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 ...
Finn is used to being alone. A virus has swept through humanity taking first his father, then his mother leaving Finn with only his loyal dog Rowdy. Finn’s father was ...
Finn, Kas and Willow have hunkered down for the winter in Finn’s home on the coast, hoping the savage storms raging around them will delay Ramage and his gang of ...
Kas, Finn & Ray have the best months in years – for Kas, ever. She feels like they are a family. They swim, fish and spend endless summer days together. ...
Goldie can’t wait to see her best friends. She is waiting at Camp Alpine Lake for them to arrive. They met years before when they were only eight years old ...
The Little Red Hen has found a green seed! She asks her neighbours if they will help her plant the seed? ‘Not I,’ said the Fat Cat ‘Not I,’ ...
Cousins Pipi and Pou are just like any kiwi kids – in most ways. They tease each other, laugh together and love a good adventure. Pipi loves to sing and ...
Kaitiaki Pipi and her cousin Pou are travelling with their Nana to a family beach get together. They arrive to find many of their whanau having fun on the sand ...
Someone is trying to ring Nana, and no matter where she goes or how high she climbs, she can’t get a proper cell phone signal. But the person who has ...
Flying Furballs Take-Off is a brightly coloured, jam-packed modern version of the Children’s Annuals published in the 50’s and 60’s. Whether you’re already a fan of the Flying Furballs series ...
Out in the Moana is loosely based around the American Classic Over in the Meadow. This stunning Kiwi version is a window into an underwater world. Not only does it ...
Pou has done his homework and his chores around Nan’s house, which means screen time is waiting for him. But Nan has felt something in the land as she was ...
Amanda is excited to see pretty purple envelopes in girl’s hands at school, then devastated not to receive her own. They are birthday invitations to a classmate’s party. Everyone knows ...
Amanda Commander is the unofficial leader of her backyard club – The Dolphin Squad. Amanda and her best friends Lu and Mai are in the same Year 3 class at ...
Amanda and her friends Mai and Lu are excited about the upcoming Year 3 school disco. Amanda has been shopping with her mum and knows exactly what she wants to ...
Isabella and her little sister Catherine aren’t sure about the move to an old homestead on an orange orchard and their stepdad even less so, but their mum has fallen ...
A young Weka is curious and keen to explore. He sets off to find new friends and learn more about his world on the Chatham Islands (New Zealand). First he ...
A troll, a ghost and a witch hang out together but are competitive on how horrible they can be. When a girl moves into a nearby cottage, the terrible trio ...
Mina is looking forward to not having to share a bedroom with her little brother Georgie. “…he’s a wrecker.” She has to hide her treasures out of his reach. A ...
Little Pigeon has followed the other pigeons to face a very large pigeon with a clipboard. This pigeon is stern and after one look has decided that Little Pigeon will ...
Celia is making a nest. She is surveying the sea below her, looking out for items to help with its building. There is lots of flotsam on the waves. Not ...
It’s the end of the day in Pikitea Street. Night has fallen and dinner is done, and now many children are getting ready for bed. Nikau’s Kui is tucking her ...
Eliza, her husband Ross and teenage children Jesse and Eva are at home in their family bubble. It is the first week of the March 2020 Covid-19 national lockdown of ...
High in an apartment block, there are two apartments side by side. In one is a boy who plays a violin. Next door is a girl who plays a cello. ...
When Grandma sees Grandpa’s slippers on his feet one morning, she realises how old they are. There are holes in the soles and the stitching is coming undone. But Grandpa ...
When Īhaka answers the loud knocking on the front door, the last person he expects is the Māori god of weather – Tāwhirimātea! Tāwhirimātea needs Īhaka’s help. He has lost ...
Four children set off for school in their small rural village. Two of them have the surname O’Hero and two the surname Smith. Even so, they are all part of ...
Brynn never thought she’d come back to her home town of Sturgis. After all, so many teens her age dream of a time when they can leave the going nowhere ...