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Press Play by Anne Fine
12.99 NZD
Category: Children Fiction | Reading Level: 7+
Nicky and Tasha wake up, but instead of their mum being with them, there's just a tape recorder on the floor, with a note saying, 'Press Play.' Mum's thought of everything: Tasha needs to wear a jumper (and not that thin shirt she'll get cold in), Little Joe needs his porridge, his lunchbox and constant ...Show more
Press Play (Reading Ladder Level 3) by Anne Fine; Joëlle Dreidemy (Illustrator)
4.99 NZD
14.99 (66% off)
Category: Children Fiction | Series: Reading Ladder Level 3 Ser.
An entertaining story from former children's laureate Anne Fine. Nicky, Tasha and Joe's mum leaves for work early one day and she leaves instructions for them on a cassette-player � all they have to do is press play! Nicky and Tasha must get themselves ready for school and get baby Joe ready for playgro ...Show more
Press Play (Red Bananas) by Anne Fine
3.95 NZD
Category: Children Fiction | Series: Red Bananas
Nicky, Tasha and Joe's mum leaves for work early one day and she leaves instructions for them on a cassette-player - all they have to do is press play! Nicky and Tasha must get themselves ready for school and get baby Joe ready for playgroup without waking Dad! They have to get dressed, make porridge fo ...Show more
Return of the Killer Cat #2 by Anne Fine
12.95 NZD
15.00 (13% off)
Category: Children Fiction
The killer cat is back - and he's dangerous! Tuffy can't wait for Ellie and the family to go away on holiday. A week of freedom lies ahead - if only he can get away from the catsitter. But everything goes wrong when Tuffy is catapulted into the arms of horrid, sweet-as-pie Melanie. Melanie has always lo ...Show more
Road of Bones by Anne Fine
19.99 NZD
Category: Young Adult Fiction
Told who to cheer for, who to believe in, Yuri grows up in a country where no freedom of thought is encouraged - where even one's neighbours are encouraged to report any dissension to the authorities. But it is still a shock when a few careless words lead him to a virtual death-sentence - sent on a nigh ...Show more
Stone Menagerie by Anne Fine
16.99 NZD
Category: General Fiction
Exciting reissue edition of a favourite Anne Fine novel that explores nonconformity and the pressures to fit in to our society. Ally really doesn't want to go with his mum on her weekly visit to his fragile aunt Chloe at the big Victorian hospital - until he discovers a hidden garden in the grounds. He ...Show more
Taking the Devil's Advice by Anne Fine
26.95 NZD
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: good
Spending the summer with his ex-wife, his children, his ex-gardener (and ex-wife
Tales from Weird Street by Anne Fine
20.00 NZD
Category: Children Fiction
The children of Weir(d) Street are lazing about one sunny day when they challenge each other to tell stories of all the odd goings-on in their neighbourhood. A grandfather's guilt at the long-ago death of his twin brother, a young waiter whose rude customers get more than they bargain for, and a hard-wo ...Show more
Tales of A Killer Cat by Anne Fine
25.00 NZD
Category: Children Fiction | Series: The Killer Cat
The Killer Cat is here in two hilarious tales. In The Diary of the Killer Cat Ellie tries to get wild Tuffy to change his murderous ways before he ends up in deep, deep trouble. And in The Return of the Killer Cat, while the family is away, the cats can play, but will the grumpy cat sitter spoil the fun ...Show more
The Chicken Gave It to Me - out of print by Anne Fine
12.95 NZD
Category: Children Fiction
Andrew arrives at school with a book full of scratchy writing, telling Gemma, 'The chicken gave it to me.' Inside they find a story entitled, The True Story of Harrowing Farm, in which aliens chuck a group of chickens out of the cramped, dark barn they've been reared in, to fill it with the humans they ...Show more
The Diary of a Killer Cat (Book 1) by Anne Fine
12.95 NZD
14.99 (13% off)
Category: Children Fiction
Poor Ellie is horrified when Tuffy drags a dead bird into the house. Then a mouse. But Tuffy can't understand what all the fuss is about. Who on earth will be the next victim to arrive through the cat-flap? Can soft-hearted Ellie manage to get her beloved pet to change his wild, wild ways before he ends ...Show more
The Gingerbread Star by Anne Fine
20.00 NZD
Category: Children Fiction
A delightful adventure about a little worm that dreams of being a glow-worm, from double Carnegie winner Anne Fine.