The Pencil by Allan Ahlberg
19.00 NZD
Category: Picture books
The acclaimed duo behind The Runaway Dinner and Previously imagine the comical world that comes to life when a pencil starts to draw… “A hilarious and utterly enchanting new classic” The Times A special fifteenth anniversary edition of a modern classic. The Pencil is a playful, witty, wonderfully quirky ...Show more
The Gargoyle by Zana Fraillon
30.00 NZD
Category: Picture books
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
Mr McGee & the Biting Flea (Board) by Pamela Allen
21.00 NZD
Category: Picture books
Mr McGee when out to play, down to the beach one windy day...When along comes a jumping, biting flea.'OOOO! OWWW! EEEEE! cries Mr McGee. Told in Pamela Allen's famously irresistible rhyme, she portrays the hilarious sequence of events as Mr McGee tries to rid himself of the biting flea, one article of c ...Show more
The Gardening Dog by Cindy Wume
18.00 NZD
Category: Picture books
Meet two very special friends in this heartwarming and beautifully illustrated tale. Watch as a boy and a dog who don't quite fit in learn that a friendship, like a garden, takes time to grow - but that both are always worth the wait.The Gardening Dog is never chosen to go home with anyone who visits th ...Show more
Once Upon a Book by Grace Lin, Kate Messner
35.00 NZD
Category: Picture books
Once upon a time, there was a girl. She went to a place alive with colors, where even the morning dew was warm. Alice loves to imagine herself in the magical pages of her favorite book. So when it flaps its pages and invites her in, she is swept away to a world of wonder and adventure, riding camels in ...Show more
The General by Michael Foreman
17.00 NZD
Category: Picture books
Michael Foreman's debut picture book, first published in 1961, is reproduced in all its glory. There was once a general who wished to be famous and rule all the land. One day he fell off his horse and landed on the soft grass. It smelled so sweet that he decided to lay there for a while and enjoy the wa ...Show more
Shadow Catchers by Kirsty Murray
28.00 NZD
Category: Picture books
A delightful picture book that celebrates the joy of young children trying to catch their shadows - from the creators of CBCA Honour Book When Billy was a Dog and Puddle Hunters. On sunshiny mornings, we go shadow catching. Inside, outside, in our home and in our neighbourhood, shadows dance around us f ...Show more
Dazzlehands [Ringakoreko Ringakōreko English edition] by Sacha Cotter; Josh Morgan
22.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
The cow says 'moo' the chicken says 'cluck' and the pig says ... 'Dazzlehands!' As hard as the farmer tries, pig won't go 'oink'. Instead, pig gets all the animals moving to: 'Train hands, rain hands, fly-it-like-a-plane hands. Bursting with the razzle, gotta liberate these DAZZLEHANDS!'
How to Count to ONE: (And Don't Even THINK About Bigger Numbers!) by Caspar Salmon
18.00 NZD
Category: Picture books
A hilariously irreverent picture book about counting that children will love to outsmart!You know how to count, right? GREAT! There are LOTS of fun things to count in this book: whales, baboons, rainbows, pyramids . . .There's just rule. You must ONLY ever count to ONE. So don't even about THINK bigger ...Show more
Nooo! Not the Dentist! by Stephanie Blake
19.00 NZD
Category: Picture books
A funny picture book to help ease toddler fears about visiting the dentist. From the author of the international bestselling picture book Poo Bum, as seen on Netflix. Poo Bum is children’s favourite cheeky rabbit! This time Simon returns in Nooo! Not the Dentist! with his cheeky humour and favourite cat ...Show more
Lost in the Forest by David Rei Miller
25.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
Pip the takahē bird is lost in the forest and searches for a place to sleep, but the other animals' sleeping spots are wrong for him. In this wonderful bedtime story, children will journey through the New Zealand forest and see where the various New Zealand animal species rest, learning lots of adjecti ...Show more
When I'm Gone: A Picture Book About Grief by Marguerite McLaren
21.00 NZD
Category: Picture books
When someone you love has died there will be sad days and angry days but also happy days and fun days.Nobody lives forever ... and some wish they could have stayed for longer ...This sensitively-written and deeply-moving picture book will help children grieve, celebrate and learn how to live and love li ...Show more