Stories of Books and Libraries by Jane Holloway
38.00 NZD
Category: Adult Fiction
Here are libraries modest, mobile, mystical (Borges of course) and magical (Helen Oyeyemi's enchanting 'Books and Roses'); public and private, provincial and prestigious. Little that happened in Elizabeth McCracken's eccentric library did not happen in real life - even down to the murder; and it is rumo ...Show more
Tama Sāmoa by Dahlia Malaeulu; Mani Malaeulu
30.00 NZD
Category: Fiction
Sione, Lima, Tavita and Filipo are high school friends, uso or brothers. They are part of a special letter-writing project that helps to start a brave new conversation, an open and honest talanoa with themselves starting with the words, Dear Uso ... Here they share the cultural challenges they face, an ...Show more
From Hereabout Hill by Michael Morpurgo
20.00 NZD
Category: Middle Fiction
Explore friendship, love, revenge, life and death in the pages of From Hereabout Hill. A spell-binding collection of short stories from the nation's favourite storyteller, Michael Morpurgo. Michael Morpurgo demonstrates why he is considered to be the master story-teller with this diverse collection of ...Show more
Hope Wins - A Collection of Inspiring Stories for Young Readers by Rose Brock (Editor)
26.00 NZD
Category: Middle Fiction
In a collection of personal stories and essays, award-winning and bestselling artists from Matt de la Pena and Veera Hiranandani to Max Brallier and R.L. Stine write about how hope always wins, even in the darkest of times. Where does hope live? In your family? In your community? In your school? In your ...Show more
The World's Worst Children 3 by David Walliams
27.00 NZD
Category: Middle Fiction | Series: The World's Worst Children
From the phenomenal number-one bestseller David Walliams comes another collection of more hilariously horrible children! Illustrated in glorious and gruesome colour by artist genius, Tony Ross, these stories will appal and delight young readers. Just when you thought it was safe to go back to your books ...Show more
Labyrinths by Jorge Luis Borges
16.00 NZD
Category: Short Stories/Plays
Enter Borges' timeless worlds, where the ideal and the abstract challenge reality; where philosophical paradoxes and endless possibilities abound, and wisps of dream and magic are layered in eternal reoccurrence. To read Labyrinths is to glide through time, space, mythology and philosophy, as Borges' ch ...Show more
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More by Roald Dahl
21.00 NZD
Category: Adult Fiction
Roald Dahl - the grand master of the short story - turns his pen to anything, twisting everyday life into powerful, and sometimes terrifying fantasies. Seven superb stories, full of Roald Dahl's usual magic, mystery and suspense: meet the boy who can talk to animals, the man who can see with his eyes cl ...Show more
Random Acts of Fun (#19 Tom Gates) by Liz Pichon
21.00 NZD
Category: Middle Fiction | Series: Tom Gates
Tom Gates has fractured his ankle and is totally FED UP. Until he thinks back to some fun times he's had with his friends, grandparents and at school, and starts to imagine all the fun things he'll be able to do when the cast comes off: adventures with Rooster the dog, going metal-detecting with Uncle K ...Show more
Huia Short Stories #15
25.00 NZD
Category: NZ Adult Fiction
Here are the best short fiction stories, short non-fiction pieces and poetry from the Pikihuia Awards for Maori writers 2023 as judged by Emma Espiner, Carol Hirschfeld, Maiki Sherman, Mike Ross, Hemi Kelly and Robert Sullivan. This competition, run by the Maori Literature Trust and Huia Publishers, is ...Show more
Teine Samoa by Dahlia Malaeulu
30.00 NZD
Category: Fiction
Teine Sāmoa means Sāmoan girl. It's a label that carries with it an unspoken duty to obey, serve and respect your family and Sāmoan culture. But who can be teine Samoa? When should you be teine Sāmoa? And how can you be teine Sāmoa outside of Sāmoa? Lani is an afakasi, and is unsure of her Sāmoan herita ...Show more
Tui Street Heroes (#2) by Anne Kayes
20.00 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction | Series: Tui Street
What happens when you find yourself on a dangerous journey, and you’re expected to be the hero? Who can help when you’re faced with vicious creatures that are meant to be extinct or people who don’t care whether you live or die?The Tūī Street kids are writing ‘hero’s journey’ stories at school, but soon ...Show more
Funny Bones
28.00 NZD
Category: Short Stories/Plays
If you think you've heard every funny story there is then think again ... Funny Bones is a super-huge collection of rib-tickling stories, cartoons, comics, jokes and much, much more that's bound to get even the most serious kid laughing. With over 100 funny stories, hilarious poems and side-splitting dr ...Show more