Mataali'i by Dahlia Malaeulu
30.00 NZD
Category: Pasifika Picture Books
Fetū, the youngest sister of a unique family of matai, and her connection to her siblings becomes a guiding light for her village and a reminder of the enduring power of 'āiga, duty and hope for the future. Mataali‘i weaves a story rich in Samoan cultural values, blending earthly duties with ancestral b ...Show more
Shoe Trouble by Eleanor Neil
20.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
Shoe Trouble is the story of a little girl named Eleanor who keeps forgetting her shoes at school.On Monday she forgets her shoes, Tuesday she forgets her gumboots, Wednesday she forgets her sandals, Thursday she forgets her slippers but on Friday she has remembered to collect them all to take home. But ...Show more
Stranded by Linda Jane Keegan
22.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
As the tide drifts out, magnificent creatures are left on the beach . . . stranded. As the whales settle helplessly on the sand, humans start to arrive. They carry buckets and spades, wetsuits and white sheets. Can the stranded upokohue be saved? A heartfelt story of loss and coming together, written by ...Show more
The Smelly Giant (Tio Tiamu te Tipua English Edition) by Kurahau; Laya Mutton-Rogers
25.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
In this picture book, gentle, clever Toe Jam grows to be huge, and this causes a problem in his community because his feet smell. The bigger he gets the worse the smell. While Toe Jam helps others and wants to be part of his village, everybody teases him and avoids him, and Toe Jam becomes very lonely. ...Show more
I Am Jellyfish by Ruth Paul
21.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
Chased to the depths of the bottomless blue, What does a tiny Jellyfish do? Jellyfish is quietly crooning in the shallows, when knife-nosed Swordfish swooshes, races and chases her, down, down, down, deep into the dark blue sea. At that moment, stealthy Squid stretches a tentacle, tussling and tossing S ...Show more
Kuwi's Rowdy Crowd by Kat Quin
20.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books | Series: Kuwi
From the #1 bestselling and award-winning author and illustrator of the Kuwi The Kiwi series, Kat Quin. Following on from the hugely popular Kuwi's First Egg, Kuwi's Huhu Hunt and Kuwi's Very Shiny Bum books. Kuwi the Kiwi attempts to find a moment of peace and quiet in the chaos of parenthood, but eve ...Show more
Marmaduke Duck and the Christmas Calamity by Juliette Maclver
22.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books | Series: Marmaduke Duck
"'Twas the day before Christmas, just one sleep to go,when out for a five-minute play in the snow went Santa, his reindeer, and all of his elves ...when they plunged off a cliff-face and buried themselves!" Ho, ho, ho - oh no! It's a Christmas calamity, deep in the snow.But look, what luck! Can Christm ...Show more
Jim's Letters by Glyn Harper
27.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
"Dear Jim, Your postcard arrived today. I showed it to the family. Mum misses you..." Between December 1914 and August 1915 Tom and Jim write to each other whenever they get a chance. Tom talks about life at home on the farm while Jim writes from Egypt and then from the trenches of the Gallipoli peninsu ...Show more
Woolly Wally by Dawn McMillan
20.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
Wally is a magnificent ram who is immensely proud of his fine fleece, and the effect it has on the ewes around him. But such pride always comes before a fall - or in Wally's case, before the shearing shed. Dawn McMillan's hilarious rhyming tale of the leader of a flock who's in for a nasty shock is memo ...Show more
The Little Survivor: A Heartwarming Tale of a Rescued Puppy by Vanitha Loganathan
22.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
"Saving one dog will not change the world, but surely for that one dog, the world will change forever." Finding herself abandoned, Lassie the puppy feels lost, confused, and lonely. With her tummy rumbling and paws trembling. she clings to hope when the world tells her to give up. Yearning for a ...Show more
Wise ole Whiskey by Dr Janice Belgrave
23.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
Whisky is loved family pet who has a passion for taking himself off on walks on his own. No matter what the time of the day or night, he will find a way to escape from his home. No door or window is safe from his cunning paws. What could possibly go wrong? This story is based on the real life of a Hunta ...Show more
The Grandmothers of Pikitea Street / Ngā Kuia o te Tiriti o Pikitea by Renisa Viraj Maki; Kanapu Rangitauira
23.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
Scents of lemongrass, garam masala, baking and smoked meat drifted down the street as the children's grandmothers made food for their lunchboxes. Maori, Ethiopian, Samoan, NZ European, Indian and Chinese grandmothers share traditional stories and recipes with their grandkids as they get ready for bed - ...Show more