Kiwi: The Real Story by Annemarie Florian
19.99 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
While the kiwi is often depicted as an endangered national symbol in need of our protection, this book takes a dramatically different route. Kiwi: the real story invites the reader into the secret night world of the North Island brown kiwi, illuminating the facts about its habitat, diet, courting, and p ...Show more
The Whopper by Brett Avison
24.99 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books | Reading Level: near fine
After a day spent down at the beach, Charlie can't wait to tell everyone about the amazing adventure he's had. A huge wave takes him out to sea in a little boat, where he catches a huge fish.Then a whale and an old fisherman appear from nowhere and bring him back to shore ...Charlie has the time of his ...Show more
Dragons Under My Bed by Kath Bee
19.99 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
This delightful story about a young boy at bedtime takes 'It wasn't me' to a whole new level. .... I've got dragons under my bed. Not just one a whole family instead. And at night, when Mum turns off the light, they make a terrible mess!. Kath Bee is an enormously popular performer in schools and presch ...Show more
Too Much Poo by Scott Tulloch
17.99 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
How much poo can a little fly chew? Little Fly learns how much is TOO much in this uproarious story about your eyes being bigger than your stomach. A downloadable audio reading of the story by the author is available at www.scholastic.co.nz/toomuchpoo
The Curious Ar-chew by Sarah Grundy
17.99 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
"This is the tale, I swear it is true, of a very strange creature called the Ar-chew. The tale begins at the foot of a tree with a hollow so narrow it was tricky to see..." Three forest friends find a mysterious, mixed-up creature in a hushed, hollowed hideaway. What a fright they get when they try ...Show more
Lillibutt's Te Araroa Adventure by Maris O'Rourke
19.99 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books | Series: Lillibutt
Lillibutt is lonely so she sets off from Cape Reinga on a very long walk to visit her kunekune cousins at the Auckland Zoo. As she travels down the country on Te Araroa she meets others along the way and overcomes some scary challenges during her long adventure. A charming tale of perseverance that also ...Show more
Little Kiwi Has a Forest Feast by Bob Darroch
18.99 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books | Series: Little Kiwi | Reading Level: very good
Poor Little Kiwi. He has caught a cold, and all he wants to do is snuggle in his burrow and eat worms. But words don't quite sound the same when you're all blocked up, and Little Sister gets confused. Is Little Kiwi getting a colt, or has he got a cold? And is he hungry ...or ugly? Soon all the forest f ...Show more
Hairy Maclary and Friends Little Library by Lynley Dodd
14.99 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
The Hairy Maclary and Friends Little Libraryintroduces the mischievous Hairy Maclary and his gang in a set of books that are perfect for little hands. Meet bumptious and bustly Hairy Maclary, blacker than black Slinky Malinki, pittery pattery Zachary Quack and Schnitzel von Krumm with a very low tum! Th ...Show more
That's Not a Hippopotamus! (HB) by Juliette MacIver
29.99 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
That's Not a Hippopotamus is a deft and delightful tale, packed with word play and madcap energyand with a whole different story to enjoy in the illustrations.
Putangitangi Walks by Stephanie Thatcher
17.99 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
Cheeky Pūtangitangi (little duck) is looking for her friend. What will she do when she finds him? A fun rhyming story about two playful little ducks. A companion title to the much-loved Little Hoiho.
The Mouse and the Octopus by Lisala Halapua
21.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
This children's picture book tells an old Tongan fable about a mischievous mouse and an unwitting octopus. An origin story, its illustrations take the reader from a Tongan forest to the edge of a fringing reef. The story is a parable to teach fishing lure design and exemplifies the knowledge contained w ...Show more
Coming Home to Roost by Mary-Anne Scott
19.99 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
Elliot is on the run from a situation that's just too big to handle. Sooner or later, it's going to catch up with him. Elliot's in need of a fresh start, so he's dispatched to a new city to work as an apprentice electrician. His boss, Arnie, is an ex-naval officer whose bad temper and frequent advice d ...Show more