One Time by Sharon Creech
$17.00 NZD
Category: Middle-grade fiction (9 to 12 years)
Gina Filomena has been told that she has an overactive imagination. With her bright clothing and artistic spirit, she's always felt different from the other kids in her class. That is, until she meets her neighbour, a mysterious boy called Anotonio. And when a creative new teacher, Miss Lightstone, ...Show more
Completely Normal (and Other Lies) by Biffy James
$23.00 NZD
Category: Young adult (13+)
Love has rules. So does grief. And Stella Wilde’s about to break them all. Stella Wilde is secretly in love with the hottest guy in school, Isaac Calder. He seems to love her back, but there’s a problem – he already has a girlfriend, the gorgeous Grace Reyes. When Isaac is killed in a car accident, the ...Show more
The Comet (HB) by Joe Todd-Stanton
$33.00 NZD
Category: Picture books
When Nyla is forced to leave her home in the country to start life again in the city, all she can think about is everything she misses from before. So when a comet comes crashing through the city streets and starts growing into a forest, Nyla can't resist a chance to head somewhere that feels closer to ...Show more
How Kind! by Mary Murphy
$17.00 NZD
Category: Board books
One good turn deserves another - and another - in this universal tale about the contagiousness of being kind.Hen gives Pig an unexpected present. "How kind!" says Pig. Pig is so touched, in fact, that he decides to do something kind too. So Pig gives Rabbit a gift. "How kind!" says Rabbit, who does some ...Show more
The Sisters of Straygarden Place by Hayley Chewins
$17.00 NZD
Category: Middle-grade fiction (9 to 12 years)
A riveting middle-grade fantasy about sibling bonds, enchanted houses, and encroaching wildness, lyrically told in eerily beautiful proseThe grass grew taller than the house itself, surrounding it on all sides. It stuffed the keyholes and scraped against the roof. It shook the walls and made paintings s ...Show more
I Am Angry by Michael Rosen
$19.00 NZD
Category: Picture books
The first in a funny new series from former Children's Laureate Michael Rosen and rising star Robert Starling. This kitten may look cute and cuddly, but better beware: they're angry. Really angry. Angry, angry, angry! And this isn't any old "angry". This is a jump-up-and-down, roll-on-the-ground kind of ...Show more
Sisters of the Mist by Marlyn Spaaij
$29.00 NZD
Category: Graphic novels & manga (children's)
Join Kyra and her sisters as they fight the mysterious forces of the forest, and the challenges of drifting apart with age, perfect for transitional readers aging out of the Hilda Graphic Novel series. Frygea Forest... An ancient and mystical place where trolls lurk in the mossy spaces between tree ...Show more
The Iron Man by Ted Hughes
$17.00 NZD
Category: Middle-grade fiction (9 to 12 years)
"A classic is something utterly strange and original, and yet as deeply familiar and necessary as your own hands. The Iron Man is like no other story in the world and, fifty years after its first publication, we need it as much as ever." - Philip Pullman Part modern fairy tale, part science-fiction myt ...Show more
The Colour of Hope by Ross MacKenzie
$22.00 NZD
Category: Middle-grade fiction (9 to 12 years)
A miracle child is born with the power to restore colour and hope in the world - but danger is snapping at her heels 'Why am I different?' 'I don't know, lassie. I wish I did. And I wish you didn't have tae hide it.' The Dominion is cursed. Years ago, the Emperor and his Necromancer stole all the colour ...Show more
While the Storm Rages by Phil Earle
$22.00 NZD
Category: Middle-grade fiction (9 to 12 years)
Noah and his friends fight to save animals from being put to sleep at the outbreak of World War Two. September 1939. Britain is on the brink of war. As Noah Price’s dad marches off to fight, he asks his son to honour one vital promise: that he will keep their dog, Winn, safe. No matter what. Noah agrees ...Show more
Britannica's Word of the Day by Patrick Kelly, Renee Kelly, Sue Macy
$33.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction (children)
Britannica’s Word of the Day builds knowledge one day at a time with 366 masterful words. Become a word virtuoso in just one year with 366 crackerjack words aimed to impress. This charmingly illustrated book features boffo words selected by the masterminds at Britannica to highlight the best of the Engl ...Show more
Lisette's Lie by Catharina Valckx
$20.00 NZD
Category: Picture books
A springtime fresh picture book about a good day out with friends—climbing mountains, swimming and singing—and the difference between storytelling and lies. Lisette and her friend Bobbi the lizard have never told a lie. But they are eager to try—it might be fun! They tell Popof they are going for a trip ...Show more