Dear Rebel: 125+ Women Share Their Best Advice for the Girls of Today (HB) by Rebel Girls
$65.00 NZD
Category: True Stories
More than 125 extraordinary teens and women share their advice, experiences, and the secrets of their success--in their own words. Through letters, poems, essays, self-portraits, and more, the authors tackle topics like overcoming obstacles, discovering your passion, and dreaming big. Learn how Ms. Marv ...Show more
The Little Stowaway by Vicki Bennett
$27.99 NZD
Category: True Stories
France. Winter. 1918. The First World War is over. An brave and determined little French orphan, Honore, wanders through the snow, cold and hungry and lost. When he stumbles on the Australian Flying Corps and meets airman, Tim Tovell, his life is changed forever. This is a story of a remarkable little s ...Show more
The King's Medal by Maria Gill; Alistair Hughes
$24.99 NZD
Category: True Stories
Poppa reveals a war medal in his hand to his grandson. Manu asks, 'Did you win it? 'Sort of, a King gave it to me,' the old man says. He then tells Manu how his Anzac platoon rescued the Greek King, Prime Minister and the rest of their party on a Greek Island during World War II. It's a perilous journe ...Show more
The Adventures of Mittens: Wellington's Famous Purr-sonality by Silvio Bruinsma
$19.99 NZD
Category: True Stories
Meet Mittens, Wellington's world-famous cat-about-town. He has thousands of followers, a hit song, an exhibition of fan art, and with his exploring paws he brings joy to everyone he meets! Join Mittens, Wellington's pawsome celebrity cat, on his real-life adventures in this feline-fabulous picture bo ...Show more
Born to Fly by Julian Arahanga
$24.99 NZD
Category: True Stories | Reading Level: very good
Shot down off the coast of Germany, Pohe was held prisoner at Stalag Luft III, near Sagan in present-day Poland. Digging a tunnel under the camp, Pohe was one of the prisoners who escaped in a mass breakout which was immortalised in the film The Great Escape.
Victory at Point 209 by Andrew Burdan
$24.99 NZD
Category: True Stories
Tells the story of Moananui-a-Kiwa rimu, the first maori soldier to be awarded the Victoria Cross, describing the battle on the 26 & 27th of March 1943 in which he fought heroically, but was killed. Suggested level: secondary, in comic format.
Home Child: A Child Migrant in New Zealand by Dawn McMillan; Trish Bowles
$27.99 NZD
Category: True Stories
London 1950: A father makes the heart-wrenching decision to send his children to New Zealand for a better life. Young Pat and one of her sisters are allowed to stay together when the four are adopted out, but they will never see their father again. Many years after coming to New Zealand, Pat and her sis ...Show more
Poppy Field by Michael Morpurgo
$19.99 NZD
Category: True Stories
A new wartime classic from two legends of children's literature! As the world commemorates the 100th anniversary of Armistice Day, Michael Morpurgo and Michael Foreman have teamed up with the British Legion to tell a new story inspired by the history of the poppy. When John McCrae wrote his famous po ...Show more
When Dad Came Home by Vanessa Hatley Owen
$19.99 NZD
Category: True Stories
Rita and Thomas eagerly await their father¿s return from the war. But the man who returns is not the happy dad they used to know. Struggling to understand his sadness, the children accompany him as he works around the house, all the while singing their favourite song. One day, while they are helping him ...Show more
Gladys Goes to War by Glyn Harper
$19.99 NZD
Category: True Stories | Reading Level: very good
A stunning picture book from the award-winning Glyn Harper and Jenny Cooper, bringing us the incredible true story of Gladys Sandford u mechanic, First World War ambulance driver, New Zealand's first woman pilot and a trailblazer ahead of her time. Gladys loves nothing better than tinkering with car eng ...Show more
Battle at the Gate by Jenny Jenkins
$17.99 NZD
Category: True Stories
This is the true story of Heni - the young Ngaiterangi woman who, along with the rest of her tribe, showed mercy to wounded British soldiers after the Battle of Gate Pa. The tribe became renowned throughout the British Commonwealth because of their deeds. At Lichfield Cathedral in England, a stained gla ...Show more
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