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 ...
The tide is in and water fills the harbour, but what will we find when the Tide’s Out…? Three children are beachcombing together and they find many things common on ...
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. ...
It’s less than a day after arriving at their grandmother’s house in Connemara (Ireland) that Amy and her grumbling big brother Liam find the adventure Amy is determined to have. ...
Maybelline Chen loves her big brother Danny. He’s always been at her side, from when she was just a bump to now as a junior in High School. Their parents ...
Little Baa Baa & Quirky Turkey are back! Quirky Turkey is a bit cross. Little Baa Baa has pulled not one, but two tricks on him. First it was a ...
Kaewa Kororā (little blue penguin) is swimming when suddenly she is dashed against the sand on the sea floor. Ow! Her flipper is sore! She wakes to find herself in ...
Kellen and Nettle are only fifteen years old – practically only children, living in a country called Raddith. It is a dangerous world of anger and hate. This is a ...
Oh oh! Two workers have left their truck on the beach while they have lunch. The sand is a lot softer than they thought, and it’s beginning to swallow the ...
Emma Twigg always loved sports and watching the Olympics as a child. In the early 2000’s Emma decided rowing was going to be her sport – and her dream of ...
Henry needs a gun. After all, he’s fifteen now and the man of the house now his father’s gone. Besides, all the heroes in Henry’s favourite novels have guns, riding across ...
Jørn has always seen ideas everywhere. As a child he saw inspiration in nature, animals, birds and even his breakfast! He spends hours and hours and hours with cardboard and ...
Many of us who dream of owning our own puppy or dog will identify with the narrator of this picture book. They love dogs but their mum and dad say, ...
Cherry and her four older, rowdy brothers love being on a hideaway beach they found years before. Their family has rented a small granite cottage for the summer holidays as ...
New Zealand Author & Illustrator Donovan Bixley is asked many questions by budding artists, so he decided to answer all these questions in his book – Draw Some Awesome. Not ...
It’s been 52 years since a rebellion against the richest 1% of the world and the death of Tech. The earth was dying and only the rich were able to ...
Jason Mason is about to tell you a story. His story, about how he became a secret agent for the NZ government. It all begins after his Uncle Bill’s funeral. ...
Russian Blue (cat) Enzo loves his life in his home with his owners and Boy #1, #2 and #3. The youngest, Boy #3, is often a challenge to escape from ...
The bird song and the crisp sharp mornings are something to be enjoyed while a boy waits for his father. This father is not to be called Dad, but just ...
Hallie, Gustav, Naira and Angelo don’t usually hang out together at school, let alone on a Saturday. But these four teens are on detention together for their behaviour in their ...
School is boooring today. Three young classmates try to concentrate in class, but are feeling dozy instead. Until…. there is a growling coming from outside the classroom. What could it ...
Gabby, Priya and Mindy are best friends. Mindy and Piya are a year ahead of Gabby at Primary School, but their shared adoration of animals has brought them together. They ...
Mink ignores most childhood rules, one being bedtimes. She’d much rather be playing and having adventures. One night as she glides high on her swing, she hears a strange noise ...