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Air Miles by John Burningham
21.00 NZD
Category: Picture Books
A poignant book about new horizons and saying goodbye from husband and wife, John Burningham and Helen OxenburyA poignant book about new horizons and saying goodbye from best-loved creators- John Burningham and Helen OxenburyMiles is a difficult dog who loves to ride in his motor car. He's growing older ...Show more
Avocado Baby by John Burningham
19.99 NZD
Category: Children Fiction | Reading Level: From 3 To 6
The Hargraves want their new baby to grow up big and strong. But the puny mite will hardly eat a thing. One day Mrs Hargraves finds an avocado in the fruit bowl and the baby gobbles it up. Soon, the strangest things start to happen...
Avocado Baby (mini) by John Burningham
4.95 NZD
Category: Children Fiction | Series: Mini Treasure S. | Reading Level: 3-7
When the weedy Hargraves have another baby, they're concerned that it's going to be just as weak and pathetic as them. Then one day they feed it avocados.
Borka by John Burningham
19.99 NZD
Category: Children Fiction | Reading Level: Under 6
Once upon a time there were two geese called Mr and Mrs Plumpster. Each Spring they returned to the marshes of their ancestors, and Mrs Plumpster laid her eggs. Soon six fine young Plumpsters hatched: Archie, Freda, Jennifer, Oswald, Timothy and Borka. But Borka was different. Borka had no feathers and ...Show more
Borka by John Burningham
36.95 NZD
Category: Children Fiction
Once upon a time there were two geese called Mr and Mrs Plumpster. Each Spring Mrs Plumpster layed her eggs and soon six fine young Plumpsters hatched: Archie, Freda, Jennifer, Oswald, Timothy and Borka. But Borka was different. Borka had no feathers and could not fly.
Colours by John Burningham
14.99 NZD
Category: Board Books
John Burningham's simple concept board book for babies are designed to introduce young children to the letters of the alphabet, numbers and counting, all the colours in the rainbow and the concept of opposites. Each book gives a glimpse into the wonderful world inhabited by this illustrator.
Come Away from the Water, Shirley by John Burningham
19.99 NZD
21.99 (9% off)
Category: Children Fiction
While Shirley's parents sit on the beach with their knitting and newspapers, Shirley embarks on a fantasy adventure, interrupted only when her parents become over-fussy. The author also wrote "Granpa", "Oi! Get Off Our Train" and "Borka, the Adventures of a Goose with no Feathers".
Edwardo the Horriblest Boy in the Whole Wide World by John Burningham
19.99 NZD
Category: Children Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Edwardo is an ordinary boy, so sometimes he can be a bit grubby or clumsy, a bit cruel or noisy or rude. The more that he is criticised, the worse he becomes, until one day they call him 'the horriblest boy in the whole wide world'. Just then, Edwardo's luck begins to change, and a series of chance even ...Show more
Edwardo the Horriblest Boy in the Whole Wide World by John Burningham
36.99 NZD
Category: Children Fiction
Granpa by John Burningham
18.99 NZD
19.99 (5% off)
Category: Children Fiction | Reading Level: From 5 To 7
Granpa nurses his granddaughter's dolls, mistakes her strawberry-flavoured pretend ice-cream for chocolate, takes her tobogganing in the snow, and falls in with her imaginary plans to captain a ship to Africa, like all good Granpa's should. It is a friendship that children who read this book will long r ...Show more
Granpa - OUT OF PRINT by John Burningham
15.95 NZD
Category: Children Fiction | Series: Picture Puffin S. | Reading Level: 2-12
Grandpa and his granddaughter have a very close and special relationship which is described in only a few lines of dialogue between the two - showing both good and bad moments.
Harvey Slumfenburger's Christmas Present by John Burningham
16.95 NZD
Category: Children Fiction
It's Christmas Eve and there is one present left in Father Christmas's sack. It's for a small boy called Harvey Slumfenburger, who lives far, far away on top of the Roly Poly Mountain. But no journey is too far for Father Christmas!