The Boy and the Whale by Linde Faas
$21.99 NZD
Category: 5 to 10 years | Reading Level: near fine
A delightful story about a majestic friendship.There was a boy who liked to spend all his time alone. But one day he fell asleep... In dreamlike images, Linde Faas tells the story of a chance meeting between a boy and a giant whale. The encounter makes the boy realise how wonderful it is to have:Someone ...Show more
The Cello (A Little Book of the Orchestra) by Mary Auld, Elisa Paganelli
$34.99 NZD
Category: 5 to 10 years | Series: A Little Book the Orchestra
A beautifully illustrated story with music that brings to life all that is wonderful about the cello. Join cello player, Matt, and find out what it’s like to be a musician on tour performing at different venues around the world. Discover how the cello is made, how it is played and its role within the or ...Show more
The Chalk Garden by Sally Anne Garland
$25.00 NZD
Category: 5 to 10 years
What can you create with a little chalk and a big idea? As Emma uses her imagination to draw a beautiful flower garden with sidewalk chalk, a tiny ecosystem develops outside her door, with real-life flowers that bud and bloom!
The Children's Theatre - A Reproduction of the Antique Pop-up Book by Franz Bonn (Illustrator)
$25.00 NZD
Category: 5 to 10 years
The City Dog by Sally Gould
$24.99 NZD
Category: 5 to 10 years
Age 6 +When he moves to a sheep ranch, a dog must cope with country life and his new unfriendly coworker.When his owner leaves him on a sheep ranch, Sandy the dog must learn how to adjust to country life, including driving sheep and deal with his new unfriendly coworker. This is a story about perseveran ...Show more
The Doggy Disco Hoax (#3 Lulu and the Dance Detectives) by Sally Sutton
$16.00 NZD
Category: 5 to 10 years
The third book in this illustrated chapter series, ideal for dance-mad, mystery-solving emerging and confident readers. A dodgy dog rescue fundraiser, a dazzlingly dizzy disco, and a mystery to solve for the Silver Star Dancers! When a disco to raise money for a dog rescue centre turns out to be a hoax, ...Show more
The Dream Factory by Steph Matuku
$22.00 NZD
Category: 5 to 10 years
An amazing building rises on the edge of town - it's the dream factory. Every night, it sends out magical mist. Flying cars, flower cakes and talking tigers fill people's dreams. And the next day, the people make those dreams come true. But when a kereru flies into the dream factory, and a feather flo ...Show more
The Flute (A Little Book of the Orchestra) by Mary Auld; Elisa Paganelli
$34.99 NZD
Category: 5 to 10 years | Series: A Little Book the Orchestra
A beautifully illustrated story with music that brings to life all that is wonderful about the flute. Follow flute player, Sonja, as she plucks up the courage to play a flute solo in tonight's concert. Discover how the flute is played, the different sounds that can be made, and its role within the orche ...Show more
The Gargoyle by Zana Fraillon
$25.50 NZD
$30.00 (15% off)
Category: 5 to 10 years
He's old, this gargoyle. Very old. Older than me. Older than anyone. He looks tired. I think, if I had a seat, I would give it to him. He shuffles past me and stands near the door and watches the city smushing past. I think I hear him sigh. An echoey, achy, hollow sort of sound, like the wind when it gu ...Show more
The Ghosts on the Hill by Bill Nagelkerke
$22.00 NZD
Category: 5 to 10 years
You won’t be able to avoid the hills forever,’ says Mr James. ‘I know,’ says Elsie. ‘One day I’ll have to go over the Bridle Path again.’ The year is 1884. The place is Lyttelton, a small and bustling harbour town. Elsie is waiting for the fish to bite. She has her reasons for coming down to the waterfr ...Show more
The Girls in the Kapa Haka by Angie Belcher; Debbie Tipuna
$17.99 NZD
Category: 5 to 10 years
New Zealand's favourite story celebrating the Maori performing art of kapa haka is great for the whanau to read together!These are the poi that circled and twirledabove the heads of the singing girlswho wore the piupiu that swished and swirled,made from the flax that Koro cut,that the mussel shell scrap ...Show more
The Grandmothers of Pikitea Street / Ngā Kuia o te Tiriti o Pikitea by Renisa Viraj Maki; Kanapu Rangitauira
$22.99 NZD
Category: 5 to 10 years
Scents of lemongrass, garam masala, baking and smoked meat drifted down the street as the children's grandmothers made food for their lunchboxes. Maori, Ethiopian, Samoan, NZ European, Indian and Chinese grandmothers share traditional stories and recipes with their grandkids as they get ready for bed - ...Show more