Paddy & his older brother live on an island with their parents and little sister Ada. They have never seen a cellphone, tv, computer or even electricity, and spend their ...


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Jack Cook is staying with his Aunt Ada in her boarding house in Wanganui (NZ). It’s a lot different to his home in Picton where he could go to school ...


The Pitbull is intent on claiming his revenge. Paddy & Flynn have made him look a fool, outsmarting him yet again. But these brave island boys are not the only ...


The adventures continue with Paddy and Flynn, and their new friend Briar along for the ride. Enjoying the island and the family atmosphere she never had, Briar is loving her ...


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Dragon Defenders Paddy and Flynn miss their island, their dragons and their old life. Now living with their grandparents in the city, Paddy feels claustrophobic, lost and angry. Especially at ...


A Clue for Clara Book Review Cover

Clara is a chicken with a destiny. She wants to be a detective like her favourite TV star Amelia X. Clara has watched dozens of episodes when she is hiding ...


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The attic of Miro’s new home is filled with boxes and dusty piles of old junk. But Miro knows the difference between junk and treasure as he selects something to ...


Hound the Detective Book Review Cover

Hound is a Master Sleuth and prides himself on always being able to solve a case. When a letter arrives, he is off to search for his first clue! Through ...


Dentention Book Review Cover

The dog looks bad, covered in cuts and scrapes. Dan’s heart sinks at the thought of how it got there, chained up, dehydrated in the early morning summer sun. It ...


Hawk Book Review Cover

Hawk lives in the City of the Dead, called this because of a wave of unexplained deaths that swept through the streets years before. Others slowly filled the vacant apartments, ...


Jacob has won the trip of a lifetime. Not only will he be leaving his small town in the UK to travel to Hollywood – all expenses paid plus spending ...


The world has changed. Oceans have risen, high waves gobbling up land. The sun is merciless, and storms form quickly. More than a decade has passed since Cyclone Summer – ...


Mabel might be small, but she has BIG plans. She has a list of things she wants to do, but her family and others around her scoff and tell her ...


Let it Go Book Review Cover

This sumptuously illustrated picture book explores many feelings we may have at different times, for different reasons. Fear, Shame, Anger, and Sadness are feelings that visit four children in this ...


A girl wakes on a bus. She has no idea who she is, or who the other people on the bus are. Among them is a another girl who does ...


Little Dinosaur Rumble would rather play and explore than go home for bed. Warm mud, and frolicking with frogs and feathered friends is much more fun. It’s not long though, ...


Did you know Marie Curie’s real name (before she got married) was Maria Sklodowska? Did you also know she was Polish? Marie Curie was fascinated in science, and wanted to ...


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It’s 1938. Joseph St George is half kiwi, half English and living in Germany. Life has been good with his diplomat parents, his new Alsatian puppy, friends and his fascination ...


Jackson can’t believe his eyes. Is it? Is it really? His gaze never leaves the giant cat on the surfboard, holding an umbrella. No-one else sitting on the beach sees ...


Liberty Johansen adores the night sky. She has spent so much time staring up at the stars, she can draw precise star maps from memory. Liberty has always wanted people ...


One day Kiwi Iti wakes up to find something strange in the nest. He’s soon told it’s an egg! Kiwi Iti is excited to know that he will have a ...


Dylan Thomas feels incredibly guilty. His close friend Beth has just lost everything to a house fire, and despite it being ruled as due to ‘Faulty Wiring’, Dylan blames himself. ...


A young girl misses the dad she knew. He would go adventuring with her, climbing, swimming, flying high on a swing. Together their imaginations ran wild. But now he is ...


A collie dog named Friday creeps through the night with her master. They have 1000 sheep in their sights, and they are planning to steal them! This sophisticated picture book ...


Coriolanus Snow is in his late teens as we venture back into Capitol. He lives with his grandmother and cousin Tigress who works to support them all in a frugal ...


Willow Moss is the youngest in her family of witches. Her mother can speak to the dead and her sister can move things with her mind, but Willow’s only power ...


Elsie loves to sit and fish off the Lyttleton jetty, her feet dangling high above the tide. Mr James is fishing too, with one eye on his line and one ...


Along with his litter, Bob was left to fend for himself from very young. He survived on scraps he could find, eventually discovering the Exit 8 Big Top Mall & ...