Wolf Girl 7 Crash Course Book Review Cover

After saving hundred’s of animals, and now in charge of a train, Gwen appreciates the much faster way to travel. But Wolf Girl isn’t confident at the train’s controls. Suddenly ...


Ooey Gooey Gone Book Review Cover

With some money from Mum, Joe sets off to the ice-cream store. But what to choose? Settling on chocolate with a chocolate flake he can’t wait to taste it. Before ...


Wolf Girl 8 Welcome to Paradise Book Review Cover

Gwen is fleeing the Hornet soldiers that have been sent to capture her and all of her doggy crew. There is Brutus, Pirate, Nosey, her wolf Sunrise, and a chihuahua ...


The Ickabog Book Review Cover

Once upon a time there was a kingdom called Cornucopia. It’s a happy place, ruled over by a vain and silly king. He too is happy as long as he ...


The Sinister Booksellers of Bath Book Review Cover

A few months have passed since Susan’s search for her father revealed another world that lives alongside our own. With the knowledge that she is a demigod and her father ...


The Garden's Secrets Book Review Cover

Cooper is inside a garden and to his surprise, he discovers a door in a hedge. “A door!” said Cooper. “In a garden! Why have a door in a garden?” ...


Code Name Bananas Book Review Cover

At only 11 years old, Eric is a WWII orphan. His dad was lost as he evacuated from Dunkirk, and his mum in the Blitz among the constant bombing of ...


We Are Wolves Book Review Cover

Liesl Wolf never imagined she would ever be left alone with her little brother Otto and toddler sister Mia, with no home, no parents and desperately hungry. After the German ...


Breathless Book Review Cover

Claudine Henry comes from a long line of strong, amazing women. Her 18th summer tests her own strength as her world caves in, her family falling apart. Fleeing the wreckage, ...


The Boy who Grew Dragons Book Review Cover

Have you ever wanted your very own dragon? Maybe you’ve dreamed about flying on one high above your town or city? Tomas can tell you all about that and what ...


The Boy who Lived with Dragons Book Review Cover

Tomas can share the wonder of his dragon with his three best friends, because now they all have one too. Each dragon has their own skill. Flicker can flicker from ...


The Boy who Flew with Dragons Book Review Cover

Tomas has made a promise to Grandad. But he really, really doesn’t want to keep his promise. He has to tell his friends that it involves them too – they ...


Catch me if I Fall Book Review Cover

Twins Ashleigh and Aiden Delatour promised their mum when they were very small, to look out for one another. And they have. Aiden more so than Ashleigh, but he’s not ...


Pierre's Not There Book Review Cover

Lara’s day out with her mum begins with a ferry ride across the harbour. It holds the promise of a picnic and maybe even an ice cream on the beach ...


Wreck This Picture Book Book Review Cover

Who can remember being told to be careful with books? What about not bending the book? Don’t be rough, draw on, or throw the book? This book throws all those ...


All Bodies Are Good Bodies Book Review Cover

Big or small, short or tall – brown hands, white hands, freckled hands too. Long noses, short noses, big feet, small feet. Round tummies, flat tummies, soft or hard. People ...


The Boy who Dreamed of Dragons Book Review Cover

Tomas and his friends, Kat, Kai, Liam and Ted, (dubbed the superhero squad) are now experts with their dragons. Fully grown, they can ride and race their dragons and they ...


Burn Book Review Cover

It’s 1957 America in a world where Dragons and Humans cohabitate Earth in a wary centuries-old truce. 16 year old Sarah lives with her father on their farm in a ...


Naughty Dragons Book Review Cover

Siblings Jack and Ava Ward can’t wait for their dragons to arrive. The Dragons at Home Project Dragon Mover drives up with sure signs of what is to come. Loud ...


The Boy who Sang with Dragons Book Review Cover

There is no shortage of dragons now from Grandpa’s garden Dragon fruit tree, and Tomas’ new little dragon Zing is always entertaining. It’s his first dragon Flicker that Tomas misses. ...


The Inheritance Games Book Review Cover

Avery is living in her car when she learns she has been left something in a multi-billionaire’s will. Sitting in the principal’s office with a strikingly handsome stranger with a ...


Hare & Ruru Book Review Cover

Hare wants quiet. Total quiet. Not birds chatting, or sheep muttering, bees buzzing or trees swishing. He searches high and low but can’t seem to find the type of quiet ...


The Silver Arrow Book Review Cover

Kate isn’t expecting anything much for her 11th birthday. Her parents are always working or when they are at home, looking into computers and phone screens. They are hard working ...


The Loop Book Review Cover

Luka Kane turns 16 inside prison. This isn’t just any prison. It is called The Loop – a high security prison in Earth’s future. He has already been there two ...


Bad Dad Book Review Cover

Frank’s Dad is famous racing driver Gilbert the Great. He’s also Frank’s hero. Gilbert doesn’t know Frank sneaks out to watch his races, until there is a terrible accident and ...


Amazing this is! The spectacular Aotearoa by Gavin Bishop won a multitude of awards across 2017 – 2018, and was followed up by the sumptuous Wildlife of Aotearoa in 2019. ...


Little Hector meets Mini Maui Book Review Cover

Hector’s family are going on holiday. They are going to meet his cousins the Maui dolphins. He’s never met them before and his mum reminds him to be nice to ...


Skunk and Badger Book Review Cover

Badger is quite happy living alone in his friend Lucy’s large house. She was very kind to give him somewhere to live and study his rocks. Rocks are Badger’s life. ...