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A Baby Sister for Frances by Russell Hoban; Lillian Hoban (Illustrator)
$46.99 NZD
Category: Hardback Picture Books
Frances's new baby sister seems to have everyone's attention. No one has time for Frances, until one day she decides to do something about it."Well," said Frances, "things are not very good around here anymore. No clothes to wear. No raisins for the oatmeal. I think maybe I'll run away."And she does, bu ...Show more
Bedtime for Frances by Russell Hoban
$22.99 NZD
Category: Paperback Picture Books | Series: Frances
It may be bedtime for Frances, but that does not mean Frances is ready to go to bed - not by a long shot. First she must have a glass of milk and make certain Mother and Father have each kissed her good night (twice). Then she is ready to imagine there is a tiger in her room, and a giant, and...each tim ...Show more
Bread and Jam for Frances by Russell Hoban
$16.99 NZD
$18.98 (10% off)
Category: Picture Books | Series: Frances
Frances, one of children's best-loved characters for over 30 years, now springs to life even more in Bread and Jam for Frances, beautifully reillustrated in sparkling full color by Lillian Hoban. In this memorable story, Frances decides that bread and jam are all she wants to eat, and her understanding ...Show more
Bread and Jam for Frances (I Can Read) by Russell Hoban
$20.00 NZD
Category: Junior Fiction 5-9-year-olds | Series: I Can Read - Level 2 (Cloth)
Frances is a fussy eater. In fact, the only thing she likes is bread and jam. She won't touch her squishy soft-boiled egg. She trades away her chicken-salad sandwich at lunch. She turns up her nose at boring veal cutlets. Unless Mother can come up with a plan, Frances just might go on eating bread and j ...Show more
How Tom Beat Captain Najork and His Hired Sportsmen by Russell Hoban
$18.98 NZD
Category: Picture Books | Series: Captain Najork
This is a classic tale of the triumph of fooling-around fun over humourless no-nonsense adult disapproval! Tom loves to fool around. He fools around with dropping things from bridges into rivers and he fools around with barrels in alleys. He fools around so much that his maiden aunt, Miss Fidget Wonkham ...Show more
How Tom Beat Captain Najork and His Hired Sportsmen HB by Russell Hoban
$27.99 NZD
Category: Hardback Picture Books
This is a classic tale of the triumph of fooling-around fun over humourless no-nonsense adult disapproval! Tom loves to fool around. He fools around with dropping things from bridges into rivers and he fools around with barrels in alleys. He fools around so much that his maiden aunt, Miss Fidget Wonkham ...Show more
Monsters by Russell Hoban
$18.98 NZD
Category: Picture Books
This title is brilliant and hilarious, full of monsters and disbelieving grown-ups - and back in print at last. John likes to draw monsters. Lots of them. Red monsters, yellow monsters, scaly monsters, furry monsters, even invisible monsters. Nothing but monsters! His mum and dad are beginning to worry. ...Show more
Rosie's Magic Horse by Russell Hoban
$17.98 NZD
Category: Picture Books
This is a story that could have come only from the imagination of Russell Hoban, brought vividly to life by the picture-book supremo Quentin Blake. This story begins with an ice-lolly stick. Its sweetness gone, it lies discarded and lonely...until a little girl called Rosie comes along. She places it ca ...Show more
Rosie's Magic Horse by Russell Hoban
$27.99 NZD
Category: Hardback Picture Books
This is a story that could only have come from the imagination of Russell Hoban! Brought vividly to life by picture book great, Quentin Blake. This story begins with an ice-lolly stick. Its sweetness gone, it lies discarded and lonely...until a little girl called Rosie comes along. She places it careful ...Show more
Soonchild by Russell Hoban
$18.98 NZD
Category: Middle Fiction 8-12-year-olds
Somewhere in the Arctic Circle, Sixteen-Face John, a shaman, learns that his first child, a soonchild, cannot hear the World Songs from her mother's womb. The World Songs are what inspire all newborns to come out into the world, and John must find them for her. But how? The answer takes him through many ...Show more
Soonchild by Russell Hoban
$29.99 NZD
Category: Middle Fiction 8-12-year-olds
Somewhere in the Arctic Circle, Sixteen-Face John, a shaman, learns that his first child, a soonchild, cannot hear the World Songs from her mother's womb. The World Songs are what inspire all newborns to come out into the world, and John must find them for her. But how? The answer takes him through man ...Show more
The Marzipan Pig by Russell Hoban
$18.99 NZD
Category: Junior Fiction 5-9-year-olds
"There is," said the marzipan pig, "such sweetness in me!"From the inimitable team of Russell Hoban and Quentin Blake, the pair behind Captain Najork and The Twenty Elephant Restaurant, comes an enchanting story of a little pig made of marzipan. Fallen behind the sofa, nobody hears the lost marzipan pig ...Show more