The Sun-Child / Tonga: the Friendly Islands (Story World) by Sara Mitchell
14.00 NZD
Category: Stories from Around the World | Series: Story World
The Sun-Child is a 24-page retelling of a traditional tale from Tonga - Level 25. The "flip" side of the book is Tonga: The Friendly Islands - Level 24. Tonga: The Friendly Islands contains 8 pages of information on the life and culture of Tonga. Contents: Traditional Tonga, Tongan Life, The Kingdom of ...Show more
Tawhaki: The Deeds of a Demigod (Tāwhaki) by Hirini Moko Mead
25.00 NZD
Category: Maori Myths and Legends
Tāwhaki: The Deeds of a Demigod recalls the miraculous life of Tāwhaki. Similar to Māui, Tāwhaki was a demigod who possessed mighty powers. Tāwhaki almost died at the hands of his brothers-in-law but was found by his wife Hine-piripiri and revived. This near-death experience revealed Tāwhaki’s status as ...Show more
Buy Me Love by Greg Brook
28.00 NZD
Category: NZ Adult Fiction
Disappointed by the way small-town New Zealand novels tend to leave out pumas, ghosts and power-crazed dictators? Don't worry; that's about to change…On the day that old friends Mark, Andy and Angela are unexpectedly reunited, they also become millionaires, along with the other 704 lucky people in Bridg ...Show more
Let's Go on a Beach Walk by Abel Junior Tutagalevao
37.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
An interactive book with great visual pictures to compliment place-based learning at the beach. The book turns walking to the beach into an interactive, playful, learning adventure. The book supports curriculum content relevant to Māori language, culture and identity. The story will develop in learner ...Show more
I'm a Tuakana at School by Abel Junior Tutagalevao
37.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
I’m a Tuakana and its companion book, I’m a Tuahine, are excellent picture books to support the Tuakana-Teina learning principles in ECE and junior classes in primary schools. Told through the eyes of a preschooler big brother, this charming picture book empowers older children and siblings by showing t ...Show more
Te Kokorangi ( Te Kо̄kо̄rangi ): Te Aranga o Matariki (The Astromancer: The Rising of Matariki - Te Reo Māori Edition) by Witi Ihimaera, Hēni Jacob; Isobel Joy Te Aho-White
25.00 NZD
Category: Te Reo Maori Language
E kimi ana a Te Kokorangi i etahi pia hou tokowha hei ako i nga korero o Matariki me te maramataka. Kowhiria ana etahi tama tokotoru, me tetahi kotiro, he pani, ko Aria te ingoa. Tohe ana a Aria kia haere ano ko tana kuri haunga i tona taha. Ka ahua hoha a Aria i nga akoranga, kaore hoki ia e pai kia to ...Show more
Showtym Viking by Kelly Wilson, Amanda Wilson
22.00 NZD
Category: NZ Senior Fiction
A thrilling equestrian novel to delight all fans of the Wilson sisters, inspired by true events - 17-year-old Amanda's nail-biting bid to win the top national Pony of the Year competition. Viking is the pony of Amanda's dreams, but does she have what it takes to win? An exciting middle-grade novel about ...Show more
Matariki Glow-in-the-Dark Stickers
7.00 NZD
Category: Stamps & Stickers
These magical glow in the dark, Matariki themed stars encourage learning and are an awesome decoration. Watch them glow when the lights go out and match the names to the 9 unique star designs. 170x275
Waiting for Later by Tina Matthews
22.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
A picture book about Nancy who wants attention from any one of her family members. Everyone says they will play with her later, so eventually she climbs a tree and waits for later. It's a book about nature, daydreaming, family, and a child coming to realise she is a small part of the whole wide world. ...Show more
How Maui Slowed the Sun (magnetic story)
38.00 NZD
Category: Te Reo Maori Language
Fed up with short days, Māui decides to teach the sun a lesson, and with his doubtful brothers in tow he sets his death defying plans into motion. Each image is printed on card and laminated with a small magnet on the back. Each legend comes in a flax kete to keep everything together easily. Illustr ...Show more
Greedy Cat's Christmas by Joy Cowley; Robyn Belton
23.00 NZD
Category: Christmas Books | Series: Greedy Cat
The plates were full. Oh, how delicious! A Christmas feast on fancy dishes! But Aunty said,"He's just a cat. He'll eat cat biscuits and that is that. The latest book in the series by Joy Cowley and illustrator Robyn Belton will throw young readers straight into some Christmassy mischief! What will he d ...Show more
Wild Places: Selected Stories by Katherine Mansfield
40.00 NZD
Category: NZ Adult Fiction
A gorgeous hardback of Katherine Mansfield's best stories, selected by her biographer Claire Harman. Katherine Mansfield was the only writer Virginia Woolf envied. Mansfield transformed the short story genre with her work, creating stories miraculous in their intensity yet seemingly so simple. The shif ...Show more