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Lucy and the Dark by Melinda Szymanik
$21.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
When Lucy makes friends with the Dark she discovers a new and exciting world - but the world is about to discover what it's like without the Dark! A funny and enjoyable bedtime story with a glow-in-the dark cover to encourage lights out!From an award-winning author and illustrator comes this delightful ...Show more
He Tārū Kahika by Melinda Szymanik; Isobel Te Aho-White; Pania Papa
$21.99 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
Kāore anо̄ a Rā rāua ko Ua i tūtaki. Ka puta ana a Ua, ka ngaro a Rā. Ka puta ana a Rā, kāore a Ua e whakatata mai! Kāore e mārama ana ki ngā kapua hīanga. Inā te mahana o Rā. Inā te mātao o Ua. Āe rānei ka piri rāua hei hoa i ngā mahi a ngā kapua, ahakoa о̄ rāua rerekе̄tanga?
A Winter's Day in 1939 by Melinda Szymanik
$21.99 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction 8-12-year-olds
Adam is 13 years old and lives with his family on a small farm in rural Poland. It is 1939 and the war has just broken out. Russians invade Poland and confiscate Adam’s family’s house and farm. They are sent to live with another family nearby, but are then moved on and put on a train for a Russian labou ...Show more
BatKiwi by Melinda Szymanik; Isobel Te Aho-White
$21.99 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
Whenever there is trouble in the forest, big-hearted Kiwi wants to help. He longs to be fast enough to come to the aid of his friends when they are in need. There is just one problem, Kiwi is pretty fast... but his sturdy legs are just not fast enough... and they can’t carry him up trees! Then one night ...Show more
Moon & Sun by Melinda Szymanik
$19.99 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
Moon is sad. She feels dull next to her bright happy sister, Sun. She hides away at night until Sun tells Moon how special she is and how she would love to share the sky with her. This beautifully illustrated children’s book explains how our differences are our strengths and how together we can make th ...Show more
Kua Kore He Moa, E Hoa (There are No Moa, E Hoa Māori Edition) by Melinda Szymanik
$21.99 NZD
Category: Te Reo Māori
Help! Emergency! Batkiwi - Where are you? Poor, frightened Tuatara's cries ring out across the forest. The ground is trembling. The trees are shivering. Can that be a MOA peeking from the shadows?
There Are No Moa, E Hoa (BatKiwi to the Rescue Again) by Melinda Szymanik; Isobel Te Aho-White
$21.99 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
Help! Emergency! Batkiwi - Where are you? Poor, frightened Tuatara's cries ring out across the forest. The ground is trembling. The trees are shivering. Can that be a MOA peeking from the shadows?
While You are Sleeping by Melinda Szymanik
$19.98 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction
The world is a busy place, even while you are sleeping. From award-winning author Melinda Szymanik a beautiful bedtime poem that is perfectly complemented by illustrations from artist Greg Straight.
Te Waiata o Kauri (The Song of Kauri Maori HB) by Melinda Szymanik
$19.99 NZD
Category: Te Reo Māori
Retold by Ngaere Roberts. cloaked in mist, warmed by the sun and stirred by a whirling wind, Kauri grows tall and wise through passing years and changing times. This is his song.
The Song of Kauri (PB) by Melinda Szymanik
$19.99 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
Told in the style of a Māori myth, this is the story of a young Kauri sapling as it grows and changes and watches the world around it evolve. From other plants, to birds, to Māori, to settlers, to industrialisation and beyond, and then when the Kauri is very old the birds will lift it up and carry it ...Show more
My Elephant Is Blue by Melinda Szymanik
$21.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
A sweet and quirky story about a child who is stuck carrying around an elephant, wondering if they will ever feel light and free again . . . A story full of humour and heart about having the blues, in the form of a big heavy elephant. One day an elephant came and sat on my chest. I found it hard to g ...Show more
Made With Love by Gabriella Melinda & Klepatski Szymanik
$29.99 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
There is something different about the Gingerbread Woman. The snowman feels it too. When you make things with love something special is bound to happen. From the award-winning author of The House That Went to Sea and The Were-Nana, this new picture book, beautifully illustrated by Gabriella Klepatski, i ...Show more