House of Dreams: The Life of L. M. Montgomery by Liz Rosenberg
$22.99 NZD
Category: Biography
This affecting biography of the author of "Anne of Green Gables" is the first for young readers to include revelations about her last days and to encompass the complexity of a brilliant and sometimes troubled life. Illustrations.
How Old Am I?: 1-100 Faces From Around The World by JR, Julie Pugeat
$34.99 NZD
Category: Biography
A first-ever children's visual reference book on age -- and a unique celebration of the diversity of humankind around the globe For young children, the concept of age is abstract when they don't have a relatable context... until now This book showcases the faces and life stories of 100 people from arou ...Show more
How to Move a Zoo by Kate Simpson
$27.99 NZD
Category: Biography
The true story of how at the beginning of the 20th century Jessie the elephant walked from Moore Park Zoo to her spacious new home in the Taronga Zoological Park. It was still dark when Mr Miller opened the gates of the old zoo, but he wasn't scared because he wasn't alone. He was with Jessie the elepha ...Show more
I Am Gandhi - Graphic Novel by Brad Meltzer; John Cassaday (Illustrator); Bryan Hitch (Illustrator); David Mack (Illustrator); Nate Powell (Illustrator)
$17.99 NZD
Category: Biography | Series: Ordinary People Change the World Ser.
Twenty-five exceptional comic book creators join forces to share the heroic story of Gandhi in this inspiring graphic novel biography. As a young man in India, Gandhi saw firsthand how people were treated unfairly. Refusing to accept injustice, he came up with a brilliant way to fight back through q ...Show more
I Am Neil Armstrong by Brad Meltzer; Christopher Eliopoulos (Illustrator)
$26.00 NZD
Category: Hardback Picture Books | Series: Ordinary People Change the World Ser.
Neil Armstrong's journey to the moon is the focus of the fifteenth entry in the New York Times bestselling series of biographies about heroes. This friendly, fun biography series focuses on the traits that made our heroes great--the traits that kids can aspire to in order to live heroically themselves. ...Show more
I Am a Secret Service Agent - My Life Spent Protecting the President by Dan Emmett; Charles Maynard
$19.99 NZD
Category: Biography
Dan Emmett was just eight years old when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. The events surrounding the President's death shaped the course of young Emmett's life as he set a goal of becoming a US Secret Service agent-one of a special group of people willing to trade their lives for that of the ...Show more
I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark by Debbie Levy
$39.99 NZD
Category: Biography
Get to know celebrated Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in the first picture book about her life as she proves that disagreeing does not make you disagreeable! Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has spent a lifetime disagreeing: disagreeing with inequality, arguing against unfair treatme ...Show more
I Will Always Write Back: How One Letter Changed Two Lives by Caitlin Alifirenka; Martin Ganda
$36.00 NZD
Category: Biography
The true story of an all-American girl and a boy from Zimbabwe and the letter that changed both of their lives forever.It started as an assignment. Everyone in Caitlin's class wrote to an unknown student somewhere in a distant place. Martin was lucky to even receive a pen-pal letter. There were only ten ...Show more
In Her Footsteps: Where Trailblazing Women Changed the World by .
$39.99 NZD
Category: Biography | Series: Lonely Planet
Discover the lives and locations of trailblazing women who changed the course of history as you journey to the heart of women's activism, history and creativity through the ages. From the temple of Queen Hatshepsut in Egypt and Empress Dowager Cixi's summer palace in Beijing, to the homes and meeting si ...Show more
Inspiring Inventors Who Are Changing Our Future: People Power series by Hiba Noor Khan
$35.99 NZD
Category: Biography
Discover the stories of 20 extraordinary inventors, who are changing our future for the better. Learn about 20 inspiring inventors and innovators from 20 different countries, all working to make the world a better place, as well as the amazing people who paved their way. Physics teacher Hiba Khan goes a ...Show more
Inspiring Writers (Little People, Big Dreams) Box Set by Isabel Sanchez Vegara
$55.00 NZD
Category: Biography | Series: Little People, Big Dreams
Meet three inspirational people from the world of literature: Maya Angelou, Anne Frank, and Jane Austen! This boxed gift set of three hardcover books from the internationally best-selling Little People, BIG DREAMS series introduces little dreamers to the lives of these incredible authors who changed the ...Show more
Iris Apfel (Little People, Big Dreams) by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara
$23.99 NZD
Category: Biography | Series: Little People, Big Dreams
In this book from the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy best-selling Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the life of Iris Apfel, the vivacious (and accidental) fashion icon.Growing up in Queens, New York, little Iris was the only child at family events. Her grandmother would open a giant ba ...Show more