The Stolen Stars of Matariki by Miriama Kamo
22.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Childrens Picture Books
Behind dusty orange hills, where the sky stretches down to the sea, there is a magical, wild, windy place called Te Mata Hapuku. Sam and Te Rerehua love to visit their Grandma and Poua at Te Mata Hapuku (aka Birdlings Flat). They like to collect agate from among the stones, with a backdrop of whipping w ...Show more
Greedy Cat and the School Pet Show by Joy Cowley
23.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Childrens Picture Books
Katie is determined to take Greedy Cat to the School Pet Show, but Greedy Cat doesn’t want to go…
A Better Best Friend (HB) by Olivier Tallec
30.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Childrens Picture Books
A feel-good picture book about best friendship told with dry comedy and an open ending--squirrel and mushroom are best friends until another best friend comes to play. This morning when I was out walking, I found a best friend. At least I think so. It certainly looks a lot like it! He really has a best ...Show more
Quaky Cat Helps Out by Diana Noonan
20.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Childrens Picture Books | Series: Quaky Cat
Quaky Cat returns to help rebuild the city of Christchurch by helping his homeless cat-friends and taking them in.
Abel Tasman: Mapping the Southern Lands by Maria Gill
30.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Childrens Picture Books
More than 300 years ago, a young Dutch sailor named Abel Tasman stood on the prow of a ship he and his crew had sailed across wild, uncharted waters. In the distance, through a shroud of mist, the rugged outline of steep hills rose from the ocean waves. Could this be Terra Australis, the great southern ...Show more
Hero of the Sea: Sir Peter Blake's Mighty Ocean Quests by David Hill; Phoebe Morris
25.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Childrens Picture Books | Series: David Hill's Kiwi Legends
A stunning biographical picture book for young readers about Sir Peter Blake, world-renowned New Zealand yachtsman, adventurer and environmentalist.'Remember,' he wrote, 'this is the most beautiful world, and it's the only one we've got.'Sir Peter Blake's life was filled with amazing adventures. During ...Show more
We Saw a Spinosaurus by Kyle Mewburn; Daron Parton
22.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Childrens Picture Books
We were trying not to snorus (sometimes school is such a borus), when we heard a growling chorus floating down the corridorus. Three children spy a dinosaur walking through the school ... followed by another ... and another ... and another! They decide to follow them – and what a surprise they find!
Fledgling's First Flight by Dr Janice Belgrave
23.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Childrens Picture Books
A fledgling is a baby bird who is just learning to fly. The fledgling is a native New Zealand red-billed gull, and he finds himself in all kinds of trouble when his first flight lands him in a harakeke (flax) bush. How will he escape from this leafy pen? This is based on a true event, and will warm y ...Show more
Dobby - Based on a True Story by Marion Day
25.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Childrens Picture Books
Based on a true story. Flying into the snow-clad Southern Alps in deepest winter, Dobby is lost when his master Zane takes him hunting. He gets snagged in scrub and is trapped. Zane must leave without him. Dobby survives seven freezing nights in the wild before Zane returns, finding him with two kea. It ...Show more
The Littlest Lifeguard by Vanessa Hartley-Owen
20.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Childrens Picture Books
The littlest lifeguard wants to help, but it only ends in chaos!Just when it seems they will never be part of the team, they discover being the littlest one means you can help in a different way.
Oink by David Elliot
25.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Childrens Picture Books
A comical story about a very busy bath, from one of New Zealand’s master author/illustrators. Pig is having a lovely bath. In come Sheep, Cow, Horse.... They are very noisy! What can Pig do to make them go away? Pig must think of something smart and quick. Oink!
Demolition by Sally Sutton
19.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Childrens Picture Books
"This is all about as good as it gets for truck-obsessed preschoolers." -- The Horn Book (starred review) Features an audio read-along! From the huge crane with a swinging ball (crack! ) to the toothy jaws that ram the walls (thwack! ), this rambunctious demolition, reverberating with sound words, is gu ...Show more