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Antarctic Journeys by Philippa Werry
$28.00 NZD
Category: 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
Anzac Day: The New Zealand Story: What It Is and Why It Matters by Philippa Werry
$25.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction:
This book exposes the rich history behind Anzac Day, seeking to answer the many questions children often ask their parents and teachers around the 25th of April every year. It covers all aspects of Anzac Day, from the Gallipoli Campaign and the Great War, right through to the format of the commemorative ...Show more
Armistice Day: The New Zealand Story by Philippa Werry
$25.00 NZD
Category: 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
Best Mates: Three Lads Who Went to War Together by Philippa Werry
$20.00 NZD
Category: Picture books - NZ
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
Enemy at the Gate by Philippa Werry
$23.00 NZD
Category: Fiction - middle
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
Iris and Me by Philippa Werry
$25.00 NZD
Category: Fiction - senior | Reading Level: near fine
One woman. One journey. One true friend. 'I reckon Iris would've approved' - Tina Shaw So begins the story of Iris Wilkinson, who wrote poetry, novels and journalism under the pen name Robin Hyde. In January 1938 she left New Zealand for England. On the way, intrigued by glimpses of China, she ventured ...Show more
Quarantine (My New Zealand Story) by Philippa Werry
$20.00 NZD
Category: Fiction - middle
“Being in quarantine sounds like being in prison,” I said, shivering. Lily nodded. “A bit like that. Except that the prison is your own home.” It might sound familiar in 2021, but this is New Zealand in 1936–37. The disease is infantile paralysis, or polio, and nobody knows where it will strike next. Wh ...Show more
The Great Chocolate Cake Bake-Off by Philippa Werry
$17.00 NZD
$17.99 (5% off)
Category: Fiction - middle
Everyone likes Nick's cakes, even his incredibly annoying next-door neighbour Ruby. But can he come up with a recipe that's good enough to get him to the finals of the Great Chocolate Cake Bake-Off? Ruby's determined that he will. And then there's his Special Secret Ingredient..
The Lost Watch by Philippa Werry
$13.99 NZD
$14.99 (6% off)
Category: New Zealand titles - children
It's Dad's birthday but Henry doesn't have enough money for a present and he's too old to give Dad one of his own drawings. Mum's suggestion of one whole squabble-free day doesn?t appeal, so she lends him enough money to buy a 'World's Greatest Dad' pen. Mum's present to Dad is a wonderful, expensive-lo ...Show more
The New Zealand Wars by Philippa Werry
$25.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction: | Reading Level: very good
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
The Telegram (#1) by Philippa Werry
$23.00 NZD
Category: Fiction - middle
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
This is Where I Stand by Philippa Werry
$28.00 NZD
Category: Picture books - NZ
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