The Secret to Freedom by Marcia Vaughan
24.00 NZD
Category: Sophisticated Picture Books
Lucy and her brother Albert are left behind when their parents are sold off the plantation where they live and toil. Then one day Albert brings home a sack of old quilts, each with a pattern giving information to slaves planning to escape via the Underground Railroad. Over the next several months, at ni ...Show more
Superbot and the Terrible Toy Destroyer by Nick Ward
19.00 NZD
Category: Sophisticated Picture Books | Series: Dfbees
A marvellous picture book for early readers - a super robot whose gadgets foil the baddies every time!
Those Shoes by Maribeth Boelts
25.00 NZD
Category: Sophisticated Picture Books
"In this witty, wise picture book, Boelts presents a kid's-eye view of aconsumer fad that rages through school at gale force." -- Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (starred review) All Jeremy wants is a pair of those shoes, the ones everyone at school seems to be wearing. Though Jeremy's grand ...Show more
Mopoke by Philip Bunting
24.00 NZD
Category: Sophisticated Picture Books
Children & grown-ups alike will delight in this wonderful picturebook that is both verysilly, and veryclever. How many different kinds of Mopoke are there? Highpoke Lowpoke Poshpoke Poorpoke two pokes more pokes wombat.... Mopoke the owl loves peace and quiet, but the bush is fullof ...Show more
Kicking a Ball by Allan Ahlberg
18.00 NZD
Category: Sophisticated Picture Books
For anyone who can't see a ball without wanting to kick it, head it, shoot it, or boot it! "Not eating an ice-cream / Or riding a bike / No - kicking a ball / Is what I like. What I like best / yes, most of all / in my whole life / is ...kicking a ball." A wonderful rhyming story to read aloud, Kicki ...Show more
The Leaf Men by William Joyce
13.00 NZD
Category: Sophisticated Picture Books
The brave good bugs march off to save the garden . . First, they must fight the evil Spider Queen . . .Before summoning the Leaf Men to save the day . . .But what about the mystery of the Long-Lost Toy? Here is ancient elfin magic, epic adventure, and a bugle salute to the power of memory, loyalty and l ...Show more
Zou by Michel Gay
20.00 NZD
Category: Sophisticated Picture Books | Series: Zou
Zou, a resourceful little zebra, finds a creative solution to a problem all young children will identify with, making for a sweet, humorous family story, especially good for Saturday mornings.
A Day to Remember by Jackie French
20.00 NZD
Category: Sophisticated Picture Books
Anzac Day is the day when we remember and honour Anzac traditions down the ages, from the first faltering march of wounded veterans in 1916 to the ever increasing numbers of their descendants who march today. Containing reference to the many places the Anzacs have fought, and the various ways in which t ...Show more
Tell Us a Story, Papa Chagall (Anholt's Artists) by Laurence Anholt
19.00 NZD
Category: Sophisticated Picture Books | Series: Anholt's Artists
The twins Meret and Bella love their grandfather, Papa Chagall, and he loves telling them stories. One day, when they visit him in his studio, he tells them about his life - through four different stories, all told during a day they spend together.The first story is about Chagall's childhood, and how h ...Show more
Waves: For Those Who Come Across the Sea by Donna Rawlins
30.00 NZD
Category: Sophisticated Picture Books
Waves is a narrative non-fiction book about the waves of migration to the shores of Australia. Every journey is perilous, every situation heartbreaking. Every refugee is a person forced by famine or war or fear to leave their home, their families, their friends and all they know. Children have travelled ...Show more
Cicada by Shaun Tan
30.00 NZD
Category: Hardback Picture Books
From the visionary Shaun Tan, an inspirational story for all ages! Cicada tells the story of a hardworking little cicada who is completely unappreciated for what he does. But in the end, just when you think he's given up, he makes a transformation into something ineffably beautiful. A metaphor for grow ...Show more
Secret Agent Elephant by Eoin McLaughlin
20.00 NZD
Category: Sophisticated Picture Books
Watch out, supervillains. There's a new spy in town . . . Secret Agent 00 Elephant has struggled through his secret service tests and how he's ready to take on his first spy mission: to find feline supervillain Vincent le Morte and stop him from destroying the world. He just needs to stay away from th ...Show more