How Maui Found the Secret of Fire by Peter Gossage
21.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Childrens Picture Books
Maui the trickster wants to know what will happen if he puts out all the fires in his pa. When his people wake they are very angry and Maui must go to the volcano to visit Mahuika, the goddess of fire. Peter Gossage's superbly retold stories of Maui are now New Zealand classics.
Gwendolyn Bear and the Honey Bees by Teresa Kiddell
24.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Childrens Picture Books
Gwendolyn Bear is a sun bear (Gwendolyn uesd to live in Borneo). Sun bears LOVE honey, but Gwendolyn has no honey and no money. Her wise friend Silas the cat gives her some advice and Gwendolyn sets off in search of honey. Along the way, she learns how important bees are to the world and that they need ...Show more
Nits! by Stephanie Blake
19.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Childrens Picture Books
Simon discovers girls-and nits-in the new story in this bestselling series Simon feels a new emotion stirring-he thinks he is in love with Lou! Sadly, Lou loves Mamadou... One day Lou comes to school with nits. She's suddenly not so popular any more. Except with Simon. He doesn't care about nits! Lou gi ...Show more
The Three-Legged Cat by Margaret Mahy
21.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Childrens Picture Books
Mrs Gimble's cat would love to prowl, but has only three legs. Mrs Gimble's brother, who prowls the world, comes to visit and mistakes the cat for his hat ...A gloriously funny picture book. First published 1993.
Battle of the Mountains by Peter Gossage
22.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Childrens Picture Books
Three mountains battle against Tongariro to win the love of his wife, Pihanga. Find out how Tongariro banishes Taranaki, Tauhara and Putau to the positions they stand in today when he overcomes their approaches to Pihanga. Make the mountains using the outlines in the back of this book, and fight your ow ...Show more
Granny's Undies by Deano Yipadee
20.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Childrens Picture Books
Go, go, go, Granny's undies! Up, up, up, away with the breeze! Fly, fly, fly, floating free! A wild wind has blown Granny’s polka-dot pants off the washing line and far, far away! Wherever will they go next? Another outrageous, laugh-out-loud sing-along story with downloadable song by popular children's ...Show more
Nadia Lim's Marvellous Marvin by Nadia Lim
22.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Childrens Picture Books
One night on Nadia Lim’s Central Otago farm a little chick hatches out of its egg ...“My, oh my, you’re MARVELLOUS!” Mama whispers happily. “Welcome Marvellous Marvin, to our little family.” This adorable picture book, inspired by a true story, includes family photos, egg-citing farm and food facts and ...Show more
Mangrove by Glenda Kane
25.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Childrens Picture Books
'If you take the track past the big white shack to the tidal flats where the mud is black If you sneak to the left between the tides you'll find the place where mangrove hides.' Environmental books are more relevant than ever and mangroves are important eco-systems. This book describes the life-cycle o ...Show more
The Fish of Maui by Peter Gossage
21.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Childrens Picture Books
Maui's jealous brothers don't want him to come fishing with them. Maui is cleverer than they are, however, and not only does he trick them, but he catches the best fish of all.
Hairy Maclary's Bone (PB) by Lynley Dodd
20.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Childrens Picture Books | Series: Hairy Maclary and Friends | Reading Level: 2-12
Hairy Maclary's Bone is a hilarious rhyming story by Lynley Dodd.With cumulative rhymes and sunny ink and watercolor illustrations, this international favorite chronicles the escapades of our hero Hairy and his crew of five kooky canines. Here every dog-from big-as-a-horse Hercules Morse to Schnitzel vo ...Show more
Atua: Maori Gods and Heroes by Gavin Bishop
40.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Childrens Picture Books
Gavin Bishop's stunning, once-in-a-generation compendium introduces readers to the pantheon of Māori gods, demigods and heroes, and explores Aotearoa's most exciting legends from the Creation to the Migration. Meet the gods, demigods and heroes of the Māori people of Aotearoa in this breathtaking, large ...Show more
Slinky Malinki Catflaps (PB) by Lynley Dodd
20.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Childrens Picture Books | Series: Hairy Maclary and Friends | Reading Level: 4-5
Slinky Malinki Catflaps is a hilarious rhyming story by Lynley Dodd. Slinky Malinki wakes from a cosy sleep, stretches and slips out through the catflap and into the night. He's soon joined by his friends Greywacke Jones, Butterball Brown, the Poppadum kittens and the rest of the gang. Hobnobbing happil ...Show more