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Barry by Colin Thompson
$20.00 NZD
Category: Picture books
"Barry may be no larger than a can of beans, but his powers are awesome. The trouble is he has been trapped down the back of the sofa for over fifty years unable to do the job he was built for. His creators have gone back to their own planet and without his control the Earth is gradually falling apart. ...Show more
Big Little Book of Happy Sadness by Colin Thompson
$30.00 NZD
Category: Picture books
George lives with his grandmother and a big empty space where his mother and father should be. One Friday on his way home from school, George visits the animal shelter. There, in the very last cage, is Jeremy, a sad dog who looks as lost and lonely as George feels. When Jeremy comes home to live with Ge ...Show more
Camelot (The Dragons #1) by Colin Thompson
$20.00 NZD
Category: Children's fiction | Series: Dragons | Reading Level: 9-12
What do you get when you cross the legendary heroes of Camelot with the legendary humour of Colin Thompson? The Dragons. This is the true story of King Arthur, who was not a superhero. He was a nasty little spoilt brat... or was he? From the author of The Floods series.
Castles by Colin Thompson
$29.99 NZD
Category: Children and Young Adult
In this fantastical world, there are castles in space, floating castles, castles in the sky and castles made of glass. Each one hides a royal family and there are all the usual mazes, puzzles tricks and messages waiting to be discovered. Colin Thompson's wonderfully detailed artwork reaches new heights ...Show more
Excalibur (The Dragons #2) by Colin Thompson
$20.00 NZD
Category: Children's fiction | Series: Dragons | Reading Level: Children's - Grade 4-6, Age 9-11
The Dark Ages are over and the wonderful Days of Yore have begun. Everyone is looking forward to a magnificent coronation of the new King Arthur, followed by huge amounts of legendary peace and happiness that will entirely cover the whole of Avalon and there will be purple tights for all. But there is a ...Show more
Falling Angels by Colin Thompson
$22.00 NZD
Category: Picture books | Reading Level: very good
Sally is just a baby when she first begins to soar above her house and over the garden. Soon she sees her brother and other children floating over the rooftops. But her mother is sceptical. Only her grandmother believes her and every night Sally returns from another journey with a special present for th ...Show more
Floods 1: Neighbours by Colin Thompson
$18.00 NZD
Category: Children's fiction | Series: The Floods
"The first in a laugh-out-loud series from the ingenious mind of much-loved children's author Colin Thompson. Nerlin and Mordonna Flood have seven children, most of whom were not created in the traditional way like you or me, but were made in the cellar, using incredible mystical powers, some very shiny ...Show more
Floods 2: Playschool by Colin Thompson
$18.00 NZD
Category: Children's fiction | Series: The Flood | Reading Level: Children's - Grade 4-6, Age 9-11
"The second book in Colin Thompson s brilliantly funny series about a family of witches and wizards who might be living in your town. Look through the cobwebbed, murky arched window in deepest Patagonia, and this is what you might see... Every day five of the Flood children travel halfway round the worl ...Show more
Floods 3: Home And Away by Colin Thompson
$19.00 NZD
Category: Children's fiction | Series: The Floods | Reading Level: very good
"The Floods family are on the run from an angry father with a talent for exploding, some very nasty but rather bumbling spies and the prospect of a life down the toilet The Floods family are on the run! Travel back in time to faraway Transylvania Waters and find out what happened when a lowly drain clea ...Show more
Floods 4: Survivor by Colin Thompson
$19.00 NZD
Category: Children's fiction | Series: The\Floods Ser. | Reading Level: very good
"The fourth book in Colin Thompson's brilliantly funny series about a family of witches and wizards who might be living in your town. The youngest child in the Flood family, Betty, is a pretty little girl, who looks quite normal - unlike some of her brothers and sisters. She goes to the normal primary s ...Show more
Floods 6: The Great Outdoors by Colin Thompson
$19.00 NZD
Category: Children's fiction | Series: The Floods | Reading Level: Children's - Grade 4-6, Age 9-11
"The Flood family go on holiday to the seaside! It isn't just humans who need time off. Wizards do too - and after all the wild adventures the Floods have been through, two weeks at the seaside is exactly what they need. Of course, where the Floods go, trouble is sure to follow. Will Betty use magic to ...Show more
Floods 7: Top Gear by Colin Thompson
$18.00 NZD
Category: Children's fiction | Series: The Floods | Reading Level: Children's - Grade 4-6, Age 9-11
"With their worst enemy on their trail, the Floods family are on the run and in disguise in the seventh book of this hilarious bestselling series. While the Floods were on holiday with their human friends the Hulberts, the Hearse Whisperer totally destroyed their home back in Acacia Avenue. So now they' ...Show more