Take Me to Your Leader by Leonie Agnew
$21.99 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction 8-12-year-olds
Eleven-year-old Lucas has got a new worry to add to his long, long list - his rural school is on the Ministry of Education's list for closure. What's his mum going to do if he and his sister have to start travelling to a school an hour or two away? She can't drive them; she certainly can't afford boardi ...Show more
Ring Ting Tūī by Elena de Roo; Paul Beavis (Illustrator)
$20.99 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
The familiar antics of one of New Zealand's favourite native birds have been captured by award-winning picture book creators Elena de Roo and Paul Beavis. SQUAWK! Things are getting loud! The kowhai branch is bending ... what a sticky tūī crowd! Have the tūī slurped too much kowhai nectar to make an esc ...Show more
Wot Knot You Got? Mophead's Guide to Life by Selina Tusitala Marsh
$29.99 NZD
Category: Emotions and Feelings
With her trademark visual wit, our buddy Mophead unravels the knots that keep us up at night. ‘What do you do if nothing is right – not at home, at school, anywhere?’‘What if people don’t like me?’‘What if your own ideas stink?’‘How do I hug my dad?’ One morning, Selina wakes up with a twisting, tang ...Show more
The Great Piratical Rumbustification by Margaret Mahy
$17.99 NZD
Category: NZ Junior Fiction 5-9-year-olds
HUMOROUS STORIES (CHILDREN'S / TEENAGE). Yo ho ho! All across the city, the pirates are getting restless and long for a party. So when a retired pirate comes to babysit for the Terrapin family, they are in for quite a surprise... From the rumbustious author and artist team of Margaret Mahy, winner of th ...Show more
Dinner With Grandpa by Gillian Torckler
$19.99 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
Every Friday night the family has dinner with Grandma and Grandpa. They all join in making pizza, and over dinner Grandpa often talks about the stars, especially around the time of Matariki. This is a heart-warming family story about togetherness, celebration, and coping with loss and change.
Granny McFlitter's Eggcellent Easter by Heather Haylock
$20.99 NZD
Category: Easter
Champion knitter Granny McFlitter will have you in stitches with this very special Easter story by Heather Haylock and Lael Chisholm.Granny reached for some needles and wool from her hat."Buzz OFF, bees!" she shouted, "We're NOT having that!"The town's annual Easter Parade turns to chaos when a swarm of ...Show more
Paku Manu Ariki Whakatakapōkai by Michaela Keeble & Tokerau Brown
$29.99 NZD
Category: NZ Junior Fiction 5-9-year-olds
A bold and multi-layered picture book about self-determination narrated by a young boy full of ideas and questions about growing up, belonging, spirituality, culture, whanau, tupuna, atua, and who is the boss.“My name is Paku Manu Ariki Whakatakapokai.You can call me Paku Manu Ariki Whakatakapokai.” Pa ...Show more
Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy (PB) by Lynley Dodd
$19.99 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books | Series: Hairy Maclary and Friends
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 Cater ...Show more
The Memory Thief by Leonie Agnew
$21.99 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction 8-12-year-olds
A lonely troll and a fierce, spiky girl form an unlikely alliance in Leonie Agnew's extraordinary novel for children aged 9 years and up. Seth has been trapped behind the iron bars of the public gardens for as long as he can remember. By day he's frozen as a statue of a shepherd boy, but as soon as the ...Show more
Atua: Maori Gods and Heroes by Gavin Bishop
$40.00 NZD
Category: Maori Myths & Legends
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
Conrad Cooper's Last Stand by Leonie Agnew
$20.99 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction 8-12-year-olds
Set in 1978 against the Bastion Point occupation, Conrad Cooper's Last Stand is junior fiction full of humour but with a powerful core. Award-winning author Leonie Agnew has created a surprising, brave and totally engaging novel for young readers. Dear Tane, I've never prayed to a god, so hope this is o ...Show more
Jason Mason and the Flightless Bird Fiasco (#2) by Jason Gunn; Andrew Gunn
$19.99 NZD
Category: NZ Junior Fiction 5-9-year-olds
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