Pa Bear is in the loo. He has a problem. There is no toilet paper left on the roll! The Bear family and friends gather at the sound of his ...
Greedy Cat is not happy. His home is different. A strange tree is where his favourite chair used to be. There are gifts under the tree, but none of them ...
Boingo is holding his most favourite thing in the world – his golden balloon. But suddenly, a gust of wind takes it, sending it up in the air. Boingo follows ...
For as long as they can remember, the Protectorate has been under a fog. Not just in a weather sense where a greyness blocks the sunshine from reaching this town, ...
Bug loves her big drafty house in Vermont where the doors creak shut on their own, a window might close or a touch of something brushes across her in the ...
Maddy Washington has always tried to be invisible ever since going to school for the first time at age twelve. Keen to finally be with other kids her own age, ...
They shouldn’t have opened the crate. Dad did tell them to leave it alone until he returned from work at the hospital, but Amy, Danny and their cousin Jack were ...
Show and Tell is always hard for Lily. Other kids have exciting objects or exotic animals to bring along to class, when Lily’s best offering is a weird shaped potato. ...
Greg is pondering a life of fame and fortune, quickly realising that your life is not your own – having to sign autographs, smile constantly even if you don’t feel ...
Damsa looks around a strange gated compound, not sure what to think. She has been on the streets for the last few days, alone and afraid after running away from ...
Corpse is lonely on her rock that isn’t there. That is, it’s there, until you look away – and then it vanishes from your mind. Corpse once had a friend ...
Oliver kitten began life in a fire engine, living with his mum and many siblings. It’s not until he’s rescued then adopted by a family of six humans that his ...
In a time long before pakeha strode Aotearoa, 12 year old Te Kawenga is busy fetching water from a nearby spring. Others are also there this early in the morning, ...
Beginning with a rainbow, this picture book explores many emotions we all experience. Ten feelings are shared with a rhyme on the left page and an illustration of a child ...
Barnaby Brocket has always been a bit different. From the moment he was born, his mortified parents realised that their third child wasn’t normal. Alastair and Eleanor Brocket pride themselves ...
Hex (Hector), doesn’t know why he does the stupid things he does. They just happen – without thought or planning. Sure he ends up in the principal’s office more than ...
There once was a small town far in the West, that bordered a forest. The townsfolk believed the forest was haunted but they would still cross the river to take ...
Life is tough for Ettie Shaw, her mother and big brother Joe. Moving to a one room home with no stove to cook on and barely anything to their name ...
Tennessee USA has been the target of a serial kidnapper since June 1 2001. Boys are taken, but miraculously returned to their families a year later. As boys vanish over ...
Faith’s first view of their new home of Vale is through grey fog shrouding the island. When on land, they discover their new house is barely serviced with servants, with ...
Jack is looking forward to his summer break – weeks of hanging out with his best friend Bunny, playing baseball and school-free days. If only he hadn’t taken out his ...
27 New Zealanders who have strived and achieved great things in sport, business, science, dance, film, politics, broadcasting, computers, singing, journalism, comedy, acting and so much more, are asked about ...
Phoenix lives with his four siblings, their Gran and long-suffering aunt Josie who isn’t impressed at being lumbered with her dead sister’s children. Phoenix is her least favourite as he’s ...
Lily has a super power – invisibility. At least that’s how she’s always felt. Her big sister Sam teases her calling her a QAD – Quiet Asian Girl, seeming to ...
Madeline Moore has her life all worked out. She is going to go to college (because the aunt that raised her says she has to), but then return home and ...
It’s not long into their car trip that two siblings begin to squabble in the back seat. They bickered about who will get into the car first and continue to ...
Sitting on the couch next to his Nan, Tom gives a giant yawn. “Well, you were up at sparrow fart At the cool crack of dawn,” says Nan. ...