Stuart Lipshaw
45.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
GOOD SPORTS is a powerful illustrated storybook celebrating Aotearoa's sporting heroes.Be inspired by this collection of true stories about 50 remarkable Kiwi sports heroes- people who have set goals, aimed high and achieved their dreams. A real mixture of well-known and lesser-known stories, this book ...Show more
Odd Wolf Out (#1 Faelan the Wolf) by Juliette Maclver
20.00 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction | Series: Faelan the Wolf
Brand new animal fantasy series! The first of three funny, full-of-heart adventures in this new fantasy series that follows a gentle but determined vegetarian wolf named Faelan (which means ‘Little Wolf’ in Gaelic), who is something of a misfit, derided by the other wolves in the pack. He would rather ...Show more
All the Way Down by Stewart Foster
21.00 NZD
Category: Middle Fiction
A life-affirming story about friendship, adventure and self-belief, from the award-winning author of The Bubble Boy. Perfect for fans of Louis Sachar's Holes and Elle McNicoll's A Kind of Spark.When three eleven-year-old 'problem children' are thrown together at summer camp, they're challenged to build ...Show more
Grandpa's Dashing Dessert by Tania Sickling
22.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
Uh-oh – Grandpa’s back in another sticky (and sweet) situation! Straight down the hill, it went, faster and faster, a beautiful, colourful and tasty disaster. It might crash and splatter. It might topple over. We had no idea how to save our pavlova. Grandpa is back and this time he is in the kitchen b ...Show more
Gigantic by Rob Biddulph
30.00 NZD
Category: Hardback Picture Books
A powerful and standout sea-life story featuring one very small and determined blue whale from bestselling and award-winning author and illustrator Rob Biddulph.Meet Gigantic, the smallest blue whale in the Atlantic. Dwarfed by the other whales, Gigantic keeps to himself, making new friends and perfecti ...Show more
The Blunders by David Walliams
25.00 NZD
Category: Middle Fiction
Absurd and hilarious, The Blunders is David Walliams’ funniest book yet – a laugh-out-loud tale of the most blundering and lovable family in history! A hugely entertaining adventure that combines timeless, nonstop comedy, the wild inventiveness of comics, a crumbling old house and a madcap family full ...Show more