Take Me to Your Leader by Leonie Agnew
$21.99 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction 8-12-year-olds
Eleven-year-old Lucas has got a new worry to add to his long, long list - his rural school is on the Ministry of Education's list for closure. What's his mum going to do if he and his sister have to start travelling to a school an hour or two away? She can't drive them; she certainly can't afford boardi ...Show more
Ring Ting Tūī by Elena de Roo; Paul Beavis (Illustrator)
$20.99 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
The familiar antics of one of New Zealand's favourite native birds have been captured by award-winning picture book creators Elena de Roo and Paul Beavis. SQUAWK! Things are getting loud! The kowhai branch is bending ... what a sticky tūī crowd! Have the tūī slurped too much kowhai nectar to make an esc ...Show more
Heartstopper Volume 5 by Alice Oseman
$27.99 NZD
Category: Graphic Books (Teen) | Series: Heartstopper Ser.
Boy meets boy. Boys become friends. Boys fall in love. The bestselling LGBTQ+ graphic novel about life, love, and everything that happens in between: this is the fifth volume of the much-loved HEARTSTOPPER series. Nick and Charlie are very much in love. They've finally said those three little words, an ...Show more
Wot Knot You Got? Mophead's Guide to Life by Selina Tusitala Marsh
$29.99 NZD
Category: Emotions and Feelings
With her trademark visual wit, our buddy Mophead unravels the knots that keep us up at night. ‘What do you do if nothing is right – not at home, at school, anywhere?’‘What if people don’t like me?’‘What if your own ideas stink?’‘How do I hug my dad?’ One morning, Selina wakes up with a twisting, tang ...Show more
Paku Manu Ariki Whakatakapōkai by Michaela Keeble & Tokerau Brown
$29.99 NZD
Category: NZ Junior Fiction 5-9-year-olds
A bold and multi-layered picture book about self-determination narrated by a young boy full of ideas and questions about growing up, belonging, spirituality, culture, whanau, tupuna, atua, and who is the boss.“My name is Paku Manu Ariki Whakatakapokai.You can call me Paku Manu Ariki Whakatakapokai.” Pa ...Show more
What You Need to Be Warm by Neil Gaiman
$22.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
Sometimes it only takes a stranger in a dark place... to say we have the right to be here, to make us warm in the coldest season. In 2019, Neil Gaiman asked his Twitter followers: What reminds you of warmth? Over 1,000 responses later, Neil began to weave replies from across the world into a poem in ai ...Show more
The Deadlands: Trapped by Skye Melki-Wegner
$18.99 NZD
Category: Fantasy, Magic and Science Fiction
Dinosaurs fight for freedom and survival in book two of this action-packed middle-grade series. Battle rages on between the two surviving dinosaur kingdoms. Eleri and his fellow outcasts are searching for evidence to prove that the carnivores have manipulated the herbivore kingdoms into war, so they can ...Show more
Waverider (#9 Amulet) by Kazu Kibuishi
$21.99 NZD
Category: Graphic Books | Series: Amulet
After her confrontation with Ikol, Emily finally understands the stone's power and what she must do to defend Alledia from the shadows. As she travels to Typhon to help her mum and Navin, Prince Trellis returns to the Kingdom of the Elves to save his countrymen – and confront the fraud who has seized po ...Show more
Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell
$22.99 NZD
Category: Fantasy, Magic and Science Fiction
It was a very fine day, until something tried to eat him. A boy called Christopher is visiting his reclusive grandfather when he witnesses an avalanche of mythical creatures come tearing down the hill. This is how Christopher learns that his grandfather is the guardian of one of the ways between the no ...Show more
Eyewitness Encyclopedia of Everything: The Ultimate Guide to the World Around You (HB) by DK
$64.99 NZD
Category: Facts and Information
Experience the world's most incredible nature, science, and history images and stories in one amazing book. Like the hugely successful Eyewitness series itself, Eyewitness Encyclopedia of Everything includes every topic children want to read about. The world's greatest record-breakers, most amazing anim ...Show more
Reo Pēpi Bilingual Colouring Book by Kitty Brown; Kirsten Parkinson
$19.99 NZD
Category: Drawing and Colouring
Beautiful bilingual colouring book starring creatures of Aotearoa. Includes over 30 stickers! Featuring native birds, sea creatures, insects and plants, this is a must-have for every Kiwi child. It also teaches te reo and introduces key learning concepts such as opposites and feelings. From the autho ...Show more
The Race Is On: Wolf Girl 10 by Anh Do
$18.99 NZD
Category: Fantasy, Magic and Science Fiction | Series: Wolf Girl Ser.
Wolf Girl and her pack are back in the tenth instalment of this smash-hit series. Can they win the race? Or will someone else catch up with them first...