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A Near Thing for Captain Najork by Russell Hoban
18.99 NZD
Category: Picture Books
Fooling around as he loves to do, Tom invents a jam-powered frog, and he and his Aunt Bundlejoy Cosysweet take it out for a spin. When Captain Najork sees them hopping past his window, he and his hired sportsmen jump into their pedal-powered snake and set off in hot pursuit - bent on revenge after their ...Show more
Ace Dragon Ltd by Russell Hoban
18.99 NZD
Category: Picture Books
From the inimitable duo of Russell Hoban and Quentin Blake, the pair behind the hilarious tales of Captain Najork, comes a story about a little boy, a fire-breathing dragon, and their sky-high adventure!
Ace Dragon Ltd by Russell Hoban
27.99 NZD
Category: Picture Books
From the inimitable duo of Russell Hoban and Quentin Blake, the pair behind the hilarious tales of Captain Najork, comes a story about a little boy, a fire-breathing dragon, and their sky-high adventure! "I can make fire come out of my nose and mouth," the dragon under the pavement tells John. "I can fl ...Show more
Angelica Lost and Found by Russell Hoban
36.99 NZD
Category: Classic Books
In Ariosto's epic 16th-century poem "Orlando Furioso", the beautiful Angelica , chained, naked, to a rock and menaced by a sea monster is rescued by the valiant Ruggiero, riding a 'hippogriff'. Volatore, as this hippogriff calls himself, has escaped the poem in which he has been confined for centuries a ...Show more
Come Dance With Me by Russell Hoban
27.99 NZD
29.99 (6% off)
Category: General Fiction
Since the age of thirteen, Christabel Alderton has been troubled by a sort of second sight that works sometimes, but not always. Death is much on her mind because the men in her life tend to die before their time and she's come to think she's bad luck. Fascinated by Christabel, diabetologist Elias New ...Show more
Her Name Was Lola by Russell Hoban
25.99 NZD
Category: General Fiction
Russell Hoban's latest eccentric and charming tale of love and art. 'This is it...this is my destiny woman,' Max blurted out when he first met Lola at the Coliseum shop. Not only was she aristocratic and wild at heart, but the two discovered an uncanny convergence of musical tastes. Soon they were c ...Show more
How Tom Beat Captain Najork and His Hired Sportsmen by Russell Hoban
18.99 NZD
Category: Picture Books | Series: Captain Najork
This is a classic tale of the triumph of fooling-around fun over humourless no-nonsense adult disapproval! Tom loves to fool around. He fools around with dropping things from bridges into rivers and he fools around with barrels in alleys. He fools around so much that his maiden aunt, Miss Fidget Wonkham ...Show more
Jim's Lion by Russell Hoban
16.95 NZD
Category: Children Fiction
Lying in his hospital bed, Jim worries about being put to sleep. What if the doctor sends him somewhere he can't find his way back from? Nurse Bami says his finder will come looking for him, he just has to find what his is. Deep in his dreams he does, a lion, but can it bring him home?
Jim's Lion by Russell Hoban
18.99 NZD
Category: Graphic Novels
From the incomparable Russell Hoban comes a moving, unflinching tale of a boy who finds bravery during illness, beautifully re-imagined as a graphic-novel by award-winning illustrator Alexis Deacon. Asleep in his hospital bed, Jim dreams of a great lion with white teeth and amber eyes. This lion is Jim' ...Show more
Monsters by Russell Hoban
18.99 NZD
Category: Picture Books
This title is brilliant and hilarious, full of monsters and disbelieving grown-ups - and back in print at last. John likes to draw monsters. Lots of them. Red monsters, yellow monsters, scaly monsters, furry monsters, even invisible monsters. Nothing but monsters! His mum and dad are beginning to worry. ...Show more
Rosie's Magic Horse by Russell Hoban
27.99 NZD
Category: Picture Books
This is a story that could only have come from the imagination of Russell Hoban! Brought vividly to life by picture book great, Quentin Blake. This story begins with an ice-lolly stick. Its sweetness gone, it lies discarded and lonely...until a little girl called Rosie comes along. She places it careful ...Show more
Rosie's Magic Horse by Russell Hoban
17.99 NZD
Category: Picture Books
This is a story that could have come only from the imagination of Russell Hoban, brought vividly to life by the picture-book supremo Quentin Blake. This story begins with an ice-lolly stick. Its sweetness gone, it lies discarded and lonely...until a little girl called Rosie comes along. She places it ca ...Show more