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Barry by Colin Thompson
20.00 NZD
Category: Sophisticated Picture Books
"Barry may be no larger than a can of beans, but his powers are awesome. The trouble is he has been trapped down the back of the sofa for over fifty years unable to do the job he was built for. His creators have gone back to their own planet and without his control the Earth is gradually falling apart. ...Show more
Castles by Colin Thompson
30.00 NZD
Category: Sophisticated Picture Books
In this fantastical world, there are castles in space, floating castles, castles in the sky and castles made of glass. Each one hides a royal family and there are all the usual mazes, puzzles tricks and messages waiting to be discovered. Colin Thompson's wonderfully detailed artwork reaches new heights ...Show more
Fearless by Colin Thompson
18.00 NZD
Category: General Picture Books | Series: Fearless
CBC shortlisted picture book -- now in paperback When a new baby is born it's difficult to tell if it will grow up to be big or small or brave or scared of the dark and spiders. So sometimes babies get the wrong name. It's the same with dogs. So when the Claybourne-Willments, who should have been called ...Show more
Fearless Sons and Daughter by Colin Thompson
18.00 NZD
Category: General Picture Books | Series: Fearless
Everyone's favourite scaredy-cat bulldog is back - with puppies! Everyone's favourite scaredy-cat bulldog returns in a brand-new adventure! When we last saw Fearless, he had fallen head over paws for the beautiful Primrose. Now, they've got puppies to care for, and Fearless must figure out what it mea ...Show more
Fearless in Love by Colin Thompson
18.00 NZD
Category: General Picture Books | Series: Fearless
The only thing Fearless could remember his mother telling him was, ′Life is much nicer if you love everyone.′ But loving everyone is much more complicated than Fearless had imagined. Until he meets Primrose ... A hilarious new picture book about Fearless the bulldog from award-winning duo Colin Thompson ...Show more
Free to a Good Home by Colin Thompson
20.00 NZD
Category: Sophisticated Picture Books
The Smith family has always been a little bit different. Their food is usually burnt, homework is a foreign country that they prefer not to visit, and their house is full of strange and unusual things. Other children might collect stray animals, but Peter and Sally Smith bring home an old lady from the ...Show more
How To Live Forever (#1) by Colin Thompson
20.00 NZD
Category: Middle Fiction
"Peter lives with his mother and grandfather in the museum, which has the most weird and wonderful exhibits and a hundred secret doors. When his grandfather gets sick, Peter decides to search for his long-lost father. Instead, he finds a strange old woman who gives him a book called How To Live Foreverb ...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 .
Ruby by Colin Thompson
23.00 NZD
Category: Sophisticated Picture Books
Ruby was made in 1934 by Austin Motor Company in Longbridge, England. She's shiny, she's beautiful and this is her story.
Stanley (PB) by Colin Thompson
20.00 NZD
Category: General Picture Books
From the creator of FEARLESS comes a new canine tale. 'It was very quiet in Stanley's house. there were no brothers or sisters, no dads or grannies, not even a cat, a budgie or a goldfish.' Stanley lives with his human, Gerald, and Gerald's mum. Life is peaceful, but sometimes Stanley feels quite lonely ...Show more
The Amazing Illustrated Floodsopedia by Colin Thompson
25.00 NZD
Category: Gift Books | Series: The Floods
Now that they're safely ensconsced in Castle Twilight as the supreme rulers of Transylvania Waters, the Flood family of witches and wizards have decided to share their immense wisdomness, magic and bacon-orientated secrets and history with you - even though you are mere pathetic humans.
The Bicycle by Colin Thompson
35.00 NZD
Category: Hardback Picture Books
Illuminates the gifts and strategies of the tenacious woman at the Liebling-Wood Agency who melded playwrights with producers, directors, and leading actors and shaped the American theatre and film industry during the mid-twentieth century.From Tennessee Williams and Carson McCullers to Arthur Kopit and ...Show more