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.
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
$30.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand titles - children | Series: Mophead
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. Until ...Show more
Three Kiwi Tales: More fabulous fix-it stories from Wildbase Hospital 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
$37.00 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
Canterbury Quake (My New Zealand Story) by Desna Wallace
$20.00 NZD
Category: Fiction - middle
An eleven year olds heartfelt account of life through the Canterbury quakes and shakes of 201011. In the dark of night, with a terrifying rumble and a deafening roar, Maddys world turns upside down! Instead of celebrating her birthday, suddenly words like liquefaction, aftershocks and state of emergency ...Show more
Go Girl: A Storybook of Epic NZ Women by Barbara Else
$45.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand titles - children | Reading Level: very good
GO GIRL is a collection of true stories about New Zealand women who have done extraordinary things. They strove for their goals. They weren't afraid to step up or speak out. They blazed a trail for others to follow. This book was written to show that YOU can join them! Just some of the amazing women wh ...Show more
Annual 2 by Susan Paris & Kate De Goldi (Editors)
$40.00 NZD
Category: Fiction - middle | Reading Level: very good
Annual 2 contains all-new material for 9- to- 13-year-olds. The result is a highly original, contemporary take on the much-loved annuals of the past - all in one beautiful package. Alongside familiar names publishing for children - Gavin Mouldey, Sarah Johnson, Ben Galbraith, Barry Faville, Giselle Clar ...Show more
I Toro Haere māua ko Pāpā (Adventures With Daddy Maori) by Cathy Kearse
$19.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand titles - children
A wonderful preschool story of a day spent at the park with Daddy.
Ghosts of Parihaka (#5 Aotearoa) by David Hair
$25.00 NZD
Category: Fiction - senior | Series: Aotearoa
They say the past is another country. Some people can go there. It hasn't been an easy time for Matiu Douglas, magical adept. One of his friends is now a ghost, his enemies have stolen the Treaty of Waitangi, he can't date the girl he really likes and he keeps getting unwanted marriage proposals from a ...Show more