Summer Reading Guide 2023/2024
These titles have been chosen by us as some of our favourite for the 2023/2024 Summer. They appear on our Summer Reading Guide.
Mangō: Sharks and Rays of Aotearoa by Ned Barraud; Andrew Stewart
$34.99 NZD
Category: NZ Natural History
The oceans surrounding Aotearoa New Zealand are home to over a hundred astonishing and strange species of sharks and rays. This fact-filled book takes you down into the fascinating underwater lives of these expert hunters, illustrates their evolution and explores their place in our culture. And it expla ...Show more
Gigantic by Rob Biddulph
$29.99 NZD
Category: Hardback Picture Books
A powerful and standout sea-life story featuring one very small and determined blue whale from bestselling and award-winning author and illustrator Rob Biddulph.Meet Gigantic, the smallest blue whale in the Atlantic. Dwarfed by the other whales, Gigantic keeps to himself, making new friends and perfecti ...Show more
Goddess Crown by Shade Lapite
$22.99 NZD
Category: Teen Fiction
A YA feminist fantasy, full of romance, danger and courtly intrigue, from a dazzling debut writer. For fans of Twin Crowns, and TikTok sensations The Woven Kingdom and To Kill a Kingdom. Kalothia has grown up in the shadows of her kingdom, hidden away in the East after her parents were outed as enemies ...Show more
Dazzlehands [Ringakoreko Ringakōreko English edition] by Sacha Cotter; Josh Morgan
$21.99 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
The cow says 'moo' the chicken says 'cluck' and the pig says ... 'Dazzlehands!' As hard as the farmer tries, pig won't go 'oink'. Instead, pig gets all the animals moving to: 'Train hands, rain hands, fly-it-like-a-plane hands. Bursting with the razzle, gotta liberate these DAZZLEHANDS!'
Three Tasks for a Dragon by Eoin Colfer
$35.99 NZD
Category: Hardback Picture Books
Illustrated in a sophisticated muted palette, this is a classic quest story with a modern twist from two Irish Children's Laureates. After his father’s death, Prince Lir is tricked into embarking on a perilous quest to rescue a maiden from a dragon. The studious young prince is no warrior, but he uses h ...Show more
All the Way Down by Stewart Foster
$21.00 NZD
Category: Adventure and Real Life Stories
A life-affirming story about friendship, adventure and self-belief, from the award-winning author of The Bubble Boy. Perfect for fans of Louis Sachar's Holes and Elle McNicoll's A Kind of Spark.When three eleven-year-old 'problem children' are thrown together at summer camp, they're challenged to build ...Show more
The Treasure Hunt by Leisa Stewart-Sharpe
$34.99 NZD
Category: Facts and Information
Discover real-life stories of treasures lost, stolen and found where YOU become the treasure hunter! Discover a message in a bottle that appears to be from the ghost of Captain William Kidd - the infamous pirate and now, it would seem, thief! Follow a breadcrumb trail of intriguing clues left by the tre ...Show more