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 ...


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 ...

Someone is trying to break the door down! Carlos is alone in a run-down rented flat when he hears the first splintering blow on the front door. His mum is ...


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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

It was her shoe that ‘kicked’ it all off. It didn’t even hit her teacher, but apparently just throwing it was bad enough. Maeve is given detention like no other. ...

Two Bilingual stories for young children in one book! Begin with Sala’s Surprise where Sala wakes in the morning and gets dressed for school. What she dresses in will give ...

Moose lives high in a tree house and is about to share a tale of exciting destinations, adventures and a rescue too! His job is to fly his plane into ...

Artie has moved into a new house with his mum, stepdad and stepsister Willow. The house seems quite spooky to Artie, not that he’d admit that to anyone else. Artie ...


Aidan had tricked his younger brother Lucas before. Lies about Santa, the tooth fairy and even unicorns in the backyard are still sharp in Lucas’ 11 year-old memory, so believing ...

Beatrice (Bea) lives with her grandfather in the land of Irpa. She helps her grandad make his potions that he sells in their shop called the Salty Pig’s Tonics and ...


Life is very complicated at the moment for Hannah. Not only is she trying to get over a painful breakup with her ex-best friend and girlfriend Veronica, a nice but ...

Flick (Felicity) knew there was something different about the scruffy little shop with the neat red and gold sign. What she finds inside proves it, and suddenly makes her normal ...

Flick is visiting Jonathan at the Strangeworlds Travel Agency when he receives a magical message. A golden orb appears from the keyhole of a trunk. It widens and becomes a ...