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.
The Talent Game by Rochelle Maroon
$23.00 NZD
Category: Fiction - middle
"You've got power-loser power!" Max almost gives up football because of these words from his teammate. But he keeps playing. He wants to be brilliant at something. Anything. Then, a mysterious host invites him to play a different kind of game. The prize-extraordinary talent. Max gets brilliant at footba ...Show more
Tails of Tangleby Gardens 2 by Sue Heazlewood
$50.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand titles - children
Second in the 'Tails of Tangleby Gardens' following on from the first with 10 chapters, 160 illustrations, 36 recipes with QR-codes. The story is based around actual areas of Tangleby Gardens, in Ohoka. This is a great book for children to learn to cook and in the process bonding with parent. Children w ...Show more
Critters of Aotearoa: 50 Bizarre But Lovable Members of Our Wildlife Community by Nicola Toki, Lily Duval
$30.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand titles - children
Meet some of our most curious critters, from the popular Radio New Zealand podcast with Nicola Toki and Jesse Mulligan.Slimy, stinky, creepy, crawly and gross . . . but also a little bit cute! Discover New Zealand's most curious creatures - from Smeagol the gravel maggot, to the walking worm and the dro ...Show more
Tails of Tangleby Gardens by Sue Heazlewood
$50.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand titles - children
Welcome to the wonderful world of Tangleby Gardens. Sue Heazlewood has a huge passion for cooking, gardening and children. She has six children of her own who are all very close in age. There are three boys and three girls who are all adults now. After creating her dream garden, she decided to include a ...Show more
Atua: Maori Gods and Heroes by Gavin Bishop
$40.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand titles - children
Gavin Bishop's stunning, once-in-a-generation compendium introduces readers to the pantheon of Māori gods, demigods and heroes, and explores Aotearoa's most exciting legends from the Creation to the Migration. Meet the gods, demigods and heroes of the Māori people of Aotearoa in this breathtaking, large ...Show more
The Great Kiwi Dream Trip
$22.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand titles - children
Who said Kiwis can't fly? The Great Kiwi Dream Trip offers young readers a ticket for an aerial jaunt from Cape Reinga to Bluff, taking in many of Aotearoa New Zealand's iconic scenic gems along the way. Author Graham Minhinnick and illustrator Guy Body team up to bring us this soaring tiki-tour adventu ...Show more
Nature's Alphabet by Andrew Crowe; Dave Gunson
$22.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand titles - children
In Nature's Alphabet, writer Andrew Crowe and artist Dave Gunson take a tour around New Zealand's wild places to seek out the curious and fascinating. The result is a unique combination of junior nature encyclopedia and alphabet book - an entertaining, multi-level approach to reading and learning.
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