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Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms (a.k.a. The Girl Savage) by Katherine Rundell
$24.99 NZD
Category: Middle Fiction 8-12-year-olds
Even a life on the untamed plains of Africa can’t prepare Wilhelmina for the wilds of an English boarding school in this “gripping, magical, and heartwarming tale of resilience, friendship, and hope” (Publishers Weekly, starred review).Wilhelmina Silver’s world is golden. Living half-wild on an African ...Show more
Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell
$24.99 NZD
Category: Fantasy, Magic and Science Fiction
It was a very fine day, until something tried to eat him. A boy called Christopher is visiting his reclusive grandfather when he witnesses an avalanche of mythical creatures come tearing down the hill. This is how Christopher learns that his grandfather is the guardian of one of the ways between the no ...Show more
Into the Jungle by Katherine Rundell
$19.99 NZD
Category: Short Stories
Into the Jungle is a modern classic in the making, as Katherine Rundell creates charming and compelling origin stories for all Kipling's best-loved characters, from Baloo and Shere Khan to Kaa and Bagheera. As Mowgli travels through the Indian jungle, this brilliantly visual tale, which weaves each shor ...Show more
One Christmas Wish by Katherine Rundell
$26.99 NZD
Category: Junior Fiction 5-9-year-olds
It's Christmas Eve and Theo - left at home with a babysitter - sees an odd-looking star out of his window and decides to make a wish. He wishes that he had some friends to keep him company. Moments later the Christmas decorations begin to disentangle themselves from the tree behind him, ready to wreak a ...Show more
One Christmas Wish by Katherine Rundell
$26.99 NZD
Category: Christmas Books
Go on an adventure with Katherine Rundell ... NOMINATED FOR THE CILIP CARNEGIE MEDAL 2019 NOMINATED FOR THE CILIP GREENAWAY MEDAL 2019 From the winner of the Costa Children's Book Award 'A writer with an utterly distinctive voice and a wild imagination' o Philip Pullman It's Christmas Eve and Theo o lef ...Show more
Rooftoppers: 10th Anniversary Edition by Katherine Rundell
$20.99 NZD
Category: Adventure and Real Life Stories
Everyone tells Sophie that she was orphaned in a shipwreck - found floating in a cello case on the English Channel on her first birthday. But Sophie is convinced her mother also survived. When the Welfare Agency threatens to separate her from her guardian and send her to an orphanage, Sophie takes matt ...Show more
The Book of Hopes: Words and Pictures to Comfort, Inspire and Entertain by Katherine Rundell (Editor)
$26.99 NZD
Category: Poetry, Plays and Nursery Rhymes
In difficult times, what children really need is hope. And in that spirit, bestselling author Katherine Rundell emailed some of the children's writers and artists whose work she loved most:'I asked them to write something very short, fiction or non-fiction, or draw something that would make the children ...Show more
The Explorer by Katherine Rundell
$20.99 NZD
Category: Adventure and Real Life Stories
From his seat in the tiny aeroplane, Fred watches as the mysteries of the Amazon jungle pass by below him. He has always dreamed of becoming an explorer, of making history and of reading his name amongst the lists of great discoveries. If only he could land and look about him.As the plane crashes into t ...Show more
The Explorer by Katherine Rundell
$23.99 NZD
Category: Adventure and Real Life Stories
From his seat in the tiny aeroplane, Fred watches as the mysteries of the Amazon jungle pass by below him. He has always dreamed of becoming an explorer, of making history and of reading his name amongst the lists of great discoveries. If only he could land and look about him.As the plane crashes into t ...Show more
The Explorer (Audio CD) by Katherine Rundell; Peter Noble (Read by)
$39.99 NZD
Category: Audio Books
From his seat in the tiny aeroplane, Fred watches as the mysteries of the Amazon jungle pass by below him. He has always dreamed of becoming an explorer, of making history and of reading his name amongst the lists of great discoveries. If only he could land and look about him.As the plane crashes into t ...Show more
The Good Thieves by Katherine Rundell
$19.99 NZD
Category: Adventure and Real Life Stories
'Vita set her jaw, and nodded at New York City in greeting, as a boxer greets an opponent before a fight.' Fresh off the boat from England, Vita Marlowe has a job to do. Her beloved grandfather Jack has been cheated out of his home and possessions by a notorious conman with Mafia connections. Seeing Jac ...Show more
The Good Thieves by Katherine Rundell
$19.99 NZD
Category: Adventure and Real Life Stories
'Vita set her jaw, and nodded at New York City in greeting, as a boxer greets an opponent before a fight.' Fresh off the boat from England, Vita Marlowe has a job to do. Her beloved grandfather Jack has been cheated out of his home and possessions by a notorious conman with Mafia connections. Seeing J ...Show more