Browse by category
A Song for Ella Grey (PB) by David Almond
20.00 NZD
Category: Young Adult Fiction
Claire is Ella Grey's best friend. She's there when the whirlwind arrives on the scene: catapulted into a North East landscape of gutted shipyards; of high arched bridges and ancient collapsed mines. She witnesses a love so dramatic it is as if her best friend has been captured and taken from her. But t ...Show more
Annie Lumsden, the Girl from the Sea by David Almond
19.00 NZD
Category: Middle Fiction
A magical story about finding your identity from one of the most acclaimed storytellers of his generation, richly illustrated in full colour by an internationally renowned artist. My mother says that all things can be turned to tales. I thought she meant tales like fish tails, but I was wrong. She mean ...Show more
Bone Music by David Almond
20.00 NZD
Category: Middle Fiction
This wonderful tale transports the reader from the city to the forests and fells of Northern England. Under a boundless starry sky, the unforgettable Sylvia Carr reconnects with the ancient past and discovers what it really means to be young in the world today.Sylvia, brave hearted and rebellious, moves ...Show more
Brand New Boy by David Almond
22.00 NZD
Category: Middle Fiction
An inventive tale by a beloved Hans Christian Andersen Award winner celebrates our differences--and the joys of inclusion--through the lens of artificial intelligence. From the boundless imagination of David Almond comes a thought-provoking question, packaged in a lively illustrated chapter book: what ...Show more
Half a Creature from the Sea: A Life in Stories (PB) by David Almond
19.00 NZD
Category: Short Stories/Plays
David Almond says of this unique collection, "Stories on the page are so beautifully neat. All that lovely black print; those lovely straight lines and paragraphs and pages. But stories are living things, creatures that move and grow in the imaginations of writer and reader. They must be solid and touch ...Show more
Island by David Almond
20.00 NZD
Category: Young Adult Fiction
A hopeful and moving coming-of-age story set on the island of Lindisfarne, by David Almond, author of the bestselling Skellig and A Song for Ella Grey: now with fantastic illustrations by the award-winning David Litchfield. Louise has travelled with her father to the island of Lindisfarne every year eve ...Show more
Joe Quinn's Poltergeist by David Almond
19.00 NZD
Category: General Graphic Books
Joe Quinn has been telling everyone about the poltergeist in his house, but no one believes him--no one, that is, except Davie. Davie's felt the inexplicable presence in the Quinns' house and has seen random objects fly through the air. And there's something else...a memory of Davie's beloved sister and ...Show more
Klaus Vogel and the Bad Lads by David Almond
15.00 NZD
Category: Senior Fiction | Series: Gr8read
Poignant and powerful narrative about intolerance and freeing yourself from bad influences, by an award-winning author...
Mouse Bird Snake Wolf by David Almond
19.00 NZD
Category: General Graphic Books
The dream team of David Almond and Dave McKean bring us a complete story set in an incomplete world. The gods have created a world - they've built mountains, a sea and a sky - and now their days are filled with long naps in the clouds (and tea and cake). That's until Harry, Sue and Little Ben begin to f ...Show more
My Dad's a Birdman by David Almond
18.00 NZD
Category: Middle Fiction
Lizzie and Dad live in a rainy town in the north of England. It's just the two of them, and Auntie Doreen, who pops round to check Lizzie's spellings and tell Dad he's daft - and make them nice hot dumplings. But today there's something unusual going on: why is Dad building himself a pair of wings and s ...Show more
My Name is Mina (Skellig #2) by David Almond
21.00 NZD
Category: Senior Fiction | Series: Skellig
Award-winning author David Almond reintroduces readers to the perceptive, sensitive Mina before the events of Skellig in this lyrical and fantastical work. My Name is Mina is not only a pleasure to read, it is an intimate and enlightening look at a character whose open mind and heart have much to teach ...Show more
Paper Boat, Paper Bird by David Almond
20.00 NZD
Category: Middle Fiction
A stunning new story from the bestselling, prize-winning David Almond, unfolding the magic of the everyday. Mina, from the unforgettable Skellig and My Name is Mina, journeys to Japan and discovers the wonders of the world around her.Kyoto, Japan. Mina is on a bus. Everything is strange and beautiful.Mi ...Show more