A child’s curiosity shines from the very cover itself of this hardback picture book – inviting readers inside to see what there is to discover… Open the book and find ...
Did you know that William Pickering went to the same school in New Zealand as Ernest Rutherford (who split the atom)? Who is William Pickering? He was a very accomplished ...
A tiny creature lay on a rock in the sun, wondering a mighty question… What makes me, me? It watches a ball of fluff and its parents down on the ...
Kat knows by her parent’s strange behaviour and the increasingly alerting radio broadcasts that something terrible is coming. She and her parents pretend all is well for the sake of ...
What is We Did It Anyway about? A group of teens are to attend a surf life saving camp on an island, but get quickly swept up in a terrifying ...
What is Stitch Head about? The very first creation of a mad professor is hiding in a castle above a small town called Grubbers Nubbin. His name is Stitch Head. ...
Elvie loves life in the backyard of the Pollock family. She has the company of chickens, visiting seagulls and a ginger cat named Goldie. She even goes for walks with ...
Mira’s whole world is contained on her island of Rosevear, where the people live simply and her father protects her. But now a young woman, Mira’s curiosity about the world ...
Now that Mira has made a bargain with the enigma that is Lord Elijah Tresillian of Ennor, her vow for vengeance against those who killed her father is even more ...
What is The Missing Magic of Sparrow Xia about? 12 year old Sparrow Xia is about to begin her 1st year at Zenith Academy where her older brother Ainsley is ...
What is INVISIBLE about? A 13 year old boy becomes the target of a classroom bully with a focussed barrage of intimidation and fear tactics, building quickly to exclusion and ...
The colours begin to show on the horizon as te Rā (the sun) wakes, rising to light up the sky. Manu (birds) open their eyes, and sing their wake-up waiata ...
What is Bandoola about? A young elephant is born in the late 19th century in Burma. As he grows, learns and meets humans as special as himself, they experience the ...
Out in the Bay takes readers around a bay, where birds and seals go about their lives above the water, and jellyfish and dolphins swim beneath it. One Bay it ...
A bird sets out over the ocean on a single minded mission. It must find food for its chick so it can survive the night. But this seabird is not ...
What is Stuck in the Middle about? Leon is one of seven children in his family. They are all confident and happy with loving parents, but Leon feels different much ...
What is Jake Whyte Pig Hunter about? Jake Whyte is in Year 10 (NZ), and is keen to put meat on the table at home. He teaches himself hunting techniques, while ...
What is stalking around Cass’s village? Everyone calls it The Beast, but Cass is not so sure. Terrible tales swirl through the villager’s gossip and minds, but Cass want to ...
What is Charlie, Tam and the Singing Canary about? Charlie and her mum move to the small NZ town of Coalburn. Her mum loves to study cemeteries and they have moved ...
Two friends are chatting about all the amazing adventures they’d been on. “And how about the time we got lost in The Land of Lost Things?” When one friend can’t ...
What is You & Me and the Gigantic Knucklehead about? Two friends reminisce about another action packed adventure they’ve had together, when they became giants but ended up in the ...
What is Beast Mode (1) about? Three kids aged between 9 and 12 are on the run and in hiding trying to figure out who and what they are. A ...
What is Paint Me Like Your Dead Girls about? 17 year old Fliss is with her art lover father at an estate sale when she finds a famous painting. It is ...
What is The Visitors about? A young ghost is trying to figure out who he is, and why he can’t leave the grounds of a historical slave plantation many years ...
Billie B Brown loves playing with her football, but on the way home from school, a wayward kick sends it over a high fence. This isn’t just any fence however. ...
Bird is out in the world on his own for the very first time. He lands on a tree branch with his tiny suitcase and has a look around. Everything ...
Bird is sweltering on his branch now that it is Summer. Spider reminds Bird that he should be doing the Summer Song his mum taught him. Especially if he is ...
We’ve had books on NZ Sports Stars, NZ Adventurers, NZ Health Heroes and now with Out of the Box, we have a collection of amazing New Zealander’s stories who are deaf or ...
What is 100 Cupboards about? A boy goes to live with relatives in rural Kansas after his parents go missing. He’s given a room in the attic in their home, ...
What is Hunt for the Night Hawks about? A 12 year old boy interrupts two men digging in his Nan’s field in the middle of the night. They are digging for ...