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Stop the Train by Geraldine McCaughrean
16.50 NZD
Category: Business | Reading Level: From 12 To 99
It's 1893 and for Cissy's family a new life beckons on Oklahoma's prairies. With other settlers, they travel to Florence - a town yet to be built - and prepare for business by the Red Rock Railroad track. But the railroad company wants the land for itself and says the train will never stop there. Pap ...Show more
Stop the Train by Geraldine McCaughrean
17.99 NZD
19.99 (10% off)
Category: Young Adult Fiction
It's 1893 and for Cissy and her family, a new life beckons on the prairies of Oklahoma and they and their fellow settlers prepare for steady business alongside the Red Rock Railroad track. But when they refuse to sell their land to the railroad company, the boss swears that his trains will never stop in ...Show more
The Kite Rider by Geraldine McCaughrean
16.95 NZD
18.95 (10% off)
Category: Fiction
Set in 13th-century China, this is the adventurous story of Haoyou, a boy who makes his way in the world by flying into the air, strapped to a huge kite.
The Kite Rider by Geraldine McCaughrean
18.99 NZD
Category: Young Adult Fiction
Haoyou knows that his father's spirit lives among the clouds above Ancient China. He also knows that to save his mother from being forced into a new marriage he must now follow in his father's footsteps and take to the skies, riding a kite through the clouds and the spirits of the dead. Then the Jade C ...Show more
The Little Mermaid by Geraldine McCaughrean; Hans Christian Anderson
29.99 NZD
Category: Picture Books
Hans Christian Andersen's entrancing tale of love, set between land and sea, is retold by renowned storyteller Geraldine McCaughrean and brought to life in magical silhouette artwork by illustrator Laura Barrett. When she falls in love with a prince, the little mermaid persuades a sea witch to replace ...Show more
The Middle of Nowhere by Geraldine McCaughrean
22.99 NZD
Category: Young Adult Fiction
When Mary Pinny dies from a snakebite, she leaves her young daughter, Comity, and husband Herbert in the Middle of Nowhere. As Stationmaster of the Kinkindele Repeater Station, Herbert Pinny takes great pride in his job; receiving morse messages and passing them down the Wire to the rest of Australia an ...Show more
The Odyssey: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) by Geraldine McCaughrean
12.99 NZD
Category: Classic Books | Series: Penguin Classics
Literature's grandest evocation of life's journey, at once an ageless human story and an individual test of moral endurance, Homer's ancient Greek epic "The Odyssey" is translated by Robert Fagles with an introduction and notes by Bernard Knox in "Penguin Classics". When Robert Fagles' translation of "T ...Show more
The Orchard Book of Greek Myths (HB) by Geraldine McCaughrean
34.99 NZD
Category: Children's Classics
Celebrating the 21st birthday of this highly-respected introduction to the best-loved Greek stories, this new edition is generouslyl reformatted and has a beautiful new cover. Geraldine McCaughrean's elegant retellings continue to keep children captivated. Combined with Emma Chichester Clark's glorious ...Show more
The Orchard Book of Stories from the Ballet by Geraldine McCaughrean
26.99 NZD
Category: Children Fiction
A retelling of ten favourite stories from the ballet, including SWAN LAKE, THE SLEEPING BEAUTY, THE NUTCRACKER and more.
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett; Geraldine McCaughrean
32.99 NZD
Category: Children Fiction
Frances Hodgson Burnett's classic tale of the regenerative power of nature is brilliantly retold by multi-award-winning author Geraldine McCaughrean. When Mary Lennox is sent from India to live with her uncle at gloomy Misselthwaite Manor, she is the most spoiled and contrary child you could ever meet. ...Show more
The Snow Queen by Geraldine McCaughrean; Hans Christian Andersen
19.99 NZD
Category: Picture Books
Hans Christian Andersen's classic story of The Snow Queen has enchanted children for over 150 years. Join Gerda on her journey to rescue her best friend Kai from the Snow Queen's icy palace in this magical retelling from award-winning author Geraldine McCaughrean, with stunning silhouette illustrations ...Show more
The Snow Queen by Geraldine McCaughrean; Hans Christian Anderson
29.99 NZD
Category: Picture Books
An enchanting picture book retelling of The Snow Queen. A magical, wintery tale of friendship, love and adventure. Join Gerda on her epic journey to the mysterious, snowy lands of the frozen North. Meeting fairy-tale princesses, talking crows and wise old women with enchanted gardens, on her quest to re ...Show more