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2019 - 2020 Best Books for Summer
These are the books that feature in our 2019 Best Books for summer catalogue - read the catalogue here or pick up a printed copy at the shop.
The House of Madame M by Clotilde Perrin
$37.99 NZD
Category: Pop Up, Novelty & Touch and Feel
A large-format lift-the-flaps visit to the haunted house of Madame M - enjoy the thrill of uncovering what lurks in the wardrobe, behind the door, tucked under the furniture… Are you lost? Come in. You're in luck--there's no one here just now. Shhh... Be as quiet as you can, and very, very careful... ...Show more
Guts (#3 Smile) by Raina Telgemeier
$19.99 NZD
Category: Graphic Books | Series: Smile
Raina wakes up one night with a terrible upset stomach. Her mom has one, too, so it's probably just a bug. Raina eventually returns to school, where she's dealing with the usual highs and lows: friends, not-friends, and classmates who think the school year is just one long gross-out session. It soon bec ...Show more
The Glimme by Emily Rodda
$34.99 NZD
Category: Fantasy, Magic and Science Fiction
Lone Annie sees dragons in your future... She sees giants. She sees fire and water. She sees death. Finn's life in the village of Wichant is hard. Only his drawings of the wild coastline, with its dragon-shaped clouds and headlands that look like giants, make him happy. Then the strange housekeeper from ...Show more
Frostheart by Jamie Littler
$17.99 NZD
Category: Fantasy, Magic and Science Fiction
'A feast for the eyes and the imagination!' Laura Ellen Anderson, bestselling author of Amelia Fang Bursting with brilliant characters, heart-stopping adventure and tons of laughs, this magical tale is perfect for fans of Nevermoor, Frozen and How to Train Your Dragon! Way out in the furthest part of ...Show more
All of This Is for You by Ruby Jones
$24.00 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction
In this new book, celebrated artist Ruby Jones shares dozens of luminous, heartfelt, hand-lettered artworks and messages. Life can be a bit overwhelming sometimes, but Ruby's witty, compassionate, beautifully observed drawings never fail to bring a smile of recognition, while her practical words of advi ...Show more
Three Kiwi Tales - More fabulous fix-it stories from Wildbase Hospital by Janet Hunt
$24.99 NZD
Category: NZ Natural History
Wildbase Hospital in Palmerston North is a very special hospital for very special animals, and in this follow-up to the hugely successful How to Mend a Kea, author Janet Hunt focuses on the tales of three kiwi who have been treated there. The stories are fascinating and touching accounts of their differ ...Show more
Beverly, Right Here (Three Rancheros #3) by Kate DiCamillo
$22.99 NZD
Category: Adventure and Real Life Stories
Revisiting once again the world of Raymie Nightingale, two-time Newbery Medalist Kate DiCamillo turns her focus to the tough-talking, inescapably tenderhearted Beverly. Beverly put her foot down on the gas. They went faster still. This was what Beverly wanted - what she always wanted. To get away. To ge ...Show more
#Tumeke! by Michael Petherick
$29.99 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction 8-12-year-olds
Plans for the Newtoun community’s Waitangi Day celebrations are well under way. The Tape Orchestra’s practising like mad. Monty and Mr Steve Vibrant are designing a poster. Rishi’s trying to land Lil Yacht Shifty … and Ms Ropata’s juggling it all because everyone wants in. There’ll be curry and cake, ka ...Show more
The Adventures of Tupaia by Courtney Sina Meredith & Mat Tait
$35.00 NZD
Category: NZ History
The incredible story of Tupaia, Tahitian priest navigator, who sailed on board the Endeavour with Captain Cook on his first voyage to Aotearoa. Follow Tupaia as he grows up in Ra'iatea, becoming a high-ranking 'arioi and master navigator. Join him as he meets up with Cook in Tahiti and sails as part of ...Show more
Jelly by Clare Rees
$18.99 NZD
Category: Teen Fiction
Life has its ups and downs, doesn't it? And Martha and her friends are really sick of going up, and down, and up, and down. After a traumatic event that no one can talk about or even quite remember, they're stuck on a giant killer jellyfish, tantalisingly close to the shore and safety. They've had enoug ...Show more
We Are All Greta: Be Inspired to Save the World by Valentina Giannella
$21.99 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction
Follow in Greta Thunberg's footsteps and join the global mission to save our planet from climate change. With in-depth text and data, this necessary and timely book will answer readers' questions on what climate change means, what its consequences will be, and what must be done to protect our world.
Just Because by Mac Barnett
$29.99 NZD
Category: Hardback Books
Curious minds are rewarded with curious answers in a fantastical bedtime book by Mac Barnett and Isabelle Arsenault. Why is the ocean blue? What is the rain? What happened to the dinosaurs? It might be time for bed, but one child is too full of questions about the world to go to sleep just yet. Little o ...Show more
