With no shops, cafes or other things people stop in towns for, Te Mata Hāpuku isn’t very exciting. One thing tourists do stop for is the possibility of finding agate ...
For three long years Samira Zidane and her mother have belonged to the French Resistance in Northern France. The German Empire took control four years before, ruling with an iron ...
The narrator of this picture book admits something on the 1st page. He’s a worrier. He even worries about his worrying because he knows his worries are not normal. There ...
Aotearoa is a land of around 20,000 species of insect. And most of them can only be found right here! Our insects live from the tip of the North Island ...
Reyha lives in a small village with her ailing mother. She has been taught to hunt by her father, so can keep them fed, but now her father is dead, ...
Josephine Eloise Thomas (Jet) and her family have moved to France to renovate an old chateau and look for any information they can find about Jet’s mum. Jet doesn’t remember ...
It’s the year of 2654. This year is no different, and any who wish to join the prestigious Starquest Academy must enter a competition of survival over 3 days and ...
Kimi is excited about his coming of age journey to the Stone Circle with all the other Kekeno. But when his mum is badly injured by a local shark, he ...
Anahera is a kiwi who was born in 1979. Her and her brother were found by forestry workers when they were clearing trees. They were both taken to the Ōtorohanga ...
Astrid and Jonas feel like they will never fit in anywhere. As twins, at least they have each other and the solid vow between them that – it’s them together, ...
Millie and Stella are the very best of friends and do everything together at school and after school with their ponies. They are both keen readers too and are vying ...
Gemma and her mum have always been very close. They only have each other and they are like best friends. But when Gemma’s teacher Mrs Wellcome announces a new class ...
Ana is still hurting from her break up with her boyfriend. Having to face him every day on a planned group holiday isn’t helping, and she is only just holding ...
Titch is finally on the adventure she has always dreamed of, with her bestie Huckleberry and her pet Dollop along for company. But even with the Heartstone Staff of Aluria ...
Aria is incredibly proud of her father. He has always believed that the gene-compromised Dreamslingers in their community are not as dangerous as they are believed to be. Aria lives ...
Bex can’t deal with it any more. Her father has made it very clear what he thinks of her, wanting to marry her off as soon as possible so he ...
When WWI was over in 1919, there were thousands of soldiers waiting for a ship home. In England, New Zealand soldiers lived at Sling Camp in Salisbury while they waited… ...
Ralph treks between the trees and past small ponds. His school uniform is torn and dirty and there is no one from his plane anywhere to be seen. He finally ...
Depression is more common than we think, and can affect people of all ages. Depression can be a scary word for some, and also something that is hard to understand. ...
99 steps from the end of your street is the edge of Nowhere in Particular. It might be nowhere, but it is somewhere to the creatures that live there. It’s ...
Easter is nearly here and Rabbit has jobs to do. With rolls of ribbon, bundles of paper and envelopes Rabbit knows it’s time to get to work. (But having Mum ...
Red lives in a small village ruled by fear, rules and a tyrannical mayor. He has control of rations and who receives them, has had towers built with lookouts on ...
It’s 1918, and Bo’s beloved big brother Harry is going off to do his bit in the war. Bo knows there will be a huge gap in their small home ...
Makayla is full of ideas for stories. She can happily escape to them during her day, day dreaming up more and more ideas. Howard loves to draw, so much so ...
Feather lives on a crumbling wall with her little sister, mother and the rest of her village. They are surrounded by an ever-creeping forest which is a mass of mysteries ...