Author: | Suzy Cato; Arthur Baystring |
Category: |
Picture books - NZ |
A quintessentially Kiwi picture book that beautifully depicts the natural treasures that may be found in a kauri forest. Spot the kiwi, the tuatara, the weta and more even the twinkling Matariki stars above the treetops.
Author: | Pania Tahau-Hodges; Bryony Walker |
Category: |
Christmas Books |
Awards: | Finalist for the Picture Book Awards and the Russell Clark Award for Illustration in the 2020 NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults |
There are just a few days to go before Christmas, and everyone’s busy putting up decorations, preparing food and getting ready for the big day. Then comes the shock news – Santa’s cancelled Christmas. Santa had so many disasters last year that he can&r... read more
Author: | Jeff Kinney; translated by Hēni Jacob |
Category: |
Te Reo Maori |
Series: | Te Rataka a Tama Hungoingoi / Diary of a Wimpy Kid Te Reo Maori |
He kino ra te noho a te tamariki. Ko Greg Heffley tetahi e mohio pai ana ki tenei.Being a kid can really stink. And no one knows this better than Greg Heffley.
In this brilliant translation of Jeff Kinney's bestselling ... read more
Author: | Joy Cowley |
Category: |
Picture books - NZ |
Awards: | Finalist in the Picture Book Awards for the 2020 NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults |
Joy Cowley's favourite stories, poems and nonsense rhymes collected in a hardback gift volume for the family to treasure. It selects the best of Cowley's poems and stories to read aloud, including much-loved classics such as Greedy Cat and Nicketty... read more
Author: | Thalia Kehoe Rowden |
Category: |
Picture books - NZ |
One white rugby ball to kick and catch and pass . . . Kotahi te whutupōro ma, hei kikiki, hei hopu, hei kuru.
It's GAME ON! Join the rugby ruckus, boots and all, and have fun with rugby 1-2-3 in English and Māori!
Author: | Toby Morris with Ross Calman, Mark Derby & Piripi Walker |
Category: |
Picture books - NZ |
Awards: | Finalist in the Elsie Locke Award for Non-Fiction in the 2020 NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults |
Ground-breaking full-colour graphic novel about Te Tiriti o Waitangi | The Treaty of Waitangi. This reorua (bilingual) graphic-novel-style flip book presents important information in a visually appealing and engaging way. The text (in both English a... read more
Author: | Carol McCloud |
Category: |
Picture books |
Reading Level: | From 4 |
While using a simple metaphor of a bucket and a dipper, author Carol McCloud illustrates that when we choose to be kind, we not only fill the buckets of those around us, but also fill our OWN bucket. Conversely, when we ch... read more
Author: | Craig Phillips |
Category: |
Picture books - NZ |
Come along on a journey with Aroha, as she wards off nervousness, fear, worrying thoughts and apprehension with simple yet effective tools that everyone can use.
Author: | Sacha Cotter |
Category: |
Picture books - NZ |
Awards: | Winner of the Margaret Mahy Book of the Year Supreme Award 2019 and the Picture Book Award in the 2019 NZ Book Awards for Children & Young Adults |
In this story about being true to oneself, a boy searches for the secret to doing the perfect bomb into the water. With training from Nan, an expert and former champion, and by listening to his own voice,... read more
Author: | Linda Jane Keegan |
Category: |
Picture books - NZ |
Awards: | Finalist in the 2019 NZ Book Awards for Children & Young Adults - Picture Book Award |
'Some THING in the sea is TOUCHING ME!' You'll squawk, screech, yelp... and laugh out loud at the surprises for all on this funny-sunny family day at the beach. When a small child goes to the seaside with her Mum and Ma, she is unprepared for 'things' f... read more
Author: | Ned Barraud |
Category: |
Picture books - NZ |
Awards: | Finalist in the 2019 NZ Book Awards for Children & Young Adults - Non-Fiction Award |
In the garden, creeping along branches, hiding under stones or flitting from flower to flower, a whole universe of creatures is waiting to be discovered. Butterflies, moths, beetles, wasps, spiders - what have you found in your backyard? Did you know that chor... read more
Author: | Moya Kirby |
Category: |
Picture books - NZ |
Whatever will become of me? sighed the sad and lonely little tree. A tiny tree stands all alone on the edge of a felled forest. Whispering winds swirl, and native birds gather around, bringing gifts of blossoms and berries to adorn the lonely little tree... what a magical sight on this Christmas night.