Lucy likes to go to sleep with the soft glow of a nightlight. Her mum begins to suggest she might not need it any more, but Lucy insists she does. ...
Kitty Hawk has always wanted to fly. Kitty and her brother have grown up around planes as their father is an aeronautical engineer. They have grown up surrounded by the ...
Beau can’t believe his luck. One minute he’s living on the streets, raiding rubbish bins in alleys for dinner, and the next he’s accepted into a loving human family. A ...
Bean is a creature of habit. She wakes up at the same time every day, has a stretch, opens the bedroom curtains and falls down the stairs. She sharpens her ...
Finn is 16, lives in Te Awanga with his mum, has a sort-of girlfriend (Alison) and some good mates. He’s feeling uncomfortable about an offer his grandmother has made for ...
Lulu is part of the Silver Stars Dancing Troupe. Along with their manager Brio, their costume designer Tina, and their wee dog Yippy, they not only love to dance, they ...
Eleanor is on the school bus home when she realises she has left her shoes behind. At least she thinks she has. She can’t think where exactly they might be? But ...
Six children live together in a government facility under strict security and far from prying eyes. This facility is called The Playroom. These children look human (most of the time), ...
Bertie has a list of all the reasons staying on his uncle’s farm while his mum is away, is a bad idea. It stinks! It’s in the country with absolutely ...
Millie and Toby are tramping with their mum on New Zealand’s Heaphy Track when their life changes. Mum is suddenly lying in agony with a broken leg, and Millie and ...
Skandar has settled into his quartet after a very rocky start in his new life as a Unicorn Rider. Being accepted by these three new friends means everything to Skandar, ...
This is a book about racism… This is exactly how this hardback picture book begins. Very simply, the author introduces himself and then begins to explain racism. Jelani shows his ...
Jake might have been sentenced, but to the small town of Bayview’s horror he is soon back on their streets. Sure he has an ankle bracelet and there are restraining ...
Ruby is drawing – her most favourite thing to do. She’s been grounded by her mum’s boyfriend (Dodgy Dave) and confined to her room she is happy just to be ...
Everyone knows of the Cooool Beans. They swagger and look cool. Their sunglasses make them look even cooler. But they weren’t always just the Cool Beans. They were part of ...
A farmer is working with his animals , Cow, Chicken and Pig. Holding his clipboard, the farmer asks them to respond to his question. A cow goes….? MOO, replies ...
Careful What You Wish For Gary and his friends Brook and Carl are enjoying their favourite sandwiches at Ye Olde Sandwich Shop, when the topic of tests come up. Gary ...
2032. It’s hot. So hot that it’s unsafe to be out in the sun during the day, with the government imposing a law to keep people inside when over 42deg ...
For Jack, it was when his parents split up. He went from a happy, sports mad boy to a young man consumed by controlling calorie intake and changing his body ...
Selby hasn’t done any homework for months. She’s at high school and hasn’t read any set school text for two years. Does this worry her. Nah, she’s not bothered at ...
Panda and Squirrel are the very best of friends. They live close to each other – Panda in a cave and Squirrel in his nest in the hollow of a ...
George is dreading it. But his dad has been looking forward to him joining him in the local coal mine. After all, his uncles worked in the mine too, along ...
Tuatara have many other names… Kaitiaki – Guardians of Knowledge Ngārara or Kārara A Living Dinosaur or A Living Treasure! Tuatara may look like a lizard ...
We have all heard of Sir Edmund Hilary being one of the first ever to reach the summit of Mt Everest (along with Tenzing Norgay). We know about amazing Jean ...
New Zealand is one of the best places in the world to view the night skies above us. We even have a ‘Dark Sky’ Reserve in the South Island with ...
Inge isn’t sure what to expect when she meets her grandmother for the first time. All alone, Inge crosses the water between her home in Copenhagen and her new home-to-be ...