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The ANZAC Violin by Jennifer Beck
29.99 NZD
Category: Picture Books
More than 20 years after publication of the classic NZ story, The Bantam and the Soldier, Jennifer Beck and Robyn Belton have joined forces again to produce another heartwarming story from the First World War. This time it's the true story of Otago's Alexander Aitken and the violin that travelled with h ...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
The Bantam and the Soldier by Jennifer Beck
19.99 NZD
Category: Picture Books | Series: Bantam and the Soldier | Reading Level: very good
Winner of the 1997 New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards. 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 bant ...Show more
The Christmas Caravan by Jennifer Beck
19.99 NZD
Category: Children Fiction
Simon and his mum live in a caravan. When Simon sees a competition in the newspaper for the best-decorated Christmas house, he is keen to enter it. His mother says she can't afford expensive lights and decorations, so Simon decides to decorate their caravan his own way. Ages 3+.
Torty and the Soldier by Jennifer Beck
21.99 NZD
Category: Children Non Fiction
Meet Torty! She's one tough little tortoise with a beat-up shell and some missing toes. Torty survived a great war that raged in Europe 100 years ago. Torty was rescued back then by a young Kiwi soldier. She is a World War One survivor.
Whetu the Little Blue Duck (HB) by Jennifer Beck
9.99 NZD
29.99 (66% off)
Category: Children's / Young Adult Books
The charming story of Whetu the endangered Blue Duck who saves a young woman lost in the bush who then in turn saves Whetu's habitat.