No one saw the strange mound in the middle of the night. The town common was dark and the only sounds came as the mound became a hill then a ...
Will looks up to his older brother Shawn. He jibes Will and his friends, but that’s ok. Shawn has been there for his little brother and mother and now he’s ...
Evie has always been a bookworm, her favourites being love stories that sweep the characters off their feet. Now, the only ‘sweeping’ in Evie’s life is when she slides all her ...
Rosa is in a correctional facility. Her partner in crime has vanished. There wasn’t supposed to be a crime, let alone the string of them Rosa has been imprisoned for. ...
“So, here’s the thing I’m dying.” Anahita Rosalind Ghorban-Galaszczuk, or Ana for short, has been diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. According to her doctor she has about a year. Outside of ...
We are all like trees! We can stretch up to the sun, bend in the wind and curl our toes into the ground beneath us. Our skin protects us, keeping ...
Have you ever wondered what it is like inside a Mosque? What do they do? Wear? Say or sing? In my Mosque is a bright colourful journey inside a Mosque ...
Old MacDonald had a farm… with a tiny polka-dotted red tea pot. Little does he know that inside this teapot is a Teeny Weeny Blue Genie. Doing some cleaning leads ...
Caitlin is looking forward to her summer holidays at her Grandad’s beachside batch. She has spent many summers there and loves swimming in the rivers and the sea, and spending ...
Nadia Quick is Superman mad. Without a doubt, she believes him to be the very best superhero. Not because of all the cool stuff he can do, but the fact ...
We’ve all heard Fairytales. Little Red Riding Hood and the wicked wolf, Sleeping Beauty and the terrible spell put on her for spite. We also enjoy reading Fairytales that have ...
Bowen Bartholomew Crisp is a thinker. He’s not a fast thinker however, needing time to consider a question and all the possible answers carefully. When he is five he is ...
Tyler knows wanting to go back to school after winter break isn’t normal. Most kids would rather stay on their overseas holiday or in their rooms playing video games. Tyler ...
Seth is a troll. Not the ugly, warty, smelly type of troll, but a troll that looks just like a normal boy. Looks are deceiving however because Seth survives by ...
Jack is playing his favourite computer game when his grandfather (Yeye) tells him something amazing but incredibly strange. Yeye reaches into his pocket and brings out a shiny, pale green ...
Jessie was pleased when she found the piece of black rock on the beach. It is obsidian, with a story all of its own, far back in NZ history. But ...
Emma is keen to join the Cartwheel Club with the other girls at school. She lines up each Monday as that is try-outs day. At least according to bossy Carly, ...
Anna loves the pear tree at the bottom of her garden. With her friends she climbs, swings, and adventures among its branches. On her own, she hides, reads and relaxes. ...
Words are everywhere. They mean so many things. They can be shortened, lengthened , played with and collected. Some can be shaped into double meanings. They can be sad, happy, ...
Milo is a boy who doesn’t know what to do with himself. He plods through his days, going through the motions of getting, up, having breakfast, going to school and ...
Best mates Jake and Connor have a mission in mind. In 38 days, a brand new rollercoaster called the Steel Beast is opening in a local adventure park. There is ...
Billy has had enough. His father is too used to his beer and swinging his fists, so Billy decides now at 16 it is time to leave. With a few ...
At only 5, Maisie hadn’t heard the word prodigy before. But that’s what her dad called her – an art prodigy. All Maisie knew was that she liked to draw. ...
If you turn the first few pages you will meet someone who will tell you that you are NOT holding a book. After all, a book needs Pages – Hang ...
Little Bear takes a lot of waking up in the morning. It’s not until Dad Bear’s calls are so loud his bed shakes, that Little Bear leaps from his covers. ...
That’s all Em (Emilia) wants to do – remember her dad. She doesn’t want to think about her mum’s breakdown, the new school she is attending or the way her ...
Two Bilingual stories for young children in one book! Begin with Analia Asks where Analia is asking for a lot of food from members of her family. Gosh, she must be ...