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1917: Machines of War (Kiwis at War #4) by Brian Falkner
$19.00 NZD
Category: NZ fiction | Series: Kiwis at War
Seventeen year old Bob Sunday has stolen his brothers identity to enlist in WW1. Keith was killed at Gallipoli, so doesnt need it any more, anyway. But Bob is keen to join the Royal Flying Corps, and soon finds himself flying patrols over the front line in France, up against the likes of the Red Baron M ...Show more
Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy (PB) - 30th Anniversary edition by Lynley Dodd
$18.00 NZD
Category: NZ fiction | Series: Hairy Maclary and Friends | Reading Level: Children's - Kindergarten, Age 5-6
The classic story in a new, larger format. Hairy Maclary goes off for a walk with a few of his friends - and comes up against a nasty surprise in the shape of Scarface Claw! Read all the Hairy Maclary and Friends books by Lynley Dodd! Hairy Maclary's Bone; Hairy Maclary Scattercat; Hairy Maclary's Cat ...Show more
Maui's Taonga Tales by David Brechin-Smith; Stephanie Tibble
$30.00 NZD
Category: NZ fiction | Series: Maui's Taonga Tales
Aimed at children aged seven to eleven, this book’s lively stories tell the tales of some of the taonga held at Aotearoa New Zealand’s famous national museum, Te Papa, through appealing text and fantastic illustrations. The book’s pūkōrero, or story teller, is Māui, the great Pacific hero and trickster ...Show more
The Gobbledegook Book: A Joy Cowley Anthology by Joy Cowley
$40.00 NZD
Category: NZ fiction
Joy Cowley's favourite stories, poems and nonsense rhymes collected in a hardback gift volume for the family to treasure. It selects the best of Cowley's poems and stories to read aloud, including much-loved classics such as Greedy Cat and Nicketty-Nacketty Noo Noo Noo. Fully re-illustrated with humour ...Show more
Tui Street Tales (#1) by Anne Kayes
$16.99 NZD
Category: NZ fiction | Series: Tui Street
Once upon a time some fairy tales came to Tui Street and visited the people who lived there. There were some problems in the street: Jack's mother had secrets, the creek had dried up and Terri was being cyber-bullied, to name a few. Following a fairy tale project at school, the children began to notice ...Show more
We've Got a Boat (Book & CD) by Jay Laga'aia
$22.00 NZD
Category: NZ fiction
We've got a boat that flies across the water. Weve got a boat that flies across the sea. You know this boat, it sailed from Aotearoa. It stays afloat because its carried by Kiwis. Join Team Kiwi and sail away on a boat guided by ancient waka, woven with flax sails, powered by a taniwha and bound for vic ...Show more
1914: Riding into War (Kiwis at War #1) by Susan Brocker
$19.00 NZD
Category: NZ fiction | Series: Kiwis at War | Reading Level: very good
Young Billy Bowman and his mate Jack get caught up in the excitement when war is declared in August 1914 and leave their jobs on the farm to rush off and enlist in the Mounted Rifles - because the war would 'probably be over by Christmas'. We follow their journey from the Awapuni training camp, to more ...Show more
Canterbury Quake: Christchurch, 2010-11 (My New Zealand Story) by Desna Wallace
$18.00 NZD
Category: NZ fiction | Series: My New Zealand Story
Anyone would think Maddy's world had crumbled when she didn't get a cell phone for her eleventh birthday. But Maddy soon has far more important things to worry about. In the dark of night, with a terrifying rumble and a deafening roar, the world turns upside down! Suddenly, words like 'liquefaction', 'a ...Show more
Counting for Kiwi Babies (Maori/English Board) by Matthew Williamson; Fraser Williamson
$13.00 NZD
Category: NZ fiction | Series: For Kiwi Babies
Beautiful pictures of New Zealand birds are the perfect introduction to numbers and counting for Kiwi babies. This simple and eye-catching board book, with numbers in English and Maori, will delight our littlest learners. It is the ideal companion to Colours for Kiwi Babies.
Cuz by Liz Van Der Laarse
$20.00 NZD
Category: NZ fiction
River is offered a trip on his uncle's trawler. His cousin Huia is annoying, always going on about Maoritanga. When an accident leaves them stranded on the coast of Fiordland, they must work together to save themselves.
Cyclone Bola: Gisborne, 1988 (My New Zealand Story) by Kath Beattie
$18.00 NZD
Category: NZ fiction | Series: My New Zealand Story
March 2013 marks the 25th anniversary of Cyclone Bola was one of the costliest cyclones in the history of New Zealand. When Amy’s parents decide to go and sail a yacht back to New Zealand from Vanuatu, Amy is sent to stay with her great uncle and aunt on a vineyard near Gisborne. When reports of Bola st ...Show more
Earthquake! Diary of Katie Bourke, Napier 1930-31 (My New Zealand Story) by Janine McVeagh
$18.00 NZD
Category: NZ fiction | Series: My New Zealand Story | Reading Level: 10+
A story of daily life in the Depression years, culminating in the Napier earthquake. Napier in the 1930s was a time of going without. The story starts on the 25th of June, 1930 – a sad day in the Bourke household – the funeral of Katie’s father. This Catholic family must now survive with earnings from t ...Show more