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New Zealand titles - children
Apart from the New Zealand Post Children's Book Festival titles, we have some really great new New Zealand books that are must haves for home, or your school library.
Inside New Zealand Wildlife by Dave Gunson
$25.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand titles - children
Most New Zealanders will easily recognise and identify our unique wildlife - whether it's a tree weta, common dolphin or a kiwi. We know quite a lot about them - how and where they live, what they do, what they eat and so on. But what makes them tick? What does an insect's eye actually see? Does an eart ...Show more
New Zealand Forest Wildlife (Which? What? Why?) by Dave Gunson
$20.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand titles - children
How many types of beetle are there in New Zealand? Can bats see in the dark? Which bird is New Zealand's smallest? No matter how crazy or quirky your question - from the WHICH? to the WHAT? to the WHY? of everything - this book has all the answers. Author, illustrator and all-round clever clogs Dave Gun ...Show more
New Zealand Country Wildlife (Which? What? Why?) by Dave Gunson
$20.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand titles - children
What makes the little holes in clay banks and bare earth? Why do swamps smell funny sometimes? What's that little lizard sitting on a rock? No matter how crazy or quirky your question - from the WHICH? to the WHAT? to the WHY? of everything - this book has all the answers. Author, illustrator and all-ro ...Show more
New Zealand Disasters: Our response, resilience and recovery by Maria Gill
$30.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand titles - children
Inspiring stories of courage, resilience and determination in the face of disaster. New Zealanders have endured phenomenal natural and human disasters throughout the ages. This inspiring book documents some of these key moments in our history and, more importantly, how we responded and grew stronger; ...Show more
Golden Eyes: The Yellow-eyed Penguin/Hoiho by Kelly Lynch
$20.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand titles - children
Golden Eyes is a yellow-eyed penguin/hoiho who lives at the bottom of the South Island of New Zealand. He makes his nest in the bushes at the base of a cliff. Every morning, Golden Eyes waddles down to the beach to fish for food. Golden Eyes is shy and prefers to live in secret . . . Read this book to ...Show more
Which? What? Why?: New Zealand Garden Wildlife by Dave Gunson
$20.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand titles - children | Reading Level: near fine
Do birds have teeth? How high can a flea jump? Why don’t worms have legs? No matter how crazy or quirky your question from the WHICH? to the WHAT? to the WHY? of everything, this book has all the answers. Author, illustrator and all-round clever clogs Dave Gunson tackles every curly question under the s ...Show more
Which? What? Why?: New Zealand Seashore Wildlife by Dave Gunson
$20.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand titles - children | Reading Level: near fine
Do fish have ears? How many teeth does a shark have? Are jellyfish made of some kind of jelly? No matter how crazy or quirky your question from the WHICH? to the WHAT? to the WHY? of everything, this book has all the answers. Author, illustrator and all-round clever clogs Dave Gunson tackles every curly ...Show more
Where is it? A Wildlife Hunt for Kiwi Kids by Ned Barraud
$20.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand titles - children
What adult does not delight in engaging with a child when reading a ‘look and find’ book. Where is it? is an original take on this concept, a New Zealand wildlife hunt for kiwi kids.Every double-page spread illustrates a different habitat, including the forest, the mountains, the beach, the ocean, estua ...Show more
24 Hours on the Kiwi Seashore by Gillian Torckler, Daryl Torckler
$20.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand titles - children | Reading Level: near fine
When the sun rises on the seashore, all manner of creatures emerge from their slumber to see the breaking dawn . . . Discover the busy ecosystem of our country's seashore over a 24-hour cycle. Observe the seals and yellow-eyed penguins who come ashore to sleep; dive beneath the waves to frolic with the ...Show more
Mophead: How Your Difference Makes a Difference by Selina Tusitala Marsh
$25.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand titles - children
An inspirational graphic memoir of growing up Pasifika in New Zealand, written and illustrated by our fast-talking PI Poet Laureate, Selina Tusitala Marsh. At school, Selina is teased for her big, frizzy hair. Kids call her ‘mophead’. She ties her hair up this way and that way and tries to fit in. Unti ...Show more
Three Kiwi Tales by Janet Hunt
$25.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand titles - children | Reading Level: near fine
Wildbase Hospital in Palmerston North is a very special hospital for very special animals, and in this follow-up to the hugely successful How to Mend a Kea, author Janet Hunt focuses on the tales of three kiwi who have been treated there. The stories are fascinating and touching accounts of their differ ...Show more
The Adventures of Tupaia by Courtney Sina Meredith & Mat Tait
$35.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand titles - children
The incredible story of Tupaia, Tahitian priest navigator, who sailed on board the Endeavour with Captain Cook on his first voyage to Aotearoa. Follow Tupaia as he grows up in Ra'iatea, becoming a high-ranking 'arioi and master navigator. Join him as he meets up with Cook in Tahiti and sails as part of ...Show more