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Fart Monster and Me

Ben Dugan is excited when something green crash lands in his back yard the day before they are moving house. .....

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The Cat with the Coloured Tail

The Cat with the Coloured Tail is no ordinary cat. Not only does its tail change colour, it guides his .....

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Aotearoa – The New Zealand Story

From before the age of dinosaurs to present day, this large scale sumptuous book tells the story of our country: .....

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Mission Unpluckable – The Bad Guys (2)

The pictures and antics of these characters had me laughing out loud. Mission Unpluckable – I enjoyed this episode of .....

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Captain Jimmy Cook Discovers (2) X marks the Spot

Jimmy is at it again. Doing stuff he shouldn’t, causing chaos and mayhem and not understanding what the fuss is .....

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Olga and the Smelly Thing from Nowhere

Olga LOVES animals. She prefers them much more than people and then proves her point quickly to the reader with .....

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Flying Furballs (7) Breakout

Just when Claude and Syd are planning to celebrate their latest mission, news arrives that their comrades in the White .....

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Chook Doolan – The Newest Pet

Simon Doolan has a nickname – Chook, which is another name for chicken. He is scared of everything. When his .....

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Charlie and the War against the Grannies

Charlie wants a paper round. But never in a million years can he imagine what he and his best friend .....

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Fizz (1) and the Police Dog Tryouts

Fizz is a small white fluffy dog. His family are either show dogs, lap dogs, handbag dogs or companion dogs. .....

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Aliens vs Bad Guys – The Bad Guys (6)

They’re back in a new adventure! These bad guys are now The Good Guys Club – and they’ve just saved .....

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The Bad Guys (11) Dawn of the Underlord

Now that The Bad Guys – Wolf, Shark, Piranha, Agent Fox and Snake have saved Earth and mankind from Alien .....

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Fantastic Mr Fox

Mr Fox has to leave his home in a hole under a tree every night to find food for his .....

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The Magic Finger

This story is told by an eight year old girl who hates hunting of any kind. The problem was that .....

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The Worst Witch and the Wishing Star

This was my first foray into The Worst Witch series and although I thought it a little old fashioned, with .....

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