Rosie Joy by Sophie Siers
$19.99 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books | Reading Level: near fine
It's spring on the farm and springtime is always busy at Rosie Joy's. There are crops to plant and baby lambs everywhere. Rosie Joy and her best friend Polly take on a special spring project involving chickens, peggy squares, famous explorers and some pretty big words! This exciting farm girl's story br ...Show more
Whose Home is This? (PB) by Gillian Candler
$14.99 NZD
Category: NZ Nature
Following on from the acclaimed Whose Beak is This? and Whose Feet are These?, author Gillian Candler and illustrator Fraser Williamson turn to looking at homes. Whose Home is This? includes native birds and sea creatures, such as the yellow-eyed penguin, octopus and crabs. While having fun guessing whi ...Show more
Maori Weapons in Pre-European New Zealand by Jeff Evans
$34.99 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
Here is a full inventory of traditional Maori weapons with all the available written information about traditional weapons collected into one concise volume. Maori Weapons provides complete cultural and technical information on the handmade weapons used by Maori, along with photos and line drawings. Fro ...Show more
Squeakopotamus by Dawn McMillan
$19.99 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
Is he a hippo that looks like a mouse? Or, is he a mouse too big for this house? Just who or what is Squeakopotamus? And how will the kids, Mum and Dad keep him fed? No one yet has ever had a pet like the astonishing, demolishing Squeakopotamus! A memorable tale for younger readers, Squeakopotamus cross ...Show more
Little Mouse's Big Secret by Eric Battut
$14.99 NZD
Category: Picture Books
Shh ! Little Mouse has a secret! He's found a delicious-looking apple and doesn't want to share a bite. So he buries it, and Little Mouse refuses to reveal what he s hidden. But when a tree sprouts from the seeds of the fruit, there are enough apples for everyone -- and Little Mouse realizes some secre ...Show more
I Am Bear by Ben Bailey Smith
$18.99 NZD
Category: Picture Books
If there's trouble, one thing is certain: Bear was there. In (and out) of his outrageous purple outfit, Bear can do anything - steal honey from the bees, do magic tricks, steal doughnuts from a police officer, and annoy a certain pesky squirrel. This hilarious picture book debut of actor Ben Bailey Smit ...Show more
Rabbit and His Zodiac Friends by Melissa Keil
$18.99 NZD
Category: Picture Books
Rabbit would like a friend. What can he do to find one? For any little Rabbits - or Dragons, Sheep, Roosters or Rats - and anyone else who has ever needed a friend. A story about finding your place, with the animals of the Chinese Zodiac.
Cork and the Bottle by Mark Sommerset
$29.99 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
Having met on tropical shores in Cork on the Ocean, cork and bottle swirl out to sea into a world of dancing jellyfish, treacherous reefs and surly sea lions. An enchanting and romantic ocean adventure about courage, friendship and togetherness. "Quirky, enchanting, luminous." NZ Herald Canvas Magazine ...Show more
Where The Wild Things Are (PB) by Maurice Sendak
$19.99 NZD
Category: Picture Books | Reading Level: very good
One night Max puts on his wolf suit and makes mischief of one kind and another, so his mother calls him 'Wild Thing' and sends him to bed without his supper. That night a forest begins to grow in Max's room and an ocean rushes by with a boat to take Max to the place where the wild things are. Max tames ...Show more
A Very Greedy Tale (Tales From The Farm) by Jennifer Somervell; Margery Fern (ill)
$22.99 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
‘... the pigs were so clever they could think of a way around every difficulty ...’ George Orwell Napoleon is STARVING! When he sees his breakfast arriving on the other side of the electric fence, the anticipation is too much! He decides to charge the fence despite the consequences. But things don’ ...Show more
The Day Dad Blew Up The Cowshed (Tales from the Farm) by Jennifer Somervell; Margery Fern
$22.99 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
Like many 'rehab farmers', Grandpa had put the explosives skills he used at Gallipolli to good use on the farm, blowing out tree stumps and removing unwanted rocks. Blowing up the cowshed was the same idea - just on a bigger scale! Dad was a farmer who liked trying out new ideas. In the 1970s he read ab ...Show more
The Eel Hunt (Tales From The Farm) by Jennifer Somervell; Margery Fern (Illustrator)
$22.99 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
It's summer in the '70s and an idea is hatched to go eel hunting on the Manawatu River. With home-made spears, under the cloak of darkness, the intrepid eelers set off. But everything does not go according to plan. The river is darker and deeper than expected, the eels are slippery and determined not to ...Show more