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Piano Rock: A 1950s Childhood (HB) by Gavin Bishop
$36.00 NZD
Category: Essays & memoir
This is a memoir of Gavin Bishop's idyllic childhood days, growing up in Kingston beside gorgeous Lake Wakatipu. It's a gentle tale of a boyhood spent haring around outside, building huts, eating griddle scones, catching eels, watching the train, eating roast mutton, going to school on a horse, arguing ...Show more
Pops by Gavin Bishop
$18.00 NZD
Category: Board books
A day with grandad showing in simple, beautiful images the bond between grandfather and child: a small hand in a big one, big gumboots and little, some food, stories and a snooze to finish Pops is a warm and universal board book about a day with grandad. The bond between grandfather and child is shown t ...Show more
Taming the Sun: Four Maori Myths by Gavin Bishop
$20.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction (children)
Written and illustrated by well-known children's writer and illustrator Gavin Bishop, Taming the Sun contains four stories - two well-known legends (Maui and the Sun and, Maui and the Big Fish) and two less well-known legends (Rona and the Moon and, Kahu the Taniwha). Aimed at children with reading ages ...Show more
The House That Jack Built by Gavin Bishop
$23.00 NZD
Category: Picture books
The House that Jack Built is a Gecko Press revival of an award-winning, modern New Zealand classic, which uses a familiar nursery rhyme to tell the story of Aotearoa New Zealand in the early 19th century.
Wildlife of Aotearoa by Gavin Bishop
$40.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction (children)
A spectacular illustrated picture book exploring New Zealand's unique landscapes and its incredible wildlife by the award-winning author of Aotearoa: The New Zealand Story. Long before waka touched Aotearoa's shores, the land of the long white cloud was home to an array of creatures uniquely adapted to ...Show more
Wildlife of Aotearoa Colouring Book by Gavin Bishop
$13.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction (children)
Colour the wildlife and scenes of Aotearoa with this stunning 64-page colouring book from artist and children's book author Gavin Bishop.Encounter New Zealand's incredible wildlife in 64 pages of spectacular colouring. Children's book author Gavin Bishop is renowned for his beautiful watercolour and ink ...Show more