“A new start,” said Mum. Refurbish an old house on the edge of a lake. Go back to her design work. Live away from Sydney. Bailey knows they need something ...
At the age of 8, Aven Green is an experienced investigator. She’s been solving mysteries for a whole month! Now faced with two mysteries at once, she has her work ...
A puppy is born and enjoys being with his mamma and brothers and sisters. But then Mamma is gone. There is no schnuffle (smell) of her anywhere on the air. ...
Daniel is sitting with his best mate Maxie in the school hall. They are mucking about while the head teacher is leading the assembly in the usual Monday morning song. ...
Ruby is tall for her age, shooting up before her middle school classmates. She used to fit in with her peers but now suffers from anxiety in social situations, blurting ...
Jeremy is nervous about going to a new school. Kowhai Street Primary looks nice, but what about the teachers and other children? His stomach swirls with trepidation. At the end ...
Milly has planted a little tree with her father. ‘Mulberry Tree,’ said Papa. ‘Bulberry twee,’ said Milly. As Milly grows, so does the tree, both stretching their limbs up to ...
Driving down the road one day, Matt Owens stopped his firetruck. He’s seen something small crouched by the side of the road. It is a baby magpie chick, its parents ...
13 yr old Aven can’t believe she is going to have to start again. Dad has been out of work for a while, so when he gets a job as ...
Sir Ernest Shackleton had made his name as an adventurer and an explorer years before he sought funding for a return to Antarctica. War was approaching, and support for his ...
Witi is a quiet kind of guy, writing songs and playing his music, or out on the waves on his surf board with his best friend Alana. He has never ...
Once Upon a Wardrobe, not very long ago and not very far away, an 8 year old boy named George finished a book. This book was by C S Lewis, ...
Eugene and his brother Miles have settled on the island. His parents are working on making it pest free. Something that Eugene does miss is his dog Jupiter. His grandma ...
Eugene likes school the ‘island’ way. He can swim at their beach instead of a crowded pool, doesn’t have to line up for school assembly, and has a snack whenever ...
Kara the Kākāpō loves gazing up into the sky at all the birds above her. Kara’s fondest dream is to be up there with them. Kara yearns to fly. She ...
Rio feels completely out of place in California. He has been sent to stay with his Grandmother who is nothing like he imagined. She’s tall and thin and seems uncomfortable ...
A young boy loves hanging out with his koro (grandfather). One Pipiri (June) morning, just before sunrise, Koro and his young moko (grandchild or small child) sit high on their ...
There are many books sharing stories of Matariki. This new hardback is comprehensive and clear in not only explaining what Matariki is to Aotearoa New Zealand, but also to what ...
Long ago there were many tribes that shared a track between their homes. Sometimes it followed a river and sometimes it wound through bush. This was a safe way to ...
Milo, Mia and their little sister Birdy are all squished up in the back seat of their car, on the way to a holiday home. All they know is that ...
Phoebe has just moved in with her dad and his yoga loving, health food obsessed girlfriend Caitlin. Not only has Phoebe moved away from her best friends and home she’s ...
Mary-Kate is anxious. Her archaeologist mum Professor Martin has been called to a site in a little village called Woolington. Usually Mary-Kate would stay with her Granny if her mum ...
Mars. Prone to devastating dust storms, where the red dirt devours everything in seconds. The temperatures that are livable by day plummet to icy depths at night. The air isn’t ...
Willa misses how it used to be in her house. Mum and Dad would throw gentle jibes at one another instead of the bickering they constantly do now. Her big ...
Nat loved to swim competitively, with her mum as her biggest influence and support. But now Mum has gone and with it Nat’s love of the water. Life is tough ...
Winifred is trying to be brave. It’s the first day of 10th Grade (Year 11 in NZ) and her best friends have chosen to attend a private school, leaving her ...
Te Kokorangi is a renowned Astromancer (one who studies the stars). She is travelling among villages, looking for apprentices to her vital craft. She has chosen three but the last ...