First to the Top: Sir Edmund Hillary's Amazing Everest Adventure by David Hill; Phoebe Morris
25.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books | Series: David Hill's Kiwi Legends
Up on the world's highest mountain, the sky is tinged the black color of space and the air is almost too thin to breathe. How did Ed, a small, shy boy from a tiny New Zealand town, grow up to become the world's most famous mountaineer and adventurer? How did he climb Everest and do many other astonishin ...Show more
Bite Back: A Compassionate Guide to Navigating Eating Disorders by Genevieve Mora
38.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
A compassionate guide to navigating eating disorders, for those experiencing them and their loved ones, from someone who has been there. ‘If you’d asked me at 10 what my plans were for the next few years, fighting an eating disorder would not have made the list.’ Gen’s early teenage years were the har ...Show more
Emma - Emma Twigg's Inspirational Journey to Olympic Gold by Jessica Lawry
20.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
THOSE WHO GET BACK UP, TIME AND TIME AGAIN, WILL BE REWARDED. When Emma Twigg started rowing it was difficult and not always fun. But as she stuck at it, she grew to be a world-class rower. So, winning an Olympic medal would be easy, right? Wrong. This is the remarkable true story of a young New Zeala ...Show more
Pioneer Women (The New Zealand Series) by Sarah Ell
30.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction | Series: The New Zealand Series
The first two books in The NZ Series give a new take on New Zealand society, history, science and geography. Here is a snappily designed and fact-packed collection for intermediate and high-school age readers. Pioneer Women captures the experiences of European women who settled in New Zealand in the nin ...Show more
The Polyfest: A Story from New Zealand (Children of the Pacific) by Jill MacGregor
26.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
After all their hard work, Tauava'e and her friends in the Koraunui Dance Group are ready to perform along with other schools at the Polyfest in Lower Hutt.
Kite Festival: A Story from New Zealand (Children of the Pacific) by Jill MacGregor
26.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction | Series: Children of the Pacific
Tahu and Mauriora live in Otaki on the Kapiti Coast and every year they celebrate Kite Festival with a manu taratahi, a triangular kite. Before the Kite Festival this year, Mauriora and Tahu make their own kite. They use materials from their environment to build a manu taratahi using toetoe, raupo leav ...Show more
Operation Nest Egg Chick: A Kiwi Story by Maria Gill
20.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
Follow the story of a kiwi chick laid in the wild but raised by a Kiwi Centre. Will it survive the predators? What programme is helping it? And why is the kiwi so important? A creative non-fiction story written and illustrated by best-selling author Maria Gill and award winning illustrator Bruce Potter. ...Show more
Evolving: Finding Health and Happiness as We Age by Judy Bailey
40.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
An inspiring and personal guide to ageing well and with happiness, by national treasure Judy Bailey. When beloved broadcaster Judy Bailey signed off her final news bulletin in 2005, she had no idea that the next years would be some of the most fulfilling of her life. In Evolving Judy shares new scienc ...Show more
We are One: The Spirit of Waitangi by Abel Junior Tutagalevao
42.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
A storybook about introducing the Treaty of Waitangi to preschool, kindergarten and junior primary school children. It celebrates Māori heritage, culture and identity. The language and structure are easy to understand. The book encourages children to grasp the concept of honouring the treaty's spirit b ...Show more
Animals of Aotearoa (HB) by Gillian Candler; Ned Barraud
37.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
Animals of Aotearoa is a must-have compendium for children curious about New Zealand’s wild animals. Based on the award-winning and best-selling ‘Explore and Discover’ children’s series about New Zealand’s natural history, this book is packed full of illustrations and information about our native anima ...Show more
Celebrating Matariki: A Story from New Zealand (Children of the Pacific) by Jill MacGregor
26.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
Tamarau and his friends share some ideas and activities to celebrate the season of Matariki in the classroom.
Filipino Fishing: A Story from the Philippines (Children of Asia) by Jill MacGregor
26.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction | Series: Children of Asia
Ronel and his brother go fishing with their father on a traditional outrigger called a Banca.