Ruby Loud Mouse and the Ruru by Alice Pearce
22.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
The saying 'as quiet as a mouse' does NOT apply to Ruby Loud Mouse. Ruby finds it super tricky to stay SILENT in movies, to WHISPER in the library, or to keep QUIET on the school trip to the marae. In fact, Ruby is SO LOUD everyone is always telling her to 'sssshhhh!'. But when her village is under AT ...Show more
Chugga Tugga Tugboat (PB) by Sally Sutton & Sarah Wilkins
21.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
What a lot of jobs a tugboat has to do in a busy city port! Will it ever get some time off? Spend the day at the port with a very busy tugboat in this colourful picture book, perfect for preschoolers fascinated with boats and ships. Chugga tugga tugboat, chugging out to sea, Can't you, won't you, play w ...Show more
The Dream Factory by Steph Matuku
22.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
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
Blue, Blue Christmas by Anna Coddington
21.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
Forget the woolly jumpers, yule logs and snow, this kid is going to show Santa Claus how we do Christmas in the Southern Hemisphere – with sunglasses, beach cricket, surfing and barbecues! Does Santa realise it's actually very hot here at Christmas time? What if he overheats in his red suit while delive ...Show more
My Aunt Honor by Gillian Torckler
25.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
My Aunt Honor was far from ordinary. She was extraordinary. She was inspirational. She was brave. During the Second World War Honor Hassett joined the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force, defying the expectations of her family and friends to become one of the first female aircraft engineers. Follow Honor’s cour ...Show more
The Little Kiwi Collection: 5 favourite stories by Bob Darroch
30.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
Always a hit, these Little Kiwi stories are fun to share with little kiwis everywhere! A classic collection of five favourite New Zealand stories featuring Little Kiwi. Bursting with humour, adventure and fun, Little Kiwi has been charming New Zealand children since 2001. This collection features five e ...Show more
The Book That Wouldn't Read by Tim Tipene; Nicoletta Benella (Illustrator)
26.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
The boy at the centre of Tim Tipene's striking new story doesn't like reading, until one day in the school library he picks up The Book that Wouldn't Read. Suddenly the book takes on a life of its own - with sentences moving up and down, words changing colour and disappearing, and strange fonts and char ...Show more
Wot Knot You Got? Mophead's Guide to Life by Selina Tusitala Marsh
30.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
With her trademark visual wit, our buddy Mophead unravels the knots that keep us up at night. ‘What do you do if nothing is right – not at home, at school, anywhere?’‘What if people don’t like me?’‘What if your own ideas stink?’‘How do I hug my dad?’ One morning, Selina wakes up with a twisting, tang ...Show more
Hairy Maclary Treasury: The Complete Adventures of Hairy Maclary (HB) by Lynley Dodd
50.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
This beautiful gold 40th-birthday edition of the bestselling Hairy Maclary Treasury is a complete collection of Hairy Maclary's adventures, and includes a reading of the stories by Lynley Dodd. Out of the gate and off for a walk went Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy . . . Ever since 1983, when Hairy ...Show more
The Twin Stars of Matariki: Waiti and Waita by Miriama Kamo
22.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
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 Day You Were Born by Emma Bowd
25.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
This perfect gift book features a modern twist on the classic poem Monday's Child and is a hope-filled ode to children everywhere. Every single day of every single year, a precious child is born to cherish and to cheer. With hope-filled hearts we marvel at them all - the brave, the quiet, the loud an ...Show more
My Bum's on THE RUN! by Dawn Mcmillan
20.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
I’m out in front, moving with ease. (With my new secret weapon — cabbage and peas!) Red Pants Boy (RPB) really, really wants to win a running race. But try as hemight, his bum is slowing him down. What can he do? Find something to move his bum along, of course! Maybe a kite, or a rocket blast, or a b ...Show more