I Can't Imagine How That Happened by Aimee McNaughton
$19.50 NZD
Category: Picture books - NZ
Meg and her Grandpa are off camping and fishing at the lake. Grandpa keeps playing practical jokes on Meg, but then Meg gets her own back! Winner of the 2013 Joy Cowley Award, it is a humorous story with a twist at the end.
Roly, the Anzac Donkey (PB) by Glyn Harper
$20.00 NZD
Category: Picture books - NZ | Reading Level: very good
Hello. My name is Roly. I'm a donkey. Let me tell you about the time during the First World War when I worked at a place called Gallipoli. I met a man there from New Zealand who was very special. He and I worked as a team to help rescue soldiers who had been hurt in battle. Based on real people and even ...Show more
Little Kiwi Counts The Chicks by Bob Darroch
$16.00 NZD
Category: Picture books - NZ | Series: Little Kiwi
Learn how to count from 1 to 10 with Little Kiwi and Little Sister, in a fun new book by bestselling children's author Bob Darroch!In the silence they heard a faintcheep cheep. Then atweet tweet. And suddenly there was bird talk everywhere as all the mothers welcomed their new chicks!'There must be hund ...Show more
The Story of a New Zealand Truck Driver (Handmade Histories) by Mary Kelleher
$40.00 NZD
Category: Picture books - NZ | Series: Handmade Histories | Reading Level: very good
Travel along the button road with Bert Williams and learn more about his life as a truck driver from the people who knew him. Bert was a real person and his story is told in wool, cotton and linen, buttons, beads and pebbles, cardboard, Dinky miniature toy trucks and Meccano. Bert was known by many diff ...Show more
Two Little Bugs by Mark Sommerset; Rowan Sommerset
$20.00 NZD
Category: Picture books - NZ
Little Bug Blue has a wish. Little Bug Red has an appetite. Together they discover that getting what you always wanted is sometimes just the beginning.
Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy (PB) by Lynley Dodd
$20.00 NZD
Category: Picture books - NZ | Series: Hairy Maclary and Friends | Reading Level: Children's - Kindergarten, Age 5-6
The classic story in a new, larger format. Hairy Maclary goes off for a walk with a few of his friends - and comes up against a nasty surprise in the shape of Scarface Claw! Read all the Hairy Maclary and Friends books by Lynley Dodd! Hairy Maclary's Bone; Hairy Maclary Scattercat; Hairy Maclary's Cater ...Show more
The Trees and Me (Nature and Me) by Bianca Begovich
$18.00 NZD
Category: Picture books - NZ
A beautifully illustrated book, with facts and information for all ages, about trees and how even the smallest of our actions car have far reaching effects on the planet where we live. Trees are home to many plants, animals and other organisms. Without trees, these species won't survive. And what would ...Show more
Ethan the Incredible by Jacqui Simpson
$20.00 NZD
Category: Picture books - NZ
The Kingdom of Forests is a peaceful and happy place until the dastardly dragons arrive.King Jake and Prince Flynn are at their wits' end.But the arrival of Ethan, on a bright green scooter, changes everything.Can Ethan save the kingdom from the dragons and rescue the princesses?And then what's next for ...Show more
The Farmer in the Dell (PB & CD) by The Topp Twins
$21.00 NZD
Category: Picture books - NZ
Swing your partner and do-si-do Another rollicking sing-along with the Topp Twins. This favourite traditional childrens song, which is sung in schools and preschools around the country (and sometimes in the car on family holidays), receives the Topp Twins/Jenny Cooper treatment, in the style of the best ...Show more
Square Eyes (PB) by Craig Smith
$21.00 NZD
Category: Picture books - NZ
Panda and his friends sit inside on the couch all day, glued to the TV screen or multi-screening with tablets too, so in this fun song, singer/songwriter Smith encourages them to get up, get outdoors and exercise. From Craig Smith, creator of the phenomenally successful The Wonky Donkey, is another hug ...Show more
Slinky Malinki, Early Bird by Lynley Dodd
$20.00 NZD
Category: Picture books - NZ | Series: Hairy Maclary PB
Rapscallion Slinky Malinki likes to get up before everyone else in the morning so he can get them out of bed. He tries every trick in the book: sitting on their heads, biting their toes, leaping on their limbs, yowling. Once he has succeeded in getting the family up...what do you think he does?
Moonman (PB) by Ned Barraud
$20.00 NZD
Category: Picture books - NZ
Moonman has often wondered what the glowing blue globe is that he can see from his home on the moon. But when he hitches a ride on a passing shooting star, he finds a world on earth that is completely different to his own. Here he discovers trees and fields of flowers and the sea. The only problem is th ...Show more