Trev and the Kauri Tree (Kiwi Corkers) by Chris Gurney
18.50 NZD
Category: Picture Books | Series: Kiwi Corkers
Times are tough, and when Mum sends Trev off to the market to sell his bike, she is disgusted when he comes home with a handful of seeds and chucks them out the window. Next morning, Trev is amazed to see a giant kauri tree has grown up beside the house and at the top of the tree he finds a taniwha's la ...Show more
Witchy Goes Shopping by Dianne Boles
18.99 NZD
Category: Picture Books
It's Witchy's birthday so she decides to make some special party food but the cupboard is bare, and she can't remember the magic word to restock it. Witchy decides to go to the supermarket and on arrival discovers she has left her glasses behind so has to peer closely at everything. When she gets home W ...Show more
Old Hu-Hu (H/B) by Kyle Mewburn
29.99 NZD
Category: Picture Books | Reading Level: 4-7
Winner of the the Picture Book Category and Book of the Year New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards 2010. Everyone loved Old Hu-Hu. But nobody loved him quite as much as little Hu-Hu-Tu. This is a thoughtful tale of young Hu-Hu-Tu's search for understanding about what happened to his beloved Old Hu-Hu, ...Show more
Tiny Miss Dott and Her Dotty Umbrella by Michelle Osment
18.99 NZD
Category: Picture Books
Miss Dott takes her umbrella (in case it rains) and leaves it outside the charity shop where she works. One of the customers, having just bought a new shirt that he doesn't want to get wet, borrows the umbrella (with the intention of bringing it back shortly), and leaves it outside the music shop. A gir ...Show more
Peter and the Pig by Simon Grant
19.50 NZD
Category: Picture Books | Reading Level: very good
The pet shop owner manages to sell our pirate a whole list of 'alternative items' that he doesn't really want, with hilarious results. This is the funniest read-aloud we've seen in a very long time!
Brian Saves Christmas by Yvonne Morrison
19.50 NZD
Category: Picture Books
Yvonne Morrison rewrites the Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer story, using the characters from A Kiwi Night Before Christmas. Brian is a new lamb born to a couple of the sheep that pull Santa’s tractor. But Brian doesn’t like rugby or flying, for that matter. He’d much rather gaze at the stars than fly th ...Show more
Wacko Kakapo (Kiwi Corkers) by Yvonne Morrison; Donovan Bixley
18.50 NZD
Category: Picture Books | Series: Kiwi Corkers Great New Zealand Yarns
Yvonne Morrison shows her skill at adapting a traditional story to the Kiwi experience - this time following the style of Henny Penny. Wacko Kakapo, Peewee Kiwi, Go-Getter Weta and friends set off to tell Tane Mahuta that the sky is falling. But when they all fall into the clutches of Gotta-Gloat Stoat, ...Show more
Tuatara and the Skink (Kiwi Corkers) by Yvonne Morrison
18.50 NZD
Category: Picture Books | Series: Kiwi Corkers
The pairing that brought us "Wacko Kakapo" now delights with the New Zealand version of the fable "The Tortoise and the Hare". In this version it's the slow native tuatara ad the quick little skink that are pitted against each-other to prove that 'slow and steady wins the race'. Illustrated by Donovan B ...Show more
Brian saves Christmas by Yvonne Morrison
18.99 NZD
19.50 (2% off)
Category: Picture Books
Brian is a new lamb born to a couple of the sheep that pull Santa's tractor. But Brian would much rather gaze at the stars than fly through them. However, brainy Brian's talents prove essential when the team are fog bound on Christmas Eve. First published in 2008.
Down in the Forest by Yvonne Morrison
21.99 NZD
Category: Picture Books
By the author of "A Kiwi Night Before Christmas", this charming New Zealand version of the much loved traditional story "Over in the Meadow" is brought to life by the vivid illustrations of Jenny Cooper.
The Little Tractor by Joy Cowley
19.50 NZD
Category: Picture Books
Joy Cowley and Gavin Bishop join forces in this charming 'circle of life' story that combines lilting language with stunning illustrations. Many years ago, when Joy Cowley wrote Mouse Bride for Scholastic the artist who worked on the project created a wonderful tractor that subsequently inspired The Rus ...Show more
The Bantam and the Soldier by Jennifer Beck
19.50 NZD
Category: Picture Books | Reading Level: very good
It is wartime in Europe. A young soldier from 'a country on the other side of the world' rescues and brings back to health a little bantam, and in the midst of the fighting and devastation an unusual friendship is formed. Every morning the bantam lays an egg for the soldier and his friends and becomes t ...Show more