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Mister Pip (Popular Penguin) by Lloyd Jones
15.99 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction
In a novel that is at once intense, beautiful, and fablelike, Lloyd Jones weaves a transcendent story that celebrates the resilience of the human spirit and the power of narrative to transform our lives. On a copper-rich tropical island shattered by war, where the teachers have fled with most everyone e ...Show more
Napoleon and the Chicken Farmer by Lloyd Jones
19.99 NZD
Category: Picture Books
When Napoleon Bonaparte arrives in Corsica for the holidays, chicken farmer Manoli thinks "Wouldn't it be nice, just for once, to be somebody else other than a chicken farmer." He enters the annual Bonaparte look-alike competition and wins, the prize being Napoleon for a day. The trouble is, he enjoys ...Show more
Pacific Highways: Griffith Review 43 by Lloyd Jones & Julianne Schultz (eds)
35.00 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction | Series: Griffith Review
Migration, demographic changes and new cultural references are reshaping New Zealand. It is fast becoming a hub where Pacific and Tasman currents meet. As a result, New Zealand is changing, in response to surging tides of people and ideas. Pacific Highways explores and maps the new New Zealand, in the w ...Show more
Paint Your Wife by Lloyd Jones
35.00 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Once, long ago when the men were away at the war, Alma began painting portraits of the women of the town in lieu of payment for catching all the rats. His special favourite was Alice, who returned his attentions. Her husband George came home from the war, and set out to prove his love and reclaim his wi ...Show more
Paint Your Wife by Lloyd Jones
37.00 NZD
Category: General Fiction
Long ago, when the men were away at the war, Alma began painting the women of the town. They sat for him in lieu of payment for his work catching rats. Alice, his favourite, returned his attentions, and when her husband, George, came home from the war, he set out to prove his love and reclaim his wife b ...Show more
Persians: The Age of The Great Kings by Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
29.99 NZD
Category: History
A stunning portrait of the magnificent splendor and enduring legacy of ancient Persia The Achaemenid Persian kings ruled over the largest empire of antiquity, stretching from Libya to the steppes of Asia and from Ethiopia to Pakistan. From the palace-city of Persepolis, Cyrus the Great, Darius, Xerxes, ...Show more
Red Fox Running by Robin Lloyd-Jones
19.99 NZD
Category: Young Adult Fiction
Adam's father was a whaler in the Arctic - until the time, he never came back. 16-year-old Adam desperately wants to find his father, so he signs on as a cabin boy in the next expedition travelling North. One of his earliest allies on board is an Eskimo girl called Pipaluk. When the ship gets stuck in t ...Show more
Second World War (Usborne See Inside) by Rob Lloyd Jones
23.50 NZD
Category: Activity Books | Series: Usborne See Inside
This is a brilliant new historical addition to the "See Inside" series, looking closely at the vehicles and major events that defined the Second World War as one of the most destructive wars in history. Lifting the flaps reveals the insides of some of the military vehicles used during campaigns includin ...Show more
See Inside Noisy Pirate Ships (Lift-the-Flap Sound Book) by Rob Lloyd Jones
34.99 NZD
36.00 (2% off)
Category: Children Non Fiction | Series: Usborne See Inside Sound Book
This classic flap book in the "See Inside" series is brought to life with a new sound panel. Venture onto the high seas in this illustrated book that explores the history of the pirates and bloodthirsty buccaneers of the 18th century. Sounds help bring the pictures to life. Children won't be able to res ...Show more
See Inside The Middle Ages (Lift-The-Flap) by Rob Lloyd Jones
22.99 NZD
23.50 (2% off)
Category: Children Non Fiction | Series: Usborne See Inside
This is a fabulous flap book for older children showing what life was like in the 14th century. Stunning illustrations and over 80 flaps reveal fascinating historical facts of life in the Middle Ages. Scenes include a town market day, a lord's castle, a country village and a castle under siege. It inclu ...Show more
Shakespeare Sticker Book by Rob Lloyd Jones
15.99 NZD
Category: Activity Books | Series: Sticker Books
A zany new sticker book which allows children to tread the boards and learn about William Shakespeare with these hilarious sticker scenes.
Skip to the Loo!: A Potty Book (Board Book) by Sally Lloyd-Jones; Anita Jeram
14.99 NZD
Category: Board Books
Now in a board book edition with a fun mirror on the final page. Lloyd-Jones's rollicking, rhythmic narration gets the party going in a book that simply rejoices in the call of nature.