The Astromancer: The Rising of Matariki (Te Kо̄kо̄rangi: Te Aranga o Matariki English Edition) by Witi Ihimaera; Isobel Joy Te Aho-White
25.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Children - 5 to 8
The Astromancer is looking for four new apprentices to learn about Matariki and the Maramataka calendar. She chooses three boys and an orphan girl, Aria, who will come only if she can bring her smelly dog. Aria, though, is bored by the lessons, and she doesn't want to be told what to do. But these are d ...Show more
Roadworks by Sally Sutton
19.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Childrens Picture Books | Series: Roadworks
A boisterous picture book full of noisy fun for machine-mad kids.“Plan the road. Plan the road. Mark it on the map.” Roadworks takes the reader through all the stages of making a road; from planning to construction to driving on the finished road, the full journey is detailed for young and curious min ...Show more
Hairy Maclary and Friends How Do I Feel? A Lift the Flap Book by Lynley Dodd
20.00 NZD
Category: Children - Pre-School
How are Hairy Maclary, Scarface Claw, Zachary Quack and all their friends feeling? This delightful board book is designed to help little ones identify and express their emotions. Lift the flaps and learn about feelings with the help of rascally Hairy Maclary and all his rollicking friends! Happy or sad? ...Show more
Epic New Zealand Adventurers by Maria Gill
28.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Childrens Picture Books
Ten true stories of daring and danger from New Zealand adventurers. Race to the South Pole with Sir Edmund Hillary, defend yourself against polar bears near the Magnetic North Pole with Helen Thayer, find the source of the Nile River with Cam McLeay and Garth MacIntyre, circumnavigate the world with 1 ...Show more
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
A Better Best Friend (HB) by Olivier Tallec
30.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Childrens Picture Books
"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 friend kind of face." In this comedic picture book exploring a forever childhood question about friendship, squirrel and a mushroom explore the forest through the s ...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