Eight year old Hōhepa is singing at the top of his lungs. “He hōnore, he korōria!” He is on his way home from school with his big sister, Hine, through ...
Koro loves to laugh and joke with his grandchildren. He pushes their swing or swings them round on his clothes line. “Blimmin Koro!” says Nana, laughing too. He begins to ...
Jack’s favourite person in the world is his Grandpa. He loves spending hours listening to Grandpa’s exciting World War II stories of daring and danger as a Spitfire Fighter Pilot. ...
Miss Jane Oakley, Jenny Blackwood, and Alice Cardew are young women with fiery red hair, razor-sharp minds, lightning reflexes and a penchant for violence. They also happen to be the ...
Eugene’s Birthday is coming up, but instead of thinking about what always does on his special day, he has to pack up his bedroom. They are moving! Not just to ...
Eugene was looking forward to his cousins, Nelson, Beth and Porter to arrive on the island for Christmas. Being the only family on the island meant Eugene only had his ...
This little book is completely Bonkers and totally Brilliant at the same time. The author is talking directly to the reader telling the story of receiving a message – You ...
The Takahe is a large flightless native bird of New Zealand. It can be up to 3kg in weight and 50cm in height! Takaehe Maths is the story of the ...
Billy, Alan, Joe and Tom have been best mates for years. Everyone knows Billy will do pretty much anything he is dared to do. So when Alan dares him to ...
The time to face the King Witch is coming closer. Heroes Wish, Xar and Wish’s bodyguard Bodkin have found the ingredients they need for a powerful spell to banish witches ...
Andrew Burt is ready for an adventure. He’s 14 and he’s been chosen to assist Mr Richard Henry who has been made Chief Conservator at Dusky Sound in Fiordland NZ. ...
Scott loves his bear Buttons and how he makes him feel brave. His friend Rosie has a Unicorn called Your Majesty that makes her feel the same. Then there is ...
The drive from Cornwall is a long way to the tiny island of Unst in Shetland, Scotland. Julia, her parents and much loved cat Noodle are headed for a lighthouse ...
Adam knows what he saw. It stood in the middle of the road, and his dad swerved to avoid it. Now Adam has woken in hospital and his parents are ...
Stevie Bell has a proven record as an amateur sleuth. This teen has solved a historical case that sat for years with its mystery. Her skill at this has been ...
Briggy and Terry (Terror) have been mates since small, but Terror’s distracted and antsy these days. He’s fallen for the best looking girl in school. Caldonia Lake may be pretty ...
Meet Mac from the planet Tenalp, a gazillion miles away from Earth. He now lives on our planet because something terrible happened to his own. Mr Mac isn’t lonely though, ...
Peckham, a town in London, is split into four areas. There’s the condos and semi-detached homes of the wealthy, the apartments bought for kids of the wealthy, the middle of ...
Ruth feels robotic packing up the apartment after her mother’s funeral. It doesn’t feel real. Now, moving back home to Anchorage Alaska, she is dreading living with her father and ...
Jess is excited about seeing Tyler at school again. They’ve been best friends since they were young but lately that’s changed. Jess has seen a new Tyler lately and she’s ...
Morrigan Crow has always been told that she is cursed and she won’t live past her 12th birthday. She is blamed for everything from the weather, to a school fire, ...
Morrigan has made it into the Wundrous Society with the help of her patron Captain Jupiter North. She is thrilled and nervous at the same time. Can she really have ...
Now 13, Morrigan is well settled into her new life as a member of the Wundrous Society in Nevermoor. Her friendships are now solid within both the Wundrous Society Unit ...
Bo Bimble is small and green with black beady eyes and little hands at the ends of her stumpy wings. She lives deep in the NZ bush in the South ...
Frank is 19 and not supposed to be part of 3 Platoon heading towards a beach as Japanese fighter planes roar overhead. They survive the flyover and land on the ...
Once upon a time there were two royal kittens… They are brothers and live with a family in Wellington NZ. One likes to stay at home, but one has a ...
Finn McAllister wasn’t trying to do a fancy stunt on his bike before he died. A malicious black van chased him off Ridge Rim Road and over a ravine, just ...