The Seven Kites of Matariki by Calico McClintock
$21.99 NZD
Category: Childrens picture NZ
It was deep mid-winter and all through the village preparations were being made to farewell the old year and greet the new. For the first time ever, the seventh little sister, Ururangi, was big enough to make her own celebration kite. But when the seven sisters take the finished kites to fly them, the e ...Show more
The Song of Kauri (PB) by Melinda Szymanik
$19.00 NZD
Category: Childrens picture NZ
Told in the style of a Māori myth, this is the story of a young Kauri sapling as it grows and changes and watches the world around it evolve. From other plants, to birds, to Māori, to settlers, to industrialisation and beyond, and then when the Kauri is very old the birds will lift it up and carry it ...Show more
The Song of the Ship Rat by Ben Brown
$19.50 NZD
Category: Childrens picture NZ | Reading Level: 5+
Unroll the maps to Far Away! We’ll sail before the sun … Join our weary ship rat as he reminisces of days gone by, his travels around the world and the sights he’s seen, written in lyrical, evocative language.
The Three Cattle Dogs Gruff (Kiwi Corkers) by Chris Gurney; Myles Lawford
$14.99 NZD
Category: Childrens picture NZ | Series: Kiwi Corkers
"The latest in the Kiwi Corker collection, which puts a kiwi twist on classic fairy tales. This one is based on the Three Billy Goats Gruff, but instead features three cattle dogs on the farm, and the monster under the bridge is a marakihau"--Publisher's information.
The Twin Stars of Matariki: Waiti and Waita by Miriama Kamo
$22.00 NZD
Category: Childrens picture NZ
Te Rerehua and Sam know that nothing in nature is identical; not the eels, not the stones on the beach ... not even the twin stars of Matariki, Waiti and Waita: one looks after fresh water and lakes, the other salt water – the ocean. When they notice Waiti is looking dim one night, Grandma and Poua enli ...Show more
The Wheels On the Bus (PB) by Donovan Bixley
$20.00 NZD
Category: Childrens picture NZ
"The wheels on the bus go round and round ..." Everyone knows the song. But now the bus is going around beautiful New Zealand and its passengers you just might know: kiwi, penguin, tuatara, fantail and many more. Come along for the ride!
There Are No Moa, E Hoa (BatKiwi to the Rescue Again) by Melinda Szymanik; Isobel Te Aho-White
$22.00 NZD
Category: Childrens picture NZ
Help! Emergency! Batkiwi - Where are you? Poor, frightened Tuatara's cries ring out across the forest. The ground is trembling. The trees are shivering. Can that be a MOA peeking from the shadows?
There's a Hole in My Bucket + CD by Topp Twins
$26.00 NZD
Category: Childrens picture NZ
Sing along with me There's a hole in my bucket, dear Liza, dear Liza ... This traditional 'infinite loop' song is given the country treatment by the iconic Topp Twins, and the characters of Henry and Liza have been brought to uproarious life with Jenny Cooper's hysterical illustrations
Tuatara, A Living Treasure by Katie Furze & Ned Barraud
$20.00 NZD
Category: Childrens picture NZ
Meet Tuatara, ancient wonder, wildlife treasure ... and survivor! Blinking, she pulls her scaly body into the light. She's as long as a finger, and with the row of spines on her back she looks like a baby dragon. Tuatara are survivors of an ancient era and sometimes referred to as living wonders - thei ...Show more
Where's Dad Hiding? by Ed Allen
$19.00 NZD
Category: Childrens picture NZ
Where is Dad? Dad is too good at playing hide and seek. Little wombat cant find him anywhere! Dad is not at home, hes nowhere to be seen at the beach, and hes definitely not hiding in the garden. Can you see where Dad is hiding?
Who Sank the Boat? by Pamela Allen
$21.00 NZD
Category: Childrens picture NZ
Who sank the boat? Was it the cow or the donkey or the sheep with her knitting? Surely it wasn’t the tiny little mouse? Winner of the 1983 Australian Picture Book of the Year Award, this wonderfully illustrated book is designed for sharing aloud and will make children giggle as they guess which animal s ...Show more
Whose Beak is This? (HB) by Gillian Candler
$25.00 NZD
Category: Childrens picture NZ | Series: Whose?
A picture book for 2-5 year olds, Whose Beak is This'lets children guess the identity of iconic New Zealand birds from the pictures of their beaks, while finding out some facts about the birds along the way.