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Is My Worry Worth Worrying About Book Review Cover

Is My Worry Worth Worrying About?

The narrator of this picture book admits something on the 1st page. He’s a worrier. He even worries about his .....

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A Kids Book About Anger Book Review Cover

A Kids Book About Anger

An intro for grownups begins this book with the fact that we all feel anger, but the following pages hold .....

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Whakarongo ki ō Tūpuna - Listen to your Ancestors Book Review Cover

Whakarongo ki ō Tūpuna – Listen to your Ancestors

A teacher stands with her students under a vast skyscape, clouds skudding across it. She urges them to look up .....

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Let's Stick Together Book review Cover

Let’s Stick Together

Bear and Squirrel are the best of friends. One day Squirrel has an exciting idea. “Let’s have a Party! Let’s .....

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Blue Blue Christmas Book Review Cover

Blue, Blue Christmas

Things are warming up down under, and Christmas is on its way. There are lots Santa pictures around at this .....

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There's a T-Rex in my Tummy Book Review Cover

There’s a T-Rex in my Tummy

A young boy lies in his bed, where worries have crept up on him. His stomach has begun to hurt, .....

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The Monster Game Book Review Cover

The Monster Game

Have you ever wondered about Monsters in your bedroom after dark? Lots of shapes and sizes? Hungry ones? Big ones, .....

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Lucy and the Dark Book Review Cover

Lucy and the Dark

Lucy likes to go to sleep with the soft glow of a nightlight. Her mum begins to suggest she might .....

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The Smart Cookie Book Review Cover

The Smart Cookie

Once upon a time there was a Cookie. She lived in a bakery and went to sleep each night in .....

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My Body My Taonga Book Review Cover

My Body My Taonga – Body Safety with Rāwiri and Ruby

Friends Rāwiri and Ruby are learning about body safety, and how special their bodies are. There are special ways to .....

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The Rainbow in my Heart - a book about emotions Book Review Cover

The Rainbow in my Heart – a book about emotions

Beginning with a rainbow, this picture book explores many emotions we all experience. Ten feelings are shared with a rhyme .....

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Have You Seen Tomorrow? Book Review Cover

Have You Seen Tomorrow?

Rabbit sits in the opening of his burrow, looking out at the trees and fields that lay in front of .....

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The Grizzled Grist Does Not Exist Book Review Cover

The Grizzled Grist Does Not Exist!

Let’s go! Ms Whiskersniff (Ms Whisk when in a hurry), is taking her class 2B off for an adventure into .....

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Goose the Artist Book Review Cover

Goose the Artist

Goose is preparing for an art contest for the Pebbleside Art Awards. His friends are willing subjects, and they sit .....

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The Secret of Sapling Green Book Review Cover

The Secret of Sapling Green

Sapling Green has a secret, and she hides it in her pockets. She doesn’t feel like she fits in at .....

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Go Away Worry Monster Book Review Cover

Go Away Worry Monster!

Archie lies in bed, thinking about going to a brand new school the following day. Worry Monster has been lying .....

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Hare & Ruru Book Review Cover

Hare & Ruru – A Quiet Moment

Hare wants quiet. Total quiet. Not birds chatting, or sheep muttering, bees buzzing or trees swishing. He searches high and .....

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Isla's Family Tree Book Review Cover

Isla’s Family Tree

Isla is quite happy with her mum and dad thank, you very much. The thought of a new brother or .....

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There’s no such thing

Bear and Ted are camping for the first time, and night has fallen. Tucked up in a sleeping bag, Bear .....

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The Voyage

In the chaos of war, a family decides to leave to find a safe place to live. A voyage across .....

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The Huge Bag of Worries

Jenny lives in a nice house with lovely parents and her big brother. She has a good friend at school .....

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The Girl Who Never Made Mistakes

Beatrice Bottomwell did everything well – never putting on odd socks, forgetting her homework or to make her bed. But .....

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At the End of Holyrood Lane

Flick loves her home underneath the beech trees at the end of Holyrood Lane. She dances with butterflies, plays in .....

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