Before the settlers, before Captain Cook, Abel Tasman, or any Pacific explorers reached NZ shores – Aotearoa was covered in .....
Tim Tipene shares tales of his childhood in this new collection of short stories. Although neglected, abused and always on .....
Did you know you have something in common with Southern Right Whales? They have two plates of bristles that hang .....
Walking in your victims shoes, hopping heads heroism, virtual reality football, mind jumping mums, and a creature called Blush. Just .....
Omar lived in a peaceful town in the Afghanistan countryside with his mum, dad and sister. Life was good. He .....
Tressa and Sonnie have been friends for years, but have never met. With Tressa in Ireland and Sonnie in Wellington, .....
A young man called Tupaia was born in Ra’iatea. As he grew he’d learned the way of the stars and .....
Christopher, his mum and brother Anton have arrived at the end of nowhere, 12,000 miles from home. This is their .....
It wasn’t planned. It completely freaks her out. When Ethel Leatherman orders some Chinese herbal medicine for her excruciating acne .....
Have you ever heard that fairies are born from a baby’s first laugh? Monsters however, come from a last dying .....
Arthur and Rose are twins, and used to be very close. Now they are older, something has changed. No longer .....
Twins, Rose and Arthur can’t wait to get back to The Land of Roar, and the perfect opportunity arises a .....
Frenemies Jimmy Cook and Alice Toole have just realised that they have birthday parties planned, and invitations sent out to .....
Five dragons have been raised from eggs, underneath a mountain and away from danger. They have been taught how to .....
Maggie is the middle child in her family of five. She has a little brother called Trig and an elder .....
Polly and Buster have been best friends forever. But lately their parents have told them that they are too old .....
When a stranger arrives in the Crafty Trout Tavern, looking for Captain Catnip, no-one suspects any trouble. But trouble arrives .....
Not many kiwis know about our very own dinosaur hunter, Joan Wiffen. As a wife and mother, and with no .....
Vita and her mum are visiting New York to convince her beloved Grandfather to return to the UK with them. .....
Evie is someone special. She not only loves animals, spends all her spare time reading and learning about animals, Evie .....
Sometimes you are sad. Michael is very sad after losing his son. He pretends to be happy around other people .....
Three short stories – two with familiar settings, and a brand new tale A young boy and his sister are .....
Rose is thirteen, born into a wealthy family with 7 children. Her father is an accomplished artist, her mother Scottish .....
Hiding at Polly’s teacher’s house, Polly and Buster are frightened and confused. They have fled from the witches in town .....
Now at home again, Polly believes everything in her town of Blackmoon Coven has been sorted. But it’s actually even .....
Ben Huntsmore loves his home on Badger’s Hill (his mother’s ancestral family estate in England.) He has many friends, a .....
CHEERIE-on-SEA is a wonderful place of sand, swimming and icecream – in the summer. In the winter, the CH seems .....
Rowley’s best friend is Greg Heffley. Rowley looks up to Greg and has decided to write his own journal, just .....
Sisters Eliza and Avery love living on the coast of Louisiana with their parents. The birds, turtles and swamp wildlife .....