Talking about Death (A Problem Shared) by Louise Spilsbury
24.00 NZD
Category: Grief Books | Series: A Problem Shared
A positive and proactive book that helps you understand and cope with death. There's two sides to every story. In Death, you will read two sides to the dilemmas, sticky situations or issues that children sometimes have to face at a difficult time in their lives. Encouraging you to put yourself in ...Show more
Best Frints at Skrool by Antoinette Portis
17.00 NZD
Category: Hardback Picture Books | Series: Best Frints
On planet Boborp, all the childrinx go to skrool, just like here on planet Earth. Omek and Yelfred are always late, but it's okay because they are always late together, and everyone knows that best frints do everything together. That is, until Yelfred meets Q-B. Omek is good at sharing many things, bu ...Show more
You Can! (HB) by Alexandra Strick
33.00 NZD
Category: Life Experiences
Full of inspiration, empowerment and visual pleasure – real children give their thoughts and ideas for the future. Not many picture books for children can claim to be based on a unique idea, but this is one of those rare examples. Several years in the making, it engages with young people aged from 8 to ...Show more
Mama's Chickens by Michelle Worthington
25.00 NZD
Category: Life Experiences
A sensitive, beautifully illustrated book that uses backyard chickens to give a closely observed child’s-eye view of early-onset dementia. Mama didn’t want chickens, but she grows to love them as her dementia symptoms increase. Her young children see that she doesn’t always act like her old self anymor ...Show more
Mara Hears in Style by Terri Clemmons; Lucy Rogers (Illustrator)
42.00 NZD
Category: Life Experiences
Mara takes on the world with her flashy purple hearing aids and sassy, hot pink earmolds. Mara's first day at her new school is filled with ups and downs surrounding her hearing aids: her teacher doesn't remember to turn on her microphone, the lunchroom is too chaotic for lip-reading, and she keeps read ...Show more
How My Koro Became a Star (Kua Whetūrangitia a Koro Te Reo Pākēha Edition HB) by Brianne Te Paa
27.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
In this picture book, a young boy learns about the customs around celebrating Matariki from his grandfather. They watch the stars from the top of a mountain, prepare their offering of food for the gods, and the boy learns about Te Waka o Rangi and the tradition of calling out the names of loved ones who ...Show more
The Feelings Doctor and the Emotions Toolkit (Colour Monster) by Anna Llenas
19.00 NZD
Category: Life Experiences
The latest picture book in the bestselling The Colour Monster series, from talented author-illustrator Anna Llenas, that encourages conversations about consent, mental health and wellbeing. One day, Nuna was in a situation where she didn't know how to say no and it left her feeling strange and confused. ...Show more
The Hare-Shaped Hole by John Dougherty
19.00 NZD
Category: Grief Books
"A beautiful, gentle, rhyming exploration of grief and mourning." - Joe Coelho, Waterstones Children's Laureate The Hare-Shaped Hole is a beautiful, touching, and poignant picture book which gently explores themes of grief and loss. Hertle and Bertle were always a pair, though one was a turtle and one w ...Show more
Tumford the Terrible (PB) by Nancy Tillman
18.00 NZD
Category: General Picture Books
Join Tumford the cat as he learns an important lesson about learning to say sorry in this beautiful reminder that children are always loved. Tumford isn't really a terrible cat. He just has a way of finding mischief - tracking dirt into the house, knocking over breakable things, and disrupting fancy par ...Show more
The Starting School List by Kitty Black
25.00 NZD
Category: Life Experiences
Whether you're feeling scared or excited, brave or shy, this is the perfect book for anyone starting school. It's Little Brother's first day at school tomorrow. Luckily, Big Brother knows what that feels like. And what's more, he has a list of what to expect ... You'll learn where the loos are, and al ...Show more
The Red Tree by Shaun Tan
20.00 NZD
Category: Sophisticated Picture Books
A small child awakes to find blackened leaves falling from her bedroom ceiling, threatening to overwhelm her. 'Sometimes you wake up with nothing to look forward to...' As she wanders around a world that is complex, puzzling and alienating, she is overtaken by a myriad of feelings. Just as it seems all ...Show more
Beginnings and Endings with Lifetimes in Between by Robert Ingpen, Bryan Mellonie
23.00 NZD
Category: Grief Books
Have you ever wondered why a butterfly lives for only a few weeks? Or why a tree lives for hundreds of year? You may have been sad when someone in your family, or a favourite pet became sick and died. There is a beginning and an ending to everything that is alive. In between is a lifetime. Dying is a mu ...Show more