How Are You Peeling? Food with Moods (PB) by Saxton Freymann
22.00 NZD
Category: Sophisticated Picture Books
Brief text and photographs of carvings made from vegetables introduce the world of emotions by presenting leading questions
The Night Shimmy by Anthony Browne
22.00 NZD
Category: Sophisticated Picture Books
Eric doesn't like to talk. His secret friend, the Night Shimmy, says everything for him. Then Eric meets Marcia, who doesn't mind that Eric is quiet. And Eric discovers he doesn't need his imaginary friend after all.
Willy and Hugh by Anthony Browne
20.00 NZD
Category: Sophisticated Picture Books | Series: Willy
"Willy hasn t got any friends and no-one ever lets him join in with their games. He is lonely . . . until the day he bumps into Hugh Jape in the park. Willy and Hugh are very different but they make a great team!"
My Dad (PB) by Anthony Browne
20.00 NZD
Category: Sophisticated Picture Books
"My dad can wrestle with giants, at like a horse, wim like a fish . . . Can yours? A brilliant, humorous look at fatherhood from a child s point of view, from this multi-award-winning author/illustrator.
Changes by Anthony Browne
20.00 NZD
Category: Sophisticated Picture Books
On Thursday morning at a quarter past ten, Joseph Kaye notices something odd about the kettle...Thus begins a remarkable day for Joseph, a day in which everything seems to change in the most peculiar of ways. The washbasin grows feet, the armchair becomes a gorilla, his bicycle wheel turns into an apple ...Show more
Willy's Pictures by Anthony Browne
20.00 NZD
Category: Sophisticated Picture Books | Series: Willy
Willy's pictures look like great works of art, but he has added himself and friends to famous paintings by Picasso, Magritte and many more. Open the fold out pages to see the original pictures and learn about the artists who painted them.
Olivia and the Missing Toy by Ian Falconer
20.00 NZD
Category: Sophisticated Picture Books | Series: Olivia
Olivia has one toy that she loves more than anything. She feeds him, dresses him and takes him everywhere. So when he disappears, Olivia is furious! She looks under the rug, under the sofa, and under the cat. She shouts at Ian and baby William, she cries, and she stomps, all to no avail. Then, one dark ...Show more
Seven for a Secret by Laurence Anholt
18.00 NZD
Category: Sophisticated Picture Books
Ruby lives in the city and Grampa lives in the country. They write to each other and share the events in their lives. Ruby tells about the flights of stairs in their apartment block and the sights of the city. Grampa tells Ruby about the naughty magpies that live in his old oak tree. Through the Magpie ...Show more
Minah by Bronwyn Bancroft
19.00 NZD
Category: Sophisticated Picture Books
Whenever I used to see one of those old fellers going off with a spear for murrung - fish - I'd watch him. I'd run after him. I was only a little feller but I had a sense to follow and learn how to do all those things. Not everyone has someone to look up to and learn from in their life. But for this lit ...Show more
Goal! by Mina Javaherbin
19.00 NZD
Category: Sophisticated Picture Books
A lyrical, strikingly illustrated story celebrates the unifying power of soccer. In a dusty township in South Africa, Ajani and his friends have earned a brand-new, federation-size soccer ball. They kick. They dribble. They run. They score. These clever boys are football champions! But when a crew ...Show more
George and Flora's Big Party by Joanna Elizabeth Elworthy
19.00 NZD
Category: Sophisticated Picture Books | Series: George and Flora
Mum's broken her arm and George and Flora go and ask Grandpa to help with making jam tarts. While they are there, he asks them to drop some eggs off at his neighbours, and gradually they realize that no one in the street knows each other and want to help. So they organise an amazing street party with lo ...Show more
Ziba Came on a Boat (PB) by Liz Lofthouse
18.00 NZD
Category: Sophisticated Picture Books
Ziba came on a boat. A soggy old fishing boat that creaked and moaned as it rose and fell, rose and fell across an endless sea ...Based on real events, Ziba Came on a Boatis the moving story of a little girl whose family has lost almost everything. This beautiful picture book takes us on her brave journ ...Show more