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Adding and Subtraction (Usborne Key Skills: Wipe Clean) by Holly Bathie
$15.00 NZD
Category: Children - Reference | Series: Key Skills
This comprehensive book provides an enjoyable way for children to improve their understanding of place value, and with the help of a group of friendly animal characters they learn how to add and subtract 2-digit and 3-digit numbers in columns. The durable, wipe-clean pages allow children to practise ca ...Show more
Slow Down: Bring Calm to a Busy World with 50 Nature Stories by Rachel Williams
$40.00 NZD
Category: Children - Reference
All around us, nature is turning, growing...and working. Every day, hour by hour, magical transformations happen right in front of you. But it's not always easy to see them... Discover 50 nature stories, paused just long enough for you to watch them unfold. Then go outside and explore... and see what yo ...Show more
Best and Bravest: Kiwis Awarded the Victoria Cross (Children's Version) by Glyn Harper
$22.00 NZD
Category: Children - Reference
The incredible stories of the New Zealanders who have been awarded the Victoria Cross for courage under fire, from WWI to the war in Afghanistan. Here are the stories of the 27 men who won the Victoria Cross in both world wars and in Afghanistan in the 21st century - fighting heroes who risked their own ...Show more
Unlocking the Universe by Stephen Hawking; Lucy Hawking
$37.00 NZD
Category: Children - Reference
Have you ever wondered how the universe began? Or what it takes to put humans on the moon - or even on Mars? What would you do if you could travel through space and time?Embark on the adventure of a lifetime in this beautiful collection of up-to-the-minute essays by the world's leading scientists includ ...Show more
Behind The Scenes at The Museum
$37.00 NZD
Category: Children - Reference
Take an exclusive tour of the world's most exciting museums and discover their hidden treasures. This behind-the-scenes guide showcases a huge range of incredible artefacts from history and reveals the hard work, care, and effort that goes into collecting, preserving, and storing them. Ever wondered wha ...Show more
The World of Whales: Get to Know the Giants of the Ocean by Darcy Dobell; Becky Thorns (Illustrator)
$50.00 NZD
Category: Children - Reference
Dive into an exploration of these majestic mammals, one of the most fascinating animal species on the planet. You already know that whales aren't fish, but mammals who need to breath and hold their breath under water, just like us humans? And that the blue whale grows to be longer than three buses? In T ...Show more
Stephen Biesty's Incredible Body Cross-Sections by Richard Platt
$37.00 NZD
Category: Children - Reference
A book that actually takes you inside - and around - the human body to see how it works, with the help of some truly unique illustrations and some very small people! Explore your brain, your bones, and everything in between in incredible cross-section drawings of all the body systems. Inside each one a ...Show more
Mammoth Science by David Macaulay
$30.00 NZD
Category: Children - Reference
David Macaulay's troupe of curious mammoths lead you through the basics of physics, biology, and chemistry in this unconventional and highly original guide to science. From the interior of an atom to the solar system and beyond, the mammoths seek to understand the science! These intrepid science demons ...Show more
Jumbo - The Making of the Boeing 747 by Chris Gall (Illustrator)
$40.00 NZD
Category: Children - Reference
For the 50th anniversary of the Boeing 747's first commercial flight, a picture book about the development of the iconic passenger plane and how it changed the history of air travel. In 1968, the biggest passenger jet the world had ever seen premiered in Everett, Washington. The giant plane was called t ...Show more
SS Penguin SOS by Adrienne Frater
$25.00 NZD
Category: Children - Reference
Set in New Zealand in the 20’s / 30’s , a young boy goes to live with his aunt and cousin following the death of his father. He begins work on a school history project which uncovers a family tragedy and a hero in the household. Based on the true sinking of the SS Penguin, a sometimes forgotten NZ ma ...Show more
Space Maps - Your Tour of the Universe by Lara Albanese
$40.00 NZD
Category: Children - Reference
This gorgeous hardback draws on the latest astronomy to take children to the farthest reaches of outer space through circular and flat maps of the Solar System and the galaxies beyond. Vivid drawings and easy facts guide readers through what we see with the naked eye and telescopes, our planet and other ...Show more
The Humans by Jonny Marx
$45.00 NZD
Category: Children - Reference
This book showcases the greatest achievements of ancient civilisations, peoples and iconic figures from history. From the Nubians to the Native Americans, and the Akkadians to the Aztecs, our predecessors have pioneered a plethora of wonderful and wacky inventions, technologies and practices. They've co ...Show more