Watch Out, Snail! by Gay Hay
$22.00 NZD
Category: Picture books - NZ
In the dark of the night the forest is alive with hungry hunters. Is snail the hunter or the hunted? Follow the trail to find out. The Powelliphanta snail is native to New Zealand and very rare. It is not your ordinary garden snail, but large, beautiful and carnivorous.
Back-to-Front Bob by Belinda Ellis
$19.50 NZD
Category: Picture books - NZ
"Bob LOVED words. Big words, small words ...but especially words that are the same when he read them from front to back, and back to front!" This special picture book cleverly combines words and visuals for a delightful dose of wordplay and fabulous fun with grammar - the words are often illustrations, ...Show more
Little Kiwi Finds Fantail (Lift the Flap) by Bob Darroch
$16.00 NZD
Category: Picture books - NZ | Series: Little Kiwi | Reading Level: very good
Little Kiwi had an important job. He'd been asked to find Little Fantail ...Little Sister thinks she knows where Little Fantail is, but Little Kiwi knows better Or does he? Lift the flaps to find Little Fantail in this fun and surprising adventure
Jim's Letters by Glyn Harper
$27.00 NZD
Category: Picture books - NZ
"Dear Jim, Your postcard arrived today. I showed it to the family. Mum misses you..." Between December 1914 and August 1915 Tom and Jim write to each other whenever they get a chance. Tom talks about life at home on the farm while Jim writes from Egypt and then from the trenches of the Gallipoli peninsu ...Show more
Mrs. Mo's Monster by Paul Beavis
$20.00 NZD
Category: Picture books - NZ
A monster with a one-track mind meets his match in an elderly lady called Mrs Mo. With Mrs Mo's help, the monster is surprised to discover that he can do more than he ever thought - but that's not the only surprise Mrs Mo has in store...
Munkle Arvur and the Big Dry by Nikki Slade Robinson
$19.50 NZD
Category: Picture books - NZ | Series: Munkle Arvur
"This land is dried up!" Munkle said, feeling sad. "Who could be so selfishly mean, to snitch all the water and not keep it clean?" A fantabulous story with an environmental message, told in the style of Dr Seuss!
Little Kiwi Flies to the Rescue by Bob Darroch
$19.00 NZD
Category: Picture books - NZ | Series: Little Kiwi
Little Kiwi can't seem to get anything right. He's scared of the dark, scared of water and his little sister's friends always seem to be making fun of him. But when his sister gets in trouble it seems Little Kiwi might be made of sterner stuff after all.
The Bantam and the Soldier by Jennifer Beck
$20.00 NZD
Category: Picture books - NZ | Series: Bantam and the Soldier | Reading Level: very good
Winner of the 1997 New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards. It is wartime in Europe. A young soldier from 'a country on the other side of the world' rescues and brings back to health a little bantam, and in the midst of the fighting and devastation an unusual friendship is formed. Every morning the bant ...Show more
The Anzac Puppy by Peter Millett, Trish Bowles
$20.00 NZD
Category: Picture books - NZ | Reading Level: very good
In the middle of the night, in the middle of the winter, in the middle of a war, a puppy was born. This fictional story was inspired by the true story of Freda, a Harlequin Great Dane and mascot of the NZ Rifle Brigade during World War 1. The ANZAC Puppy is a simple story about the reality of war, hards ...Show more
Hairy Maclary, Sit by Lynley Dodd
$18.00 NZD
Category: Picture books - NZ | Series: Hairy Maclary and Friends | Reading Level: very good
Hairy Maclary felt mischievous and mad. He was not in the mood for the Kennel Club's Obedience Class. Something was happening down in the park;such a yapcould be heard,such a blusterous bark. Hairy Maclary causes trouble again when he is simply not in the mood for the Kennel Club's Obedience Class. He f ...Show more
Morgan, the Moreporks and the Moon
$20.00 NZD
Category: Picture books - NZ | Series: Morgan
The Moon? That didn't seem right to Morgan. No one was called 'The.' This is the story of Morgan's quest to learn the name of the Moon.
Penny the Prolific Pooing Cow (Book & CD) by Bruce Potter
$21.00 NZD
Category: Picture books - NZ
"A cow who has a wee pooing problem. When the farmer attempts to take her to the vet much hilarity ensues and in the end we see that her disability becomes an asset as the farmer is able to sell her poo as manure and she no longer spends her time alone in her field but has lots of new friends" Picture s ...Show more