Kiwi is a brave bird, with a heart of gold. He loves nothing more than helping others. He really wants to be a true hero. Out of the forest, a ...
Rabbit friends Muki and Pickles are out walking on a beautiful sunny day, talking about the very best cake they’ve ever had. Muki is spotting insects in the forest from ...
Chippy Mc Neish is reading the newspaper when he spies an advertisement: MEN WANTED FOR A DANGEROUS JOURNEY TO THE ANTARCTIC Keen to sign up as a ship’s carpenter, Chippy is ...
War is approaching as Hitler flexes his might and invades Poland. England is preparing for war even before it happens, evacuating children from the cities. This is how Tom Oakley ...
Jake Jones has a very embarrassing dad. He ruins Jake’s part in a school play, break dances at the school dance, and makes his friends laugh at him at a ...
Leo feels like an alien. He doesn’t enjoy the world outside his bedroom. It’s too noisy, too bright, and too confusing. He’d rather read a book inside his large cardboard ...
Matilda (Tilly) is the other sister. Her elder sister Beatty was the 1st telegram girl in their town during WWI and celebrated for it. Tilly loves her big sister but ...
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. ...
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 ...
Hal’s longest ever dream is to have a dog of his own. His parents are wealthy and believe they are ‘giving him all a boy could ever want,’ but the ...
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 ...
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 ...