Colossal Words for Kids by Colette Hiller
$24.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
An exciting book of poems with colourful drawings to boost vocabulary and reading comprehension-each poem teaches a specific important word, its meaning and spelling. Boost your child's growing vocabulary with 60 hilariously illustrated poems from Colette Hiller, author of the critically acclaimed kids' ...Show more
Iris and Me by Philippa Werry
$24.99 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction 8-12-year-olds
One woman. One journey. One true friend. 'I reckon Iris would've approved' - Tina Shaw So begins the story of Iris Wilkinson, who wrote poetry, novels and journalism under the pen name Robin Hyde. In January 1938 she left New Zealand for England. On the way, intrigued by glimpses of China, she ventured ...Show more
What You Need to Be Warm by Neil Gaiman
$22.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
Sometimes it only takes a stranger in a dark place... to say we have the right to be here, to make us warm in the coldest season. In 2019, Neil Gaiman asked his Twitter followers: What reminds you of warmth? Over 1,000 responses later, Neil began to weave replies from across the world into a poem in ai ...Show more
Ngā Wāhine e Toru / Three Women by Glenn Colquhoun
$48.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
In this collection of poems Glenn Colquhoun writes to his daughter, former partner, and mother, using the medium of Māori oral poetry. In doing so he explores oriori, karakia, haka, mōteatea, pātere, waiata aroha and waiata tangi. It is a companion volume to Myths and Legends of the Ancient Pākehā, his ...Show more
Pussycat, Pussycat and More... (Board) by Donovan Bixley
$19.99 NZD
Category: NZ Board & Cloth Books
Following on from the success of Little Bo Peep and More (four nursery rhymes about sheep), Donovan Bixley now turns his attention to cats. Pussycat, Pussycat includes four nursery rhymes about cats. Here are 'Pussycat, Pussycat', 'Three Little Kittens', and 'The Cat and the Fiddle', and 'The Owl and th ...Show more
The Deep Dark Hole
$35.00 NZD
Category: Books for Grown Ups
A tribute to resilience through creative expression, 'The Deep Dark Hole' by Paul McLaney offers insight into human emotion and helps navigate challenging times. Inspired by children's books, it aims to comfort and connect readers, fostering resilience. Sales support Music Helps.
To Catch a Cloud by Elena de Roo
$20.99 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
I spy a cloud go floating by Where do you go, Cloud, so high? To the sea She sings Where the wild gulls fly Then catch me if you can I cry We race each other to the sea Can''t catch me, Cloud Can't catch me A boy and a dog follow a cloud out to sea, but as the weather worsens he relies on the whales and ...Show more
A Whale of a Time: Funny Poems for Every Day of the Year by Lou Peacock
$56.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
A brilliantly illustrated collection of 366 hilarious poems to keep you laughing all year round! From rib-ticklingly funny to wryly witty, each poem in this uplifting collection is guaranteed to put a smile on your face and is perfect for reading aloud to share even more side-splitting hilarity with fa ...Show more
Arapū Toi (Book & Alphabet Frieze) by Moira Wairama
$39.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
Arapū Toi combines short, easy to understand, poems for all ages with artwork that epitomises the idea that "a picture is worth a thousand words". Gentle rhythmic te reo Māori, with kupu that emphasise ideas of wellness, is used to describe the sights, sounds and feelings of everyday life — like a zip s ...Show more
Family Instructions Upon Release by Elizabeth Kirby-Mcleod
$25.00 NZD
Category: Poetry
'I have no words.' This is so often our response to grief and loss, when dealing with it ourselves or consoling others. Elizabeth's father took his own life in 2012. Unable to find words of her own to write about what had happened, Elizabeth took them instead from the 2006 Penguin Classics edition of 'T ...Show more
Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes by SKYE SILVER
$21.99 NZD
Category: Nursery Rhymes
Develop healthy habits for growing bodies and minds with all new verses to this classic movement singalong. Follow a family through a day from home to school in their diverse community as they engage in healthy habits from good hygiene to reading. Includes educational endnotes about each health topic as ...Show more
If You're Happy and You Know It by Anna McQuinn; Sophie Fatus (Illustrator); Susan Reed (Narrated by)
$21.99 NZD
Category: Nursery Rhymes
In this multicultural version of the traditional song, children from cultures all over the world clap their hands, stomp their feet, pat their heads, and much more. A QR code on the book provides access to video animation and audio.