I Wish I Had a Pirate Suit by Pamela Allen
$18.00 NZD
Category: NZ fiction | Reading Level: very good
Peter's younger brother dreams that if only he had the pirate suit he would be the pirate captain and boss of the seven seas.
Jason Mason and the Flightless Bird Fiasco (#2 Jason Mason) by Jason Gunn; Andrew Gunn
$20.00 NZD
Category: NZ fiction
The second title in the hilarious new illustrated junior fiction series by beloved Kiwi entertainer Jason Gunn. Jason Mason was just an average Kiwi kid just trying to make it through school each day when he was invited to take over from his Great Uncle Bill to become a Secret Agent. In Jason Mason and ...Show more
Journey to Tangiwai - Tangiwai, 1953 by David Hill
$18.50 NZD
Category: NZ fiction | Series: My New Zealand Story | Reading Level: very good
The year is 1953. Peter Cotterill starts the year writing in a journal given to him by his Great Aunt. We follow him through a year of many changes as his town of Napier struggles through hard times in the aftermath of WWII. He joins the scouts and learns to overlook the small-town class structure. The ...Show more
Kiwicorn by Kat Quin
$20.00 NZD
Category: NZ fiction | Series: Kuwi the Kiwi
A ridiculously cute and funny story about being unique. Gorgeous illustrations and writing, help children to understand their emotions and to open a light-hearted dialogue about diversity. The Kiwicorn story can help parents and teachers to convey the important message that we're all different from each ...Show more
Kuwi's First Egg by Kat Quin
$20.00 NZD
Category: NZ fiction | Series: Kuwi the Kiwi
Find out how Kuwi the Kiwi looks after her newly laid egg. She knits a scarf, sings a waiata and takes it out to play but Egg doesn't seem too impressed. When the egg begins to crack Kuwi thinks she has not done a very good job - what can she do? Read this delightful imaginary story about a clueless kiw ...Show more
Kuwi's Huhu Hunt by Kat Quin
$20.00 NZD
Category: NZ fiction | Series: Kuwi the Kiwi
Kuwi the Kiwi decides to take Chick on his first huhu hunt. They could make huhu hangi, huhu hummus and huhu BBQ...Kuwi is an endangered brown kiwi and a new mum with a very fussy chick. Will she ever find Chick any huhu to eat? A superb book from a well known author and illustrator A simple celebration ...Show more
Little Yellow Digger Gift Edition by Betty Gilderdale
$25.00 NZD
Category: NZ fiction
When digging out a drain, the little yellow digger gets stuck in the mud. So they bring in a bigger digger ...
Mind-Swapping Madness by Tom E. Moffatt
$18.00 NZD
Category: NZ fiction
Each of these bonkers short stories takes you on a hilarious mind-swapping adventure. There's a boy trapped in a fly's body. A toad waiting to be kissed. Horses that know Morse code and aliens who hijack children's bodies. Packed with action and laugh-out-loud moments, these seven stories are perfect f ...Show more
Mophead: How Your Difference Makes a Difference by Selina Tusitala Marsh
$25.00 NZD
Category: NZ fiction | Series: Mophead
An inspirational graphic memoir of growing up Pasifika in New Zealand, written and illustrated by our fast-talking PI Poet Laureate, Selina Tusitala Marsh. At school, Selina is teased for her big, frizzy hair. Kids call her ‘mophead’. She ties her hair up this way and that way and tries to fit in. Until ...Show more
Motherstone (#3 The O Trilogy) by Maurice Gee
$21.00 NZD
Category: NZ fiction | Series: O Trilogy | Reading Level: good-very good
For Susan and Nick the adventure at last seems at an end. They are leaving he magical land of O, the scene of The Halfmen of O and The Priests of Ferris. But even as they prepare to step back to earth, strange and evil forces reach out to ensnare them. For Susan - and for the Motherstone - there is one ...Show more
My New Red Car by David Minty
$20.00 NZD
Category: NZ fiction
Two friends discover a trail of destruction as they search for their missing car. They find flattened cars, cars embedded into houses, even cars tangled in power lines! As the search unfolds, they suddenly come face-to-face with the culprit. Suitable for ages 3 - 6
My Pictures After the Storm by Eric Veille
$23.00 NZD
Category: NZ fiction | Reading Level: Children's - Kindergarten, Age 5-6
A gust of wind, an elephant, a dive bomb, a spell: this funky "before" and "after" book will have you chuckling! What happens to a lion after the storm? His mane is swept into a dishevelled mess. What becomes of a pear after an elephant passes by? Pear jam! A frog after a spell? A prince. And the room a ...Show more