Danny, the Champion of the World (A4 Colour Edition) by Roald Dahl
24.00 NZD
Category: Sophisticated Picture Books
A phizzwhizzing new edition of Roald Dahl's classic story, in glorious full colour for the first time. Danny lives in a gipsy caravan with his father, the most marvellous and exciting father any boy ever had. All the land around them belongs to Mr Victor Hazell, a rich snob with a great glistening bee ...Show more
Duck, Death and the Tulip by Wolf Erlbruch
20.00 NZD
Category: Sophisticated Picture Books
In a curiously heart-warming and elegantly illustrated story, a duck strikes up an unlikely friendship with Death. Duck and Death play together and discuss big questions. Death, dressed in a dressing gown and slippers, is sympathetic and kind and will be duck’s companion until the end. “I’m cold,” she ...Show more
The Crown by Emily Kapff
19.00 NZD
Category: Sophisticated Picture Books
"This is a book that begs us to change the world." Joseph Coelho, The Guardian Speaking from the future, a girl wears a crown made from the rubbish passed down to her by previous generations. Her Earth is covered by waste, but beneath the landfill she discovers a book of pictures that show her the past ...Show more
Have You Seen Elephant? by David Barrow
20.00 NZD
Category: Sophisticated Picture Books
Elephant wants to play hide and seek. You can play too, but you'll have to try your best - he's VERY good! Have You Seen Elephant is an absurd and heart-warming picture book from a brilliant storyteller with perfect comic timing. Watch out for the dog and the tortoise, too...
The Tree and the River by Aaron Becker
19.00 NZD
Category: Sophisticated Picture Books
A spectacular time-lapse portrait of humankind - and our impact on the natural world - from an award-winning master of the wordless form. For his latest feat of visual storytelling, the acclaimed creator of the Journey trilogy invents, in staggering detail, a familiar world layered with imaginary civil ...Show more
There's a Sea in my Bedroom by Margaret Wild, Jane Tanner
18.00 NZD
Category: Sophisticated Picture Books | Series: Picture Puffins Ser.
David is frightened of the sea. He does not like it at all, not one bit. But then one day he finds a conch shell at the beach and takes it home - and he hears the sea trapped inside. 'Come out, sea, come out,' he says softly. 'I won't hurt you.' This beautifully illustrated story by award winning author ...Show more
Animalia by Graeme Base
26.00 NZD
Category: Sophisticated Picture Books | Series: Picture Puffins Ser.
Within the pages of this book You may discover, if you look Beyond the spell of written words, A hidden land of beasts and birds. For many things are 'of a kind,' And those with keenest eyes will find A thousand things, or maybe more It's up to you to keep the s ...Show more
The Lost Thing by Shaun Tan, Shaun Tan
20.00 NZD
Category: Sophisticated Picture Books
The Lost Thing is a humorous story about a boy who discovers a bizarre-looking creature whilst out collecting bottle-tops at the beach. Having guessed that it is lost, he tries to find out who owns it or where it belongs, but the problem is met with indifference by everyone else, who barely notice it's ...Show more
Guji-Guji by Chen Chih-Yuan
24.00 NZD
Category: Sophisticated Picture Books
Raised from an egg by Mother Duck, Guji Guji is quite content with his life as a duckling, despite the fact that he doesn't look anything like his brothers. Then he meets three nasty creatures who not only convince him that he is, like them, a crocodile, but also try to persuade him to deliver his duck ...Show more
Through the Magic Mirror by Anthony Browne
19.00 NZD
Category: Sophisticated Picture Books
Toby is fed up. Fed up with books, fed up with toys, fed up with everything. But when he walks through the magic mirror, things are amazingly different. Toby can hardly believe his eyes! Anthony Browne's first book is full of the surreal details and visual humour that have made him one of the world's mo ...Show more
Katie and the Mona Lisa by James Mayhew
20.00 NZD
Category: Sophisticated Picture Books | Series: Katie
Make art an adventure for your child with classic picture book character, Katie For over 25 years, Katie has stepped into the most famous and familiar paintings in the world for an exciting adventure. This latest edition of a classic really is the best way to introduce children to a lifetime love of art ...Show more
How to Live Forever by Colin Thompson
28.00 NZD
Category: Sophisticated Picture Books
Peter and his family live among the Quinces in the cookery section of a mystical library. At night, when the library comes to life, Peter ventures out of his home to find a missing volume - How To Live Forever .