Category: Pick A Path Stories | Series: You Say Which Way | Reading Level: 8-12
Search for pirate treasure. Live in a magic house. Go on safari. Travel back in time. An interactive collection where YOU say which way the story goes. This volume contains four books: Pirate Island, In the Magician's House, Lost in Lion Country, Once Upon an Island. These stories depend on YOU. At th ...Show more
Category: Biography & Autobiography
Jacinda Ardern, Prime Minister of New Zealand, is lauded as one of the world's most influential people. Her rise to power has been stellar. In 2017, she became leader of the Labour party just seven weeks before the election, at which she claimed the top job.
Category: NZ Picture Books
In February 2019, after many weeks of drought conditions, an inadvertent incident with a piece of farm machinery led to the worst fires ever experienced in the Tasman region in the upper South Island. As the flames roared over the tinder-dry region, helicopters and fixed wing planes took to the skies wi ...Show more
Category: NZ Middle Fiction
Plans for the Newtoun community’s Waitangi Day celebrations are well under way. The Tape Orchestra’s practising like mad. Monty and Mr Steve Vibrant are designing a poster. Rishi’s trying to land Lil Yacht Shifty … and Ms Ropata’s juggling it all because everyone wants in. ...Show more
Category: NZ Non Fiction
Four pivotal moments in New Zealand's history are examined through a variety of source materials and commentary that enlivens the event and describes its impact on our society and growth as a nation. Hindsight is a resource for all schools and libraries. These topics are linked to themes in the social ...Show more
Category: NZ Picture Books
Twinkle, tickle, little star, of the salty sea. Near the rocks where mussels cling, is where I’m sure to be. A zillion feet adorn my arms; I don’t have a head or teeth. My bottom’s on the top of me; my mouth is where? Underneath. Anne Hunter's playful and delightful rhymes along with D ...Show more
Category: NZ Picture Books
There are just a few days to go before Christmas, and everyone’s busy putting up decorations, preparing food and getting ready for the big day. Then comes the shock news – Santa’s cancelled Christmas. Santa had so many disasters last year that he can’t face it again, and he&rsquo ...Show more
Category: NZ Non Fiction
Much has been written about explorer Ernest Shackleton’s three courageous expeditions to the Antarctic. What is not so well-known is the crucial role that Captain Frank Worsley played in saving the lives of the crew of Endurance after it got stuck in ice floes and broke apart during the attempt to ...Show more
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
Category: Te Reo Maori Language
In ancient times in Aotearoa, there was a beautiful lake in which there dwelt two monstrous taniwha. Their names were Whataitai and Ngake. Whataitai and Ngake are two taniwha living in a beautiful lake. But when Ngake gets bored and decides to break free to the ocean his actions have far reaching conse ...Show more
Category: NZ Picture Books | Series: Maui's Taonga Tales
Aimed at children aged seven to eleven, this book’s lively stories tell the tales of some of the taonga held at Aotearoa New Zealand’s famous national museum, Te Papa, through appealing text and fantastic illustrations. The book’s pūkōrero, or story teller, is Māui, th ...Show more
Category: NZ Middle Fiction
A vengeful dragon. A magician lurking in the shadows. A ragtag team fighting to stop the planet from plunging into turmoil. When fourteen-year-old Ivy falls through a portal into Ghost Orchid, she is scared and alone. Then, she meets a group of teen rebels fighting to save the icy waste ...Show more
