Category: NZ Poetry
A new gift edition of James K Baxter's classic poems for children, illustrated by Kieran Rynhart. The poems in Seagull Seagull are light and easy read-alouds for classrooms or with toddlers-on-the-couch. James K Baxter wrote these poems when he was teaching in Lower Hutt in the 1950s. Successful in th ...Show more
Category: Treasury Collections & Special Editions
"This glorious paperback edition of Newt Scamander's Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is considered a classic throughout the wizarding world. It features an extraordinary array of magical creatures, from Acromantula to Yeti via ten different breeds of dragon all beautifully illustrated in full co ...Show more
Category: Treasury Collections & Special Editions
Joy Cowley's favourite stories, poems and nonsense rhymes collected in a hardback gift volume for the family to treasure. It selects the best of Cowley's poems and stories to read aloud, including much-loved classics such as Greedy Cat and Nicketty-Nacketty Noo Noo Noo. Fully re-illustrated with humour ...Show more
Category: Treasury Collections & Special Editions | Series: Toitoi: A Journal for Young Writers and Artists
“One thing I wish people understood about me is that I have a story to tell” — Elaf Abduljawad, age 11 The Jillion is a collection of incredible work from Toitoi Issues 1-12. Written and illustrated by New Zealand’s young writers and artists ages 5-13, the Jillion is a celebra ...Show more
Category: Treasury Collections & Special Editions
Here are eight princesses for the Rebel Girls generation: bold, empowered, full of curiosity, adventure and determined to be true to themselves. Natasha Farrant's original stories are set in different times all around the world, blending modern and traditional storytelling with glowing full colour ...Show more
Category: Treasury Collections & Special Editions
A collection of 11 best-loved Grimm fairy tales featuring animal characters, including The Bremen Town Musicians, The Hedge King, The Wolf and the Seven Young Kids, The Hare and the Hedgehog, and more, translated by Guardian Children's Fiction Prize winner Kevin Crossley-Holland and wonderfully illustra ...Show more
Category: NZ Picture Books
In the next door garden they were digging out a drain when the weather turned quite nasty and it poured and poured with rain. When digging out a drain, the little yellow digger gets stuck in the mud. So they bring in a bigger digger... Since the publication of the first story more than 20 years ago, the ...Show more
Category: Treasury Collections & Special Editions
In the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, The Wild Swans, a princess rescues her 11 brothers from a transformative spell cast by their wicked stepmother. This classic story of enchantment is here presented in a remarkable and unusual way - as a series of unfolding illustrations that tell the tale witho ...Show more
Category: Junior Fiction | Series: Daisy
Daisy's getting into double the trouble in this fantastic collection! Whether she's tracking down thieves in Daisy and the Trouble With Burglars, or starring in her school nativity play in Daisy and the Trouble With Christmas, one thing's for sure - there's always trouble when Daisy's about.
Category: Treasury Collections & Special Editions | Series: Little Critter
This new collection features seven of your favorite Little Critter stories! Join Little Critteras he enters the school science fair, builds his own growing machine, trains for a big race, enjoys a snowy day, becomes the captain of a tugboat, drives a dump truck, and spends a weekend with Grandma and Gra ...Show more
Category: Treasury Collections & Special Editions
Contains five popular stories from around the world: How Elephants Lost Their Wings, The Lion and the Mouse, Brer Rabbit and the Blackberry Bush, The Little Red Hen, The Little Giraffe. Each story is beautifully illustrated and perfect for either reading aloud or for more confident readers to tackle alo ...Show more
