Ko Tama Me Te Taniwha (Tama and the Taniwha - Maori Edition) by Melanie Koster
22.00 NZD
Category: Te Reo Maori Language
Tama is down at the lake with his sisters and grandparents. When his sisters tease him about a taniwha being in the river, he takes a deep breath and dives in anyway. What is that wonderful, swirling, sparkling apparition? Is it a taniwha ... or is it something else altogether?
Grandpa's Dashing Dessert by Tania Sickling
22.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
Uh-oh – Grandpa’s back in another sticky (and sweet) situation! Straight down the hill, it went, faster and faster, a beautiful, colourful and tasty disaster. It might crash and splatter. It might topple over. We had no idea how to save our pavlova. Grandpa is back and this time he is in the kitchen b ...Show more
The Other Brother by Jax Calder
25.00 NZD
Category: NZ Young Adult Fiction
Ryan has had seventeen years of being compared to Cody, part of his toxic fractured family, so you’ll forgive him for some epic eye-rolling when it comes to Mr Perfect. Although not related to him by blood, Cody has always been annoying background noise in Ryan’s life. It doesn’t help that Cody’s a high ...Show more
Tui Street Legends (#3) by Anne Kayes
23.00 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction | Series: Tui Street 3
The Tūī Street kids are studying legends at school. After learning about the Loch Ness monster, an unusual light begins to glow through the hole in the hedge in Ella’s back yard. When they discuss Robin Hood at school, Tim discovers that the walls of a nearby house are covered with bows and arrows. Stra ...Show more
Critters of Aotearoa: 50 Bizarre But Lovable Members of Our Wildlife Community by Nicola Toki, Lily Duval
30.00 NZD
Category: Animals
Meet some of our most curious critters, from the popular Radio New Zealand podcast with Nicola Toki and Jesse Mulligan. Slimy, stinky, creepy, crawly and gross . . . but also a little bit cute! Discover New Zealand's most curious creatures - from Smeagol the gravel maggot, to the walking worm and the d ...Show more
Pasifika Navigators: Pasifika Student Poetry Collection by Pasifika Students from across Aotearoa
30.00 NZD
Category: Fiction
Pasifika Navigators are constantly trying to find their place in the world while still wanting to find, reconnect and honour who they are, what they are and everything that comes with this. Pasifika students across Aotearoa share their dreams, aspirations, life changing challenges and learnings. The poe ...Show more
Wot Knot You Got? Mophead's Guide to Life by Selina Tusitala Marsh
30.00 NZD
Category: NZ Poetry
With her trademark visual wit, our buddy Mophead unravels the knots that keep us up at night. ‘What do you do if nothing is right – not at home, at school, anywhere?’‘What if people don’t like me?’‘What if your own ideas stink?’‘How do I hug my dad?’ One morning, Selina wakes up with a twisting, tang ...Show more
Like The Wind (#2 Holding the Horse) by J. L. Williams
0.00 NZD
Category: NZ Senior Fiction | Series: Holding The Horse
A dream of glory. A dangerous choice. In racing, only winning counts. Life seems to be going well for sixteen-year-old apprentice jockey Sid Everett - until the moment he listens in on a private conversation. Now his worst fears are confirmed, and he is about to face the thing he least wants. Kn ...Show more
Caged by Susan Brocker
21.00 NZD
Category: NZ Senior Fiction
A heart-wrenching story about Sam, a 14-year-old girl from a struggling homeless family, who is already involved in petty crime. She must face her own fears and her sense of what is right, to defy a dangerous drug criminal, and rescue starving dogs and their pups from an inhumane backyard breeder.
Granny McFlitter's Eggcellent Easter by Heather Haylock
21.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
Champion knitter Granny McFlitter will have you in stitches with this very special Easter story by Heather Haylock and Lael Chisholm.Granny reached for some needles and wool from her hat."Buzz OFF, bees!" she shouted, "We're NOT having that!"The town's annual Easter Parade turns to chaos when a swarm of ...Show more
The Hudson, The Hunt & The Helicopter by Joan Joass
20.00 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction
When Oliver goes to stay with his grandparents on Herald Island, he discovers what he thinks is an old shipwreck in the Upper Waitemata Harbour. When they do some online research, Oliver and his grandfather discover the shipwreck is actually an old World War II airplane, a Hudson. They try to have a clo ...Show more
Ka Wehi Au Ki Ngā Wenerei by Linda Tuhiwai Smith; Joy Te Aho-White
22.00 NZD
Category: Te Reo Maori Language
I Don't Like Wednesdays is about a young boy learning to cope with his grief after his older brother, Apa, dies on a Wednesday. The boy was very close with Apa, and his death leaves the boy with a mix of feelings and lots of questions. With the help of his community, family and school, the boy begins to ...Show more