A young girl is in class when her teacher announces a new assignment. “Who are you?” she asks. “Trace your roots.” Unlike many in her class, this student can only ...
Red knows she’s lucky to be on the trip with her friends. Ever since her mum died, Red is the head of the family after her father fell apart. There ...
Milly is angry. At fifteen, she didn’t expect to be living in her grandparent’s house with her mum gone and only her dad at her side. But no-one expected the ...
Birdie is a little penguin with a very big job. She sings the night sky in every evening as the sun goes down. The other animals at the zoo listen ...
Cosima or Cos, for short has never known any other life except the Home for Unfortunate Girls. She, like her friends, are deemed infirm, degenerate, and more politely – unfortunate. ...
Joy has heard something wonderful! Somewhere out in the world, there is a place where wishes come true and a very wise teacher awaits. Joy knows she must find this ...
Huia is worried. They are doing something special in her classroom the next day and Huia isn’t sure she wants to take part. Each student has been asked to bring ...
This is the perfect pictorial book for young children, showing the beauty of New Zealand. Whether born a kiwi, have come to live here, or a visitor, ‘This Land Aotearoa ...
‘An elephant alone, is not an elephant.’ A family member has told Ruby this, but she doesn’t know what it means. She supposed it was to help her with her ...
A girl hunkers down in a school library. It’s a quiet space most of the time. The more time she spends there, the more she sees the forest around her. ...
Lopini has always been good at school, in Kapa Haka and in fact at anything he sets his mind to do. The only downfall to that, is when something doesn’t ...
2001 – Jack and his mate Eddie are setting out on an adventure. After Jack’s dad dropped them and their kayaks off at a river at Stanley Landing, (Sth of ...
It doesn’t take much to make Alice angry, and lining up at her new school registration, only to be told they hadn’t received her enrollment is like a red rag ...
Pearl loves her life with her family. She’s free to sleep when she wants, hide in any bags she can find, or swat the family dog Decca for fun. What ...
Para Pūkeko is hanging out in her favourite place and home – the local rubbish dump. It’s particularly good when a new load of rubbish arrives for Para to raid. ...
This is the first Dog Man book I have read – intrigued by young reader’s attraction to them. It is fast moving, funny and bright and I can definitely see ...
Penny has been waiting all summer for her very best friend in the world to return from summer camp. Penny and Violet usually do everything together, so it seems like ...
Bob and his best friend Malcom have a dream. They want to win the local Griffin’s Got Talent show coming up at school. The $50 prize is perfect for printing ...
Merel lives with her Mum, dad and little brother Bexley in a world after cataclysmic climate collapse and mass extinctions across Earth. Her constant companion is a white crow named ...
Do you know the best thing to help grow big, juicy vegetables? Harriet found this amazing ingredient while she was doing her family chore of feeding their compost worms. Her ...
Cougar, Monkey, Armadillo and Bear are the Dung Beatles, a jungle band who love playing music together. Their beat is sent out through the forest on congo drums, guitars and ...
Garlic wakes one morning to a terrible shock. Her fingers have changed overnight. They even look almost… human? She tells her friend Carrot, and they joke about her changing. Garlic ...
Nic has had to move around a lot with her dad. She understands the moves as she and her father are Remarkables – folk with special magical powers that don’t ...
Max’s day has gone from bad to worse and then the worst it can possibly get! Opening his back pack in class to discover dozens of pairs of underpants inside ...
Matthew can’t believe his mum at first when she tells them they have to leave their home. With his father in prison, they are behind in the rent and now ...
Tyler is a very active boy, in mind and in body. He is smart, his mind racing ahead of itself but not connecting with consequences. On the way to school ...
Billy Pyke is a very busy 12 year old. Living in Carlton, Melbourne, he is the eldest of 8 children and called upon for a lot of their care. Dad ...
Zadie lives in a flat above their family Milk Bar (Dairy / Shop) in Melbourne, Australia. Her mama runs the shop and is always worrying about the meagre day’s takings. ...
It was the stranger that started everything. Pearl didn’t like the look of him, or the fact that he wanted to talk to her father about a secret deal he ...