Shards and Ashes by Kelley Armstrong
22.00 NZD
Category: Short Stories/Plays
The world is gone, destroyed by human, ecological, or supernatural causes. Survivors dodge chemical warfare and cruel gods; they travel the reaches of space and inhabit underground caverns. Their enemies are disease, corrupt corporations, and one another; their resources are few, and their courage is te ...Show more
The Book of Bedtime Stories by Michael Rosen
35.00 NZD
Category: Short Stories/Plays
A beautifully illustrated treasury of stories to share at bedtime, written by members of Mumsnet and Gransnet and chosen by former Children's Laureate, Michael Rosen. This beautiful gift book showcases the best new writing and illustration for children. It features ten prize-winning stories, each of whi ...Show more
The Great War - Stories Inspired by Objects from the First World War
30.00 NZD
Category: Short Stories/Plays
This is a moving anthology of stories inspired by objects from the First World War, illustrated by Jim Kay. The Great War is a powerful collection of stories by bestselling authors, each inspired by a different object from the First World War. From a soldier's writing case to the nose of a Zeppelin bomb ...Show more
The Tempest by William Shakespeare
13.00 NZD
Category: Short Stories/Plays
A storm rages. Prospero and his daughter watch from their desert island as a ship carrying the royal family is wrecked. Miraculously, all on board survive. Plotting, mistaken identities, bewitching love and drunkenness follow as the travellers explore the strange place of spirits and monsters on which t ...Show more
Doctor Who: Heroes and Monsters Collection
21.00 NZD
Category: Short Stories/Plays | Series: Doctor Who
A new story collection featuring 26 adventures across time and space! The Heroes and Monsters Collection brings together our favourite short stories from the last ten years of Doctor Who. In these tales the Doctor and his companions face the Daleks, the Cybermen and many more terrifying foes. Also inclu ...Show more
The Great Automatic Grammatizator and Other Stories by Roald Dahl
21.00 NZD
Category: Adult Fiction
Thirteen of Roald Dahl's most unexpected tales. Is it really possible to invent a machine that does the job of a writer? What is it about a landlady's house that makes it so hard for her guests to leave? Does Sir Basil Turton value most his wife or one of his priceless sculptures? From the sensitivity o ...Show more
That Stubborn Seed of Hope by Brian Falkner
24.00 NZD
Category: NZ Senior Fiction
A boy helps his sister disguise her birthmark on her first day of school. A seventeen-year-old awakens to find himself trapped in an elderly body. A teenage girl discovers her boyfriend has a life-threatening virus the day after they share their first kiss. A high school student tries to communicate to ...Show more
The Twits: The Plays by David Wood (Adapted by); Roald Dahl
21.00 NZD
Category: Short Stories/Plays
Which one of your classmates is most like horrible Mr Twit by Roald Dahl? Children will have a splendiferous time - and their friends won't believe their gogglers! Roald Dahl, the best-loved of children's writers, was born in Wales of Norwegian parents. His books continue to be bestsellers, despite hi ...Show more
Huia Short Stories #12: Contemporary Maori fiction
30.00 NZD
Category: NZ Adult Fiction
This book was either translated or put together by staff of Huia Publishers. The stories in our Huia Short Stories collections are written by various Māori authors who have been selected as finalists in the short story in Māori or English, or novel extract sections in our biennial Pikihuia Awards writin ...Show more
Flying Lessons and Other Stories by Ellen Oh
37.00 NZD
Category: Short Stories/Plays
Whether it is basketball dreams, family fiascos, first crushes, or new neighborhoods, this bold anthology written by the best children's authors celebrates the uniqueness and universality in all of us. In a partnership with We Need Diverse Books, industry giants Kwame Alexander, Soman Chainani, Matt de ...Show more
Toitoi #10 (Summer 2018) by edited by Charlotte Gibbs
23.00 NZD
Category: NZ Junior Fiction | Series: Toitoi: A Journal for Young Writers and Artists
Toitoi is a quarterly journal of writing and art by New Zealand children, ages 5-13. With 100 pages of original stories, poetry and artwork, Toitoi gives our young writers and artists a real purpose and a wide audience. Toitoi can be read at home or at school and is a valuable classroom resource.
The Puffin Book of Ghosts and Ghouls by Gene Kemp; Nick Harris
21.00 NZD
Category: Short Stories/Plays
A chilling collection of 14 ghostly stories with a glow-in-the-dark cover Enter the terrifying world of the supernatural and meet an unnerving array of ghosts and ghouls, from a Victorian child with disturbing powers, two children with a gruesome plan, a boy who suddenly realizes that HE is a ghost, to ...Show more