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My Dad's Runaway BUM! by Dawn Mcmillan
21.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
Dad's bum has blown off! With a hiss and a roar, it's gone out our front door After a meal of cabbage and peas, Dad's bum not only lets off a smell, but blows off entirely and sets off on its own around the town! 'Let's chase it, Dad, before it's too late,' says the red-panted hero in this latest New Bu ...Show more
Sir Singlet by Dawn McMillan
20.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
Sir Singlet is clever with needle and thread. See all the cushions he's made for his bed. Narrated by the hero's nephew, Sir Singlet is about a knight with a difference, he'd rather create his new underwear range than fight the enemy. But the king has other ideas, leaving Sir Singlet with not enough tim ...Show more
Squeakopotamus by Dawn McMillan
20.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
Is he a hippo that looks like a mouse? Or, is he a mouse too big for this house? Just who or what is Squeakopotamus? And how will the kids, Mum and Dad keep him fed? No one yet has ever had a pet like the astonishing, demolishing Squeakopotamus! A memorable tale for younger readers, Squeakopotamus cross ...Show more
The Harmonica by Dawn McMillan
18.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
Carlos is surprised to find a shiny silver harmonica in a dusty old box in the attic. He secretly plays it in his room at night, and outside, amongst the tall grasses. Finally, taking it to his mother, he finds that it was once his Uncle Jack's, who, we learn, died in war. It is through the harmonica an ...Show more
There's a Moa in the Moonlight: He Moa kei rō Atarau by Dawn McMillan
26.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
Moa is munching melons in the moonlight, Laughing Owl hoots happily, Huia are eating grubs in the hibiscus tree ... and thats just the start as creatures that have disappeared from modern Aotearoa reappear and have fun in the night. On the heels of There's a Tui in our Teapot and There's a Weta on my Sw ...Show more
There's a Tui in Our Teapot: He Tūi ke rō Tīpāta by Dawn McMillan
26.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
Bilingual Te Reo Maori / English There's a tui in our teapot. He's looking out at me. A tui in the teapot? Yes ... he wants a cup of tea! A tui and his various friends including takahe, kea, korimako (bellbird), pukeko and hoiho (yellow-eyed penguin) invade the family kitchen, getting up to all kinds of ...Show more
There's a Weta On My Sweater: He Wētā kei runga i tōki Paraka by Dawn McMillan
26.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
Irresistible rhymes and drawings * Bilingual English and Maori, in classy hardback * Companion volume to There's a Tui in our Teapot! Weta and friends, including beetle, centipede, stick insect and huhu, come to school with the kids. But they don't want to stay in the classroom! Can Koro help his mokopu ...Show more
When Grandpa Wore a Tutu by Dawn McMillan
22.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
That time when Grandpa and his mates performed Swan Lake at the village concert ... “Grandpa wore a tutu in the days of old, when his legs were hairy and his muscles bold.” Back in the day, Grandpa was a dairy farmer who milked cows while dreaming of dancing ballet. His dream comes true when the local f ...Show more
Why Do Dogs Sniff Bottoms? by Dawn McMillan
19.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
Dawn McMillan and Bert Signal provide an answer to that age-old question - why exactly do dogs sniff bottoms?
Woolly Wally by Dawn McMillan
20.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
Woolly Wally is the sheep supreme, the master of his flock, proud to be the handsome head of his faithful ewes. But pride, as they say, comes before a fall or in Wally's case, a date with the shearing shed! Ross Kinnaird has rendered Wally anew in his brightest palette, and there's added detail in the p ...Show more
Woolly Wally by Dawn McMillan
20.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
Wally is a magnificent ram who is immensely proud of his fine fleece, and the effect it has on the ewes around him. But such pride always comes before a fall - or in Wally's case, before the shearing shed. Dawn McMillan's hilarious rhyming tale of the leader of a flock who's in for a nasty shock is memo ...Show more