Author: | Michael Rosen; Tony Ross (Illustrator) |
Category: |
Picture books |
This Christmas, join Michael Rosen and Tony Ross with their unforgettable retelling of Charles Dickens' beloved classic. In a school theatrical production of "A Christmas Carol", the boy who plays Scrooge is extra nervous because his very busy... read more
Author: | Stacy Gregg |
Category: |
Picture books - NZ |
Series: | Mini Whinny |
Awards: | Finalist in the 2019 NZ Book Awards for Children & Young Adults - Picture Book Award |
Meet Mini Whinny, the littlest horse in the stable! Shes ever so cute... and ever so naughty! Its August 1st, the official birthday for all horses. But Mini Whinny wants a celebration of her very own. Why should she share with all the other horse... read more
Author: | Eirlys Hunter |
Category: |
Fiction - intermediate |
Awards: | Finalist in the 2019 NZ Book Awards for Children & Young Adults - Junior Fiction Wright Family Foundation Esther Glen Award |
Four children temporarily lose their parents just as they are about to begin the race that offers their last chance of escaping poverty. Their task is to map a rail route through an uncharted wilderness. They overcome the many obstacles posed by nature, bears, bees, bat... read more
Author: | Vasanti Unka |
Category: |
Picture books - NZ |
Awards: | Finalist in the 2019 NZ Book Awards for Children & Young Adults - Picture Book Award |
Award-winning picture book creator Vasanti Unka brings us a visually gorgeous 'mystery thriller for children' about what makes a rainbow appear and disappear - and who is to blame! A razzle-dazzle rainbow suddenly disappears from the sky . . . What happened? Was it stole... read more
Author: | Kimberly Andrews |
Category: |
Picture books - NZ |
Awards: | Winner of the Russell Clark Illustration Award in the 2019 NZ Book Awards for Children & Young Adults |
Puffin is an architect who always exceeds her clients' expectations. That is, until she takes on the toughest clients ever - her own pufflings!
Puffin takes her tricky new clients on an inspirational tour of her builds. Together they visit all kinds of cleverly desi... read more
Author: | Gillian Candler |
Category: |
Picture books - NZ |
Awards: | Finalist in the 2019 NZ Book Awards for Children & Young Adults - Non-Fiction Award |
Following on from the acclaimed Whose Beak is This? and Whose Feet are These?, author Gillian Candler and illustrator Fraser Williamson turn to looking at homes.
Whose Home is This? includes native birds and sea creatures, such as the yellow-eyed penguin, octopus a... read more
Author: | Bronwen Wall |
Category: |
Non-fiction: Y.A. |
Reading Level: | 10+ |
Awards: | Finalist in the 2018 NZ Children's Book Awards for the Elsie Locke Award for Non-Fiction. Recipient of the 2018 Storylines Notable Book Award. |
Explore! Aotearoa features the amazing true stories of New Zealand’s explorers. It follows adventurers like: Kupe, Thomas Brunner and Kehu, Freda du Faur and the Graham Brothers, Tāne Tinorau and Kieran McKay, Kelly Tarlton and Wade Doak. Journey with them over the waves, acro... read more
Author: | Pauline (Vaeluaga) Smith |
Category: |
Fiction - intermediate |
Series: | My New Zealand Story |
Awards: | Winner of the 2018 NZ Children's Book Awards - Best First Book Award, and finalist in Wright Family Foundation Esther Glen Award for Junior Fiction |
Like many 13-year-old girls, Sofia’s main worries are how to get some groovy go-go boots, and how not to die of embarrassment giving a speech at school! But when her older brother starts talking about protests and overstayers, and how Pacific Islanders... read more
Author: | Suzanne Main |
Category: |
Fiction - intermediate |
Awards: | Finalist for the 2018 NZ Children's Book Awards - Wright Family Foundation Esther Glen Award for Junior Fiction |
Michael is on a mission. After a run-in with his sworn enemy, Angus, Michaels brilliant payback plan BACKFIRES. Now he's in the school production as a tree - his WORST NIGHTMARE! When Michael discovers a twisted KIDNAP PLOT, his troubles soon multiply. It's o... read more
Author: | Fleur Beale |
Category: |
Fiction - intermediate |
Series: | Through My Eyes - Natural Disaster Zones |
Awards: | Finalist for the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults 2018 - - Wright Family Foundation Esther Glen Award for Junior Fiction |
Lyla has just started her second year of high school when a magnitude 6.3 earthquake shakes Christchurch to pieces. Devastation is everywhere. While her police officer mother and trauma nurse father respond to the disaster, Lyla puts on a brave ... read more
Author: | Jenny Bornholdt |
Category: |
Picture books - NZ |
Awards: | Finalist for the 2018 NZ Children's Book Awards - Picture Book Category |
The baby wants breakfast so Malcolm gets out of bed to get started. Then in comes Toby. And Una and Toto, then Alicetheyre hungry too. And Conrad from next door and his sister Ruby! Everyone has a request for breakfast. But who is taking notice of the baby? The Longes... read more
Author: | David Hill; Phoebe Morris |
Category: |
Non-fiction: Y.A. |
Series: | David Hill's Kiwi Legends |
Awards: | Finalist in the 2018 NZ Children's Book Awards for the Elsie Locke Award for Non-Fiction and and also the Russell Clark Award for Illustration |
The little plane has been flying across the sea for eight hours. Huge black clouds surround it. Rain pours in. Wind slams. The aircraft is tossed around like a leaf. The pilot stares into the darkness. How much fuel is left? Is she flying in ... read more