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Ride the Wind (PB) by Nicola Davies; Salvatore Rubbino (Illustrator)
$18.99 NZD
Category: Paperback Picture Books
A heartfelt story of a father and a son, of grief and reconnection--and an albatross who needs to find her way home. Javier has a secret. On one of his father's fishing trips, still hurting from the loss of his mother, he finds an albatross caught on the hooks--alive, if only barely. Against the orders ...Show more
Survivors : The Toughest Creatures on Earth by Nicola Davies
$18.98 NZD
Category: Middle Fiction 8-12-year-olds | Series: Animal Science
Everywhere on Earth there is life. From polar wastes to bubbling volcanoes, animals have adapted to survive in conditions that would kill a human quicker than you can say 'coffin' Discover how they do it in this natural history book and find out who really is the toughest animal of all.
Talk, Talk, Squawk!: How and Why Animals Communicate by Nicola Davies; Neal Layton (Illustrator)
$18.99 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction | Series: Animal Science Ser.
From the team behind Poo, Extreme Animals, What's Eating You? and Just the Right Size comes another funny and informative book on animal biology, this time looking at how and why animals communicate - for the purposes of mating, gathering food, warning of danger, and many many more. Biologist and childr ...Show more
The Day War Came by Nicola Davies
$18.99 NZD
Category: Picture Books
Imagine if, on an ordinary day, war came. Imagine it turned your town to rubble. Imagine going on a long and difficult journey – all alone. Imagine finding no welcome at the end of it. Then imagine a child who gives you something small but very, very precious... When the government refused to allow 300 ...Show more
The Day War Came (HB) by Nicola Davies
$27.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
A moving, poetic narrative and child-friendly illustrations follow the heartbreaking, ultimately hopeful journey of a little girl who is forced to become a refugee. The day war came there were flowers on the windowsill and my father sang my baby brother back to sleep. Imagine if, on an ordinary day, a ...Show more
The Leopard's Tail by Nicola Davies
$12.99 NZD
Category: Middle Fiction 8-12-year-olds
The sixth title in Nicola Davies' Heroes of the Wild series is a mountain adventure based on a real conservation project to protect Caucasian leopards. Malik loves exploring the mountains near his village in Armenia, and he's never forgotten the leopard he once saw as a very young boy. But the night he ...Show more
The Magic of Flight by Nicola Davies
$34.99 NZD
Category: Wild Animals
Our skies are full of life! From bats and birds to bees and beetles, the air around us is buzzing with amazing flying creatures.Explore how and why animals fly, and the many ways in which this incredible ability has helped them flourish on our beautiful planet, in this beautiful book from award-winning ...Show more
The Promise by Nicola Davies
$19.98 NZD
Category: Picture Books
This is a picture book of great beauty and hope about the power we have to transform our world. On a mean street in a mean city, a thief tries to snatch an old woman's bag. But she finds she can't have it without promising something in return - to "plant them all". When it turns out the bag is full of a ...Show more
The Variety of Life by Nicola Davies
$34.99 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction
Did you know there are 400,000 species of beetle, but only eight species of bear? This stunning book explores the extraordinary variety of the natural world.Our planet is full of life, from the mountaintops to the ocean's depths. This appealing nonfiction compendium pays tribute to that biodiversity wit ...Show more
The Whale Who Saved Us by Nicola Davies
$12.99 NZD
Category: Middle Fiction 8-12-year-olds | Series: Heroes of the Wild
Suki and her brother Levi have grown up in the far north of Canada, in a town with few prospects for young people. When Levi tries to commit suicide, Suki's mother bundles Suki on to a plane bound for Whale Bay, a small village further up the coast, where her great grandmother and uncle are waiting for ...Show more
The Wonder of Trees by Nicola Davies
$34.99 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction
Did you know that there are over 60,000 tree species? This stunning book explores the extraordinary diversity of trees and forests - the lungs of our earth. A glorious celebration of trees by non-fiction specialist Nicola Davies, illustrated by rising star Lorna Scobie, creators of the beautiful The Va ...Show more
Tiny: The Invisible World of Microbes by Nicola Davies
$29.99 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction
This exciting non-fiction picture book introduces young readers to the wondrous (and invisible) world of microbes. There are living things so tiny millions could fit on a dot. Although they are invisible, they are everywhere and they multiply very quickly. They are vital for life on earth, and do all so ...Show more