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17 Kings and 42 Elephants by Margaret Mahy
$35.00 NZD
Category: Children's fiction
Where those kings are headed is a mystery, but no travelers ever had such a jolly time. Here is a royal romp through a tongue-twisting paradise. 32 full-color illustrations.
17 Kings and 42 Elephants - out of print by Margaret Mahy
$20.00 NZD
Category: Childrens picture NZ
This poem relates the journey through a wild wet night of 17 kings and 42 elephants. It takes us through the jungle, introducing us to tigers, crocodiles and many other wild animals.
A Lion in the Meadow by Margaret Mahy
$20.00 NZD
Category: Childrens picture NZ | Reading Level: very good
When the little boy tells his mother he has seen a big, roaring, yellow, whiskery lion in the meadow, she decides to make up a story for him too and gives him a matchbox with a tiny dragon inside.
A Lion in the Meadow (50th Anniversary Edition HB) by Margaret Mahy
$30.00 NZD
Category: NZ fiction
An imaginative tale from New Zealand's most celebrated children's writer, Margaret Mahy. T here's a big, roaring, yellow, whiskery lion in the meadow. Go and see for yourself. What would you do if you knew there was a lion in the meadow, but your mother doesn't believe you? And when she gives you a matc ...Show more
A Lion in the Meadow (Early Reader) by Margaret Mahy
$15.00 NZD
Category: Childrens picture NZ | Series: Early Reader
Early Readers are stepping stones from picture books to reading books. A blue Early Reader is perfect for sharing and reading together. A red Early Reader is the next step on your reading journey. When the little boy tells his mother he has seen a big, roaring, yellow, whiskery lion in the meadow, s ...Show more
A Summery Saturday Morning (Board) by Margaret Mahy
$16.00 NZD
Category: Childrens picture NZ
Let's go down to the sea this summery Saturday morning, down the wiggly track, scattering shells and leaping logs! First the dogs chase the cat, next they chase a boy on a rattly bike - then the wild geese chase them...Margaret Mahy's witty story, exuberantly illustrated by Selina Young, will delight re ...Show more
A Summery Saturday Morning (PB) by Margaret Mahy
$20.00 NZD
Category: Childrens picture NZ
Let's go down to the sea this summery Saturday morning, down the wiggly track, scattering shells and leaping logs! First the dogs chase the cat, next they chase a boy on a rattly bike - then the wild geese chase them . . . Margaret Mahy's witty story, exuberantly illustrated by Selina Young, will delig ...Show more
A Villain's Night Out O/P by Margaret Mahy
$10.00 NZD
Category: Children and Young Adult | Reading Level: 2-12
Winner of an Honour Award, 2000 NZ Post Children's Book Awards. Formby suddenly heard the sound of wicked chuckling. He looked sideways. Someone was loping beside him... someone strange and shadowy. The stranger smiled a sinister smile. He had teeth like white needles. In Squidgy Moot, Formby has ...Show more
Alchemy by Margaret Mahy
$15.00 NZD
Category: Childrens picture NZ | Reading Level: good-very good
A mind-blowing new novel from multi-award winning author Margaret Mahy. Roland has everything a young man could wish for - good looks, enough money, a cool relationship with his mother, ready wit, intelligence, a sexy girlfriend, a perfect school record. So the fact that he committed a petty crime and t ...Show more
Aunt Nasty (Early Reader) by Margaret Mahy
$15.00 NZD
Category: NZ fiction | Series: Early Reader
Early Readers are stepping stones from picture books to reading books. A blue Early Reader is perfect for sharing and reading together. A red Early Reader is the next step on your reading journey. Aunt Nasty is coming to stay. Claire and Toby don't know what to expect. You see, Aunt Nasty isn't like oth ...Show more
Awesome Aotearoa: Margaret Mahy's History of New Zealand by Margaret Mahy
$35.00 NZD
Category: Children Non-Fiction
At last, a history of New Zealand that children (and their parents) will want to read! Margaret Mahy, New Zealand's most acclaimed children's author, combines forces with cartoonist Trace Hodgson to tell the New Zealand story -- from Gondwana to Gallipoli, whaling to welfare state, kauri forests to koha ...Show more
Boom Baby Boom Boom by Margaret Mahy
$14.99 NZD
Category: Children and Young Adult
When Mama tells Baby that she's made a lovely lunch for him, she doesn't know that the animals are listening at the window. And they are much hungrier than Baby. While Mama bangs on her drums - boom-biddy-boom-biddy-boom-boom-boom - the yellow cat, the brown dog, the red rooster, the black-faced sheep a ...Show more