Category: Animals
Get ready for a whole new look at the world around you. You're about to meet the weirdest, wildest and most amazing animals on the planet. Are zombie jellyfish real? Do frogs like opera? Which animals eat poop? (And more importantly, WHY?!) What's it like to wrestle a python ...Show more
Category: NZ Non Fiction
Wildbase Hospital in Palmerston North is a very special hospital for very special animals, and in this follow-up to the hugely successful How to Mend a Kea, author Janet Hunt focuses on the tales of three kiwi who have been treated there. The stories are fascinating and touching accounts of their diffe ...Show more
Category: Earth Science
Have you got 2 minutes? That's all the time it takes to become a #2minutesuperhero. Plastic is everywhere. It is in the rivers and it is in the sea. We need superheroes to fight plastic and help save our oceans. Read this essential book and find out how you can become a #2minutesuperhero by completing 5 ...Show more
Category: Animals
True tales of wild and wonderful lives to be treasured forever! In this fascinating and touching book, children can learn about 50 courageous creatures from around the world and throughout history. This captivating collection gathers heart-warming, surprising and often emotionally powerful stories of b ...Show more
Category: NZ Non Fiction
Once, the mighty tohora, or southern right whale, was a common sight in winter off the coast of Aotearoa. But it proved to be an easy target for the 19th-century whalers, and was soon driven to the edge of extinction. In the 20th century, however, it became a protected species, and once commercial whali ...Show more
Category: Bugs and Insects
The photographic story of Muriel, a monarch butterfly, and how she grows from a tiny white egg to emerge from her chrysalis as a beautiful butterfly.
Category: Astronomy
What is the sun? Where does Earth fit into the solar system? Which planet is 1321 times the size of Earth? Learning about space has never been so easy with this compact book of all things space. The interesting facts will have even the most reluctant readers hooked. Learn why Saturn is the only planet s ...Show more
Category: Experiments | Series: STEAM Ahead
Science isn't limited to the classroom--it can be cooked up in the kitchen This photographic book of experiments and projects covers covers chemical reactions, states of matter, microbiology, and much more- all with ingredients and equipment that can be found in the kitchen. The STEAM Ahead series shows ...Show more
Category: Human Body | Series: Senses
What does it feel like when you stroke a cat? How does your body tell you when it is hurting? Which part of your body has the toughest skin - and which is the most sensitive? All these questions and more to help you really understand what the sense of touch is all about. The series, Senses, is an engagi ...Show more
Category: Science | Reading Level: From 6
Journey through science in this Discovery Kids Factivity kit! Learn hundreds of facts and complete tons of activities, puzzles, mazes, and more while you explore this Science Factivity kit. Then use the 20 pieces to build 6 different molecules included in this awesome Factivity set. Read the book. Compl ...Show more
Category: Social Sciences | Series: Children's Rights
Amin belongs to the Taca-Taca nomadic tribe in the land of Akida. Accidentally separated from his tribe, he decides to look for a new name and a new land to belong to. Along the way, however, he realises that he already has a name and a land. The story is based on Principle 3 of the Rights of the Child, ...Show more
Category: Dinosaurs
T. rex comes to life like never before with Jurassic Giants, jam-packed with fun facts, incredible graphics, and cool statistics about the biggest and baddest creatures to ever live. With a detailed, 15-piece, 6" tall model of a T. rex included in the kit, kids can assemble and enjoy aJurassic giant of ...Show more
