Gothic NZ: The Darker Side of Kiwi Culture by Misha Kavka (ed.); Jennifer Lawn (ed.) Mary Paul (ed.)
$39.95 NZD
Category: Fiction (child/Teen) | Reading Level: very good
Contemporary creative writers, intellectuals, photographers, painters and other artists have all contributed to this volume exploring the idea of 'gothic' in New Zealand culture. From Martin Edmond's abandoned houses, to Ian Lochhead's Victorian corrugated iron structures, to Otis Frizzell's tattoos, fr ...Show more
A Fish in the Swim of the World by Ben Brown
$24.99 NZD
Category: Fiction (child/Teen) | Reading Level: Very Good
‘This is a book of memories. Some of them are my own. Some of them belong to others. They are as true and as fallible as any memories — distorted by time and distance and a writer’s choice of words…’ Ben Brown writes of that quintessentially New Zealand way of living that may not change the world or eve ...Show more
Facing the Music: Charles Baeyertz and The Triad by Joanna Woods
$45.00 NZD
Category: Fiction (child/Teen) | Reading Level: good-very good
The Triad was founded in 1893 and ran into the late 1920s. For its first twenty-two years it was published in New Zealand, but in 1915 publication was transferred to Sydney where it was re-launched as an Australasian magazine. The magazine offered well-informed coverage of cultural activities in New Zea ...Show more
Friction: Wheels and Brakes (Starters Starters Level 3) by Sally Hewitt
$17.99 NZD
Category: Non Fiction | Series: Starters Ser.
This series introduces early readers to non-fiction. Each book is designed to increase reading fluency and combines a narrative text, accessible language and an easy-to-follow format with an exciting story at the end.
A Different Land by Paul Jennings
$17.00 NZD
Category: Fiction (child/Teen) | Series: Different
A story of new beginnings in a new land, and a surprising, heartwarming companion to A Different Boy and A Different Dog. Christopher is twelve thousand miles from home. The pub has a dirt floor and the owner is as rough as guts. The forest hides snakes, feral pigs and a dark secret. Mysterious, bold an ...Show more
Weather: Why Does it Rain? by Chris Oxlade
$22.99 NZD
Category: Non Fiction | Series: First Questions and Answers
These first books of questions and answers have all the age-old questions kids always ask, as well as some new ones. The fun questions are clearly answered and the illustrations help explain things further.
More from Black Beauty's Family by Christine Pullein-Thompson
$16.99 NZD
Category: Fiction (child/Teen)
This volume contains three more stories of Black Beauty's relations: Nightshade, Black Romany and Blossom.
I Am Malala (Teen Edition) by Malala Yousafzai, Patricia McCormick
$19.99 NZD
Category: Fiction (child/Teen) | Reading Level: Teen - Grade 7-9, Age 12-14
A MEMOIR BY THE YOUNGEST RECIPIENT OF THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE As seen on Netflix with David Letterman"I come from a country that was created at midnight. When I almost died it was just after midday." When the Taliban took control of the Swat Valley in Pakistan, one girl spoke out. Malala Yousafzai ref ...Show more
Hair Disaster (Ella and Olivia #15) by Yvette Poshoglian
$10.00 NZD
Category: Children's | Series: Ella and Olivia
Ella and Olivia are sisters. Ella is seven years old. Olivia is five-and-a-half years old. They live with their mum and dad and little brother Max. Olivia is helping Ella get ready for her ballet concert. But what will Ella do when her new hairstyle turns into a hair disaster!
Cool Kitties (Ella and Olivia #8) by Yvette Poshoglian
$7.99 NZD
Category: Children's | Series: Ella and Olivia
Ella and Olivia are crazy for kitties! But we're not talking real cats, we're talking about the awesome 'Cool Kitties'-the tiny kitty collectible figurines that every girl in the country has gone mad for.
Kiwitown's Port : The Story of Oamaru's Harbour by Gavin McLean
$40.00 NZD
Category: Fiction (child/Teen) | Reading Level: Near Fine
Colonial New Zealand depended on sea transport, every major or aspiring centre had to have a port, hopefully loading cargo on a 'Home boat. This book traces the history of one such port into the twenty-first century. "Today's heritage object is yesterday's developer's dream."
The Tattooist of Auschwitz - YA Edition by Heather Morris
$24.99 NZD
Category: Fiction (child/Teen)
I tattooed a number on her arm. She tattooed her name on my heart. In 1942, Lale Sokolov arrived in Auschwitz-Birkenau. He was given the job of tattooing the prisoners marked for survival - scratching numbers into his fellow victims' arms in indelible ink to create what would become one of the most po ...Show more