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The Book of Angst - Understand and Manage Anxiety by Gwendoline Smith (Dr Know)
$25.00 NZD
Category: Teenage Issues | Reading Level: near fine
From the author of international bestsellers The Book of Knowing and The Book of Overthinking. There's a lot of angst around these days. This heightened sense of fear, concern, insecurity and uncertainty can be overwhelming. Bestselling author of The Book of Overthinking and The Book of Knowing Gwen ...Show more
Do Animals Fall In Love? by Katherina von der Gathen & Anke Kuhl
$33.00 NZD
Category: Animals
All the most fascinating and astonishing facts about animal reproduction, from seduction methods and anatomy to family life and animal babies, in a compendium for the whole family. Bats give birth upside down. Swifts can mate while plummeting through the air. Scorpions attract their partners with a roma ...Show more
Inside Bubble Earth: The Story of Climate Change by Des Hunt
$40.00 NZD
Category: Environmental Issues
What causes climate? What changes climate? Des Hunt takes us on an in-depth look at the science of climate and what we can all do to help the earth thrive. Favourite kiwi eco-fiction writer, Des Hunt, presents the facts about the changes in the world’s climate and the effects of human actions in this n ...Show more
Tree Beings by Raymond Huber
$35.00 NZD
Category: Plants & Trees
We depend on trees for our survival, yet few of us understand just how fascinating these beings really are. With a foreword by the world-renowned anthropologist Jane Goodall, Tree Beings is an adventure through the secret world of trees. Challenging the perception that trees are just ‘silent statues’, i ...Show more
Fossils from Lost Worlds by Damien Laverdunt & Helene Rajcak
$40.00 NZD
Category: Earth Science
A large-format non-fiction picture book that describes the incredible creatures that once walked the Earth, with a lively mix of illustrations, comics and facts. Walk in the footsteps of the first fossil researchers to discover the earliest animal life on Earth. Explore the story of a spiny sea worm w ...Show more
Becoming: Adapted for Younger Readers by Michelle Obama
$35.00 NZD
Category: Biography & Autobiography
What's important is our story, our whole story, including those moments when we feel a little vulnerable . . . Michelle Robinson started life sharing a bedroom with her older brother Craig, in their family's upstairs apartment in her great-aunt's house. Her parents, Fraser and Marian, poured their love ...Show more
Invented by Animals by Christiane Dorion
$28.00 NZD
Category: Animals
Humans think they invent everything, but the fact is, us animals have invented ways of solving problems, making unbelievable materials, ways of getting around and working out how to survive on our own for millions of years. In this book you will meet the animal inventors who have shared their super inve ...Show more
FACTopia by Kate Hale
$28.00 NZD
Category: Reference Books
Enter a world of astounding facts which connect to each other in surprising and hilarious ways!Did you know that a squid has a brain the shape of a doughnut? Or that some butterflies drink turtle tears? Welcome to FACTopia!, a marvellous place where every fact is delightful and astounding! Each fact in ...Show more
Egg and Spoon - An Illustrated Cookbook by Alexandra Tylee & Giselle Clarkson
$40.00 NZD
Category: Cook Books/Party Books
Egg and Spoon is a beautiful illustrated cookbook for children—and adults—that celebrates imagination, confidence and the fun of cooking. A scrumptious collection for anyone who loves good healthy food— and an occasional indulgence. Here are after-school snacks, breakfast on a stick, cakes, slices and ...Show more
Britannica All New Children's Encyclopedia (HB) by Christopher Lloyd
$65.00 NZD
Category: Encyclopedias
The gorgeous volume explores a wide range of kid-friendly topics, using text, illustrations, infographics, and photography, all in an upscale package that blings with the best of them. In keeping with Britannica’s reputation for expert involvement, each spread include a credit to the expert involved wi ...Show more
Searching For Charlie: In Pursuit of the Real Charles Upham VC & Bar by Scott Tom
$50.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction | Reading Level: near fine
Captain Charles Hazlitt Upham is the only combat soldier ever to win the Victoria Cross twice. His acts of bravery in World War II meant he probably deserved six more. The mystery of how a reserved, modest, slightly built farm valuer from New Zealand, could be so ferocious and fearless in battle has i ...Show more
Hey Awesome: A book about anxiety, courage, and being already awesome by Karen Young
$28.00 NZD
Category: Early Experiences & Issues
If kids with anxiety could see their strengths, they would feel so much bigger than their anxiety. They would feel bigger than everything - as though a tiny, tip-toed stretch could have them touching the top of the world from where they are. This book is a reminder for all kids that everything they need ...Show more