It's Halloween by Jack Prelutsky
$6.00 NZD
Category: Fiction | Series: Mulberry Read-Alones | Reading Level: very good
Thirteen poems to spice up the holiday that ghouls and ghosts love most. "Prelutsky's Nightmares tamed for beginning readers. They're catchy at the most rudimentary level."--Kirkus Reviews.
The Story of a New Zealand Truck Driver (Handmade Histories) by Mary Kelleher
$10.00 NZD
Category: Picture Books | Series: Handmade Histories | Reading Level: very good
Travel along the button road with Bert Williams and learn more about his life as a truck driver from the people who knew him. Bert was a real person and his story is told in wool, cotton and linen, buttons, beads and pebbles, cardboard, Dinky miniature toy trucks and Meccano. Bert was known by many diff ...Show more
The Woven Flax Kete by Angie Belcher
$6.00 NZD
Category: Picture Books | Reading Level: very good
RawiriâÃÂÃÂs class is visiting the Whirinaki Forest and his grandmother has given him a tatty old kete to collect treasures in. But what treasures does she actually meanB By the end of his trip Rawiri has learnt that not all treasures can be carried in a kete. Te Reo version also available. ...Show more
Olwen Twelve Pockets by Fiona McKay
$6.00 NZD
Category: Picture Books | Reading Level: very good
Olwen loved pockets. In each of her twelve pockets she kept something useful. But in the biggest pocket of them all she kept something really special....
The Story of the Little Mole Who Knew It Was None of His Business by Werner Holzwarth
$6.00 NZD
Category: Picture Books | Reading Level: very good
Near-sighted Mole climbs out of his tunnel only to have a large poo drop on his head. Needless to say, Mole is not pleased with this in the least, and so he begins a journey to find the offending animal. Is he looking for revenge?
Charlie and Lola - One Thing by Lauren Child
$10.00 NZD
Category: Picture Books | Series: Charlie and Lola | Reading Level: very good
A classic Charlie and Lola picture book all about counting and sums, from Children's Laureate Lauren Child. Now in a brilliant board book! Perfectly funny and perfectly formed, this hilarious picture book sees top negotiator Lola take on numbers in everyday life and bend them to her endearing and uniqu ...Show more
When Findus Was Little and Disappeared by Sven Nordqvist
$12.00 NZD
Category: Picture Books | Series: Pettson and Findus | Reading Level: very good
This is the third story translated and published by Gecko Press about one of Sweden's most popular characters, the quirky and forgetful Farmer Pettson and his curious talking cat, Findus. Farmer Pettson tells the story of when Findus was little and came to live with him, and how he lost him and found h ...Show more
In Every Tiny Grain of Sand - A Child's Book of Prayers and Praise by Reeve Lindbergh (ed.)
$12.00 NZD
Category: Children Non-fiction | Reading Level: very good
A Lion in the Meadow by Margaret Mahy
$8.00 NZD
Category: Picture Books | Reading Level: very good
When the little boy tells his mother he has seen a big, roaring, yellow, whiskery lion in the meadow, she decides to make up a story for him too and gives him a matchbox with a tiny dragon inside.
Myths and Legends of Aotearoa - 15 timeless tales of New Zealand by Annie Rae Te Ake Ake
$14.00 NZD
Category: Picture Books | Reading Level: very good
Fifteen timeless and essential Maori myths and legends are retold by gifted storyteller Annie Rae Te Ake Ake in this stunning, one-of-a-kind treasury. Illustrated by young Kiwi artists, this classic collection is a testament to the many and vibrant cultures of Aotearoa past, present and future.