Farewell, Anahera by Vanessa Hatley-Owen;
$19.99 NZD
Category: NZ Children's Book Award Finalists 2023 | Reading Level: near fibne
This is a beautiful, comforting and uplifting story for anyone who has lost someone that they love. From far away Hawaiki called to her. Turning her face to the sun, she was ready for her next adventure. In the distance, across the shining sea smiling faces of her ancestors were ready for her, their han ...Show more
Children of the Rush (#1) by James Russell
$22.00 NZD
Category: NZ Children's Book Award Finalists 2023 | Series: Children of the Rush
It's 1861, and gold fever is sweeping the world. Otherwise sensible adults have gone mad and will do anything to get their hands on the precious metal. But two children have been caught up in the rush. Michael and Atarangi couldn't be more different, but they share one thing: each has a remarkable and m ...Show more
Te Wehenga: The separation of Ranginui and Papatūānuku by Mat Tait
$36.99 NZD
Category: NZ Children's Book Award Finalists 2023
Stunning retelling of the Māori creation story about the separation of Ranginui, sky-father, and Papatūānuku, earth-mother. Te Wehenga is the separation of Ranginui, sky-father, and Papatūānuku, earth-mother.Award-winning illustrator Mat Tait has written and illustrated this stunning retelling of the ...Show more
4 Yaks and a Yeti by Peter Hillary; Ant Sang
$29.99 NZD
Category: NZ Children's Book Award Finalists 2023 | Reading Level: near fine
High in the foothills of the Himalayas, a young Nepalese boy, Lhakpa, and his four loyal yaks - Yak, Nak, Zopchok and Zum - embark on a perilous journey to find the mythical castle, Shangri-La. On this daring adventure Lhakpa and his yaks battle the perils of the misty mountains - freezing snowstorms an ...Show more
Jason Mason and the World's Most Powerful Itching Powder (#1 Jason Mason) by Jason Gunn; Andrew Gunn
$19.99 NZD
Category: NZ Children's Book Award Finalists 2023
Jason Mason is a pretty average kid. The kind of kid who doesn’t get chosen for the rugby team. The kind of kid who gets his lunchbox picked over by the school bully every day. The kind of kid who finds it hard to concentrate in class. The kind of kid who is, actually, a SECRET AGENT. WAIT . . . WHAT? ...Show more
Roar Squeak Purr: A New Zealand Treasury of Animal Poems by Paula Green
$45.00 NZD
Category: NZ Children's Book Award Finalists 2023
A marvellous menagerie of animal poems for children by New Zealand's best writers - some of them children - selected by star New Zealand poet Paula Green and adorably illustrated by Jenny Cooper.A marvellous menagerie of more than 200 animal poems by Aotearoa's best writers, ROAR SQUEAK PURR shows just ...Show more
Sylvia and the Birds (HB) by Johanna Emeney; Sarah Laing
$39.99 NZD
Category: NZ Children's Book Award Finalists 2023
Part graphic biography, part practical guide to protecting our bird wildlife, this remarkable book for young readers and their families is fully committed to detailing the wonders of our native birds, the threats they face and how we can help them. Based on the life of 'The Bird Lady', Sylvia Durrant, ...Show more
Indigo Moon (#1 Eternity Loop) by Eileen Merriman
$22.00 NZD
Category: NZ Children's Book Award Finalists 2023 | Series: Eternity Loop | Reading Level: very good
Kazuo Ishiguro meets the Hunger Games, following a new generation with enhanced powers and even more deadly challenges. Book 1 of the gritty, fast-paced, thought-provoking Eternity Loop Series.Promise you will never, ever mess with time . . .Both Rigel and Indigo are Offspring, born to virally optimise ...Show more
Miracle by Jennifer Lane
$29.99 NZD
Category: NZ Children's Book Award Finalists 2023
It’s all a blur. All I remember is Dad following Constable Kelly across the one, two, three, four stepping stones that joined our front veranda to our driveway – and thinking, I’ve really done it now. Born in the middle of Australia’s biggest-ever earthquake, Miracle is fourteen when her world crumbles. ...Show more
A Portrait of Leonardo by Donovan Bixley
$35.00 NZD
Category: NZ Children's Book Award Finalists 2023
Strip back the layers of varnish and discover the man behind the masterpieces, the personality that drove one of the greatest minds in history. In a book like no other, explore the life of Leonardo da Vinci.
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