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This Is Where I Stand by Philippa Werry
$28.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
This is where I stand. All day, every day. All night. Every night. A beautiful story centred around the statue of a WWI soldier which could be any soldier. The statue gives readers an insight into the soldiers memories of the war as well as what he has seen from his pedestal as the years have passed. ...Show more
Enemy at the Gate by Philippa Werry
$23.00 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction
A deadly disease is sweeping the world and nobody knows how to stop it. Movie theatres and swimming pools are shut and schools are closed. People are discouraged from gathering in large groups at the beach. Twelve-year-old Tom Mitchell can't even see his best friend Charlie. He wonders when the lockdown ...Show more
Best Mates: Three Lads Who Went to War Together by Philippa Werry
$20.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
The three young soldiers in the story are best friends from school, and they leave New Zealand together to go and fight at Gallipoli. Landing first in Egypt, they travel by ship to Anzac Cove and dig into trenches to fight the Turkish troops holding the peninsula. Conditions are tough and Joe gets sick, ...Show more
The Great Chocolate Cake Bake Off by Philippa Werry
$23.00 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction
Nicholas wants to find one thing that he’s really good at. His friends are all good at something. His annoying next-door neighbour Ruby claims to be good at lots of things. And then there’s Oliver Billington, who always wins everything. Perhaps he’s good at baking. Nicholas discovers he can bake delicio ...Show more
The Telegram by Philippa Werry
$23.00 NZD
Category: NZ Senior Fiction
Fourteen-year-old Beatrice Thomas lives with her widowed mother and younger sister Tilly in a small country town overshadowed by the events of World War One. Many of the local boys, including Beaty's friend Caleb, are away fighting. When Beaty has to leave school, she gets a job as a telegram girl at t ...Show more
Our Incredible Dogs: The Stories behind the Statues by Philippa Werry
$25.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
Dogs have played a central role in the lives of New Zealanders, from working farm dogs, to police dogs, loyal companions, mascots, little heroes and fictional dogs that have become part of our culture. In this book we look at the dogs that have been memorialised in public statues that have become commu ...Show more
Waitangi Day: The New Zealand Story by Philippa Werry
$25.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
Aimed at younger readers but providing an excellent resource for the whole family, this new book looks at the rich history behind Waitangi Day, universally recognised as New Zealand's national day. It reviews the historic events behind the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840 and charts the celebr ...Show more
The New Zealand Wars by Philippa Werry
$28.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
The story of the 19th century New Zealand Wars, a part of New Zealand's history that many people wish they knew more about. The book describes how the wars came about, where and when they were fought, who was involved, and how they affected women and children. It explains the emergence of Kingitanga or ...Show more
Armistice Day: The New Zealand Story by Philippa Werry
$25.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
At the eleventh hour, on the eleventh day of the eleventh month each year New Zealanders remember the end of the First World War. Armistice Day. Kiwi soldiers returned home to a terrible influenza epidemic, as the population grieved for the loss of life. Memorials were erected and families sought to ret ...Show more
Antarctic Journeys by Philippa Werry
$28.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Antarctica is a fascinating place - it has no native inhabitants, and it's very remote, which means everyone who goes there - today or in the past - has a special reason for wanting to go. It's a place that children can only imagine, because they cannot go there. This book is about the journeys that ce ...Show more
Lighthouse Family: Coastal NZ, 1941-42 (My New Zealand Story) by Philippa Werry
$19.00 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction | Series: My New Zealand Story
For Frances and her family, living on a lighthouse, the war is both far away and scarily close. There are rumours of submarines in the Pacific. The Japanese have attacked Pearl Harbor, taken Singapore and bombed Darwin, so what’s to stop them invading New Zealand next? But soon Frances, the only girl on ...Show more
Harbour Bridge: Auckland, 1958-59 (My New Zealand Story) by Philippa Werry
$18.00 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction | Series: My New Zealand Story
The Auckland Harbour Bridge is under construction. Simon likes watching the bridge being built, and talking to his uncle and his mates about what's happening on site. Meanwhile, Simon's best friend Marty is obsessed with the Space Race and his younger sister Jo can't stop worrying about the fate of the ...Show more
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