Bridie knows the story called The Little Match Girl, and doesn’t think much of it. She’d rather have a chance at a better life, than people feeling sorry for her ...
Climate Change is everywhere and cannot be ignored. Wide fires rage, floods wipeout villages, topsoil and lives, and the oceans are dying. Theo knows this well as his father’s fishing boat ...
Andromeda is tired, hot, hungry and desperate for shelter. She has been living on the streets, using all the skills she has been taught by her mentor to stay alive. ...
Jem is the kind of boy who can’t sit still. His feet and body want to be busy and without meaning to, he is sometimes clumsy and even disruptive in ...
Worried about her future, a young woman has been unexpectedly given a chance at a new life. After only a few hours into it, Kit Sutherland is suddenly offered another. ...
There’s a new fluffy baby on Royalburn Station! “The bundle has a fluffy coat, all patchy brown and white. It has golden eyes and tiny horns, and says MEEEHHHH ...
Zofia used to love playing a funny game with her Mama, Tata and Aunt Barbara. It was called Make a Choice. When at home and happy with them it was ...
There’s a Moa in the garden, eating all the watermelon! Another bird is laughing from the trees, watching Moa and his great big feet. During the day, there are many ...
Tonight’s the night! It’s Christmas Eve. All the animals have prepared for Santa’s visit, hoping for lots of lovely things to eat. “They’d hung up their stockings, and made ...
Valentino can’t believe he’s finally made it. The Big Apple. His dream city. New York! The only thing that would make it even better is if his twin sister Scarlett ...
Is it hard not to have another slice of cake or piece of chocolate when it’s right in front of you? Have you ever wondered about a monster in your ...
Beginning a new school is often nerve wracking and Brigette is feeling those nerves. Her new house feels weird without her friends around to share it with and the first ...
Atarangi‘s 12th birthday was only two weeks ago, and also her first day in Gabriel’s Gully. She’s come with her mother Hinewai, looking for her father. He had left on ...
Life has been good in Gabriel’s Gully for friends, Atarangi and Michael. Michael’s dad Brendan has been learning te reo Maori after meeting Atarangi’s mum Hinewai. He’s even built a ...
Life is good for Michael, Atarangi and Siu. They have been travelling at a relaxed pace with Atarangi’s mum and uncle, and Michael & Siu’s fathers. Ending up in the ...
Leonora and Minna are pleased their battle with the Orphan Master is over and they both survived – just. Now best friends after going through something so awful, they now ...
Beginning with a powerful foreword by the master of middle-grade novels about war – Michael Morpurgo, we are soon with a 12-year-old Ukranian girl as she wakes on her 12th ...
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 ...
