HerStory: 50 Women and Girls Who Shook the World by Katherine Halligan
$39.99 NZD
Category: Biography
Throughout history, girls have often been discussed in terms of what they couldn't or shouldn't do. Not anymore. It's time for herstory-a celebration not only of what girls can do but also of the remarkable things women have already accomplished, even when others tried to stop them. This uplifting and i ...Show more
Heroes by Jonny Marx; Gerhard van Wyk
$32.99 NZD
Category: Biography
Not all heroes wear capes... ...But some do have impressive costumes, amazing masks and astonishing super-human abilities. This book showcases an array of real-life superheroes. From the fearless firefighters who tackle blistering blazes to deft doctors who save lives on a daily basis, the world is cram ...Show more
Homeland - My Father Dreams of Palestine by Hannah Moushabeck; Reem Madooh (Illustrator)
$39.99 NZD
Category: Biography
As bedtime approaches, three young girls eagerly await the return of their father who tells them stories of a faraway homeland--Palestine. Through their father's memories, the Old City of Jerusalem comes to life: the sounds of juice vendors beating rhythms with brass cups, the smell of argileh drifting ...Show more
Hope in a Ballet Shoe by Elaine DePrince, Michaela DePrince
$17.99 NZD
Category: Biography
Hope in a Ballet Shoe tells the story of Michaela DePrince. Growing up in war-torn Sierra Leone, she witnesses atrocities that no child ever should. Her father is killed by rebels and her mother dies of famine. Sent to an orphanage, Michaela is mistreated and she sees the brutal murder of her favourite ...Show more
House of Dreams: The Life of L. M. Montgomery by Liz Rosenberg
$22.99 NZD
Category: Biography
This affecting biography of the author of "Anne of Green Gables" is the first for young readers to include revelations about her last days and to encompass the complexity of a brilliant and sometimes troubled life. Illustrations.
How Old Am I?: 1-100 Faces From Around The World by JR, Julie Pugeat
$34.99 NZD
Category: Biography
A first-ever children's visual reference book on age -- and a unique celebration of the diversity of humankind around the globe For young children, the concept of age is abstract when they don't have a relatable context... until now This book showcases the faces and life stories of 100 people from arou ...Show more
How to Move a Zoo by Kate Simpson
$27.99 NZD
Category: Biography
The true story of how at the beginning of the 20th century Jessie the elephant walked from Moore Park Zoo to her spacious new home in the Taronga Zoological Park. It was still dark when Mr Miller opened the gates of the old zoo, but he wasn't scared because he wasn't alone. He was with Jessie the elepha ...Show more
I Am Gandhi - Graphic Novel by Brad Meltzer; John Cassaday (Illustrator); Bryan Hitch (Illustrator); David Mack (Illustrator); Nate Powell (Illustrator)
$17.99 NZD
Category: Biography | Series: Ordinary People Change the World Ser.
Twenty-five exceptional comic book creators join forces to share the heroic story of Gandhi in this inspiring graphic novel biography. As a young man in India, Gandhi saw firsthand how people were treated unfairly. Refusing to accept injustice, he came up with a brilliant way to fight back through q ...Show more
I Am Neil Armstrong by Brad Meltzer; Christopher Eliopoulos (Illustrator)
$26.00 NZD
Category: Hardback Picture Books | Series: Ordinary People Change the World Ser.
Neil Armstrong's journey to the moon is the focus of the fifteenth entry in the New York Times bestselling series of biographies about heroes. This friendly, fun biography series focuses on the traits that made our heroes great--the traits that kids can aspire to in order to live heroically themselves. ...Show more
I Am a Secret Service Agent - My Life Spent Protecting the President by Dan Emmett; Charles Maynard
$19.99 NZD
Category: Biography
Dan Emmett was just eight years old when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. The events surrounding the President's death shaped the course of young Emmett's life as he set a goal of becoming a US Secret Service agent-one of a special group of people willing to trade their lives for that of the ...Show more
I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark by Debbie Levy
$39.99 NZD
Category: Biography
Get to know celebrated Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in the first picture book about her life as she proves that disagreeing does not make you disagreeable! Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has spent a lifetime disagreeing: disagreeing with inequality, arguing against unfair treatme ...Show more
I Will Always Write Back: How One Letter Changed Two Lives by Caitlin Alifirenka; Martin Ganda
$36.00 NZD
Category: Biography
The true story of an all-American girl and a boy from Zimbabwe and the letter that changed both of their lives forever.It started as an assignment. Everyone in Caitlin's class wrote to an unknown student somewhere in a distant place. Martin was lucky to even receive a pen-pal letter. There were only ten ...Show more