It began with a knock on the classroom door. The children looked up to see a small shadow waiting outside. .....
Books know their own stories quite well. But there is one book on the shelf that has the same words .....
Monday isn’t happy. Getting out of bed is even a struggle, but she knows she has a job to do. .....
Spotty is a zebra. Everyone knows zebras have stripes not spots! Spotty really doesn’t like her spots, especially when other .....
Mama Duck is busy counting her eggs when she realises she has an extra. It doesn’t look like her eggs .....
Have you ever seen a Dizzy Waggle? These are tiny fluffy creatures with big eyes, ears and a tail covered .....
The Dizzy Waggles are playing a game. They are picking up balls and throwing them through a hanging loop made .....
Mama Cat is about to begin her kitten’s lessons on how to be a cat. When she invites Duck to .....
It’s Marion’s first day of school. We travel with him through his day, experiencing all his emotions with him. Our .....
Rangi enjoys practising haka with the other boys in his class at school. They are preparing for their end of .....
Bear & Squirrel are hanging out together as usual. They are so in sync with each other, when they play .....
Agnes is a farm dog looking after the farm animals, especially the chickens. It is Agnes’ job to put her .....
The recognisable hand written font style of the title instantly lets us know we have another Oliver Jeffers piece of .....
Mophead has a problem. She has woken with a knot. It’s a big knot, and the more she ignores it, .....
A young boy lies in his bed, where worries have crept up on him. His stomach has begun to hurt, .....
Trevor the Duck is very curious. He spends lots of time looking under, over and around things to see what .....
This is a book about racism… This is exactly how this hardback picture book begins. Very simply, the author introduces .....
A farmer is working with his animals , Cow, Chicken and Pig. Holding his clipboard, the farmer asks them to .....
Huia is worried. They are doing something special in her classroom the next day and Huia isn’t sure she wants .....
Cougar, Monkey, Armadillo and Bear are the Dung Beatles, a jungle band who love playing music together. Their beat is .....
Alfred can’t see the board at school. His mum decides to take him to an optometrist (eye doctor) in town. .....
Once upon a time there was a Cookie. She lived in a bakery and went to sleep each night in .....
The Bad Seed revels in being bad. He likes other seeds being scared of him. He likes pushing in on .....
The narrator of this story is a Good Egg. What does that mean? A Good Egg is someone who likes .....
Lulu the Lemon doesn’t want to get up today. It’s raining, and she just can’t face school and other people .....
Kaewa Kororā (little blue penguin) is swimming when suddenly she is dashed against the sand on the sea floor. Ow! .....
Let’s go! Ms Whiskersniff (Ms Whisk when in a hurry), is taking her class 2B off for an adventure into .....
So many tricky situations arise in children’s lives and often finding the right words to ease guilt or sadness or .....
Jonah loves Freddy so much. Freddy is Jonah’s best friend and they do everything together. Whether going to the beach, .....
Roo is a very BIG dog! So big that he is clumsy. He’s uncoordinated, too big for human laps and .....