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An Anzac Tale by Ruth Starke
24.99 NZD
Category: Graphic Novels
'AN EXTRAORDINARY AND ORIGINAL WORK ON GALLIPOLI AND THE ANZAC CAMPAIGN' - Readings With the outbreak of war in 1914, best friends Wally and Roy, and new mate Tom, are among the first to enlist. But their great adventure soon turns to disaster. The day after the landing at Anzac Cove on 25 April 1915, m ...Show more
Armistice by Ruth Starke
29.99 NZD
Category: Picture Books
In this companion to the award-winning My Gallipoli, many voices will recall the day the Great War ended and the months that followed before peace rang out around the world. On 11 November 1918, after four years of fighting, the Allied powers signed an agreement with Germany to end the Great War and to ...Show more
Captain Congo and the Crocodile King by Ruth Starke
19.99 NZD
21.00 (4% off)
Category: Picture Books | Series: Captain Congo | Reading Level: 8-11
An anthropologist searching for the legendary Treasure House of the Queen of Sheba is missing, and Captain Congo is sent by the Agency to Abyssinia to find him. Danger and intrigue lie ahead - just what Captain Congo loves. Also lying in wait, to the dismay of his pintsized assistant, Pug, are mosquitoe ...Show more
Captain Congo and the Klondike Gold by Ruth Starke
30.00 NZD
Category: Graphic Novels | Series: Captain Congo Ser.
Take the Yukon Express with Captain Congo and his loyal offsider Pug as they travel deep into the great Canadian north-west in pursuit of gold, ghosts and monsters. But who is pursuing our heroes? And what awaits them at the end of their treacherous journey to Klondike Creek? One thing is certain: when ...Show more
Captain Congo and the Maharaja's Monkey by Ruth Starke
28.00 NZD
Category: Picture Books | Series: Captain Congo | Reading Level: 8-11
When the Maharaja of Bekar dies suddenly and mysteriously, Captain Congo and his loyal offsider Pug are despatched by the Agency to investigate. They arrive in India to find the Palace of Rajputana teeming with intrigue. Even as preparations begin for young Prince Beki to be anointed as the next maharaj ...Show more
Captain Stella (Aussie Chomps) by Ruth Starke
14.99 NZD
15.99 (6% off)
Category: Children Fiction | Series: Aussie Chomps | Reading Level: 8+
Stella's parents are going overseas for a holiday and Stella is left behind with Granny Bee. Her holidays are looking bleak. But when the fusty old op shop that Granny Bee volunteers at is in danger of being closed down by the council, Stella seizes the chance to give it a makeover and save the day. And ...Show more
Catland (Aussie Chomps) by Ruth Starke
14.95 NZD
Category: Children Fiction | Series: Aussie Chomps S. | Reading Level: 8+
The roof has become Rose's favourite place since coming to stay with her dad and his new family. She has a bird's eye view of the neighbours, including the mysterious Nydia Raymond, rumoured to be a witch. Rose's snooping reveals a different story: Nydia rescues and rehabilitates stray cats, so Rose dec ...Show more
Fill Out This Application and Wait Over There by Ruth Starke
21.99 NZD
Category: Young Adult Fiction
The 'gap' year. Hailee Moxie's 'Escape to Asia' Access account stands at $129.65. She must join the workforce. This involves getting up unnaturally early in the morning, wearing unattractive clothes and being nice to whining customers, all for very small wages. A very funny first-hand account of life at ...Show more
Nips XI (CD) by Ruth Starke
55.00 NZD
Category: Children Fiction
If white boys can't jump, can Asian boys play cricket? Vietnamese-born Lan is sick of being sidelined because of his ethnicity. He decides to gather a group of culturally diverse boys to form a cricket team. Lan and fellow talent-spotter, Izram, comb their suburb for players. After hilarious elimination ...Show more
Stella by the Sea (Aussie Chomps) by Ruth Starke
14.95 NZD
Category: Children Fiction | Series: Aussie Chomps | Reading Level: From 10 To 99
Stella Seaton longs to live in an ordinary house with an ordinary backyard where she can have a dog and watch things grow. Instead she lives in a luxury penthouse with her mum, a well-known real estate identity and her dad, a TV 'backyard blitzer'. Ages 10+.
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