Draw Me a Hero by N. K. Ashworth
26.00 NZD
Category: NZ Senior Fiction
Jane Dawson is fourteen years old, lives with her mum and older sister, loves drawing and wears an old leather flying helmet. Facing another dull term at school, Jane loses herself in her art. But when a boy, Bailey Summer, moves in three doors down, with brooding good looks and a long grey trenchcoat, ...Show more
Mihi by Gavin Bishop
18.00 NZD
Category: NZ Board & Cloth Books
Board book. This beautiful baby book introduces ideas of me and my place in the world in the shape of a simple mihi or pepeha. Mihi / mihimihi / pepeha: introducing yourself and making connections to other people and places. Mihi is a simple book to share with babies and talk about their whānau and pl ...Show more
The Pōrangi Boy (Porangi) by Shilo Kino
25.00 NZD
Category: NZ Senior Fiction
Twelve-year-old Niko lives in Pohe Bay, a small, rural town with a sacred hot spring and a taniwha named Taukere. The government wants to build a prison over the home of the taniwha, and Niko's grandfather is busy protesting. People call him pōrangi, crazy, but when he dies, it's up to Niko to convince ...Show more
The Inkberg Enigma by Jonathan King
30.00 NZD
Category: NZ Graphic Novels
A graphic-novel mystery adventure for eight- to twelve-year-olds in which a girl and boy uncover the secret that has corrupted their seaside town. "Haven't you always thought there's something WEIRD about this town, Miro?" Miro and Zia live in Aurora, a fishing town nestled in the shadow of an ancient ...Show more
Moon & Sun by Melinda Szymanik
20.00 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
The Midnight Adventures of Ruru and Kiwi by Clare Scott; Amy Haarhoff
21.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
The delightful rhyming story of Ruru and Kiwi, who host a midnight forest party for their friends. Ruru and Kiwi went into the bush, wrapped snug in night's velvety black. They took some runny manuka honey tied up in a flax-woven sack. Drawing on a cast of nocturnal New Zealand creatures, with award ...Show more
Charlie Tangaroa and the Creature from the Sea by T K Roxborogh
25.00 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction
On a beach clean-up, thirteen-year-old one-legged Charlie and his half-brother, Robbie, find a ponaturi - a mermaid - washed up on a beach. An ancient grudge between the Maori gods Tane and Tangaroa has flared up because a port being built in the bay is degrading the ocean and creatures are fleeing the ...Show more
Hound the Detective by Kimberly Andrews
21.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
Search for clues hidden in the pictures and help Hound to solve the riddle in this delightful return to the world of Puffin the Architect.I'm Hound! And I'm a sleuth.I solve all types of cases.I sniff and snuff until my nosedetects the clues and traces.Missing jewels, stolen cars -I always solve the cri ...Show more
Egg and Spoon: An Illustrated Cookbook by Alexandra Tylee; Giselle Clarkson
40.00 NZD
Category: Cook Books/Party Books
Egg and Spoon is a beautiful illustrated cookbook for children—and adults—that celebrates imagination, confidence and the fun of cooking. A scrumptious collection for anyone who loves good healthy food— and an occasional indulgence. Here are after-school snacks, breakfast on a stick, cakes, slices and ...Show more
The King's Nightingale by Sherryl Jordan
22.00 NZD
Category: NZ Senior Fiction
An epic fantasy set in a land of sultans and kings, sumptuous palaces... and slave markets. When Elowen and her brother are seized by pirates and sold, separately, in the slave market of a distant land, her enduring resolve is to escape, rescue her brother and return home. Sold to a desert ruler who adm ...Show more
Fire's Caress (A Telesa World Novel) by Lani Wendt Young
29.00 NZD
Category: NZ Young Adult Fiction | Series: Telesa
Long ago, Tangaloa cast a fiery net upon the waters and drew forth the ocean's might in the crashing waves and surging tides that speak to Masina the moon. In Fire's Caress the story continues with the next generation of Telesa. She's the brilliant sculptor taking the art world by storm, a daughter of S ...Show more
Kowhai and the Giants by Kate Parker
30.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
'Kowhai first appeared from the golden glow of a beautiful flower . . . and her voice was the rain and the sea and the cry of a bird.' Follow Kowhai as she discovers a tiny seed's hope to build a great forest.