Rainbow Warrior (My New Zealand Story) by Sharon Holt
21.00 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction
A re-release for a new audience, introducing a key event in NZ political history. The Rainbow Warrior was the flagship of the Greenpeace anti-nuclear movement, when it was sunk by agents of the French Foreign Intelligence (DGSE), while anchored in Auckland harbour, on the 10th of July 1985. In this My N ...Show more
Farm for Life - Mahi, mana and life on the land by Tangaroa Walker
38.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
How farming helped Tangaroa Walker to stand up, stand out and realize his own dreams.The awesomely inspiring true story of how Tangaroa Walker turned his life around through farming - and how what he learned can help anyone succeed. Tangaroa Walker's early years were pretty rough. Adopted twice, he went ...Show more
Magnolia 木蘭 by Nina Mingya Powles
30.00 NZD
Category: NZ Poetry
Shanghai, Aotearoa, Malaysia, London-all are places poet Nina Powles calls home and not-home; from each she can be homesick for another. A gorgeous bittersweet longing and hunger runs through the poems in this new collection from one of our most exciting poetic voices. In Magnolia Powles explores her ex ...Show more
Two Hundred and Fifty Ways to Start an Essay about Captain Cook (BWB Texts) by Alice Te Punga Somerville
18.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction | Series: BWB Texts
"Alice Te Punga Somerville employs her deep research and dark humour to skilfully channel her response to Cook's global colonial legacy"--Back cover.
The Dressmaker and the Hidden Soldier by Doug Gold
38.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
The true story of an escaped soldier hiding out in the house of a Greek dressmaker who is secretly a resistance fighter. It's an epic love story against the odds, set during the Nazi occupation of Greece in WW2. Peter Blunden, a New Zealand soldier captured in Crete, jumps from a train and escapes from ...Show more
Where's Wonky Donkey? A Lift-the-Felt-Flap Book by Craig Smith
17.00 NZD
Category: NZ Board & Cloth Books
The lovable Wonky Donkey is back – but he’s playing hide-and-seek! Join Dinky Donkey in this playful adventure as she searches for her dad, Wonky. Lift the soft felt flaps to discover Wonky’s hiding place and lead Dinky to her dad ... and a big ole hug. Hee Haw!
Dazzlehands [Ringakoreko Ringakōreko English edition] by Sacha Cotter
27.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
The cow says 'moo' the chicken says 'cluck' and the pig says ... 'Dazzlehands!' As hard as the farmer tries, pig won't go 'oink'. Instead, pig gets all the animals moving to:'Train hands, rain hands, fly-it-like-a-plane hands.Bursting with the razzle, gotta liberate these DAZZLEHANDS!'
Ko Tama Me Te Taniwha (Tama and the Taniwha - Maori Edition) by Melanie Koster
22.00 NZD
Category: Te Reo Maori Language
Tama is down at the lake with his sisters and grandparents. When his sisters tease him about a taniwha being in the river, he takes a deep breath and dives in anyway. What is that wonderful, swirling, sparkling apparition? Is it a taniwha ... or is it something else altogether?
Saving the Sun by Emma Pearl
38.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
After an especially sweltering day, the ocean sparkles and twinkles so invitingly that instead of slipping beneath the horizon, the sun plunges into the ocean itself. When the sun sinks and loses its fire, Luna and Poppa's yearly vacation on Summer Island suddenly goes dark. Luna knows the sun needs the ...Show more
True Story by Robyn Kahukiwa
40.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
True Story, a picture book for children that tells the story of Captain James Cook, the British Naval captain who was sent by his King George to find and claim new lands in the southern hemisphere.
The Talent Game by Rochelle Maroon
23.00 NZD
Category: NZ Senior Fiction
"You've got power-loser power!" Max almost gives up football because of these words from his teammate. But he keeps playing. He wants to be brilliant at something. Anything. Then, a mysterious host invites him to play a different kind of game. The prize-extraordinary talent. Max gets brilliant at footba ...Show more
He Mahi Taunga Kore by Linda Tuhiwai Smith; Joy Te Aho-White
22.00 NZD
Category: Te Reo Maori Language
Rangi's life changes one night when he tries to protect his mum from being beaten by her boyfriend. But she is badly injured and taken to hospital. Rangi goes to live with Nan and Koro, and during this time, he gets a homework project he thinks is impossible -about his mum and her work. He thinks he can ...Show more