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The Adventures of Tupaia by Courtney Sina Meredith & Mat Tait
$35.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
The incredible story of Tupaia, Tahitian priest navigator, who sailed on board the Endeavour with Captain Cook on his first voyage to Aotearoa. Follow Tupaia as he grows up in Ra'iatea, becoming a high-ranking 'arioi and master navigator. Join him as he meets up with Cook in Tahiti and sails as part of ...Show more
Wild at Heart by Miriam Lancewood
$37.00 NZD
Category: Biography & Autobiography
Due October Gripping sequel to the international bestseller Woman in the Wilderness, Miriam Lancewood's story of the quest for a simple life, unfettered by society's norms. Miriam Lancewood's first book Woman in the Wilderness told her story of living for seven years in the wilderness of New Zealand wi ...Show more
Ada Lovelace (Little People, Big Dreams) by Isabel Sanchez Vegara
$23.00 NZD
Category: Biography & Autobiography | Series: Little People, Big Dreams
Meet Ada Lovelace, the British mathematician and daughter of poet Lord Byron. Part of the beloved Little People, BIG DREAMS series, this inspiring and informative little biography follows the colourful life of Lord Byron's daughter, from her early love of logic, to her plans for the world's first comput ...Show more
Untwisted: The Story of My Life by Paul Jennings
$40.00 NZD
Category: Biography & Autobiography
Honest, insightful, funny - a brilliant memoir about writing and teaching and life from one of Australia's most loved children's authors. Sometimes, rather than making you laugh or cry out in surprise, a story will instead leave you wondering about human fragility. In the telling of his own tale, childr ...Show more
Bill and Shirley: A Memoir by Keith Ovenden
$35.00 NZD
Category: Biography & Autobiography
Bill Sutch and Shirley Smith were two of New Zealand's most significant twentieth-century figures: Sutch as an economist, influential civil servant, and inspirational proponent of innovation in the fields of social and economic development, and Smith as glass-ceiling breaker in the formerly male-dominat ...Show more
To Dance by Siena Cherson Siegel
$23.00 NZD
Category: Biography & Autobiography
A beautifully refreshed and expanded special edition of the Sibert Honor-winning graphic memoir about the dreams and realities of becoming a ballerina. Ballerinas are young when they first dream of dance. Siena was six--and her dreams kept skipping and leaping, circling and spinning, from airy runs alo ...Show more
Sky High: Jean Batten's Incredible Flying Adventures by David Hill; Phoebe Morris
$25.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books | Series: David Hill's Kiwi Legends
The little plane has been flying across the sea for eight hours. Huge black clouds surround it. Rain pours in. Wind slams. The aircraft is tossed around like a leaf. The pilot stares into the darkness. How much fuel is left? Is she flying in the right direction? How long till she reaches land? In 1934, ...Show more
Josephine Baker (Little People, Big Dreams) by Isabel Sanchez Vegara; Agathe Sorlet
$23.00 NZD
Category: Biography & Autobiography | Series: Little People, Big Dreams
Meet Josephine Baker, the world-famous entertainer, activist, and French Resistance agent in this true story of her life New in the beloved Little People, BIG DREAMS series, this inspiring and informative little biography follows the incredible life of Josephine Baker, from growing up in St Louis, Misso ...Show more
Ella Fitzgerald (Little People, Big Dreams) by Isabel Sanchez Vegara
$23.00 NZD
Category: Biography & Autobiography | Series: Little People, Big Dreams
Meet Ella Fitzgerald, one of the most influential jazz singers of all time! Part of the beloved Little People, BIG DREAMS series, this inspiring and informative little biography follows the inspirational life of the First Lady of Song, from her early singing days on the streets of Harlem to her success ...Show more
Amelia Earhart (Little People, Big Dreams) by Isabel Sanchez Vegara
$23.00 NZD
Category: Biography & Autobiography | Series: Little People, Big Dreams | Reading Level: Children's - Grade 1-2, Age 6-7
In this international bestseller from the critically acclaimed Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the life of Amelia Earhart, the American aviation pioneer. When Amelia was young, she liked to imagine she could stretch her wings and fly away like a bird. As a grown woman, she set a new female ...Show more
Anzac Girl: The War Diaries of Alice Ross-King by Kate Simpson
$28.00 NZD
Category: Hardback Picture Books
The true story of Anzac girl Sister Alice Ross-King, who sailed to war in December 1914 and became the most decorated woman in Australia. It was 1914 when Sister Alice Ross-King left Australia for the war. Nursing was her passion - all she had ever wanted to do. But Alice couldn't have imagined what she ...Show more
Marie Curie (Little People, Big Dreams) by Isabel Sanchez Vegara
$23.00 NZD
Category: Biography & Autobiography | Series: Little People, Big Dreams
In this international bestseller from the critically acclaimed Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the life of Marie Curie, the Nobel Prize-winning scientist. When Marie was young, she was unable to go to college because she was a woman. But when she was older, her scientific work was respected a ...Show more