• Show all Categories
  • Staff Picks
    • Staff Picks - Ana
    • Staff Picks - Helen
    • Staff Picks - Kathleen
    • Staff Picks - Mary
    • Staff Picks - Mim
    • Staff Picks - Misha
  • ABOUT US
    • OUR TEAM
  • CONTACT & HOURS
    • Self Published Authors
  • SHOPPING ONLINE
    • General Information
    • Shipping and Delivery
    • Terms and Conditions
  • EVENTS AND NEWS
    • BOOK FEAST
    • EVENTS
    • BOOK NEWS
  • PHOTOS
  • NEWSLETTERS
  • WHO WAS DOROTHY BUTLER?
  •    Login/Sign up
  • Login/Sign up

The Dorothy Butler Children's Bookshop

Start typing to search by keyword, title, author or ISBN
Searching...
Going to product page...
  • ABOUT US 
    • OUR TEAM
  • CONTACT & HOURS 
    • Self Published Authors
  • SHOPPING ONLINE 
    • General Information
    • Shipping and Delivery
    • Terms and Conditions
  • EVENTS AND NEWS 
    • BOOK FEAST
    • EVENTS
    • BOOK NEWS
  • PHOTOS
  • NEWSLETTERS
  • WHO WAS DOROTHY BUTLER?
  1. Staff Picks

Browse by category

  • Show all Categories
  • Staff Picks
    • Staff Picks - Ana
    • Staff Picks - Helen
    • Staff Picks - Kathleen
    • Staff Picks - Mary
    • Staff Picks - Mim
    • Staff Picks - Misha

Staff Picks

Large 9781788005920

Orion Lost by Alastair Chisholm

$16.99 NZD

Available Stock:
0

Category: Fantasy, Magic and Science Fiction

An unputdownable science fiction adventure from a new voice in middle-grade fiction. The transport ship Orion is four months out of Earth when catastrophe strikes - leaving the ship and everyone on board stranded in deep space. Suddenly it's up to thirteen-year-old Beth and her friends to navigate thr ough treacherous and uncharted territory to reach safety. But a heavily-damaged ship, space pirates, a mysterious alien species, and an artificial intelligence that Beth doesn't know if she can trust means that getting home has never been so difficult... Hugely gripping, with incredible twists and a fast-paced, action-packed story, this is an unputdownable science fiction adventure - perfect for fans of Mortal Engines and Star Wars. ...Show more

Add to Wishlist
Large 9781444951721

Slay by Brittney Morris

$19.99 NZD

Available Stock:
0

Category: Teen Fiction

'We are different ages, genders, tribes, tongues, and traditions ... but tonight we all SLAY' Black Panther meets Ready Player One. A fierce teen game developer battles a real-life troll intent on ruining the Black Panther-inspired video game she created and the safe community it represents for black ga mers. By day, seventeen-year-old Kiera Johnson is a college student, and one of the only black kids at Jefferson Academy. By night, she joins hundreds of thousands of black gamers who duel worldwide in the secret online role-playing card game, SLAY. No one knows Kiera is the game developer - not even her boyfriend, Malcolm. But when a teen in Kansas City is murdered over a dispute in the SLAY world, the media labels it an exclusionist, racist hub for thugs. With threats coming from both inside and outside the game, Kiera must fight to save the safe space she's created. But can she protect SLAY without losing herself? ...Show more

Add to Wishlist
Large 9781510105942

Strangeworlds Travel Agency (#1 The Strangeworlds Travel Agency) by L. D. Lapinski

$19.99 NZD

Available Stock:
0

Category: Fantasy, Magic and Science Fiction | Series: The Strangeworlds Travel Agency

Pack your suitcase for a magical adventure! Perfect for fans of The Train to Impossible Places and The Polar Bear Explorers' Club. At the Strangeworlds Travel Agency, each suitcase transports you to a different world. All you have to do is step inside . . . When 12-year-old Flick Hudson accidentally end s up in the Strangeworlds Travel Agency, she uncovers a fantastic secret: there are hundreds of other worlds just steps away from ours. All you have to do to visit them is jump into the right suitcase. Then Flick gets the invitation of a lifetime: join Strangeworlds' magical travel society and explore other worlds. But, unknown to Flick, the world at the very centre of it all, a city called Five Lights, is in danger. Buildings and even streets are mysteriously disappearing. Once Flick realizes what's happening she must race against time, travelling through unchartered worlds, seeking a way to fix Five Lights before it collapses into nothingness - and takes our world with it. A magical adventure for 9+ readers that will take you to whole new worlds.   ...Show more

Add to Wishlist
Large afterwards

The Afterwards by A. F. Harrold

$18.99 NZD

Available Stock:
0

Category: Middle Fiction 8-12-year-olds

Fact- Ember and Ness are best friends.There's nothing more to say about it. It is what it is. It is what will always be. Ember and Ness.Then Ness dies. It is sudden and unexpected and leaves Ember completely empty. How can this be?When Ember finds a way into the Afterworld, she determines to bring Ness back. Because that's what friends do isn't it? They rescue each other. They help. They never give up. Ember and Ness. That don't change.A powerful, poignant, darkly comic and deeply moving story about friendship at its most extraordinary. ...Show more

Add to Wishlist
Large 9781869507343

The Bone Tiki (Aotearoa #1) by David Hair

$19.99 NZD

Available Stock:
0

Category: NZ Teen Fiction | Series: Aotearoa

What do you do when you meet a tohunga makutu? You run. When reality dissolves and myths and legends come alive? You run faster. And when the dead come to life and blood debts have to be paid, will you have the courage to do what must be done? Matiu Douglas has a bone tiki he took from a tangi. His fat her's important new client wants it. Badly. And he has some very nasty friends. When Mat is forced to flee for his life, an unexpected meeting with a girl called Pania sets his world spinning. Suddenly he's running through the bush with a girl-clown, a dog who is way too human, and a long-dead warrior. Fearful creatures from legend are rising up around him, and Mat faces a terrifying ordeal. And there is nowhere left to hide...not even in another world. A breathtaking adventure set in two parallel New Zealands, from exciting new author David Hair. The spine chilling adventure continues in The Taniwha's Tear. ...Show more

Add to Wishlist
Large 9781406386684

The Ghouls of Howlfair by Nick Tomlinson

$18.99 NZD

Available Stock:
0

Category: Mystery and Detective Stories

Molly Thompson has lots of questions. Questions like, is her Aunt Carol an undead fiend who drinks the blood of the living? Is she secretly lurking in the attic? And is Molly's friend Lowry a descendant of a long line of Kroglin werewolves?Serious young historian Molly suspects that the creepy legends a bout her tourist town of Howlfair are starting to come true. But when her mother bans her from doing any further research, bookworm Molly and her friends - Lowry and guardian-cat Gabriel - become covert monster-hunters to keep Howlfair safe. It seems that someone is secretly trying to summon Howlfair's mythical monsters, and with the election of a new town mayor looming, everything - and everyone - is becoming increasingly suspicious... ...Show more

Add to Wishlist
Large 9781913322311

The Mysterious Benedict Society (#1) by Trenton Lee Stewart

$21.99 NZD

Available Stock:
0

Category: Middle Fiction 8-12-year-olds | Series: Mysterious Benedict Society

Book 1 in the New York Timesbestselling series! 'This book reminded me of some of the children's books I grew up with, like Charlie and the Chocolate Factoryand The Phantom Tollbooth.'RICK RIORDAN, author of the PERCY JACKSON series When a peculiar advertisement appears in the newspaper for children t o take part in a secret mission, children everywhere sit a series of mysterious tests. In the end, just four children succeed: Reynie, Kate, Sticky and Constance. They have three things in common: they are all honest, all remarkably talented and all orphans. They must go undercover at the Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened where the only rule is that there are no rules. There they must work as a team to save not only themselves, but also the world outside the walls. ...Show more

Add to Wishlist
Large 9781474945660

The Peculiar Peggs of Riddling Woods by Samuel J. Halpin

$16.99 NZD

Available Stock:
0

Category: Middle Fiction 8-12-year-olds

When Poppy moves to Suds to stay with her grandmother, she discovers three peculiar women at the heart of this sleepy little town who seem to weave a strange magic over the inhabitants. But there's an even bigger mystery to solve. Children have been disappearing from Suds. Children who turned completely grey before they disappeared. Can Poppy and her new friend Erasmus brave the Riddling Woods and solve both mysteries? ...Show more

Add to Wishlist
Large 9780448479699

The Secret of the Old Clock (#1 Nancy Drew) by Carolyn Keene

$18.99 NZD

Available Stock:
0

Category: Middle Fiction 8-12-year-olds | Series: Nancy Drew

A special treat for Nancy Drew fans, and any reader who's new to the series We're releasing a stunning new edition of an old favorite: The Secret of the Old Clock, the first book in the incredibly popular, long-running series. It's the same exciting mystery that readers have fallen in love with for more than 80 years--Nancy Drew has to help Mr. Crowly's friends find his missing will, before the evil Topham family steals his full inheritance. Now with a brand-new look, this is an edition that collectors won't want to miss ...Show more

Add to Wishlist
Large this or that

This or That?: What Will You Choose at the Museum? (The British Museum) by Pippa Goodhart

$22.99 NZD

Available Stock:
0

Category: General Non-Fiction

Captivating picture book filled with hundreds of amazing artefacts - what will you choose at the British Museum?   Would you like to wear a toga or trousers? Would you play with a doll or dice? Would you live in a tent or tree? This fascinating picture book encourages children to make their own choices on every page. Featuring hundreds of amazing photographic objects from the British Museum and a QR code so you can find out more, Pippa Goodhart makes it irresistibly fun to choose between this or that. ...Show more

Add to Wishlist
Large trouble

Trouble in New York by Sylvia Bishop

$17.00 NZD

Available Stock:
0

Category: Middle Fiction 8-12-year-olds

Jamie Creeden has always wanted to be a reporter - so when he is given a tour of the famous YORKER newspaper, he can't believe his luck. But a chance phone call draws him into the mystery of the missing actress. Soon Jamie, along with his new friends Eve and Rose, must navigate a tense world of infamous villains, double crosses and carefully planted clues - a world in which he can trust absolutely no one. He still longs to be on the front page - but at what cost? Set in 1960s New York, this is another beautifully written mystery from Sylvia Bishop, author of THE SECRET OF THE NIGHT TRAIN. ...Show more

Add to Wishlist
Large 9780593119273

Witches of Brooklyn by Sophie Escabasse

$26.00 NZD

Available Stock:
0

Category: Graphic Books | Series: Witches of Brooklyn

There's a new witch in town Life in Brooklyn takes a strange turn when Effie discovers MAGIC runs in the family. A middle-grade graphic novel adventure filled with magical hjinks for fans of Phoebe and Her Unicorn and Making Friends. Effie lost her mom. Lost her home. And now she has to live with two strange aunts who she's never met before. Life in Brooklyn takes a strange twist for Effie as she learns more about her family and herself. With new friends who will do whatever they can to be there for her, a cursed pop-star, and her new magically-inclined family -- Effie's life is about to get interesting. ...Show more

Add to Wishlist
Items per page:
49 - 60 of 60 ← Previous 1 2 3 4 5 »
Print catalogue

Dorothy Butler

ADDRESS:  1 Jervois Road, Ponsonby, Auckland 1011, NEW ZEALAND

TEL: 09 376 7283

EMAIL: shop@dorothybutler.co.nz

BUSINESS NAME: Wadsworth Sisters Ltd T/A The Dorothy Butler Children's Bookshop

Wadsworth Sisters Ltd is a New Zealand registered comany.

System by Circle

© CircleSoft 2021.