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The Finger-Eater by Dick King-Smith
$13.95 NZD
Category: First Readers | Series: Sprinters S.
Long ago, in the cold lands of the North, there lived a troll named Ulf who had a very bad habit - he liked to eat fingers! Many, many men, women and children had found their hands a finger short thanks to the razor-sharp teeth of the Finger-eater. And who knows how many more might have suffered the sam ...Show more
The Golden Goose by Dick King-Smith
$12.95 NZD
$14.95 (13% off)
Category: Fiction - junior | Reading Level: From 7 to 99
Farmer Skint has no luck on his farm until one day his goose lays a golden egg, which hatches out into a golden gosling. From that moment on, Farmer Skint is a lucky man. As the bird gets older, her golden feathers turn to ordinary white, but the first egg she lays is a golden one.
The Great Sloth Race by Dick King-Smith
$10.95 NZD
Category: First Readers | Series: Colour young Puffin | Reading Level: From 5 to 99
Dozy and Snoozy are both tree sloths. One day by chance, Dozy and Snoozy met and Dozy challenges Snoozy to a race - and a great sloth race ensues. The toucan acts as judge and for hours the two sloths "race", but it is so slow that the spectators leave and only the toucan judge remains.
The Guard Dog by Dick King-Smith
$16.99 NZD
Category: Fiction - junior
There are six puppies in the pet shop window; five posh pedigree puppies, and a scruffy little mongrel with a grand ambition - to be a guard dog. The other pups laugh at him. How can such a small, scruffy dog possibly expect to be bought to guard a home? Especially when his bark is the most horrible, ea ...Show more
The Hodgeheg (young modern classics) by Dick King-Smith
$12.95 NZD
Category: Fiction - junior
Max is a hedgehog who lives with his family in a nice little home, but unfortunately on the wrong side of the road from the Park, with its beautiful lily pond, and more importantly its juicy slugs, worms and snails! The busy road is a dangerous barrier but Max notices that humans seem to cross it quite ...Show more
The Invisible Dog by Dick King-Smith
$17.95 NZD
Category: Activity & puzzle books - children
Tells the story of a young girl Janie, who tries to satisfy her yearning for a dog by introducing an imaginary Great Dane called Henry to the household. Henry is a devoted friend - and very little trouble. Finally, Janie\\\'s wish comes true and she is allowed a real Henry.
The Sheep-Pig by Dick King-Smith
$12.95 NZD
$14.99 (13% off)
Category: Fiction - middle
When Farmer Hogget wins a piglet at the local fair, Mrs Hogget thinks of fattening it up for the freezer. But the old sheepdog, Fly, takes him under her wing and starts to train him up as a sheep-pig, whose methods of getting the sheep to do what he wants are rather unconventional. The book which ins ...Show more
The Twin Giants by Dick King-Smith
$14.00 NZD
$16.00 (12% off)
Category: Picture books
This is a comic tale that follows two tall brothers on their search for true love.Lottavim and Normus do everything together: waking up, going to sleep, even sneezing. So when they reach the age of twenty and the height of twelve feet, it's not surprising that they each think the same thought at exactly ...Show more
Titus Rules OK! by Dick King-Smith
$14.95 NZD
Category: Fiction - junior
A warm, affectionate story of a little corgi pup with a very special owner - the Queen! From the master of animal tales, Dick King-Smith. Titus is a young corgi puppy, growing up in Windsor Castle. There is lots he must learn - how to sit upright and beg for a custard cream biscuit, how to ask n ...Show more
Titus Rules OK! by Dick King-Smith
$36.95 NZD
Category: Fiction - junior
Titus is a young corgi puppy, growing up in Windsor Castle. There is lots he must learn - how to sit upright and beg for a custard cream biscuit and how not to trip up Prince Philip. Soon he becomes a favourite of the Queen, and it is because of Titus that the Queen does something very surprising.
Under the Mishmash Trees by Dick King-Smith
$12.95 NZD
$14.95 (13% off)
Category: Fiction - junior
A nonsense story about Og and Ut, the gombrizils, who make friends with Tumblerum Wollycobble, the slobbadunk. They cure his indigestion and he helps them hatch their egg and bring up their daughter, Okay. Now part of the family, Tumblerum watches Okay grow up and saves her life when a tree falls on her ...Show more