Kua Whetūrangitia a Koro (How My Koro Became a Star Te Reo Māori edition) by Brianne Te Paa
$21.99 NZD
Category: Te Reo Māori
A young boy learns about the customs around celebrating Matariki from his grandfather. They watch the stars from the top of a mountain, prepare their offering of food for the gods, and the boy learns about Te Waka o Rangi and the tradition of calling out the names of loved ones who have passed away so t ...Show more
How My Koro Became a Star (Kua Whetūrangitia a Koro Te Reo Pākēha Edition PB) by Brianne Te Paa
$21.99 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
A young boy learns about the customs around celebrating Matariki from his grandfather. They watch the stars from the top of a mountain, prepare their offering of food for the gods, and the boy learns about Te Waka o Rangi and the tradition of calling out the names of loved ones who have passed away so t ...Show more
Masher by Fifi Colston
$18.99 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction 8-12-year-olds
What would you do if you accidentally created a barking-mad glove puppet, with sharp teeth, a fierce attitude and an unpredictable mouth? A boy and a fast-talking terrier glove puppet form a hilarious double act in this warm and funny illustrated novel for readers twelve years and under. Twelve-year-o ...Show more
Andromeda Bond in Trouble Deep by Brian Falkner
$24.99 NZD
Category: NZ Teen Fiction
In a very near future the International Space Station has been replaced by a massive new satellite, known as Spacetown, complete with the world's first space hotel, restaurants, bars, fun park, and gaming arenas. When 12-year-old Andromeda is selected for the world's first real life, zero gravity, live- ...Show more
He Raru Ki Tai (To Trap a Taniwha te reo Māori Edition) by Jane Cooper
$24.99 NZD
Category: Te Reo Māori
He Raru ki Tai is an adventure story set in seventeenth-century Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland when the hapū of Ngā Oho/Ngā Iwi predominated. Armed with the courage of their convictions, two girls embark on a perilous journey to challenge their leaders’ actions. Cousins, Te Kawenga and Kakati learn of a plan ...Show more
Duck Goes Meow (PB) by Juliette Maclver
$21.99 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
Woof! says Dog. Moo! says Cow. Cluck! says Hen, and Duck Goes ... Meow. A little yellow duckling is amongst animal friends who are all sure of the sounds they make: hiss, neigh, moo, cheep, cluck and oink. But when Duck goes ‘meow’, the other animals say no, that is wrong, try again ... then Duck’s mam ...Show more
Farewell, Anahera by Vanessa Hatley-Owen;
$19.99 NZD
Category: Death and Grieving
This is a beautiful, comforting and uplifting story for anyone who has lost someone that they love. From far away Hawaiki called to her. Turning her face to the sun, she was ready for her next adventure. In the distance, across the shining sea smiling faces of her ancestors were ready for her, their han ...Show more
4 Yaks and a Yeti by Peter Hillary; Ant Sang
$29.99 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
High in the foothills of the Himalayas, a young Nepalese boy, Lhakpa, and his four loyal yaks - Yak, Nak, Zopchok and Zum - embark on a perilous journey to find the mythical castle, Shangri-La. On this daring adventure Lhakpa and his yaks battle the perils of the misty mountains - freezing snowstorms an ...Show more
Roar Squeak Purr: A New Zealand Treasury of Animal Poems by Paula Green
$45.00 NZD
Category: Emotions and Feelings
A marvellous menagerie of animal poems for children by New Zealand's best writers - some of them children - selected by star New Zealand poet Paula Green and adorably illustrated by Jenny Cooper.A marvellous menagerie of more than 200 animal poems by Aotearoa's best writers, ROAR SQUEAK PURR shows just ...Show more
Te Wehenga: The separation of Ranginui and Papatūānuku by Mat Tait
$36.99 NZD
Category: Maori Myths & Legends
Stunning retelling of the Māori creation story about the separation of Ranginui, sky-father, and Papatūānuku, earth-mother. Te Wehenga is the separation of Ranginui, sky-father, and Papatūānuku, earth-mother.Award-winning illustrator Mat Tait has written and illustrated this stunning retelling of the ...Show more
Te Kokorangi ( Te Kо̄kо̄rangi ): Te Aranga o Matariki (The Astromancer: The Rising of Matariki - Te Reo Māori Edition) by Witi Ihimaera, Hēni Jacob; Isobel Joy Te Aho-White
$25.00 NZD
Category: Te Reo Māori
E kimi ana a Te Kokorangi i etahi pia hou tokowha hei ako i nga korero o Matariki me te maramataka. Kowhiria ana etahi tama tokotoru, me tetahi kotiro, he pani, ko Aria te ingoa. Tohe ana a Aria kia haere ano ko tana kuri haunga i tona taha. Ka ahua hoha a Aria i nga akoranga, kaore hoki ia e pai kia to ...Show more
Roo and Vladimir (An Unlikely Friendship) by Minky Stapleton
$21.99 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
The heart-warming tale of a small Pekingese and a very large dog called Roo. Roo is big. He is goofy. He is clumsy. And all he wants is a friend. But the other dogs are afraid of him, which makes Roo sad. Then he is befriended by Vladimir the Pekingese–the best friend in the whole world. It takes a big ...Show more