The Peacock Detectives by Carly Nugent
$8.00 NZD
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Shortlisted for the 2017 Text Prize Today would have been an ordinary Saturday, except that two things happened: 1) The peacocks escaped and 2) I started writing this story. Dad says if you want to write a story you should start by choosing a topic that you know a lot about. That's why this is a story a ...Show more
Little Tales of Hedgehog and Goat by Paula Green
$8.00 NZD
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: very good
A delightful illustrated novel for children about a goat and a hedgehog who meet in a farm field and become best friends. Goat has a tiny pink shed in a rolling paddock. She likes to stand on top of the little shed and dream of meeting other goats in other paddocks. Sometimes she looks at the sky and im ...Show more
Into the White: Scott's Antarctic Odyssey by Joanna Grochowicz
$10.00 NZD
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: Children's - Grade 4-6, Age 9-11
Together, they have taken on the greatest march ever made and come very near to great success; never giving up, and never giving up on each other. This is the story of Robert Falcon Scott's Terra Nova expedition to Antarctica and the memorable characters, who with a band of shaggy ponies and savage dogs ...Show more
The Girl the Dog and the Writer in Lucerne (#3) by Katrina Nannestad
$10.00 NZD
Category: Fiction | Series: The Girl, the Dog and the Writer | Reading Level: near fine
Freja and her mother, Clementine, are reunited at last. Tobias and Vivi are in love. And Lucerne, their new home, is a paradise of snowy alps, sapphire lakes, white swans and delicious Swiss chocolate! Everything seems perfect, until poor Lady P appears, bandaged from head to toe after a fall - or was ...Show more
Moth Girls by Anne Cassidy
$8.00 NZD
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Five years have passed since Petra and Tina were determined to explore the dilapidated house on Princess Street. But what started off as a dare ended with the two girls vanishing. As Mandy's memories of the disappearance of her two friends are ignited once again, disturbing details will resurface in her ...Show more
Tale of Benjamin Bunny by Beatrix Potter
$3.00 NZD
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: good-very good
Simplified retellings of some of the most popular Beatrix Potter characters, with enlarged original illustrations and big, clear type. These hardbacks are perfect for beginner-readers.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Charlie Bucket #1) by Roald Dahl
$7.00 NZD
Category: Fiction | Series: New 2016 Covers | Reading Level: very good
Phizzwhizzing new cover look and branding for the World's NUMBER ONE Storyteller!Mr Willy Wonkais the most extraordinary chocolate maker in the world.And do you know who Charlie is? Charlie Bucketis the hero. The other children in this book are nasty little beasts, called- Augustus Gloop- a great big gr ...Show more
Over Sea, Under Stone (#1 The Dark is Rising Sequence) by Susan Cooper
$10.00 NZD
Category: Fiction | Series: The Dark Is Rising Sequence | Reading Level: near fine
On holiday in Cornwall, Simon, Jane and Barney Drew discover an ancient map in the attic of the Grey House, where they are staying with their mysterious Great-Uncle Merry. They know immediately that it is special. But it is much more than just a map. It is the start of a quest to find a grail, a source ...Show more
The Unadoptables by Hana Tooke
$10.00 NZD
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: very good
'Milou,' Lotta said softly. 'We need adoption papers to leave. And no one except that horrid merchant wants us.''Well then,' replied Milou with a grin. 'We'll just have to adopt ourselves.'In all the years that Elinora Gassbeek has been matron of the Little Tulip Orphanage, not once have the Rules for B ...Show more
London's No 1 Dog-Walking Agency by Kate Macdougall
$7.00 NZD
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Can man's best friend hold the key to a successful career, a happy relationship and the ever-elusive work-life balance?
The Gubyllub by Lisa Hamilton-Gibbs
$8.00 NZD
Category: Picture Books | Reading Level: very good
Rose may have been a smaller size, but there was wisdom in those eyes! With tenderness she turned and said, “I see those Bullybugs have spread!”. The Gubyllub follows the story of a young girl named Rose, who witnesses bullying behaviour at school. Recognising the behaviour, she recounts her experience ...Show more