The Last Zookeeper by Aaron Becker
30.00 NZD
Category: Sophisticated Picture Books
A master of the wordless form imagines a futuristic Noah’s Ark in a luminous sci-fi parable for our changing world. The Earth has flooded. The only signs of humankind are the waterlogged structures they left behind. Peeking out from the deluge are the remnants of a zoo, home to rare and endangered ani ...Show more
Begin Again: How We Got Here and Where We Might Go - Our human story. So far by Oliver Jeffers
33.00 NZD
Category: Sophisticated Picture Books
A powerful, thoughtful and bold comment on humanity and its future from one of today's most thought-provoking artists. In his first picture book created specifically with a wider audience in mind, Oliver Jeffers shares a history of humanity and his dreams for its future. Where are we going? With his bol ...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 Rabbit and the Shadow by Melanie Rutten, Frith Williams
35.00 NZD
Category: Sophisticated Picture Books
Enter the wonderful world of the following curious cast: the Rabbit who wants to grow up, the anxious Stag, the Soldier at war, the Cat and his recurring dream, the Book that wants to know everything, and the Shadow. Over the course of ten short chapters they grow up, learn how to live together and to d ...Show more
Esio Trot (A4 Colour Edition) by Roald Dahl
24.00 NZD
Category: Sophisticated Picture Books
From the bestselling author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and The BFG! Mr. Hoppy is in love with his neighbor, Mrs. Silver; but she is in love with someone else--Alfie, her pet tortoise. With all her attention focused on Alfie, Mrs. Silver doesn't even know Mr. Hoppy is alive. And Mr. Hoppy is to ...Show more
We Found a Hat by Jon Klassen
19.00 NZD
Category: Sophisticated Picture Books
Hold on to your hats for the conclusion of the celebrated hat trilogy by Caldecott Medalist Jon Klassen, who gives his deadpan finale a surprising new twist. Two turtles have found a hat. The hat looks good on both of them. But there are two turtles. And there is only one hat. . . . Evoking hilarity ...Show more
Simpson and his Donkey by Mark Greenwood
21.00 NZD
Category: Sophisticated Picture Books
The heroic story of one man and a donkey - and the strange twist of fate that brought two boyhood friends together one last time during the Gallipoli campaign in World War I. A poignant account of the story of John Kirkpatrick Simpson and how he and his donkey, Duffy, rescued over 300 men during the cam ...Show more
Journey (#1) by Aaron Becker
27.00 NZD
Category: Sophisticated Picture Books | Series: Journey
Be swept away on an elaborate flight of fancy in this Caldecott award-winning, wondrously illustrated picture book about self-determination and unexpected friendship. The winner of the prestigious Caldecott Honor, and described by the New York Times as 'a masterwork', Aaron Becker's stunning, wordless ...Show more
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Colour Edition) by Roald Dahl, Roald Dahl
24.00 NZD
Category: Sophisticated Picture Books
Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory in glorious full colour. Mr Willy Wonka is the most extraordinary chocolate maker in the world. And do you know who Charlie is? Charlie Bucket is the hero. The other children in this book are nasty little beasts, called- Augustus Gloop - a great big greedy ...Show more
Matilda (Colour Edition) by Roald Dahl
24.00 NZD
Category: Sophisticated Picture Books
Roald Dahl's much-loved Matilda, now in a stunning large paperback format with Quentin Blake's original illustrations in full colour. Matilda Wormwood's father thinks she's a little scab. Matilda's mother spends all afternoon playing bingo. And Matilda's headmistress Miss Trunchbull? Well, she's the wo ...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
The Paperbag Prince by Colin Thompson
32.00 NZD
Category: Sophisticated Picture Books
The story of an old man living in a railway carriage on a rubbish dump who knows that even rubbish can sometimes contain treasure; and that, if he stays long enough, gentle nature will heal the countryside and make it green again. First published 1992.