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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 Uprising: The Mapmakers in Cruxcia (#2 Mapmakers' Race) by Eirlys Hunter
$23.00 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction | Series: The Mapmakers
In this follow-up to the internationally successful The Mapmakers' Race, the Santander children are drawn into a community’s rebellion against a despot and use their mapping skills to avert an environmental scam. Sal, Joe, Francie and Humphrey Santander are mapmakers looking for their father, a famous ...Show more
Sonny Bill Williams: You Can't Stop the Sun from Shining by Sonny Bill Williams, Alan Duff
$50.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
For the first time ever, sporting legend Sonny Bill Williams is telling his story. Working with Alan Duff, award-winning author of Once Were Warriors, this will be the must-read autobiography of the year. Sonny Bill Williams (SBW) is a once in a hundred-year athlete with immense sporting talent in Rugb ...Show more
The Adventures of Mittens: Wellington's Famous Purr-sonality by Silvio Bruinsma
$20.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
Meet Mittens, Wellington's world-famous cat-about-town. He has thousands of followers, a hit song, an exhibition of fan art, and with his exploring paws he brings joy to everyone he meets! Join Mittens, Wellington's pawsome celebrity cat, on his real-life adventures in this feline-fabulous picture bo ...Show more
Construction by Sally Sutton
$19.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
From the award-winning duo that brought machine-mad kids Roadworks and Demolition. Hoist the wood. Hoist the wood. Chain and hook and strap. Swing it round, then lower it down. Thonk! Clonk! Clap! Build the frame. Build the frame. Hammer all day long. Make the stairs and floors and walls. Bing! Bang! B ...Show more
Pops by Gavin Bishop
$18.00 NZD
Category: NZ Board & Cloth Books
A day with grandad showing in simple, beautiful images the bond between grandfather and child: a small hand in a big one, big gumboots and little, some food, stories and a snooze to finish Pops is a warm and universal board book about a day with grandad. The bond between grandfather and child is shown t ...Show more
Black Wolf (#2 Black Spiral Trilogy) by Eileen Merriman
$20.00 NZD
Category: NZ Young Adult Fiction
The gripping sequel to Violet Black. THE SECOND RIVETING BOOK IN THE FAST-PACED BLACK SPIRAL TRILOGY. Back from Germany and the assignment that went horribly wrong, Violet doesn't know who to trust- It's fortunate for me that the Foundation staff can't read my thoughts. . . If they could read my thoug ...Show more
Roadworks (PB) by Sally Sutton
$19.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
A boisterous picture book full of noisy fun for machine-mad kids. “Plan the road. Plan the road. Mark it on the map.” Roadworks takes the reader through all the stages of making a road; from planning to construction to driving on the finished road, the full journey is detailed for young and curious mi ...Show more
The Mapmakers' Race (#1) by Eirlys Hunter
$23.00 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction | Series: The Mapmakers | Reading Level: near fine
Four children temporarily lose their parents just as they are about to begin the race that offers their last chance of escaping poverty. Their task is to map a rail route through an uncharted wilderness. They overcome the many obstacles posed by nature, bears, bees, bats, river crossings, cliff falls, i ...Show more
Pene Hinu / Crayons in te Reo Māori & English
$14.00 NZD
Category: Art Supplies
Crayons (colours in Māori and English) – Designed by NZ Artist Glenn Jones
Four You Say Which Way Adventures by Blair Polly & D. M. Potter
$30.00 NZD
Category: Pick A Path Stories | Series: You Say Which Way | Reading Level: 8-12
Search for pirate treasure. Live in a magic house. Go on safari. Travel back in time. An interactive collection where YOU say which way the story goes. This volume contains four books: Pirate Island, In the Magician's House, Lost in Lion Country, Once Upon an Island. These stories depend on YOU. At th ...Show more
Kia Kaha: A Storybook of Māori Who Changed the World by Stacey Morrison, Jeremy Sherlock
$45.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
A powerful illustrated storybook for the tamariki and rangatahi of Aotearoa New Zealand celebrating Maoritanga! KIA KAHA is a collection of true stories about amazing Maori who have achieved incredible things. Each of them blazed a trail in their own way, and this pukapuka was written to show that with ...Show more